Bankruptcy Inquiry Over Cormack Estate Hears Evidence
A morning hearing at the court dealt with the bankrupt estate of George Walker Cormack. Debtor-related items included a spraydon section with a life interest, a £150 offer for it, and a £200 asking price. Evidence covered horse ownership and transfers, a mare trained by Albert Leggett, and proceeds from Ashburton race dividends. The matter was referred to the Crown Solicitor in Christchurch under section 144 of the Bankruptcy Act.
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George Walker Cormack
J. B. Christian
J. W. M. Dart
Methven
Christian
Spraydon
Wilding and Acland
Cormack
Albert Leggett
Trotting Association
C. Nordquist
C. McCrenor
Witheas
Holland
Ralph Holland
Christchurch
Occultism Surges in Berlin With New Societies
Reports from Germany describe a wave of occult activity in Berlin as card readers astrologers clairvoyants and mediums open shops. Leading groups include Armadora Oshm Rahma Johjiyjah the Order of Occultiste and the Anthro sophiciety with vast memberships and a planned temple the Gotheanum. A limited company for scientific and natural values seeks 25 million marks with 15 million already subscribed.
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Germany
Berlin
Armadora
Oshm-Rahma-Johjiyjah
Aramadora
Anthrosophiciety
Jeiner
The
Theosophists
Barnack
Piano's Influence on Welsh Singing Is Criticized
Mrs Herbert Lewis told the Llangollen County speech day that pianos have harmed Welsh singing by making people dependent on the instrument. She urged the next generation to sing without piano, noting older generations used harp and congregational singing and sang well without instruments.
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Herbert Lewis
Llangollen
Lewis
Wales
Millionaire Arrested for Prohibition Violation in Miami
B S Black a New York social figure and chairman of United States Realty and Improvement Company was arrested in Miami after police found 51 cases of liquor in his private railway car. Bail posted for him and two servants. charge against Black dismissed after servant testimony.
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Miami
Florida
B. S. Black
United States Realty and Improvement Company
Black
New York
Canadian daylight saving plan not set by Dominion Government
Partial adoption of daylight saving in Canada last year will not be set by the Dominion Government this year as officials weigh timing and regional differences. Authorities aim to harmonize with neighboring jurisdictions while addressing energy and public convenience concerns.
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Canada
Dominion
Conference Opens With High Security At London Meeting
London dispatch reports tight security at Downing Street as Sinn Fein threats loom while Great Britain's leaders, including Lloyd George and Churchill, arrive for the conference. Majestic arrivals precede formal talks with plans to tackle Anglo Japanese treaty first.
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Pregg Association
London
Downing Street
Sinn Fein
General Smuts
Mahraja Kutch
Ranjitsinhji
No. 10
Ranji
Lloyd George
Magsey
W. M. Hughes
Arthur Meighan
Canada
Winston Churchill
Lord Haldane
Austen Chamberlain
Montagu
A. J. Balfour
United States
Japan
Pacific
Far East
America
Maharao of Kutch Links Indian National Unity to Empire
London report quotes the Maharao of Kutch stating Indian national value rests on British Empire ties. He cites Indian subjects in self-governing dominions as a major obstacle and notes India’s financial strain limits. He also recalls his 1915 pledge to fund an Indian regiment during the war.
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London
Maharao
Kutch
India
Mahearao
Treaty Extension Proposal Between Britain Japan
A Nippo Jiji despatch from Tokyo notes Britain has sent a Note to the Japanese Foreign Office proposing a three month extension of the Anglo Japanese Alliance from July 1.
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Honolulu
Tokio
Nippo Jiji
Brittain
China Exports Coal Grow as Danish Railways Order 10000 Tons
Export of Chinese coal has begun and Danish railways have ordered 10 000 tons. Reports from Marseilles indicate 100 000 tons landed there.
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England
Germany
China
Marseilles
Boils and Pimples Relief with Chamberlains Tablets
Boils and pimples are nature's way to rid poisons from blood. Take Chamberlains Tablets to purify the blood cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. Regular use keeps you free from boils and pimples. Sold by chemists and storekeepers.
Peace Association Plan Reported to South America
A diplomatic report, allegedly favored by Mr Harding, outlines an Association of Nations with no written constitution and a Council of nation representatives making advisory decisions. The plan envisions the Allied Supreme Council as a nucleus, an International Law Court without compulsory arbitration or penalties for noncompliance.
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Press Association
Washington
United Press Washington
Association of Nations
Harding
Representatives of
Allied Supreme Council
International Law Court
United States Not Interested in International Court Election
The State Department stated the Government is not interested in electing Americans to the International Court of Justice. The League Council action will not influence the Administration.
