Subdivided farms offered for sale near rail links and towns
A list of multiple farms and properties for sale across Canterbury and surrounding areas. Listings include Mitcham Mount Somers Coldstream Winchmore Kyla Seafield Road Wakanui Alford Kyle Carew Winslow Wheatstone Rangitata Coldstream Road Staveley Ealing Ashton and related outbuildings, water and fencing details, and terms noting that inspection can be arranged at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haling
Coldstream
Mitcham
Mount Somers
Seafield Road
Wakanui
Alford
Springburn
Kyle
Winslow
Wheatstone
Rangitata
Coldstream Road
Staveley
Ealing
Ashton
Economic Crisis Hits New Caledonia and Tahiti
Reports say New Caledonia faces deficits with reduced administrative staff and railway losses of about £500 yearly. Private housing retrenchment and suspended Australian cable services will isolate the colony for weeks. Tahiti shows a shrinking overseas trade with receipts vs liabilities rising from £39,000 to £69,000 and trade dropping from £346,416 in 1904 to £204,109 in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Caledonian
Pacific
Oceania
New Caledonia
Australia
Tahiti
Transformation of the Soudan’s Subventions and Growth
Cairo correspondent reports a new era in the Soudan with Egypt phasing out its annual subvention by 145000 and plans to extinguish it over time. Revenue climbs from 18000 to over 34660 and expenditure narrows, aided by the Nile Red Sea Railway and Port Soudan customs shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iPremises
New Zealand
Nile-Red Seca
Port Soudan
Egypt
Soudan
Aone
Miralai Bernard Bey
Pall Mail Gazette
Twopence an Hour: Baden Factory Inspectors Reveal Child Labour
A Baden report outlines severe misery in home industries with many children under six employed. Workers endure thirteen to seventeen hour days, irregular meals, and filthy factories. Women in some sectors toil until late at night, while even skilled concertina trades pay ten to eleven shillings weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Duchy of Baden
Daily Chronicle
Black Forrest
Kanieri rescues capsized canoe with markings found
In Whangare s on June 17 the Kanieri recovered a capsized canoe with sails set and the pencil inscription Z L Buchanan Wake Tukapuna on the boarding. In Dunedin on June 17 Richard W E Tutt of Sydney was fined £5 for stealing £4 10s from Albert Proud aboard the steamer Moura. The Land Purchase Board may study a bid to acquire 2000 acres at Mount Royal near Palmerston South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whangares
Z. L. Buchanan
Mount Royal Estate
Palmerston South
Extensive Drainage Scheme For Piako Swamp
Wellington June 17 The Government has adopted a comprehensive scheme for the drainage of the Piako swamp between the Thames and Waikato A sum of £6000 will be placed on the Estimates as a first instalment of the money required to carry out the scheme It is proposed to start operations in September next Areas are to be set apart for flax cultivation and the balance of the land drained will be available for settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Thames
Waikato
Nelson Poultry Association Proposes Egg Laying Contest
The Nelson Poultry Association plans an egg laying competition starting April 1 next year at Sunnyholm Stoke. It will feature fifty pens, a test of early hatched pullets, covered sheds, no grassarina, and use the Hogan system for selecting layers and non-layers. Birds must be purebred and between six and twelve months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Nelson Poultry Association
Sunnyholm
Stoke
Breach of Promise Awards Damages in Supreme Court
In Palmerston North on June 17, Frederick Thomson bootmaker of Youlding sued Freda Mcgarry nee Parsons of Eketahuna for breach of promise of marriage. The court awarded £20 damages plus costs on the lowest scale for the plaintiff who claimed £200 and loss on furniture bought in anticipation of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmerston North
Supreme Court
Frederick Thomson
Youlding
Freda ©. McGarry
Fire destroys Rawnsley's stables near Whangarei
Whangarei district Poroui stables owned by Rawnsley burned Saturday night destroying five draught horses. A death rumor circulated but the man in question reportedly appeared at Tangiteraria later. Building insured for £30, loss estimated at £36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whangarei
Rawnsley
Poroui
Tangiterara
Comstock Worm Pellets Advertised for Children
A Wellington advertisement promotes Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets as a safe remedy for intestinal worms in children and adults. The ad notes common symptoms and states full directions on each box with price and purchasing options at chemists and stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Comstock Co., Ltd
Farish Street
Wellington
Oldest Families Across the World Trace Long Pedigrees
The article notes ancient lineages such as the Mar family of Scotland tracing to 1093 and the Campbells of Argyle to 1190. It cites noble houses like Hapsburg to 952 and Bourben to 861, Mohammed descendants in Mecca, and Japan's Mikado lineage stretching over 2,500 years with the first Mikado dating to Nebuchadnezzar's era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Mar
Scotland
Campbells of
Argyle
Tallyrand
Bismarck
Grosvenor
Duke of Westminster
Hapsburg
Bourben
Mohammed
Mecca
China
Bint
Japan
RheumoQ Promises Fast Safe Rheumatism Cure
RHEUMOQ claims to cure rheumatism gout sciatica and lumbago quickly and permanently. The remedy is described as safe and reliable and is advertised in chemists and stores priced at 25 6d and 4s 6d.
