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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
3
A conference of churchmen including Catholics Wesleyan Methodists Unitarians and Jews convened by the Bishop of Manchester with a few Nonconformist dissentients arrived at a basis of agreement on the Education Bill. J Clifford condemns the settlement as unjust and unlikely to secure peace.
Report from St. Petersburg in June states the Czar pardoned numerous individuals convicted in connection with anti Jewish pogroms and related ethnic tensions. The note hints at broader social and political motives behind the clemency.
Reports from Melbourne and Sydney noting a fatal explosion and a narrow steamer escape in heavy fog. The boy murderer in Launceston is identified as Robert Davis with motive given. a search reveals the victim hid his battered brother. New Zealand input shows J D Ormond buying St Helen’s station for £80,000 with more Queensland properties on offer.
In Sydney a jury found Mrs Baikie not guilty of murdering Brown after she testified she bought arsenic but Brown threw it in a fire claiming danger. She said Brown drank heavily and refused prescribed medicine, despite her efforts for his health.
At the Braybrook inquest in Melbourne on June 18 driver Milburn testified that brakes were tested and in good order before he took charge of the engine. Approaching Sunshine at fifty miles an hour he applied brakes, slowed to forty, then the train jumped forward. An emergency brake application failed to act properly. Milburn denied saying there is no one to blame but myself after the accident.
Wellington holds a No-Licence Conference meeting with delegates from Palmerston North and Tuapeka. A motion to delete half-pot provision from the election Statute Book passes. Dr Chapple gains Tuapeka election support. Rev Crump congratulated on 80th birthday. A. Adams presides over balance-sheet adoption. New officers elected with Wesley Sprage as President.
The Hon. W. Hall-Jones as Minister of Public Works expects to hand the North Island Main Trunk line to the Railway Department on November 1. The notice from Wellinton dated June 1 outlines the planned transfer.
About one hundred Dominion boys have applied as the Union Company plans a training ship. The Dartford, once proposed, is now chartered to carry separate lead timber to Sydney. A schoolhouse scene contrasts with a pupil’s early arrival remark from the master.
Justice Cooper ruled in the case Corporation of Dannevirke v Mayor of Dannevirke that the Mayor’s refusals to put two motions to the Council were ultra vires. He granted a mandamus and set fourteen days for appeal notice, with stay pending the Court of Appeal decision if appealed.
Working man offered blouse for ten pound deposit and various properties listed for sale near Trevorton Tinwald Allenton Camer ion Street West and North-End Belt with cottages dwellings and large parcels. WHEIELY LANS at Havelock Street Mart every Saturday shows pits cattle poultry produce and furniture. Agent for Norwich Union and Colonial Life Assurance Society.
Two unlicensed bookmakers J Lonergan and William Scanlon were each fined £5 plus costs £1 17s for refusing to leave Hastings race course. The magistrate warned he could imprison similar offenders. Lonergan planned an appeal and would provide £15 security.
Mr T E Taylor argues No-License has failed in Clutha but works in Invercargill and Ashburton. He cites magistrates and police dissimilar outcomes, praising Ashburton as orderly and flourishing and predicting the cry of No-License failure will shift to the next district.
Captain Edwin reports variable winds as case on Union regulation of plum pudding ingredients proceeds in Christchurch. Judge Sim questions expert evidence while Mr Darcy confirms the Union will call cooks to prove facts. Also notes Hampstead School beats High School 5 to 3 on the High School ground with Bremner and Rollitt among scorers.
Early application invited for subdivided land near Ashburton and Lauriston with good crops, stock, and buildings. Easy terms, low rental, and compensation for improvements. Inspection arranged. large list of properties including freehold and government leases. Correspondence invited.
A TM ACCOUNTS against the Winter Show must be forwarded to the Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Rooms Arcade at once.
Invitations issued for the position of Assistant Gardener in the Domain. Salary is £2 6s per week. Details and applications available at the Town Clerk's Office, due by 1 p.m. on Thursday the 25th inst.
An advertisement offers frozen lamb at 4d per lb cash by the side with delivery within the Belt. A reward is offered for information to Guardian Office or W. H. Fagan, Staveley. Also notices on candidates for the Coldstream Road Board election and local Liberal support. Furniture and goods shipping service promoted by W. Pickles. Personal supervision claimed in all parts of the district.
A depilatory treatment marketed by H. H. Bonnington in Ashburton and Mrs Hemsley Burnet at 46 George Street Dunedin promises permanent hair removal from the tacs neck and arms without lasting injury and lists prices.
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