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Washington
State Department
International Court of Justice
League Council
Tinwald Stock Sale Yields Fair Yards Despite Weather
Despite unfavourable weather Tinwald yards saw fair fat sheep yarding and solid attendance. Mutton firm. fat lambs opened strong with prices up to noon. Cross and Weeks Lowcliffe sold 19 fat wethers at 23s lid. Mrs Williamson cleared five fat maiden ewes at 25s. Fat cattle yarding small. steers £14 and cows £5 15s to £9 5s. Other prices listed for fat ewes and wethers and lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinwald
Messrs Cross
Lowcliffe
Air Force Waste In British Air Services Report
Comptroller and Auditor General report on the year ended March 31 1990 records irrecoverable balances and abandoned claims totaling £414,828. Losses from theft fraud arson and negligence amount to about £73,454 including a Crossley tender stolen at Charleroi and tools seized during a mutiny. A Crossley touring car vanished in Brussels and an aeroplane escaped by an officer. hangar and machine damage totals £38,613. One officer faced court martial. a technical flaw nullified the finding. Actual Air Estimates exceeded £56,614,616 by £578.
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Crossley
Charleroi
Brussels
Battle With Wolves At Indian Camp North of Cochrane
Fifty miles north of Cochrane in Northern Ontario an isolated Indigenous camp faced a wolf siege as 70 to 80 timber wolves surrounded the site while most men were trapping. Women used bonfires and rifles to fend off the pack, and a boy lit dynamite to break the assault, leaving 36 wolves dead plus those shot or eaten.
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Cochrane
Ontario
The Laplander’s Novel Dress Surprises Arctic Sightseers
A travel note praises the Laplander’s attire as the most novel dress, describing layered garments, two hay stuffed shoes, two hay filled gloves, a cap with an eiderdown pillow, and a wool scarf wrapped around the neck and head for warmth and protection.
Irish Finance Dominates Cabinet Meeting Rift
Cabinet to discuss Irish finances as reformers push for fiscal autonomy similar to Australia with defence payments. Liberal members and some Unionists back concessions to coercion, while Balfour and Greenwood lead dissent. Revenue in Ireland totals about 47 million pounds, with only a tenth under Irish Parliament. Likely Commons majority for reformers.
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Press Association
London
Ireland
Australia
House of Commons
Royal Visit to Belfast Draws Massive Guard Presence
The Daily Herald reports more than 11 000 troops will guard Belfast during the Royal visit. No protests have surfaced against the Majesties in Ireland yet. Belfast’s Lord Mayor appeal for 10 000 pounds raised 1400. The King's speech may push for peace beyond mere platitudes.
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London
Daily Herald
Labour
Belfast
Ireland
Sinn Fein Campaign Violence Across Ireland Report
Rebels destroyed Ravensdale Castle and Dundalk courthouse, with Warrens Court Cork also ruined. A patrol of Wiltshire Regiment was bombed in Dublin. seven soldiers and nine civilians injured. Crown forces clashed with armed civilians at Castlecomer. eight rebels killed, two wounded. Thomastown policing attacked. one constable killed, another wounded. Railways attacked in London and Manchester. three signal boxes destroyed. An officer of the Worcester Regiment and three ladies be held up and the officer murdered at Carrickmines. Dublin reports say intense rifle and machine gun fire and a possible attack on the Custom House ongoing.
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Ravensdale Castle
Dundalk
Dunidalk
Warrens Court
Cork
A. Warren
Wiltshire Regiment
Dublin
Crown
Gastlecomer
Thomastown
London
Manchester
Worcester Regiment
Carrickmines
Custom House
All Australian Unions Conference Opens in Melbourne
The All Australian Unions Conference began in Melbourne with over 400 delegates from industrial and political Labour groups across states attending the opening proceedings.
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Per Press Association
Melbourne
Smallpox Case Reported Among Niagara Passengers at Quarantine
A further smallpox case is reported at the quarantine station in Sydney This Day. The new patient is the mother of the first infected person. Five contacts remain in quarantine all are relatives.
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Sydney
Niagara
No Wheat Pool Decision From Government
Adelaide This Day reports the government has definitively decided there will be no compulsory wheat pool for the next crops, signaling a shift in policy for farmers and markets.
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Adelaide
Anthrax Deaths Linked to Second hand Shaving Brush
Four men died in a general hospital after anthrax poisoning traced to a shaving brush bought from a Japanese second hand shop. The brush was boiled for nine hours but the microbes remained active.
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Brisbane
General Hospital
American protests against Germany reparations drafts
Washington reports that the United States asked the Allies' Reparations Commission to bar Germany from using drafts on New York banks to pay large reparations. Officials say such payments disrupt exchange and harm American and foreign commerce.
