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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
3
A cricketer was run over in an incident reported by United Press Association. Details are scarce in the available clipping, with the event noted but not fully described.
A brief notice reports the death of the Comptroller of the King's Household who died in a theatre on June 13 at 8 42 a m. The event is recorded with minimal details and notes the official role.
Paris on June 12 M. Gaillaut the Minister of Finance disclosed plans on the Wine Bill. He urged winegrowers to unite to regulate output and abolish inferior quality while aiding in preventing adulteration. He offered to suspend land tax for five years if vineyards switch to other crops. Twenty five municipal bodies have resigned.
A Siebenlehn volunteer fire brigade member was arrested in June for numerous arsons. Officials allege the group acted with municipality ties to rebuild the town at insurers' expense.
June 12 note from Pha Tageblatt reports declines in loan shares and steel works as prices drop from 12 to 20 per cent and 12 to 28 for other assets. Steamship lines show a 21 per cent fall versus January estimates amid unfavourable economic conditions.
On June 13 the Methodist Conference secured 21143 for missionary enterprise and the Sydney Coal Lunpers. A mass meeting of Unionists and supporters warned of a general industrial crisis if the Union was attacked. Renewal of Vancouver Mail Service noted.
Uneasy sealing grows after the Mint robbery and Hauer murder. A safe at Temperance Hall was openly opened, £209 disappeared, and authorities investigate the break in as part of the case.
On June 13 in Biennem, David Douglas was fined £25 and costs in the Supreme Court for a prosecution alleging criminal libel against Edward Owen McGuire.
Blaxaein June 13 a man named McKenzie was charged at Piston yesterday with assaulting a girl with intent to commit rape. He was remanded till Tuesday. Bail set at 200 on own recognizance and 100 in sureties of 50 each.
The Wellington Domestic Servants Union plans tosend demands to the Arbitration Court and seek its power to attach employers by advertisements in daily papers.
In Auckland on June 12 the Hon G Fowlds denounced proposals to grant freehold to Crown land tenants as a political bribe. He cited payments of 200 to 300 pounds per head and noted recent leasehold gains of 2600 to 8000 pounds. He urged caution on land policy and discussed police pay, Native lands, and local control of a weekly half holiday.
SYDNEY June 12 The New South Wales second fifteen defeated the Queensland second fifteen by twelve points to three. Wellington June 12 Meeting of the Wellington ti Union Management Committee discussed the Exclusion of A Lashiville and sought NZ Rugby Council ruling on amateur status for services to football. An enquiry will probe spectator abuse at Lower Hutt. one player suspended for season another for four Saturdays for fighting. a spectator reported for insulting a referee at Petane. offender warned from all Union grounds for five years.
Napier on June 12 reports McLachlan has accepted an eight day challenge to run 140 175 and 300 yards in Auckland for a £50 purse with a £25 deposit to be warded.
The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company cables a report on the frozen meat market. Canterbury mutton prices listed as 34d for Napier Wellington and North Island with first quality 54d and second 53d. Beet Hinds priced at 44d and fores at 34d.
The Arbitration Court concluded its session in Wanganui this morning focusing on objections by employers to Conciliation Board recommendations. Hearings resume in Napier on Monday and later in Masterton.
Obituary notes the death of William McLaughlin of Papaton too from an internal injury linked to a past horse accident. Also listed are Jane Werbrisdon a four year old daughter of Mer Bydder who died in Cog sagnenos hospital from fire injuries and John Hetherington a 55 year old carpenter found dead in bed after reports of normal health prior to retirement.
The Ashburton County Brass Band held a meeting with Bandmaster H A Humphrey presiding. New officers were elected including Drum Major T McDonald and Deputy Band Master J Marsden. A stock sale and local improvements followed, with railway, postal, and education actions noted.
Sub-Inspector Dwyer’s Christchurch Licensing Committee statement is cited to argue that banning licenses for exhibitions reduces drunkenness and rowdyism. The writer, Tf. Shiner, asserts moral suasion alone cannot curb liquor abuse and that removing temptation proves most effective for those prone to drink.
The text lists categories in a cattle sale: six bulls forty cows and heifers with calves and up, thirteen two year old heifers, fifteen one year old heifers, twenty calves bulls and heifers. It reads like a catalog excerpt detailing age classes and quantities.
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