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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 16, 1909
Page
2
Property description lists a dwelling occupied by Mr John Since on the Alford Forest road near the Woollen Mills. Potential buyers are invited to apply.
For sale a well improved 140 acre farm with a six room dwelling scullery bathroom and washhouse dairy five stall stable trap house and workshop. Land quality good 27 acres wheat 16 acres oats 12 acres turnip crop remainder grass one to three years old near public school. Buildings in good condition and overall a solid opportunity for a practical man at reasonable price. Particulars on application F Ferriman land and estate agent.
A note announces the sale of the work Feelings by John Christie editor of the Ashburton Guard and the Ashburton Mail. It lists bookshop sale availability and price at 2s.
James Nairn of Deniliquin New South Wales wed Annie Meharry daughter of William Meharry Tinwald at the bride’s parents residence in a local ceremony with attendance noted by relatives and friends.
Ashburton establishes a Navy League sub-branch led by secretary T. M. Morrissey as part of a broader Empire wide effort to foster Navy support. The league will offer Trafalgar Day prizes to district high school students for essays on co operation with the British Navy and Empire expansion under Queen Victoria.
A local labour bureau agent reports sixty three applicants for work one day last week. Many men seek farm work in the south where opportunities are scarce.
Hampstead ratepayers back asphalt of the East street footpath to the saleyards racecourse showgrounds and cemetery. The Hampstead Town Board Cemetery Board and private owners would bear costs with possible county and association contributions. local bodies urged to meet and fund the project.
June 15 Wellington Town Hall crowd protests the postponement of Parliament. Leaders include Herdman M P Fisher M P Wright M P Dr Newman mayor and ex M P J G W Aitken. A protest resolution passes as a demonstration plan forms but stops at Parliament gates.
In Wellington the House of Representatives heard Sir J. G. Ward report the end of the financial year public debt at £70,938,534, up £4,484,637 from the prior year. Increases stemmed from public works grants, railway and road projects, telegraph and land settlements, local loans, settler advances, and government securities redemptions. The statement was ordered printed and laid on the table.
Delegates from across the colony gathered in the Scottish Society’s roots in Christchurch for the New Zealand Alliance annual meeting. President Wesley Spragg presided while Rev. F. W. Isitt reported on self-denying workers. No-license majorities dominated 18 of 78 electorates with 221,471 total votes, up 92,708 from 1905. Spragg of Auckland reelected president.
At Kaikoura yesterday a whaling crew landed a bull and a cow right whale, valued at £600. It is the first catch of the season for CAPTURE QF WHALES in Christchurch.
Otago Law Society applies to NZ Supreme Court for show cause why a Dunedin firm should not be struck off the roll. The motion follows a reflection made by Mr Hutcheson at Waikouaiti and will be argued before Mr Justice Williams on Monday.
Auckland June 16 inquest jury says death of Mrs Horsnell resulted from being thrown from a tramcar after it started before she could alight. Motorman Charles Halley and conductor Herbert Birkets were charged with manslaughter and remanded on bail with £100 personal surety and £100 other surety.
G H Car son stock taking sale starts Friday June Vth featuring bargain motor cycles at various prices. Includes Friumph 2 bike £10 Clement Garrard Minerva 9 hp £20 Minerva 2 hp £27 10s F N 6 44 hp £57 10s and a new N B O 8 hp £85 plus an old Beng Car £25 with 3 hp water cooled engine. Visitors advised to come early at Tancred Street.
News from London reports the Scottish coal miners issued three months’ notice to terminate the Conciliation Board agreement, with the men accepting. South Wales miners, led by Keir Hardie, warn of a broader fight for nationalisation if a lockout occurs, urging defiance against foreign mine supply. Also notes on the George Washington steamer heading to New York and U.S. budget plans to bundle departmental appropriations into a single budget. Prince Hausenberg’s bail raised to £25,000 with arrest risk after an unauthorised trip from Berlin to Gastein.
In London on June 16 a Liberal MPs meeting nearly rejected a tax on the capital value of undeveloped land and favored an increment value duty. Twenty others backed the meeting against untapped minerals tax. The Daily News warns of Liberal cave in but notes only a small minority oppose Lloyd George policy. Daily Chronicle cites 60-70 opponents.
In the House of Cotmoris the Welsh Party agrees to withdraw disestablishment bill after revolt chatter on Asquith's promise. They require assurance the bill will pass the House of Commons as the first measure next session.
Mr Lloyd George pledged to reconsider the budget proposals on public-house duties in Ireland, signaling potential changes in tax policy for breweries and pubs. The move aims to address Irish economic concerns and fiscal arrangements discussed in Parliament.
The Telegraph notes Mr. Walter Long's campaign against including socialistic and land legislation in the Budget has sparked subscriptions and offers of aid from all parts of the country and Scotland, with discontent rising quickly.
Grand Admiral von Koester told the Potsdam Bradenburg section of the German Navy League that Germany should hold a higher ranking at sea. He urged efforts to strengthen the fleet as a mighty tool for protecting the Fatherland and aiding peace, sending a telegram to the Kaiser.
Mr Haldane spoke at the Borderers banquet in London emphasising relief at arms problems solved and the necessity of fleet efficiency through better organisation. He noted dominions recognizing that Empire defense as a whole shapes the future. Lieutenant General Smith-Dorrien ordered a surprise mobilisation, bringing the command into marching order within six hours.
The Victorian Tennis Association proposes a fourAustralian two New Zealand committee for Davis Cup affairs and suggests after Sydney match the next contest be in New Zealand with funds split two thirds to Australia and one third to New Zealand if the agreement ends.
An advertisement extols a "sovereign remedy" for rheumatism and related ailments. It boasts rapid relief by expelling poison rather than masking pain and claims to have cured thousands. The message urges readers to test the product from chemists and stores selling bottles priced at 2s 8d or 4d per bottle.
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