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Per
Press Association
Washington
America
Germany
New York
Debts and sanctions discussed at Boulogne talks
Reports from Boulogne in July indicate a proposal to lift sanctions imposed in March for the occupation of Dusseldorf Duisburg and Rubkroft and the Rhine Customs cordon. Lord Curzon pressed for immediate suppression, but M Briand cautioned it would not pay now.
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Paris
Boulogne
London
Dusseldorf
Duisburg
Rubkroft
Rhine
Lord Curzon
M. Briand
Surrey Hold Narrow Advantage In Slow Surrey Australia Test
Australia posted 175 as Ducat top scored with 47 and Fender 48 before McDonald led Surrey to 35 without loss at stumps. Gregory split the Australian then-boundary attack, while Hitch and Mayne impressed in pace. Attendance 12,000 at tea as the day wrapped with Surrey trailing by 140.
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London
Gregory
Marley
Ducat
Fender
Andrews
Mailey
Harrison
Taylor
Oldfield
McDonald
Hitch
Mayne
Peach
Bowle
Crawford
Shepherd
Ryder
Armstrong
Peech
Hendry
Ausseehians
Surrey
Jeacocke
Sandham
Australia
Semple Advocates Co Operation to End Strikes in New Zealand
Wellington audience hears Robert Semple, ex Labour leader, advocate industrial co operation in a waterworks tunneling project. He argues strikes harm workers and proposes worker controlled contracts to speed work, reduce wage systems, and prove workers can run projects without strikes.
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Per Press Association
Wellington
Robert Semple
Semple
Wainui-o-mata
Alander
New Zealand
Wainui
Canadian Pacific liners end US news service
The Canadian Pacific Ocean Services wireless bulletin switches Canadian lines to Canadian and Welsh station English news. The United States news service has been discontinued on all Canadian lines, with the bulletin now combining Canadian news and English news from the Welsh station.
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Canadian Pacific Ocean
Mid-Ocean
United States
Cricket averages and bowling leaders noted
The report lists batting averages with 69.64 for a top batsman and 50.77 for Macartney. Armstrong leads bowlers with 40 wickets at 12.27 runs each, MacDonald has 61 wickets at 14.98, and Gregory has 47 wickets at 16.21.
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Macartney
Armstrong
MacDonald
Gregory
England Bowlers Take All Glamorgan And Worcester Wickets
Bestwick of Derbyshire dismissed all ten Glamorgan wickets for 40 runs while White of Somerset took ten Worcester wickets for 76 as Smart English Bowlers shine.
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London
Bestwick
Derbyshire
Glamorgan
White
Somerset
Worcester
Shipping dispute over government control and producers plan
Mr W J Polgon of the Producers Committee questions Mr Delatour as speaker for freezing companies on a proposed shipping scheme. He notes the clash between government control and producers control, citing Mr Massey’s stance and hints at internal opposition within freezing companies. The debate centers on whether charter, purchase, or construction of ships should be government supervised.
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Per
Wellington
W. J. Polgon
Producers’ Committee
Delatour
Polson
Massey
Bank of New Zealand
Pne
Producers’ Conference
Association of Freezing Companies
South
Marriage Tests For Men At Bangor In Wake Of War
Lady Mackinnon in Bangor Wales argues men should be able to carpentry and plumbing to marry while women should dress and cook. Her remarks follow wartime cleanup of windows at home by her husband General Sir Henry Mackinnon and daughter. Six men worked four hours to install curtain poles. one pole collapsed nearly injuring a servant.
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Mackinnon
Bangor
Wales
Sir Henry Mackinnon
Starved Man Found Amid Uncashed Cheques In Newcastle
Frederick Staples, a reputed miser living alone in Newcastle on Tyne, was found dead in a house where many uncashed cheques and dividend warrants lay about. He had starved, avoided daylight, and shopped for food only after dark. Neighbors reported his absence leading to a police break in.
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Newcastle-on-Tyne
Frederick Staples
Staples
Wealth in Waste yields large wartime profits for state
A British government corporation National Waste Products earned a net profit of £42,818 for the State. It repurposed grain sweepings bacon condensed milk dried fruits biscuits chocolate beans and corn unfit for eating into valuable by products fats glycerine pig and poultry food and fertilisers. The plant was wartime funded and the work continues in public and private sectors with army camps routinely collecting cook-house residues and scraps.
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National Salvage Council
Savoy Hotel Adopts Fuel Oil Fireproofing
London report notes the Savoy Hotel now uses fuel oil instead of coal, marking it the kingdom's first. After a successful trial, other hotels may cancel coal contracts soon. Once coal burned 20,000 tons annually with constant coal deliveries. now the Savoy stores a 14 day reserve of fuel oil.
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London
Savoy
Kingdom
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