Winter Show draws steady crowds despite poor weather
The Winter Show at the Arcade drew dense crowds Saturday night with the Temperance Band providing music. Gate receipts over two days totaled 190 pounds 6 pence, higher than last year and earlier shows, though weather limited potential gains. The Government exhibit left for Christchurch while a unique North Island item will head to Pal Merston North Show. The Winter Show Committee, led by W. H. Robinson, along with Messrs Bundy Reid Messent Breeze Lloyd Roberts and Tucker, plus secretaries Christian and Amos, is praised for good management and exhibitor satisfaction.
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Temperance
Christchurch
Preent
Pal
Merston
North
G. Bundy
C. Reid
F. Messent
T. Breeze
H. A. Lloyd
W.G. Roberts
J. Tucker
Poultry Show Awards Trophies and Special Prizes
Results of poultry classes show society trophies for most points across breeds led by Carten 11 points in Orpingtons and Burns 18 points in Minorcas. Awards cover Wyandottes Leghorns Campines Anconas Houdans Plymouth Rocks Hamburgs Game and other categories with numerous point totals and winners.
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Orpingtons
C. Carten
S. R. Burns
Iver Wyandottes
R. D. Johnston
Wyandottes
G. Jeffreys
KE. A. Veitch
J. Betten
G. W Watson
Campines
Anconas
HW. Messert
Houdans
Breeze
Lymouth Rocks
G. W. Watson
J. Stringfellow
Te. A. Hopkins
Bfr
John Studholme
H. A. Livyd
New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association
W. W. Patterson
HA. Elmslie
A. Fraser
Canaries
M. Baker
Cost of Living Commission Evidence From Christchurch
In Christchurch June 17 the Cost of Living Commission heard from a furniture warehouse manager who recently arrived from Adelaide. He testified that house keeping in New Zealand costs about 10 percent more than in Australia with groceries fuel clothing meat vegetables and fruit higher while milk and light were similar. He noted furnishing on a better scale than ten years ago. A Drivers' Union representative spoke on wages and working conditions.
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Christchurgh
Adelaide
New Zealand
Australia
Drivers’ Union
Wood's Great Peppermint Cure and Hacking Cough Remedy
A playful verse notes a traveler catching a tram boat bus fish and animals on tour. It promotes Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for colds and Woods' Great Pain Care priced 1s 6d in old currency.
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Wood
Betting Case Heard At Christchurch Magistrates Court
In Christchurch Magistrates Court Gus Watson faced charges over publishing a betting announcement for horse races and assisting to distribute printed matter without printer attribution. Evidence included initials A.G. on a card sent to Ashburton and later received with Watson’s name. The magistrate reserved judgment.
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Christchurch
T. A. B. Bailey
Gus Watson
Cassidy
Flo
Paslice
Post Office
Auckland
Constable Kidd
Ashburton
Watson
Wellington
Kingly, Scott and Martindale
A-B.c
Fim
Gibson
Bishop
Weather Summary From Domain Station
The Domain weather station logged eight points of rain in the 24 hours to 9 am yesterday and 14 points the next day, totaling 87 points since Wednesday night. Frost reached about 11 degrees last night as snow covers the area. forecasts expect westerly winds strengthening to a gale after twenty hours with cool changeable conditions and unsteady glass.
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Domain
London Transport Strike Fizzles as Unions Split
June reports show Cardiff and Penarth unions declining to strike while Bristol Dockers’ Executive ends the action. The Seafarers’ Union disputes London Strike Committee claims and rejects Father Hopkins’s letter. Strikers demand reinstatement and a joint employers and workers board to guarantee last year’s settlement. Ben Tillett cites potential aid from Australia New Zealand and America.
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London
National Labourers’ Union
Cardiff
Penarth
Seafarers’ Union
Southampton
Ben Tillett
Bristol Dockers
Industrial Council
Bristol
Father Hopkins
Transport Workers’ Federation
Towerhill
Australia
New Zealand
America
Eight Hour Day Pushed by Labour Legislation Group
A Special Committee of the International Association for Labour Legislation met in London and considered a global eight hour day. It urged starting with iron and steel industries, calling for action soon, and also deemed eight hours justifiable in glass, paper and other continuous industries.
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London
International Association For Labour Legislation
Europe
America
Sleeping Sickness Carrier Identified by Commission
The Sleeping Sickness Commission reports the tsetse fly, glossina morsitans, as the carrier of glosia palpalis. Palpalis is often regional, while morsitans is widespread, making eradication difficult.
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London
British Emigrants 1911 Move From Britain Rise to Colonies
In 1911 Britain sent 261 809 emigrants with 210 000 to British possessions. The Australia and New Zealand migration rose by 35 000, reflecting increased colonial settlement.
