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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
2
The property owned by Mr J. M. Ireland includes 34 acres with a four room house and passage listing four fireplaces and a large detached washhouse. Located in an improving part of town it is recommended as a first class investment and a comfortable family residence.
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Fragmentary notes list lunar phases with times such as First Quarter at 4 26 p.m. and Last Quarter at 9 40 p.m. Apogee and Perigee events appear around 2 p.m. and noon respectively. The record is incomplete but indicates a sequence of moon phase times and orbital points.
The article argues forestry should become a major national enterprise in New Zealand, tracing past efforts by Departments of Bands and Agriculture and urging decisive government action. It cites British plans, estimates for UK afforestation labour, and notes potential leadership by Mr McNab to push a comprehensive policy for enduring wealth and rural employment.
The county faces a labour downturn with many unemployed men and a Christchurch report noting about 400 unemployed there. A Catholic church is proposed at Hinds with locals pledging £50 each. Prohibitionists eye ten electorates next November while Friendly Societies appoint Wellington agents to influence session legislation. A Mayfield school meeting will discuss a public hall. A Dance display and a Fire Brigade bazaar are planned.
Mrs G Middleton of Rakaia is named clerk of the Mount Hutt Road Board. The Canterbury Conciliation Board nears its term labourers dispute report and the Ashburton meat auction controversy draws bond pledges.
A reader sends a guinea to aid Mac Carthy who has lost both eyes in an on the job accident in Timaru. The letter asks for further donations and confirms the paper will acknowledge and hold funds in trust for the needy man and his family.
Willington reports the Government House has been turned into Parliament quarters with chambers ministers and staff rooms ready. Council and Assembly chamber seats in place carpets down galleries prepared and corridors to be carpeted by evening. Officials occupy some rooms and the Hansard room and press room near completion for twenty newspaper representatives.
The Railway Department expands Wellington-Napier New Plymouth and Auckland staff in anticipation of the North Island Main Trunk launch. Annual pay reviews trigger transfers between islands to match evolving North Island demand, with senior staff potential reassignment from the South Island as needed.
Wellington bakers, upset by the recent award increasing wages by three shillings weekly while keeping fifty one hour week, rejected the proposal at a masters' meeting. Workers plan to discuss a reply in an afternoon meeting as talks stall. Employers remain firm, with a potential work stoppage looming if claims go unrecognized.
The Dunedin Baker workers union voted ten pounds ten shillings to the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Labourers' Union and protested the exclusion of farm labourers from the Arbitration Act benefits.
R. Jack who piloted early talks for the Maori team visit sues Asher and team members for 5 percent commission on gate takings. NSW League later took over negotiations. Asher says he offered 24 percent of the first gate to Jack but denies an agreement to pay commission. Defendants have twenty days to enter appearance.
Letters from Ashburton and Dunedin hint at political maneuvering ahead of the general election. Electors urge passage of major reform bills to back a governing majority. Farmers in Ashburton pursue a requisition to back J. N. Grigg as a candidate. In South Dunedin W. Fleming is set to contest as a Liberal candidate.
Scientists test Weldarine for iron repair with positive results. John Andersons Mason Struthers and others praise samples. Ashburton agents G H Careen Cycle and Motor Works Tancred Street noted. I N motor cycles shine in Christchurch trial with Johnston as local agent.
Ottawa reports the dominion House of Commons passed a Chinese Immigration Bill allowing Chinese students to study in Canada for 300 dollars, refundable after one year of study. The item notes the Education policy amid other international briefings.
In the House of Commons Mr Herbert Gladstone moved a second reading with a five year postponement of the eight hours workday from bank to bank. Mr F I Macon urged rejection while Mr Alfred Lyttelton questioned miners unity. Labour MPs backed the measure as the debate continued.
Miss Christabel Pankhurst sent to Mr Asquith the Hyde Park meeting resolution calling for a prompt reply before June 30. She proposes that a satisfactory settlement would be extending the vote to women with the same qualifications as men.
The Cape Assembly concurred with the Intercolonial Customs and Railway Conferences' resolution favoring union. General Shotha invited the Transvaal and Mr Tischer of the Orange River Colony Assembly to concur. Debates remain unfinished.
A strong feeling rose in Capetown over Australia banning Cape forage imports. Retaliation was proposed as a reply. Assembly members argued Cape forage is disease free and the Minister of Agriculture said he would discuss the matter with the Commonwealth.
In Poona Sir George Sydenham Clarke Governor of Bombay told the Legislative Council that the government cannot sit with folded arms when confronted with an organised plan for indiscriminate murder. He added that using force against a misguided people is hateful.
An inflammatory leaflet circulated widely in India praises Mutiny martyrs and urges United India to enter the world in 1217, crush the alien foe, and avenge the martyrs. It is believed to have been composed in England.
In Rome on June 23 the Delagrange aeroplane flew fifteen kilometres in 163 minutes at Milan then crashed near spectators during a sharp turn. Delagrange survived uninjured, aided by friends as the crowd rushed to help and congratulate the aviators.
A destructive fire at Three Rivers near Montreal wipes out about 300 top commercial houses and causes about two million dollars in damage. The blaze, reported June 23, raged through the business portion of the city.
The Pan-Anglican Congress heard talks on Christianity and Socialism with remarks by the Bishop of Birmingham on penitence for past failings and the oppressed. Major Everitt supported Socialist legislation for Australia while Lord William Cecil argued for protecting the poor from state power. Senator Dobson warned against immediate state takeover of production though some progress was expected. The Bishop of Perth opposed selling advowsons and favored bishop elections like in Bishop Bunbury. Arthur Balfour spoke on the science religion conflict and its role in human progress. The Bishop of Newcastle highlighted the church’s work in Australia.
St Petersburg report states the government expels all female students amid rising terror concerns. About 2,300 women are affected across Russian universities as of June 23.
London on June 23 reports Mr Will Thorne speaking at West Ham condemning the King’s planned visit to the Czar, calling him an assassin and accusing him of allowing crimes in Russia to continue.
An Irish deputation backs Blacksod Bay as the departure for the All-Red route to Halifax. Winston Churchill notes Ireland’s strong sentiment and strategic value, while admitting railway work and speed upgrades are needed. He says policy outweighs pure commerce in this state matter.
The Earl of Dudleys brother Mr John Ward wed the daughter of Mr Whitelaw Reid American Ambassador in London. The King and Queen attended the fashionable ceremony with gifts valued at 69000 pounds.
Sydney reports government will grant Burns Philp and Co a subsidy of £2000 for a two year Singapore service, conditional on Victoria matching the subsidy. If Burns Philp shifts headquarters to Victoria or docks at Melbourne, the subsidy ceases. Bitter weather and snowstorms affect Australia with gales along the coast.
Inspector Cullen received a telegram from Kawhia indicating LePron's boarding house, a six room building at Teraunmoa, was destroyed by fire this morning.
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