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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 22, 1914
Page
4
Private residences on Cameron Street and private residences listed with phone numbers 141 and 159. An offer for immediate investment presents sums of £1000, £1000, £700, £500, £400, £400, and £300 at current lowest rates. An Local Examiner for Education Department seeks teachers for Certificates 2 and Q, and a teacher of music in all branches.
Daily memoranda lists auction bases and stock sales at Tinwald. Evening meetings and amusements include Borough Council at Municipal Chambers at 7 30, His Majesty's Theatre shows at 8, and pictures in the Club's Room at 2 30. Ashburton racing club annual meeting is at Mr A Thomson's shop at 7 with a special Ashburton Football Club meeting at His Majesty's Theatre at 8.
Report from a Christchurch conference between Farmers Union and trades unions notes cautious progress toward balancing producers and consumers. Speakers warn against partisan labour actions and stress collaboration, calling for better distribution of foodstuffs and an end to misleading class labels while outlining future steps.
Messrs J M Innes W T Lill and Arthur Toombes will represent the Ashburton No-license League at the New Zealand Adfindee Conven gin in Wellington this week. Sergeant A T Emerson resumes duties at the Ashburton police station. Sergeant Dwan returns to Christchurch. G F M Wroughton arrives in London for medical treatment. Of 81 candidates for the special final Law Examination 18 passed, led by G G Chisholm of Ashburton. Major T E Johnston appointed Officer Commanding the Wellington District, with service in India and Africa noted.
Acting meteorologist forwards a forecast showing variable and moderate to strong westerly breezes. There is a prospect of fair weather with a barometer steady for about a day, then slight fall expected.
At Greymouth Supreme Court on June 22, John Clarke, a night watchman, was fined 30 pounds or six months imprisonment for theft of meat from a Reef ton butcher. An application for probation was refused. A separate suit by William James Coetzee against the secretary and Waterside Workers' Union concerns alleged union conspiracy to deny him work.
London reports Mrs Statchfield arrested for attempting to end her life by self harm in connection with grief over Willie Statchfield, who was murdered on a train last January. The incident occurred June 21 after received notification at 1:90 p.m.
Vienna June 21 reports Gustav Shole proprietor of the banking firm of T. J. Plewa has been arrested and confessed to embezzling £20,000 from depositors. His liabilities are estimated at £125,000.
Baron Henri Rothschild was shot in the leg after leaving a Paris theatre. A crowd rough handed him as he moved away, a dairyman named Proudhon reportedly called a person weak minded.
Paris report states Bara Rothschild sustained a thigh wound with the bullet removed. Proudhon claimed Rothschild’s child milk depots damaged his business.
An assassin attempted to shoot Narendrasen the approver in the Dacca conspiracy case in Delhi. He killed his companion Satyendranathsen, a Customs official, during the incident.
Ottawa reports Vassal Delmode a collection clerk in the Merchants' Baul was charged at Montreal with peculations totalling £30000. The case concerns a theft involving a switch and a large cash sum.
Tai Heketa, a Maori youth, faced forgery charges in Auckland’s Supreme Court. He admitted misappropriating about £1000 by signing his own name to a withdrawal, after depositing £500 in a savings bank. He received two years' probation, with orders to refund the misused funds, pay costs, and refrain from races or billiard saloons during probation.
Albert Gordon Smith who committed burglaries in Auckland last Christmas and was found with stolen property in Christchurch was declared an habitual criminal and sentenced to five years in prison with the term to run concurrently with the Christchurch sentence.
Ottawa reports evidence from the con tribation hearings on Hon. J K Fleming premier of New Brunswick. Lumbermen testified they contributed to political funds to stay allied with the government to retain licenses. Fleming's first election to the state legislature occurred in January 1900 and he rose to provincial secretary in 1908 before becoming premier.
Hiram Baxter was arrested this afternoon on charges of committing a series of hotel burglaries in recent days. He allegedly stole jewelry valued at about £150.
London June 21 body of Miss Guthrie niece of Gord Guthrie, one of the Cambridge accident victims, found five miles downstream along the stream.
Miss Bishop, a young Auckland resident, fell between carriages after leaving Pule Kobe on the Thames express to Auckland. Train staff and passengers continued the journey unaware of the fatal accident until the body was recovered at Pukekohe. Her companion remained unaware until Frankton reached.
A labourer in Christchurch Alfred George Kerrison aged 45 was found dead in bed at the house of F Aldersley Worcester Street Ironwood after a late supper. In Auckland A Norgrove a 24 year old sailor fell in the hold of the collier Kauri and died. In Gisborne William Patterson a wharf labourer crushed between a steamer and a lighter has died. In Wellington Henry Pritchard a retired grocer died two hours after a bicycle tramcar collision.
A large blaze in Cloncurry destroyed a hotel and 12 shops. An Indian man was burned to death. Damage is estimated at £13,000.