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London
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Titanic Inquiry Transcript Indicates Captain Young Responsible
At the Titanic Inquiry, Captain Young testified he alone bore responsibility for the Marine Department's delay in issuing new boat regulations. He argued the delay was not unreasonable, citing the significance of experiments on stability and safety.
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London
Young
Marine Department
Education Commission Hearings on Sex Education and Curriculum Reforms
Mr Milner of Oamaru Boys High urged teaching sexual physiology by qualified teachers of both sexes and endorsed stricter training on total abstinence from liquor. He proposed excluding mathematics and science from girls exams and revamping Latin. He favored vocational studies and naval clubs, with broader history geography and civics education.
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Dunedin
Milner
Oamaru
Nquor
Education Department
Great Britain
Navy League
Dominion
Morrell
Secondary Teachers’ Conference
Central Department For the Protection
Railwaymen urge Parliament review of Ministerial veto on Appeal Board decisions
A Christchurch meeting of railway workers urged Parliament to review the Ministerial veto on Appeal Board decisions. Sympathy was shown for Guard Cadman in a related case. MPs Veitch and Robertson spoke in favor of abolishing the veto. In Westport, Minister of Mines Colvin arrived to aid the Waihi mining dispute but was hampered by the absence of the Consolidated Company manager.
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Christchurch
Guard Cadman
Veitch
M. P
Robertson
M.P
Westport
Mas. Colvin
Reefton
Waihi
Consolidated Company
Colvin
Burglary at Co-operative Store in Blackball Seized by Explosives
A safe was dynamited and stolen from the Co-operative Store at Blackball early Sunday. About £10 was taken while £100 remained untouched. Police investigate. no arrests reported yet.
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Greymouth
Dune
Co-operative
Blackball
Supreme Court Opens in Greymouth with One Indictment
The Greymouth Supreme Court opened before Justice Denniston. In his address he commended the district on the absence of rioting. One case was heard, involving carnal knowledge brought from Hokitika. a true bill was found against Amos Dowell and the case proceeds.
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Greymouth
Supreme Court
Justice Denniston
Rine
Hokitika
Amos Dowell
Farmer dies after bull goring near Papanui
John Jies aged 73 a farmer near Papanui was fatally gored by a bull on Friday and died this morning from his injuries. The report notes the incident occurred at the farm compound and identifies no further details of the beast or rescue attempts.
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Christchurch
John Jies
Escaped Stowaway Nabbed After Auckland Escape
Wellington June 17 Detective Mason arrested Charles John Brooks after the Nairn shire arrival from Auckland. Brooks escaped custody in Auckland Friday morning and was found hiding in a coal bunker by a fireman. The Captain sent him to Auckland for remand.
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Wellington
Nairnshire
Auckland
Mason
Charles John Brooks
Brooks
London Dock Contract Awarded for Thames Expansion
Pearson and Son have secured the contract for a new south of the Royal Albert Dock in the Thames. The dock costs £1,400,000 and measures 4500 feet long 600 feet wide and 5 feet deep covering 65 acres. The King will cut the first sod on July 17.
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London
Messrs Pearson and Son
Royal Albert Dock
Thames
Unionist Demonstration Condemns Home Rule Bill at Albert Hall
London reports a large Unionist rally at the Albert Hall protesting Home Rule. Rev. W. Watkinson attacks Nonconformist MPs for party servitude and accuses clergymen who back Home Rule of betrayal. The Bishop of Ossory warns against expulsion from citizenship and heritage, urging loyalty.
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London
Albert Hall
W. Watkinson
Wesleyan
House of Commons
Ossory
Suffragettes and Undergrads at King’s Birthday Dinner
At the Indian Office a suffragette tried to tear off Asquith’s epaulette. a youth shouted and both were ejected. Eight thousand suffragettes demonstrated at the Albert Hall and threaten hunger strike unless prisoners are moved to the first division by Wednesday. Mrs Pankhurst and the Lawrences may join the strike. A suffragette claims Mrs Asquith boxed her ears and the Premier struck her.
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London
As With
Asquith
Albert Fiall
Lawrences
Pankhurst
India Office
Oxford Students Attack Suffragette Meeting
Hundreds of undergraduates clashed with suffragettes in Oxford after they forced Miss Sylvie Pankhurst and others from a meeting. The disruption ended the assembly amid heavy crowding and disorder.
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Oxford
Sylvie Pankhurst
Roosevelt Taft Rivalry Roars Across Convention Delegates
Chicago dispatch reports feverish scene as Roosevelt and Taft camps contend for contested delegates. Roosevelt decries political corruption while Taft supporters cite gains. momentum shifts amid warnings of bribery and packed processes. Black delegates noted as pivotal but historically aligned with Democrats.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
New York
Peeye
Aly Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
London
Daily Mails
Metro
Mutinous Chinese Troops Loot Tsunafu District
Two thousand soldiers mutinied at Tsunafu fearing payless disbandment. They looted burned and shot. the Governor sought refuge in a Catholic mission. Three Japanese houses were looted but no foreigners were harmed as other troops restored order.
