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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 25, 1912
Page
6
This week observed in Auckland as Industries Week displays goods manufactured in New Zealand. Shopkeepers present fine stocks while students visit factories to write essays on local industries. The aim is educational value and promoting home trade benefiting both producers and customers.
An Australian authority in the Queensland Daily Mail discusses the Dominion loan of four million pounds. He notes underwriting costs at 1 percent and predicts net returns around 74 pounds per hundred with roughly 32 percent interest for the money, suggesting the Dominion pays more than New South Wales. He cites the parent State and money market strength as factors.
Discussion of the 1906 condominium between Great Britain and France over New Hebrides notes repeated complaints about French residents and a growing view that dual controls have failed. Reported hopes amid visitors that British sole control could replace the mixed regime, with French residents believed to oppose only marginally.
Gertrude Kingston notes in the Daily Mail that Americans blend hard realism with imagination and respect for women. An American defender of elastic divorce cites New England morality and virtue, arguing divorces arise from obstacles that must be overcome to marry.
At the National Church League annual meeting presided by Sir Edward Clarke K C, a resolution condemned widespread disregard of law in certain dioceses, weakening church influence and threatening its establishment and finances. Clarke linked vestment disputes to broader teaching concerns and warned of dangers to the Protestant faith.
Anniversary notes include Willan Smerlie the naturalist who died in Edinburgh in 1795, George TV. glind dated 1840, and mention of the expulsion of osu Order iva Fhal desremt 878 along with Sir W. FR. Crooke and references to Sir Charles Wheat- as successor.
Noted figures include the inventor of the magnetic needle telegraph who died in 1879 and Sir John Hall the former Premier of New Zealand who died in 1907.
A motivational exhortation urges choosing kind language and cheerful, hopeful thoughts. It advises burying injuries, forgiving unkind words, and preventing negativity by consciously speaking kindly and remaining courageous and pleasant.
The piece chants cricket pride across continents naming England Austral Africa and celebrates Triangular series. It pleads Buck up and show grit in Tests and draws playful verse on captains Fry Bitchell Gregory and the sport’s royal status under King Cricket.
In Timaru on June 24, Mr G A Simmers resigns as headmaster due to ill health. A medical adviser urges a sea trip and long rest. The Board of Governors subdivided a reserve into four farms, renting them at 25s per acre, yielding £1,488, £54 less than before, with others optimistic about the land's future.
Mr F S Morton of Onehunga fought a burglar after waking to a suspected glass break. He fired four shots from a upstairs position. the intruder vanished before Constable Smith arrived. Earlier, Pringle and Co. on Lambton Quay reported a break in with enamelled jewellery stolen and stock overhauled.
An elderly testimonial from Mrs I R West of Harimoana El Road Taranaki praises Morse's Indian Root Pills as a reliable family medicine. She credits quick relief for costiveness and notes benefits for children, urging households to keep the remedy as protection against common ailments.
High School Board meeting notes the Ashburton Foaks Memorial Tablet arrival and set unveiling for Thursday June 27 at 2 30 pm in the Assembly Hall. Education Department reports £385 5s 5d voucher to the Board. headcount 103 boys 48 girls. average attendance 92.4 or 91 percent.
Gloomy shipping circles report the Star of Canada dragged her anchors in a southerly squall and went broadside on to Kaiti beach. No lives are lost though holds fill with water. Salvage teams from Union Company's staff and Tyser liner Star of India mobilize to recover cargo and assist. A preliminary inquiry will follow once officers can leave the vessel.
The Star of Canada, 7280 tons, built 1909 by Workman Clark Belfast, is a frozen meat cargo carrier owned by Star Line and chartered to Tyser Line. Maiden voyage to New Zealand, with sister ship Star of India, noted as a fast carrier. Recent voyage included Bluff loading of mutton, grain, tallow, wool, skins, and other goods before proceeding to Lyttelton and Naples legs.
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