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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
2
The Ashburton Borough and County Councils face debate over funding the Committee of the Ashburton technical classes. A £5 vote was approved, but councillors resist higher sums, citing tight finances while critics warn prudent spending must not curb essential town needs.
The Conference of Colonial Premiers is set to begin in London next week. Sir J.G. Ward pledges to consider a State medical bureau to provide day and night attendance in rural areas. South Island coursing club holds its second meeting in Oamaru with forty four dogs and strong Ashburton turnout. Masonic installation corrections list full officers for Ashburton Lodge. Australian drought report notes a dry season in North Queensland with a shower causing surprise among young children.
Mr David Thomas to hold a clearing sale of household furniture and effects at Mr Henry Mowbray's Cameron Street residence on Monday July 7. Also notes Edward I coronation seat prices and Unionism articles in Reynold's Newspaper. Mesere Argyle Bros. coal merchants offer Mount Somers coal at five shillings per quarter ton and five shillings per half ton for cash with order.
Kaiapoi Woollen Factory announces Merinoola a warm soft cloth from merino wool grown in New Zealand. Morinola ready made blouses praised for style fit and finish available through leading drapers in New Zealand. Also ads tout Peerless incubators and BOVO-FERROM tonic with health claims.
In Ashburton the Old Men's Home inmates were treated to a Coronation dinner funded by a shilling subscription led by Mr Joshua Tucker. The Mayor presided, expressed concern over the King’s illness, and thanked Tucker. The event included Coronation medallion cards, toasts to the King, and plans for future charitable efforts and sanatorium projects.
Mayor and Hampstead Town Board chair G W Andrews met Dr Symes of the District Health Board at the Borough Council Chambers to discuss plague prevention. They considered transferring suspicious contagious cases to Bottle Lake Hospital, funding, transport by rail, isolation, welfare, and who should bear costs, with ambulance and special car arrangements outlined.
Correspondence condemns liquor trade amid rising drunkenness in Auckland and nationwide. The writer cites police figures, cites Bishop Julius and Canterbury ministers, and urges drastic regulation and abolition to protect children and society.
Advertisement promotes Impeys May Apple as a universal remedy for dyspepsia constipation biliousness and liver and kidney troubles. It claims wide use in New Zealand with a price of 2s 6d per bottle and lists Wade's Worm Figs as an other product for worm prevention priced at 1s per box.
In South Africa on June 25 Lord Milner was sworn in as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Orange River Colony with De Wet and others present. H F Blaine named Legal Adviser and A Brown as Colonial Treasurer. A hundred Simonstown prisoners return to farms as repatriation begins.
United Press reports a recent collision at the river mouth between a steamer and a German torpedo boat. Five crew members drowned while four Englishmen aboard were saved including Lord Iveagh Sir Edward Birkbeck and Mr Robert Guinness.
A college porter fatally shot Professor McAdam and his assistant during a lecture in the Surgeon's Hall laboratory Edinburgh. He entered the room with a loaded rifle and is said to be insane.
In June a London street scene saw 112 bottles of champagne and £100 gift from Lord Hopetoun distributed to the unemployed from a secretary’s shop. Beer barrels joined the handouts as crowds mobbed the door, liquor fueling drunken disorder until police halted the event after two hours. Publicans bought the remaining bottles at six shillings each. The money funded a spree for small groups, with a photographer crushed near a window before the proceedings ended.
Suva reports King Edward's sovereignty over Fiji declared this morning. Twenty provisional native governors are sworn in. The Administrator reads a letter from the King thanking natives for their loyalty to the late Queen and urging obedience to the governors and taxes for welfare.
A mid aged man named Wirriffths died after falling in a pass at Crown Mines Karangahake. A team of three horses pulling a gravel dray was swept away in flood at Rangitika river. driver Baldwin escaped danger. A woman named Hunter suffocated after falling between a sofa and wardrobe while intoxicated.
Namer June 26 concluded results show Hack Harpies win by lengths with Vathek Ogle Gronja second. Huronus Hempie top finishes with Hunt as a winner in division payouts. Club Steeplechase sees Jack O Lantern first Chance Garnet. Corinthian Stakes handicap lists Convoy AEN and Dafoa with Dive payouts.
June 27 at Napier saw good attendance and fine weather as Hounters Harpits Halcyon led the field in pursuit of a win over Clovis and Pater Osheck with others scratched. Dividends paid on straight bets and a steeplechase event with Lechade and Plain Bill among noted runners.
At Tahuna Park Trotting Meeting June 26 Boldrewood won the Prince of Wales Handicap heat over one mile in 2 minutes 18 seconds with The Heir dead heated for second alongside five others starting. Phosbe Lexey placed second in the second heat. In the President's Handicap Boldrewood also won by three lengths with Verax, Plan and three others contending.
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