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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
7
A blaze at a Liege cotton mill employing about 1000 women caused a frantic escape as seven stories burned. One hundred fifty people were injured, mostly girls, and two were killed in the incident.
A fire in a wooden building on George Street Dunedin owned by Mr Moore and used by Mr J Hawken trapped Hawken who was found unconscious in a bedroom. Brigade members revived him after about thirty minutes of artificial respiration and he was taken to hospital. Mrs Hawken said she left her husband in bed that afternoon. Damage limited to the passage as fire was confined.
At the General Electric Company annual dinner in London, chairman Mr H Hirst outlined a 10 day trip to Australia driven by electrical speedups. He spoke of a King sway headquarters palace of electricity, Baghdad Railway expansion, and near zero cost graphed messages, predicting widespread UK electric supply and global travel reform within thirty years.
A historical report notes a 1905 Waimakariri accident caused by flood waters saturating an embankment, with multiple fatalities. It cites a prior Whangamamo collision a month earlier and claims 193,000,000 passenger journeys without loss of life since then, asserting railway efficiency and criticizing standing on platforms as a breach of regulations.
A reader from Hihitaht New Zealand testifies that Chamberlain's Pain Balm eases sore throats and provides instant relief for an ankle sprain where other liniments failed. The writer also claims it renews him from rheumatism and notes it is sold by chemists and storekeepers.
A Longbeach householders meeting at the schoolroom elected J Watson as chairman and formed a committee for the year including N March J Glayas F Soal Jas Fisher W D Dawson C Dawson and P Prenderpast. The balance-sheet showed a slight deficit and was adopted. March was re elected chairman and Watson secretary of the new committee. EB Soal was appointed to countersign cheques with the chairman.
An ordinary Waterton Public Library committee meeting reports repairs to the library premises and new book orders. Correspondence notes £12 books raised to the committee, with a July 9 concert planned to aid funds. The year ended with a credit balance of £24 19s.
A Dunedin woman recalls her husband relief from a chronic cold after Baxter's Ling Preserver. The ad claims the product cures stubborn coughs and colds nationwide and offers a 10d bottle via stores or direct mail from J Baxter and Co Christchurch.
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