Australian Cabinet Hosts Sir Joseph Ward at Luncheon
Melbourne reports Sir Joseph Ward's luncheon with State Cabinet members at Parliament Buildings. Deakin, Forrest, and Cook attend. Ward praises New Zealand and the Empire while Forrest lauds Ward as a strong figure. Ward vows to cooperate on empire goals during the conference.
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Melbourne
Joseph Ward
Parliament Buildings
Messrs
Deakin, Cook
Sir John Forrest
Deakin
John Forrest
Australia
England
New Zealand
New Zealand Beats Queensland 27 19 in Football Match
New Zealand professional football team defeated Queensland by a score of 27 to 19 in a competitive match. The victory highlighted strong offense for the New Zealand side and tight defense against Queensland’s plays throughout the game.
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New Zealand
Brisbane
Queensland
Welsh Rugby Team Planned for Australia Tour
May include a strong Welsh squad in the next season as negotiations proceed. In Ashburton Timaru South school football visits for a Borough school first fifteen match. Nimarn High School second fifteen faces Ashburton High School first fifteen. Mr Valenting to lead visiting side.
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Sydney
Timaru South School
Ashburton
Valenting
Nimarn High School
Ashburton High School
Ritchie Advances In Wimbledon Second Round Battle
Ritchie defeated Parker in the Wimbledon second round 0-6 6-2 6-3 6-3. Doust from Sydney and Quill moved into the third round while Poidevin from Sydney was eliminated.
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Sydney
Ritchie
Parker
Doust
Quill
Poidevin
Napier Park Races Conclude at Greenmeadows
June 23 at Greenmeadows featured three events. In the Ladies Bracelet a 1% mile race Maka 1 Water and Milk 2 Sealer 3 won by ten lengths with no time recorded. Ahuriti Hurdles over 1 3 miles saw Commander 1 Caragon 2 Somali 3 win by a long neck. Settlers’ Hack over 1 furlong produced Timothy 1 Bercola 3 with a dozen lengths and time 1 min 19 3 sec.
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Greenmeadows
Water and Milk
Sealer
Commander
Caragon
Bset
Settlers’ Hack
Jurlons
Ajundic
Timothy
Bercola
Imin
Ssec
Napier Park Racing Club Winter Meeting Results
Gloomy Napier town day two of the winter meeting sees results from three races. Mundie wins the Brooklands Handicap ahead of Zoraida and Robepotae by three lengths in 1 min 19 8 5 sec. Rawhiti wins the Waiobiki Flurdles by six lengths in 2 min 56 1 5 sec. Iranui takes the Winter Date by six lengths in 1 min 84 3 5 sec.
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Greenmeadows
Napiere Park Ti Racing Club
Atbookmakers
Mundie
Zoraida
Robepotae
Waiobiki
Sculling Championship Stakes Paid at Wanganui Ceremony
The sculling championship stakes were distributed at Wanganui on June 28 in a lively ceremony attended by over two hundred enthusiasts from across the dominion and Australia. Sydney referee Mr Coombes chaired the event, and Webb received a sovereign purse presented by Arnst in recognition of his performance. No definite arrangements had been made with Durgan or Barry.
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Melbourne
Deakin
Commonwealth
Sydney
Wanganui
Dominion
Australia
Chamion
Coombes
Missing Lovers and Cold Weather Stir Quiet Disputes
Fragmented lines describe romantic tensions and repeated coughs as winter returns. The mood hints at a domestic quarrel amid harsh weather and vague references to Woods and a great effort or care. The piece blends personal friction with seasonal discomfort.
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Lovers Twain
Lovers Quarrel
Government settles civil servants on three North Island tracts
Wellington June 23. Three settlements for retrenchment era civil servants are planned along the North Island Main Trunk line near Kihikihi Raurimu and Owhanga south of Taumaranui. Applicants with annual superannuation under 75 pounds may receive liberal house and land grants up to two pounds ten shillings per acre for selling bush or grassing and up to two pounds per acre for clearing fern and ti-tree country.
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Wellington
Kihikihi
Kawa
Kaurimu
Owhanga
Taumaranui
Raurimu
Kempton Couple Committed for Trial on False Marriage Declaration
Colin Hector Kempton and Virginia Kempton were committed for trial on a charge of making a false declaration to obtain a marriage certificate aboard a steamer to Sydney. Virginia is eighteen. her father had refused consent to the marriage.
