Farewell social for retiring Waterton couple Read
In Waterton the community bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Read as they retire to Ashburton after 36 years in the district. A large hall gathering featured songs recitations and duets. The couple received a silver tea service a kettle and lamp with a verse noting the June 20 1922 date.
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Miss Watson
Miss Jaine
D. Jaine
Mr Brand
J. Watson
Watson
Jaine
Read
R. Johnston
Waterton
Wakanui Bible Class Social Held by Riverside Group
The Riverside Bible Class hosted a Thursday social for about 44 members and friends. Rev. G. B. Inglis presided and presented a lengthy programme featuring Misses Wilson Cochrane Wilson Davidson Newstead and Mrs Newstead along with Messrs Bonnington Taylor Owen Trevurza and W J Fraser. Refreshments were served by Riverside ladies and the meeting ended around 10 p.m. with the Doxology.
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Riverside’ Bible Class
G. B. Inglis
Riverside Bible Class
Warrimoo sails with forty heavy horses to Melbourne
The Warrimoo departed Dunedin on Monday with about forty young heavy horses bound for Melbourne amid higher prices and strong demand for pedigree colts. Major consignors include Patrick of Outram and Charters of Ury Park Mosgiel. The Farmers' Union urges the legislature to amend the criminal code to simplify horse theft charges, noting current laws require proof of sale to convict.
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Dunedin
Melbourne
Messrs
Patrick
Outram
Charters
Ury Park
Mosgiel
Farmers’ Union
Auckland
New Zealand Exports Reach Record Annual Value
The Department of Agriculture reports exports of principal products totaling £18,694,933 for the year ending May 31, 1912, down £755,376 from 1911 but with May 1912 up £549,586 from May 1911. Cheese and butter lead gains while gold wool beef and lamb fall. apples may join exports. The piece praises the country’s productivity and climate, notes non producers must prevent artificial scarcity, and highlights butter and meat as key drivers.
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New Zealand
Department of Agriculture
Wellington ‘ Post
Town Lads On Farms Study Boosts Imperial Migration
Fifty British town lads aged sixteen to twenty were sent to New Zealand farms to test their suitability for colonial farm work. Three quarters progressed well with wages saved for three years, while two returned home and five found work elsewhere. Most showed energy and adaptability, challenging the view that town lads cannot settle to farming abroad.
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New Zealand
London
East End
Liverpool
Vie
Secretary of
Labour
New Zealand Labour Department
Secretary of Labour
Labour Department
Ion
Australia
Colonial Farm
Commonwealth
Canada
Unclear Vivid Scene Ends in Sudden Fatal Cure Reference
A dramatic passage describes a patient’s struggle and a dramatic intervention by a medicine called Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. The patient dies instantly as the cure allegedly saves the other person involved.
Jordan's Coil Range Boiler Adverts Offer Modern Heating
An advertisement promotes Jordan's Coil Range Boiler as up-to-date and efficient for boiling water. It claims approval by leading architects and offers home illumination with the Ideal Light AC power gas and heating stoves for cooking.
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Jordan
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Ouly
Nelson, Moate & Co
Ceyloh
Wew Zealaad
Tasmania
Renry
Hughes
Hereford Street
Christchurch
POST
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High Street
Warner
Molland
Gees’, Ltd
Christchu
Aportadt
Pértact Horimanship
Fer
W. H. Collins
Wakants
F T. E. Sedgwick
Aera
Erei
Absolute
Stered
Fletcher Bros
E. J. Hyde
Burnett Street
Hallenstein Bros
East Street
Dixie
Seyi and
Turner
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Steedmans
Steedman
Rosser & CO
the London Directory
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United Kingdom
Freiznt
THE
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Abchurch Lane
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