27 Jun 1910
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 27, 1910
Page
1
An old advertisement touts a tonic as entirely free from narcotics and promotes it as a universal cure for colds coughs croup whooping cough influenza and bronchial complaints. It warns against substitutes and imitators and urges readers to trust the genuine Ayer’s product.
Cable despatches report a Maya uprising in Yucatan with 7000 on the warpath. Valladolid attacked, cathedral and convent pillaged, 40 police killed, railway destroyed, and hundreds of civilians and soldiers dead or missing. History notes multiple uprisings since 1547 and varying autonomy through 1847 to 1853.
Lord Islington informed the Winter Show Committee that he will be in Auckland on August 15 to formally open the Winter Show. The announcement appeared in a press association dispatch from Auckland dated June 25.
An advertisement from Christchurch touts Dr Fellows Pile Cones and A C Tabs as cures for long standing piles. It includes a testimonial from S R of Woodville Street praising a fifty year ailment cured in two months. Cones sold at 2s 6d a box or 3 for 10s with A C Tabs and wholesale details given.
Miss Talbo secretary of the Victorian League says colonial towns in Australia New Zealand and Canada foster a view of Britain as played out. Visitors to Tingland should know British home life and industry. She notes slower public responsibility among wealthy classes and criticises Home manufacturers for rigidity vs foreign rivals, urging self discipline over constant pleasure.
A Christchurch peace officer accused of drunkenness had his name altered on a charge sheet after appealing to a MP. The matter was reported to the Justice Department by another representative, and is now under consideration.
Louis Brennan applies gyroscopy to passenger traffic arguing the monorail offers safer faster transit with less wear and tear. The idea gains support from governments and military offices, with claims of easy rapid construction and potential cross-country routes, though output stresses proper support for the cable system.
Expert tailoring highlights the shape retaining quality of George Davies suits. The Modern Tailor offers genuine tailor made to order at 45s 63s and 75s with skilled cutters and meticulous craftsmanship.
A tearful note by Mary Queen of Scots to her brother in law Charles IX sold for 715 pounds at Sotheby's. The sale included related documents from Stirling Castle and the 16th century treaty between Scottish regents and Papal Legate with the French envoy. Additional items: Elizabethan blood money order to Sir John Popham and a related Falkland sale, totaling 240 pounds.
A broad claim is made that Frootoids cure headache indigestion constipation and biliousness. The advertisement asserts rapid relief when other aperients fail and promotes weekly bed time doses to improve liver function and end dependence on laxatives. It emphasizes blood and tissue cleansing and long term health benefits.
At Palmerston North the New Zealand Sheepbreeders Association held its annual meeting. Geo Wheeler reported champion shields for breeds including Lincoln, English Leicester, Shropshire, Southdown, Border Leicester, and more. Rules may be revised to allow North Island registration and export certificates for flock buyers with caveated export approvals.
The advertisement touts a simple yet new idea as a path to fortune and highlights Messrs Baldwin and Raynard patent agents of Gloucester Street Christchurch. Their monthly journal Progress is claimed to be the only invention journal published in the Southern Hemisphere, marketed as an official showcase for inventors.
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