12 Jun 1908
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
1
Dr Romme argues a natural law keeps the birth balance by sex, noting more girls than boys globally and more boys when fathers are younger than mothers. He cites Sadler figures for 1900 and claims few cases show equal parental strength while stress shifts favor.
A Sydney Worker correspondent warns of rampant state lotteries in Buenos Aires where shops push tickets via young peddlers. He cites child participation and baby name tickets, calls for repeal, and likens gambling to a public health crisis versus alcohol.
The Monthly Magazine of Burton Wood Parish Church denounces bazaars and fund raising fairs under the title A Religious Swindle. The Rev A M Mitchell accuses bazaar promoters of greed and fraud and says church life is degraded by such worldly antics and by alleged swindling and begging.
European practice filters milk through sand to remove dirt and reduce bacteria by about one third while minimizing fat loss. A five chamber system uses layered sand, milk flows upward, cools, then is stored in cans. Freezing milk preserves taste and properties for weeks and reduces bacterial count.
At the Hotel Cecil in London Hans Knundeen the Danish inventor of liquid air technology demonstrated wireless distance photography. He predicted police could soon fetch criminal likenesses and fingerprints nationwide and overseas. He added he would soon publicly demonstrate a wireless type setting method allowing Paris linotype work from London.
M Clermont Ganneau’s two years of digging on Elephantine Island near Assouan yield a fragment of a facsimile of the Rosetta stone. The famous artifact, found in 1709 at Rosetta and now in the British Museum, features hieroglyphic and Greek inscriptions. The Assouan fragment is about one third of the whole piece, with hopes for the remaining portion.
A 27 year old woman Alice Gross of Bermondsey was knocked down by a cab near Houndsditch and Aldgate. She arrived at London Hospital insensible with minor concussion. Her fiancé Albert Butler and relatives identified her on Sunday morning, ending a wedding that had been planned for that day.
A tale about Lord North able to sleep through dread speeches. He asked to be awakened near contemporary times. He wakes at the Battle of La Hogue and realizes a century has passed. The anecdote ends with light reproach from his friend.
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