Careless and incompetent British officers praised by colonials
The Ashburton Guardian reports letters home criticizing British front officers for recklessness and incompetence. The dissent highlights Australian and Canadian volunteers as exemplary, noting their tact, discipline, and readiness. It quotes Churchill and a Capetown correspondent faulting officers for carelessness and a lack of strategic foresight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hare
Tommy Atkins
Kruger
Winston Churchill
Times
Capetown
Koornaprnit
Broadwood
Local and General Highlights From The Week
The column reports on alleged gaming prosecutions dropped due to insufficient evidence, Hawke’s Bay bunny complaints, and an extraordinary floor in the London Goal Exchange carved from inlaid wood with a dagger haft slab from Peter the Great’s era. It notes rugby and football lineups, an accident correcting a rugby fraud, a New York contractor insured for two million, and a French armoured train trial near Rennes Cherbourg. Also mentions Woods peppermint cure and tobacco products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Park
Christchurch
Hawke’s Bay
Hawke's Bay
London Goal Exchange
City Corporation Arme
Peter the Great
Deptford
Rugby Union
Lancaster Park
New York
John Macdonald
Mington
Indrét
France
Rennes
Cherbourg
Cougha
Caldas
A Dancer To Larerre-It And Other Miscellany
A varied local column notes a San Francisco firm planning a vast 658 foot long and diameter vessel carrying 14,000,000 tons of lumber to be towed to Japan. It also reports on Mies Button's progress after a serious accident, an Irishman in Phoenix Park spoofing royalty, the death of Mrs Lawcock following a seizure, and details from the Agricultural Conference in Wellington plus juror pay debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larerre
San Francisco
Japan
Mies Button
Eel Forest
Fora
Ani
Darlin
Phoenix Park
Mrng Lawcock
Amberley
Press
Mrs Lawcock
Weallington
Sir John Hall
Mosers Thos. Mackenzie
P Pattullo
J G Wilson
W G Foster
H Overton
H W Fulton
D Peat
J Bayne
J H Coleman
TW Adame
J D Ritchie
T W Kirk
J A Gilruth
J 4
Kinsella
Tagle
Government Departmente
Thomas Mackenzie
Tapanui Society
Supreme Court
Wellington
McLeod
Manawatu
Early motor cycles in the colony and global war costs
The piece notes a De Dion and Bouton tricycle imported by Moasra Service and G. Henning in Auckland, praising its naphtha power and speed. It also discusses England's long war debt, escalating naval costs, and a Natal tale about President Kruger and a predictive pipe gifted by a halfbreed seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colony
Moasra Service
G. Henning
Auckland
Atresia
Mangere
Henning
England
Hoagland
France
Russia
Natal
Kruger
Transvaal
Bloemfontein
Terrible railway accident at Slough station kills and injures many
An express bound for Plymouth wrecked the rear carriage of a special race train at Slough. Four people were killed and seventy injured as gas escaped and wreckage caught fire. Actress Mrs Bernard Boere survived with no injuries but suffered shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tune
Plymouth
Slough
Bernard Boere
Ashburton County Racing Club Plans Amalgamation Benefits
A committee meeting discussed fixed dates for next Autumn and usual Summer meetings on Tinwald course, with New Year events proposed. They weighed consolidating meetings on one course to boost facilities, while preserving the four-year Tinwald arrangement and potential Tinwald-Tinwald finances. A sports figure praised the club’s totalisator operations at recent meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburton County Racing Club
Tinwald
Ashburton
Tinwald Club
Selwyn County Board Meeting Notes June 11
The Fakaia and Thia Board met on June 11 with Mesars WF M Backley in the chair, electing Sir John Hall as chairman for the ensuing year. The board offered condolences to Mr Parker Wea'enta for his resignation due to an accident and thanked him for his years of service. The council set £156 1s 0d for hospitals and charitable expenditure, appointed the Clerk to receive Indian Famine Fund subscripts, and called tenders for 20 000 ft of black birch for replanking Glentuouel bridge. Five pounds was voted to each District Sparrow Grabs for poisoned grain. Constable Copeland discussed public health. no insanitary premises reported, but assistance would be requested if any arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thia
Mesars
M Backley
BR Nowell Besley
A Colville
K. Wil
John Hall
Parker Wea
Selwyn County Council
Glentuouel Bridge
Copeland
Audi
Conciliation Board Sets Wage Scales and Holidays for Mills
The Conciliation Board awards a six hour work day with tiered overtime and double pay on holidays. It fixes wage rates for various mill roles and limits apprentice ratios. City Council plans a temporary rubbish destructor, considers a city-yard site, and discusses a by law on child labor and badge wearing for boys in newspapers and small wares trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Association
Hieotria Telegraph
Christchdarch
Conciliation Board
Prince of Wales
Real Deate
Liverpool
Glasgow
Cough Remedy Praised by Local Resident in Duchess County
Mr B Gray of Amenia says Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is the best medicine he has used. It cures croup in children when given early and should be kept on hand for sudden hoarseness or croupy cough. Asa Burton Dave Co sells it locally. Also mentions curiosity about McKenzie's Honpar Lanka Cer Lon Tea and skeptical buyers, with stores selling Hondal Lanka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Gray