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Wellington
Colin Hector Kempton
Virginia Kempton
Sydney
Wellington Theft Charge In Magistrate Court
John Hemingway, recently returned to Wellington from Sydney, faced a magistrate today on a charge of stealing £10 worth of tweed from D. H. Dickerson's Wellington warehouse. He was remanded for a week with bail set at £150 in his own bond and two sureties of £75 each.
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Wellington
John Hemingway
Sydney
D. H. Dickerson
Correspondence note on responsibility and correspondent opinions
A correspondence item states that the publication does not hold itself responsible for the opinions of correspondents. It includes a disclaimer about the views expressed by contributors.
Racing Club Correction Letter From Ashburton
H F Nicoll writes to correct a newspaper report on the Racing Club meeting of June 24 1909. He denies claiming trots were more valued than gallops or that dropping trot races harmed attendance or profitability. He clarifies his motion favored including a trotting race daily and notes Timaru and Christchurch clubs’ experiences.
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Racing Club
Timaru
Christchurch
Timaro
Denshire
Lani
The Heroes of Affliction Letter and Comfort from Bertie Crayon
CHAS TURNER of Tuarang writes from home on June 23 1909 praising Milton and the lines from On His Blindness He notes the consolation they give to bedridden sufferers and that even the eyes of the poet were quenched in endless light He also extols Paradise Lost as a great poem and urges patience under God s chastening will.
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Bertie
Milton
Fire at Milys yard in Dunedin questioned on coal origin
June 3 report quotes Blackball Coal Company manager denying the Dunedin yard fire involved Blackball coal. He says their coal has been supplied for eleven months and the fire source was near other coals making cause uncertain.
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Wellington
Blackball Coal Company
Milys Yard
Dunedin
Fie
Charge of sly grog selling in Paragon boarding house
David Barrie faced two charges in Magistrate's Court over liquor at the Paragon boarding-house in Waranaki Place. Evidence tied him to orders and tenancy, but defense argued no direct link. case adjourned with judgment reserved.
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Wellington
David Barrie
Magistrate's Court
W. UW. Riddell
S.M
Waranaki Place
Paragon
Barrie
Sergeant Darby
Jane Barrie
Clementine Dewella
Clementine Dew
William Scott
Miner
Dewis
Herdman
Mary Jane Barrie
Tammy Dawns hire is cited in 1909 column note
A brief 1909 newspaper snippet mentions Tammy Dawns hire and references Ward with emphasis on his opinion of his own indispensability. The fragment centers on a personal appraisal within a period column.
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Ward
Tammy Dawnshire
Clearing sale at Mayfield by Farmers Co operative
The Farmers Co operative Association held a clearing sale at Mayfield on Wednesday on account of Mr E Gaulter. A large attendance saw live and dead stock sold at satisfactory prices with a long list of chief sales including draught horses hacks cattle implements seeds scales tools and farm gear. Australian wheat cargoes sold in London at 14s and 44s 6d.
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Farmers’ Co-operative Association
Mayfield
E. Gaulter
Syre
Jersey
Chatham
Avery
Oyce
Stormer
Osborne
Andrews
Revan
Coldstream Road Board Proposes General Rate
The Coldstream Road Board intends at its July 8 1909 meeting to levy a general rate of three sixteenths of 2 pence in the pound on rateable property for the year April 1 1908 to March 31 1910. Rate payable in one sum on August 2 1909. Rate book open for inspection at Lowcliffe residence.
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Road Boards
Coldstream Road Board
Coldstream Road
Lowcliffe
Frozen meat market reports London quotations
The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company wires from London that the mutton and lamp market remains moribund with heavy stocks and weak demand. Today’s prices show Canterbury mutton at 34d and Napier Wellington North Island at 24d, lamb first quality 44d, second quality 34d, and beef hinds 4d per pound.
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Napier
Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company
London
Canterbury
Wellington
North Island
Tallow Sales Report Shows Strong Demand at Auction
At the tallow sales 1400 casks were offered and 1129 casks were sold, indicating solid buyer participation and a high sale completion rate.
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London
Indispensable Premier Sir Joseph Ward Farewell Notes
A reader critiques Sir Joseph Ward's London farewell and his budget of figures. The letter mocks consolidated funds and gilt edged securities, questions debt burden on every New Zealander, and contrasts Ward as a finance wizard with alleged missteps. It fears land policy and perpetual leases fueling crime. The piece ends with a wry wish for Ward’s voyage and improved wisdom.
