Smoking Across Society Provokes Clergy and Reformers
The World To Day notes the spread of smoking among women and clerics from elite circles to lower groups. It recalls a rebuke of a non smoking vicar to a bishop and recounts the bishop of Manchester urging temperance while praising smoking as a tool in discourse and diocesan work.
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London
Brigsteck
Peterborough
Bishop Moorhouse
Manchester
Thim
Oxford
Tf .1
Australis
Great Smokers Die Hard Committed to Cigar Longevity
A German, Herr Stark, dies after sixty years of smoking more than 800 000 cigars with daily averages over twenty two. An Austrian, Herr Nanas, kept accounts and smoked 628 713 cigars by age 73, giving 42 400 and spending 2500 for the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herry Stark
Havana
Leavine
Herr Nanas
Nicotine
Nanas
Thoughts for the Day by Sir William Osler at Yale
A Yale gathering hears Sir William Osler present life rules urging focus on the present day. He warns against dwelling on past or future and advocates living earnestly within twenty four hours. He cites philosophers and emphasizes personal effort to aid others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Osler
Oxford
Yale University
Phillips Brooks
Intain
Fuller
Jere- Tay- Taylor
William Fame
Scarecrow Mystery Sparks Doubt in Dunfermline
Two old farmers on a Dunfermline road spot a distant figure. One asserts it is a scarecrow, but the other, with sharper eyes, suspects a real man at work by the day, highlighting a clash of interpretation.
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Dunfermline
Ashburton Association agrees overdraft increase plan
A largely attended General Committee meeting of the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association chaired by Mr A Drumond backed raising the overdraft limit to £1050 from £500. Finance spokesman Mr Mawson cited heavy last year expenses and £300 to £400 outstanding subscriptions as reasons for more funds and urged larger membership of at least 1000 to avoid overdraft reliance.
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Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association
A. Drummond
Mawson
Or. W.wood
T. Bullock
Ashburton
Ordinary Meeting Highlights Ashburton A and P Society Proceedings
An apology for absence from Mr H A Lloyd and a vote of thanks to Mr Wim Moses for a framed photo of Captain Gentts are recorded. The meeting reviewed the 1912 Conference remits, provincial conference notes, and urged a Pure Seed Association. Plans for next season shows, prize offers, and revised subcommittees for horses, body, sheep, cattle, and other divisions are approved. A stock sale idea for the annual show is recommended with appointed committee members.
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H. A. Lloyd
Wim
Moses
Captain Gentts
G. Bunz
A. and P
John Grigg
Christchurch
Grigg
Ashburton Association
Canada
Canterbury, Agricultural College
Ashburton
Leeston
Pinari
Nelson
Canterbury
A. F. Moore
J. Cairns
Cairns
Stotion
John, Shearer
T. ‘Mawson
W. Butterick
J. ‘Shearer
Mann J. Bruce
A. Lloyd
W. F Taglor
J. Shearer
J. Tucker
T. Mawson
Ol. Implements
W. Pittsteh Doig
L. de C. Malet
McLaughlan
R. J. Mulligan
T. Bullock
Reid
Upton
W. G. Iberts
H.R. Blunden
J. Cow
H. Morris
D. G. Wright
CC. W. Wood
D. Wood
W.G. Roberts
P. Shearertahd
Joshua Tucker
DR. Wood
Tha
Peter Shearer
Clydesdale ‘Association
Menders
Wright
Messrs
W.C. Roberts
Ah. Griggs
Jy Cow
T Mawson
Ceirns
Grieg
Ground Show Committee Adopts Facility and Competition Reforms
The Ground Committee endorsed sweeping recommendations to modernize the show. Proposals include centralizing competitions in front of the grand stand, limiting trots, reconfiguring sheep paddocks with paid reserved pens, added tents for attendants, a motor car enclosure, and expanded sideshows and implement exhibits. Additional notes cover seating, sheep grazing rules, and new public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Wright
Swung &T
D. G. Wright
Wrampton
James Bruce
Lincoln College
Thomas Cochrane
Regent Cigarettes Free Gift Scheme Offer
An ad promotes Regent Cigarettes offering a Free Gift Scheme. It directs readers to send for full details and to contact Regent at a boxed address for inclusion in the promotion.
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Regent
Box Alliceton
Tovtv
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