Moderate activity among builders in Tinwild district with new houses under construction on five or three sections in the township centre. Frosty conditions on the Ashburton waffle bridge caused a couple of horses to fall this morning but no serious damage, a broken gig shaft being the only result.
Walter Landers was charged with the manslaughter of William Herbert Wells following a bachelorette ball brawl at Hamaton on June 12. He was committed for trial at Timaru on August 31 with bail set at £25 with £25 surety. no new facts emerged.
Fire brigade responded to a blaze at 209 High Street in a building owned by D. Shier and Co. Crown Studios on upper floors burned. water damage affected the ground floor. The high street site was insured for £900 with details for the Crown Studios not available.
The article notes rising police and public hostility to street fund collections in the United Kingdom. Two well dressed women collectors faced Marlborough Street Police Court charges for obstructing a footway in Regent Street. A magistrate said charity boxes promising outdoor recreation for the poor should be stopped and asked if Public Prosecutor had been notified. Defendants remanded for inquiries.
London reports that Applegarth from Stanford Bridge equalled the world record for running 200 metres with a time of 29.37 inches equivalent. This brief note records the achievement dated June 21 and received June 22.
Boxing news from London reports Young Ahearne and Carpentier matched for a purse of £5. Separate items note shipbuilding for the Canadian Pacific Railway with four vessels named Missanbie Metagain Princess Margaret and Princess Trene. Atlantic liners will be 19,000 tons each with 520 second class and 1200 third class, 16 knot speed.
The note urges using Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for influenza and claims it never fails. It adds a tip to make Camp Coffee at home described as the handiest coffee in the world, good to the last drop.
An OCR fragment describes Nazow fragrance sold via neutral drops on a leaf sugar lump and Nazol claimed to relieve colds influenza quickly. It mentions a wartime strike with far reaching effects on waterside warehouses and a local trader, Swanson Burnett Stedot, advertising men’s boots at about one third off for cash.
Fragmentary report shows Mr KR and D Holt ad presenting Liberal notice delaying the second reading of a taxation measure. Parliament is asked to decline agreement until the object of the proposal is clarified and applied, with services before the House.
The Humphrey Prong Company has contracted to install 1d pumps to drain Lake May 2 in the Nile delta region. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR but indicate a drainage project on the Nile delta with pump installation.
A Roosevelt lecture recounts three oral tales from Sioux and Anian sources, presenting their themes and cultural context in a concise informal talk. The speaker notes the role of storytelling in shaping regional identity and historical memory.
A fragment notes undergraduates favor modern schools over traditional public schools. The passage contrasts current student opinions with older educational systems, suggesting a shift in preferences among learners.
The Unionist paper notes the Speaker may refuse to certify the Finance Bill if only finance is involved, risking Lords rejection and government strain. It cites Mr Lloyd George’s push to raise taxes before social reform legislation amid a possible election.
Salvationists paraded through London during a June pilgrimage as General Bonth led the camp and the Salvation Chorus sang, creating an impressive display of faith and song.
A tunnel under Paris collapsed during construction in June. No injuries were reported as workers were reportedly unhurt. The incident prompted a safety review and inspection of ongoing rail projects locally.
The Chamber voted to secure a 9.82 million francs loan at 3 percent interest with a 25 year redemption period.
In St Petersburg on June 19 newspapers discuss a mystery linked to the Czar’s train. Officials deny accidental causes and attribute the event to a criminal outrage amid public speculation.
In St Petersburg on June 2 twenty six barristers were convened for a Beiliss trial. The minister of justice was insulted during proceedings. Two received eight tenths imprisonment and the remainder were sentenced to six months.
Berlin reports the Kaiser officially opened the Berlin Stetin canal amid a grand ceremony. The event marks a milestone in regional transport and trade, highlighting imperial infrastructure projects and regional connectivity.
In Hamburg the Kaiser attended the launching of the Hamburg American Line steamer Bismarck a 65 000 ton liner. The ceremony drew officials and onlookers as the vessel slid into the harbor marking a milestone for the fleet.
A terse London bulletin records the appointment of a Chinese ambassador in London amid unspecified formalities. The notice mentions a New York graduate connected to the post and hints at university and ministerial ties without detailing names.
Fragmentary report notes a spate of personal crisis cases following a self immolation that set fire to clothing. It mentions graduates at College and an amount of £708 associated with costs, with a brief Perth dated line and a reference to meat selling in state butcher shops.
A brief Sydney health update notes a mild smallpox case, received on June 32 at 9 30 a m. The report identifies the patient as having mild symptoms and confirms the case is classified as mild.
Fragmentary lines describe a speaker touting many topics and comparing himself to phonographs. The text hints at a dramatic reveal or confession about a product or remedy called Woods Great Peppermint-Cure, with friends and yesterday referenced as context.
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