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Sir Joseph Ward
New Zealand
London
Parliament
Sir Joseph
New Zeland
Port Natal
Joseph
Robert McNab
Robert Stowt
Daniel
Joseph Ward
Dominion
Two Auckland Trammen Charged With Manslaughter
At Onehunga Magistrate Court Charles Henry Frailey and Herbert Birkett faced manslaughter charges for the death of Anna Horewell, Christchurch visitor, after a tram failed to stop at Captain Street on June 6. The bell start signal dispute and alleged noncompliance with company rules led to their committal for trial with bail set in two £100 bonds.
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Auckland
Onehunga
Charles Henry Frailey
Auckland ‘Tramway Company
Herbert Berkitt
Loth
Anna Horewell
Christchurch
Rogers
Captain Street
Birkett
Dell
Relief From the Start What Rheumo Will Do
An advertisement claims Rheumo provides relief from rheumatic conditions after the first dose. It describes Rheumo as a liquid antidote to uric acid poisoning for rheumatism gout sciatica lumbago and related diseases. The copy asserts rapid cure of pain swelling and uric acid elimination and cites chemists and storekeepers selling bottles at 2d and 48d per bottle.
Christchurch Meat Market Sinks as Wheat Trading Halts
The wheat market in Christchurch is described as dead with no trading activity. Sellers are asking dearth prices per bushel, reflecting a stall in demand and a pause in rates.
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Per Press Association
Chrisefchurch
Murderer Ross Confesses from Brisbane Prison
The Brisbane prison authorities forwarded a letter from murderer Ross to his mother dated June 24. He expresses deep sorrow for the crime and eulogises the bravery of Muir who was killed at the Gayndah bank, lamenting the shooting as his fault.
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Brisbane
Ross
Muir
Gaydah Bank
Australian frozen meat trade meeting discusses meat deterioration
A gathering of freezer interests considered why frozen beef arrives in England in poor condition. They declined to condemn export preparation methods and appointed a committee to inquire and report on the issue.
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Brisbane
England
Victoria University capping honors announced in Wellington
At the Victoria University College ceremony in Wellington fifteen Masters of Arts one Master of Laws twelve Bachelors of Arts two Bachelors of Science and two Bachelors of Arts were to receive honors this afternoon.
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Wellington
Victoria University College
Wellington leaders discuss hospital cadets and defences
Local officials debate hospital burden with incurables and a relief plan from the Charitable Aid Board while Defence and Education Departments consider future cadet control. Possible shift to Defence or Education Boards with central supervision. reform may affect cadet system later. A letter endorses Sander's Extract for multiple ailments.
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Education Department
Major McDonald
New Zealand Times
Defence Department
Local Produce and Insurance Agents Offer Low Prices
For sale potatoes wheat chaff oats bran and sharps delivered free at lowest current prices. Agent for Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co and Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Co.
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Norwich Union Fire Inurance Co
Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Co
Rimie Morepork Sausages Fresh Saturdays
Rimie Morepork sausages made from dairy fed pork are fresh every Saturday morning. Price per pound seven pence. Also available saveloys brown and German sausages.
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Bribane
von Spilbergen
Fisher
Jervis Bay
House of Representatives
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H. F. Nicoll
the Heroes OF
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Qvor
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Percys
Thomas Bros
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EW Books
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Alice Hean Rice
Jordan
Vachell
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Charybdis
Frankfort Moore
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Galsworthy
Kate
Garvice
Jean of
Chapman & Davis
Muresco
Complete Outfitters
N.Z. Clothing Factory
GHP
Durnett Street
Mall and Guardian Office
Ashburton Loan and Investment Society and
Bank OF Deposit
Invvestment
J. B. Christian
MF Curtis
Saunders
Cass Street
Speirs and Wilson
Temura, Wi
Prich
Fuller
Spiers
Wilson
Peel Forest
Goodwilis
Maronan
Cashel Street
Sir William
Lady Steward
South Africa
North Canterbury Hospital Board
Charitable Aid Board
Puayling
Halderness
Dappil
Sander & Sons
Sander
Fletcher S8ros
Enty Es
Thomes Bra
Kai Grain
Percy’s
Wavelock Street
Aving
Edison Records
Sterling
Clarion
Columbia Records
A. T. Illiams
Phonograph
East Street
Fletcher Bros’ Cash Supply Stores
Mill Road
Allenton
Bulloce
Carson Cycle and Motor Works
Tancred Street
Wether
J. E. Thomas's Utenery
Wille Street
Percy
Henry Stephenson
Havelagh Street Mart
Diluseke
Fletcher Bros
Amelia
Hasina
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Vanity Fair
Per Ib Er Ib Peth
Highlander
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From &S
Saunders’ Buildings
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