Fog and smoke blamed for London's deadly toll at meeting
Sir Frederick Treves warned the Coal Smoke Abatement Society that fogs kill thousands in London, detailing internal lung damage and a rise in death rates during historic fog events. The Bishop of London called the smoke nuisance an unnecessary evil and linked it to disease in slums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ip Frederick Treves
Coal Smoke Abatement Society
Sir Frederick
Chelsea
Manchester
Painting by Machinery Promises Faster Work and Quality
An expert report argues future painting will be done by machinery, noting serography coats washables evenly on white paper, with stencilling done almost magically a 12 inch frieze in one tenth the time. It urges the trade to welcome machinery to reduce brush wear and noise.
Gout Cure Promises Relief with RHEVMO Remedy
An OCR fragment touts gout as a rheumatic condition and claims RHEVMO will cure it. It mentions stores and adds a child remedy for hacking cough with Woods Great Peppermint Cure priced at sixpence and two shillings sixpence.
Also Mentioned on This Page
NEW Zealand Shipping Company
Royal Mail Steamers
Monte Video
Teneriffe
Plymouth
Clayton
Kaipara
Rimutaka
Rakaia
Tongariro
Orari
Probaria
Sal Nal
Tiyttelton
Friedland
A Bros. TI
Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., Ltd
Oval
Don
Veneriffe
Vessel
Hoss
Brom
Waiwern
Lowden Woll
Anning
Tonio
Carter
Wall
Rio de Janiero
Nicoll Brgs
NEW Zealand Insurance Company
EE Premier
Nicoll Bros
Islington
Linpera
Martin
Knowler
Coates
N.Z
John Orr
Jobn Moors
East Street
Ashburton
Ashburton, Waimate and
Oamaru
Robinson
ALL Grocer
Ons
Ekeen
Oxford Blue
Stcohuagh
CEP
Gont’s
Lady's
BSA
Gent's
Charles A. Kids
S'aese
Ashourton
Messrs Mitchell and Turner's
Burnett Street
David Thoma
Bdarrete
Dunedin
L. Coombes
Salt Street
Miss L. Coombes
Bere
Ceylon
P Wilson & 6G. Ltd
Timaru
Barningham
S &0
Zelandia
Zealandia
Lady Wagon
Shade
Bhieve
Colman
D. Thomas
Thomas
Liewelionthoven
A. Mus
Wlc
Hogilzh Academina
Yyybe Devik
Plosaare
Figs
Tous
Great Britain
Germany
Gordon
Cairo
Interprovincial
Per Press Association
Startling Ofer
7A Ltd
Brat & Co., Ltd
Cashel Street
T. H. Andrill & Co
Fedstead
Tancred Street
Sirlish
J AS
Mellor
Fenlandia Boot Store
Craland
Astrachan
N.Z. Clothing Factory
Cooper
PRIDE
Cooper's
Priedeander Eros
UTD
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