Amenia
Duchess County
Chamberlain
Asa Burton Dave Co
McKenzie
Hondal
Lanka
Enemy Routed Amid South African Skirmish and Bank Fraud
In Alkmaar Keuger paper money valued at six thousand was rejected by the Ermelo National Bank. The Landdrost exchanged gold for paper. Major Capper’s force defended a bridge at Zind River Station after a Boer dawn attack. Seven killed and nine captured before Boer forces withdrew. An army order grants a £5 gratuity to Australasian and Canadian NCOs and men discharged or dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prews Association
Kruger
Alkmaar
Ermelo
National Bank
Keuger
Landdrost
Stayn
North Royal Lancastere
Zind River
Major Capper
Lord Kitchener
Capper
Invalided New Zealanders Return to Colony
The Medical Board has examined all invalided men who recently returned to the colony and reports they are likely to recover. A month's pay from landing is granted, with further allowances to be decided later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Association
Wetrixeron
the Invalide
Medical Board
Cape Rebels Commission Proposal Stirs in Natal
Report notes that Schreiner and Solomons proposed a commission to try the Cape rebels, described as spontaneous and not London initiated. General Buller is praised for recent successes and Hoe has released many Natal Volunteers captured previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elis
Lonpox
Cape
Schreiner
Solomons
London
Buller
Hoe
Natal
Gallant drummer boy saves comrades under heavy fire at Ventner's Spruit
A private in the York and Lancaster Regiment reports a young drummer named Waterton who, under a deadly hail of bullets at Ventner's Spruit, ran to fetch water for his thirsty comrades and was struck three times. He survived, en route to England, and his deed is praised as selfless and heroic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York and Lancaster Regiment
Sende Ua
Zées
Natal
Ie Wateon
Ventner’s Spruit
Auch
England
Brave Tommy Atkins Reflects On War Campaigns
In an interview at the Reform Club, a famed war artist recounts his fifteenth campaign from 1876 in the Servo-Turkish era to modern conflicts. He notes the uniform khaki, the sudden colonial heroics, and a De Beers Labram built 4.2 gun at Kimberley showing British enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villiers
Mail
Firah
Marvellona
Coteop
Kimberley
de Beers
Labram
Africs
Woolwich
Cecil Rhodes
Colonial Contingents and Colonial Forces Summary
The Sydney Morning Herald lists colonial military strengths with New South Wales at 2672 men and Victoria at 1419 men. New Zealand is noted as capable but fewer in number than New South Wales, while Canada’s figures are not provided. The text references Queensland South Australia Western Australia and Tasmania in a total, but specific counts are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sydney Morning Herald
British Warships Move as Boxers Rampage in China
Dispatches report Boxers burning the Catholic Cathedral and foreign mission premises in Tientsin area. hundreds of local Christians and foreign staff killed. Powers rush troops. up to 30,000 expected. British ships Hermione Linnet and Undaunted assigned to key ports. McKinley orders Manila troops to Taku amid delayed Tientsin news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prema
Electric Telegraph
London
Seymour
the Times
Customs Department
Tientain
West River
Kweihe Sien
Waauinaton
McKinley
Manila
Taku
Australian Federation Bill Shows Majority Support
United Press reports from Melbourne and London indicate approvals of the Commonwealth Bill revisions. Mr Barton, Mr Tunner, and Lord Beauchamp discuss compromises seen as improvements, while Australian leaders await ratification and await resumption of debate.
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M. Jones
Stationery Books
Account Books
Jruns and Ammunition
Euers
Powarr
Suor
Cars
Waples
Canreipae
Poona
Shearman -Bros
Grocers, Ironmongers, Wise & Spirit Mercghants, Buuneresteger Achburten
Prish
South Africa
Whakatane
Manufactor
Birmingham
Exc
Tor
Inte
Melbourne
S Rock
T. H. Andrill & CO
Cabinetmaekere
Dancred Street
Anoape
McDonald & Co
Tailora, Etc
Jubilee
Burnet Street
Miller
Dunedin
Shearman Bros
John Orb & No
W. T. Almquit
America
Hast Street
Mus Knioni
Ceylon
Miss Bessie Simmonds
ASIC
Avery Mail
Barnett Street
J. Wilson
Burnett Street
Burne Street
Allenton
Allen’s Road
Allison Street
Cox Street
Bullock
North East Belt
Acre
J Rohav
T. Bollock
AEVEN
Fletcher Bros
Sinar
Emanuel Mandel
Philip Mandel
South Broad Street
Trenton
U.S
Mandel
Newark
Mande
Mandaleaye
Gavs
bin Ayes
North Inland
Grey Rver Argus
Burmese Mounted Infantry
Edgar
Coatta
Kournapruit
Coutts
Lyddite Ab
New Zealand
Otago Daily Times
Mary Jane Tradock
Pelichet Bay
Frederick Street
Bath
Palmerston
Punedin
North Otago Racing Cub
Snd
Bothing
Ashbudton Club
Fakaia and Board
Croup
iWon
J. McKenzie
Chas. Ws. Mills
United Preay Association
John McKenzie
Chas. A. Milly
Steyn
General Buller
Reform Club
Spearman
Sirouma
Yoicea
Affairs IN China
Hona Kona
Namking
Sachang
Hermione
Hankew
Wooaung
Australian Federation
Electrics Telegraph
Abet
Jane
Slowry
Lord Beauchamp
Grafton
Barton
Australia
Wakapoaka
Commonwealth Committee
Benjamin Gum
Lontye
Avehon ™” Manufacturing Com Company, Ltd
Cbriatchurch
May
Kumrruonye
Trosssz & Co
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