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Peking
Tsunafu
Indian refugees flee volcanic ash coastward
Reports describe terrified Indians moving toward the coast from Alaska's volcanic regions with heavy casualties. Villages suffer as ash filled waters clog canneries forcing closures and disrupting industry.
Train Wreck Kills Two Engineers and Firemen in Moose Jaw
In a crash in Moose Jaw a train wreck claimed the lives of two engineers and two firemen. About a dozen passengers were injured as cars plunged into a gul e.
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Moose
Thirteen Hours Speech in Vienna Ends with Deputy Unconscious
Ruthenian deputies pressed the Defense Bill amid government anxiety and an attempt to create Lemberg University. One deputy spoke for thirteen hours straight and was carried from the chamber unconscious.
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Vienna
A. Lemberg University
Generous St Petersburg Employer Bequeaths Fortune to Employees
A German merchant from Moscow left his business and a fortune of about one half a million pounds to his workers in June. Herr Hinkel, the beneficiary, gave a testamentary bequest detailing generous gifts to staff.
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St, Petersburg
Hinkel
Moscow
Edith Detained by Zeasruggi Authorities in Seizure
In Brussels on June 15 authorities detained the Glasgow steamer Edith accused of preparing to sail for Portuguese Royalists with about fifty thousand cases of ammunitions aboard.
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Brussels
Zeasruggi
Edith
How the President Is Chosen and the Party Conventions
A summary of the presidential selection process from the Republican convention in Chicago to Electors voting in November, the Electoral College role, and the evolution from caucus to national conventions with party committees shaping campaigns and rules. It notes historic shifts from Washington to Adams and the move to single Presidential tickets and party nominations.
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Chicago
Taft
Mr Roosevelt
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Congress
George Washington
United States
John Adams
House
Senate
Ministerial Shuffle Swaps War Office Posts
Mr H J Tennant becomes Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the War Office replacing Colonel Seely. Harold Baker replaces Tennant as Financial Secretary. H W Massingham in Nation condemns the cabinet changes as weakening the Radical wing and strengthening moderate imperialist Liberals.
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London
H. J. Tennant
Colonel Seely
War Office
Harold Baker
Accrington
Tennant
H. W. Massingham
Nation
Commerce Congress adopts resolution on imperial claims
The Chambers of Commerce Congress backed the Manchester Chamber and urged the next Imperial Conference to remove duplicated tax claims across the empire. Sydney figures Meeks and Alcock led a motion to require bills of lading to show that freight is paid, to avoid double payments. The group also approved publishing annual balance sheets for government and municipal utilities like gas, electric, and tram firms.
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London
Chambers of Commerce Congress
Manchester
Meeks
Sydney
Alcock
Sweden and Russia Tensions Discussed at King’s Birthday Dinner
At a Sydney dinner honoring the birthday of the King of Sweden, the Consul in Chief downplayed talk of a Russia Sweden scare while asserting Sweden would defend itself. He stated Sweden would not fear a second-class Power and would fight if attacked by a first-class Power.
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Sydney
Sweden
Russia
Poincare Levels Support for Anglo French Entente
In Paris M. Poincare told the Chamber of Deputies the Anglo-French entente has broad public backing in both nations and that a formal alliance would be unnecessary and mistaken. He noted Delcasse ordered concentration of French destroyers to guard the coast, with Britain likely to cover wartime waters while the fleet concentrates in the Mediterranean.
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Paris
M. Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
France
Germany
M. Delcasse
Channel
Atlantic
Britain
Mediterranean
Night express collision causes heavy losses at Lingoping
The Malmo to Stockholm night express collided with a goods train at Marinslaett station Lingoping due to signalling error. Sleeping carriages wrecked and other cars damaged. Eighteen people killed and sixteen injured in the wreck.
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Stockholm
Malmo
Marinslaett
Lingoping
Government limits federal capital expenditure plan
Melbourne June 17 The Federal Government does not propose to provide for expenditure beyond £100,000 in connection with the Federal capital in the next financial year.
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Melbourne
Canada’s Minister in England Seeks Defense Aid
Mr Borden the Canadian Premier arrived three weeks ago as the fifth Canadian minister in England. The main aim of his visit is to discuss Canada’s share in Imperial defence and to offer immediate aid. Melbourne reports Tudor is unaware of London reciprocity talks’ hitch and a list of preferred articles will be submitted by Canada’s Customs Minister touring England.
