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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 17, 1913
Page
2
An unclear ad fragment touts comfort guaranteed corsets by Jiadiea with fashion focus. Mentions bones rusting and fabric tearing and urges immediate ordering with garbled product cues and numbers.
A series of late June accidents reported from Tathape Eureka and surrounding areas include Daniel Field 25 killed on a jigger near Eureka when struck by a Cambridge train. Harold Nielson 50 dies after a fall entangled in reins at Mataroa. Reginald Connen found unconscious with severe injuries after being struck by a vehicle at Gonville. Thomas Fallon boatswain of Indrabarah found dead in ship hold. Samuel Plimsoll 19 footballer dies from injuries in a Christchurch school match. Jane Verch elderly woman dies from accidental burns after house fire. coroner finds burns caused by accidental ignition with alcohol present.
Inquiries show winter distress in Christchurch due to unemployment while the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society transfers 600000 ava from the Gehyyn River to its hatchery. Reginald Williams is arrested for fine nonpayment. anti militarist sendoff for Ab Lyttelton Williams. lake Coleridge power works progress. shop partitions for Saturday work denied. a burglary at Woodford Papanui Read yields £150 jewellery theft.
Christchurch on June 16 reports show Hon. James Allen defending the Defence Act as democratic in principle and rejecting repeal. A deputation from the National Peace Council urged repeal while criticising police escort and bayoneted transfers to Lyttelton. Allen promised amendments and inquiries into mal administration but not repeal. He offered to consider allowing mothers and boys access to Ripa Island if law obedience continued.
In Auckland on June 16 Norman J Walsh aged seventeen was served liquor. Barmaids Marion Abbott of the Thames Hotel and Millie Hunter of the Star Hotel were fined 2 pounds each plus costs. Licensees escaped liability as there was no delegated authority and the sale violated express instructions.
Two Union Steam Ship Company employees were in the office last evening when they turned on the electric light in the strong room. They heard a crackling and found papers ablaze but promptly extinguished the fire. Several documents were badly charred yet nothing valuable was lost. The blaze was caused by the wire fusing near papers on a shelf.
The Intent models showcase a low and full bust with flexible corsetting above the waist. The design promises perfect comfort while maintaining figure elegance.
Advert says a cold signals weakness and urges timely care. It promotes Baxter’s Lung Preserver as a tonic that invigorates the system and cures colds. Recommends repeated purchases with a bottle costing 1s 10d at stores or chemists.
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