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London
Borden
Canada
England
Melbourne
Tudor
Thanksgiving Services Held Across New South Wales
In accordance with the Governor proclamation, thanksgiving services were held in all state churches yesterday for the timely rain. The South Australian Education Commission arrived to take evidence.
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Sydney
South Australian Education Commission
Woods Great Peppermint Cure Boosts Cold Relief
A quirky verse notes a cold’s paradox as it makes you hot and nose red yet predicts relief when Woods' Great Peppermint Cure is used. The riddle-like claim hints at a remedy expediting cooling from feverish symptoms.
Highland Society Protest Kilts Ban in Commonwealth Forces
The Highland Society of New South Wales protests to the Minister of Defence against the abolition of kilts in Commonwealth forces.
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The
Highland Society of
New South Wales
Roslyn Writing Tablets Advertise 1912 Calendar
An advertisement offers Roslyn writing tablets containing 100 sheets of superior paper with an artistic Rotorua picture and two women. Includes a useful calendar for 1912 and is available from all storekeepers in 1944.
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Roslyn
Rotorua
The Missing Dredge Hoax Suspect Letter Found
A bottle with a note signed Jones was found on Therron beach in Sydney. The writer claimed to be a fireman aboard the dredge Manchester, dated May 24, reporting the vessel was disabled three hundred miles southeast of Lord Howe Island and would not last forty eight hours. Authorities doubt the claim as no such fireman named Jones served on the Manchester.
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Sydney
Therron
Jones
Manchester
Lord Howe Island
Great Floods Hit Colorado River Towns Coast to Coast
The Colorado River overflows in many directions as villages flood and homes are abandoned. Rescue boats have been sent as authorities report widespread damage across the region.
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New York
Colorado
Record Beef Prices Rally as Chicago Hogs Higher
New York reports cattle prices at Chicago markets selling at record highs. Traders note demand remains strong and prices climb with every sale.
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New York
Chicago
Balloon lands on Mount Pilatus in Swiss Alps
Berne reports a military balloon successfully alighted on Mount Pilatus near Lucerne, then was packed and drawn by sledges down the rocky slopes. Mount Pilatus rises to 8998 feet, with a rock railway reaching the summit for grand views of the Bernese Oberland peaks.
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Berne
Pilatus
Lucerne
Lake of Lucerne
Rigi
Bernese Oberland
Belgian Caution for Motorists Reported in Brussels
Sir Francis Younghusband was awarded 21400 damages against a motor car owner for running over him at Spa last year. The driver was fined and sentenced to a fortnight in prison.
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Brussels
Francis Younghusband
Spa
Indian capital Delhi cost estimate top four million sterling
New Delhi Ay Montague Under Secretary for India says the provisional government estimate for the cost of the new capital at Delhi is four million sterling. The statement highlights the financial scope of the capital project and identifies the official source.
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London
Ay Montague
India
Delhi
Kent Unregistered Friendly Societies Divide Funds Under Act
Members of small unregistered friendly societies in Kent plan to divide capital among themselves to avoid potential confiscation by Mr Lloyd George.
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Kent
Lloyd George
Shave
Fichardt Proposes Amendments to Immigration Bill
Capetown June 16 Mr Fichardt gives notice of amendments to the Immigration Bill prohibiting the immigration of Asiatics He also advocates deportation with compensation for all Asiatics now in South Africa.
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Capetown
Fichardt
South Africa
German birth rate drops in 1911 across Prussia and Bavaria
In Berlin on June 18 1911 Prussia and Bavaria posted a population decline exceeding one hundred thousand. The government plans an inquiry into actual birth rates to determine the real number of sons.
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Berlin
Prussia
Bavaria
Controversy Over Kaiser Purchase of Adoration of the Magi Picture
Debate continues over Frederick Museum acquisition of Vandergoes's Adoration of the Magi for 40 000 pounds. The Madrid auction sold the painting but the Spanish government prevents removal.
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Kaiser. Frederick
Vandergoes
Madrid
Korydorz Sentenced for Hazardous Device Plot in Cracow
Korydorz has been sentenced to fifteen years penal servitude for placing hazardous devices and incriminating letters in Kozat's house. The materials implied Kozab joined a secret society in Cracow and planned an outrage on the Kaiser's train on November 26, 1910.
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Korydorz
Kozat
Kozab
Cracow
Mrs Janes Reyes Praises Chamberlain's Tablets Relief
Ravenswood resident Mrs Janes Reyes says two years of headaches from liver trouble and irregular bowels vanished after using Chamberlain's Tablets. She reports quick relief and restored liver function with regular use, advising a dose when feeling unwell. Sold by chemists and storekeepers.
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Janes Reyes
Ravenswood
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C. H. Hardy
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