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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 28, 1909
Page
4
Enlisting a rush of visitors to the winter show, the store has laid in stocks of up-to-date men and boys clothing. Includes all-wool tweed suits for men and boys, dark tweed and serge shirts, with prices ranging from 25 shillings to 18 shillings 6 pence.
Perry, Perry and Kinnerney solicitors Timaru Geraldine and Temuka offer trusted funds to lend on approved freehold securities including second mortgages. Interest rates are lowest current. Principal repayable by instalments if desired.
An ad touts Lane's Emulsion as a remedy for dry hacking coughs. It claims frequent hourly doses soothe irritated throat membranes and oil inflamed areas, easing coughing and providing strength, with prices listed as 4/6 and 2/6.
A Sage Foundation report exposes grim Pittsburg conditions tenements overcrowded slums and pollution. It details wages under two dollars daily for most of 9000 workers twelve hour shifts dangerous factory speedups and no overtime pay. Industrial accidents killed 525 in 1907 and compensation fell far short, while political corruption delayed sanitation and worsened poverty.
A Victorian style essay argues alcohol and corsets are society's worst scourges. Marcel Prevost links them as artificial temptations harming health and motherhood, citing doctors on corset damage and the dangers of drinking from infancy to adulthood. The piece critiques modern restraint and suggests women would resist abandoning corsets despite risks.
A morning parade of Ashburton County Brass Band and local corps marched to St Stephen's Church for divine service. The sermon, based on Luke 11 21, urged peace through preparedness and national virtue, praising voluntary military training and civic strength.
The No-license and reduction votes in November reduce 46 licenses from Bruce to Oamaru, with Ashburton and Mataura adding six and one licenses to No-license areas. North Island districts affected total 54. Dunedin city shows a 45 license reduction over sixteen years, leaving 30 licenses after the 80th instant.
A Christchurch reader testifies that Doan's Ointment cured a six year persistent itchy skin irritation. The ad claims Doan's is effective for hives piles kerema and other skin troubles and notes it sells for 8s per pot with mail orders from Lester-Mullaghan Co. Sydney.
A Budapest woman petitions for divorce after gathering friends to sign a document vowing not to wear osprey feathers. Her husband claims the move shows she acted to prove feathers were unfashionable at the time.
SCRUTATOR notes the public lack of information from “One Who Was Present” about wage regulations for relief work. It urges Dr Stewart to attend the council meeting that night and prove his defense without aid from former supporters. The public awaits a clear explanation from Dr Stewart.
W A Mays of Surrey Villa Ashburton blasts the bridge by laws as confusing and unfair. He notes small notices mislead drivers and inspectors often fine motorists on guesses rather than measurements. He urges focus on dangers from night driving and unlit vehicles over the bridge.
At Willington on June 27 the Minister of Railways Thomas Edward Hutchings and H. J. Seaton, train examiner, rejected appeals by railway men from Grade 1 to Grade 2 and a collision-based dismissal. McGurk and Shelton's appeals against dismissal were disallowed though Board favored cuts. Donovan's appeal against a sixpence increment withholding was upheld.
The article promotes George Davies of Colombo Street New Zealand claiming to offer made-to-measure suits with expert cutters and high quality Italian cloth at modest prices. It warns against imitators advertising low prices and notes a money back guarantee and a showroom at The Arcade Ashburton.
A 19th century tale notes Chinamen wear five buttons on their coats to keep in sight the five Confucian virtues humanity justice order prudence and rectitude.
Experts debate wireless telephone viability versus long distance telegraphy while predicting rapid future expansion. Reports describe shore to ship tests over one hundred miles and Danish inventor Poulsen claiming longer ranges. Early stations include Lyngby Esbjerg South Shields and Hartland Point with 1 kilowatt mast enabling telephonic signals.
Wellington reports that the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association received £26 odd from the dissolved Christchurch body, far short of the £30 expected. A balance sheet shows several honoraria payments to one official, prompting criticism. The low remittance may hinder plans for a New Zealand team to Orishana. consultations continue with regional bodies and a meeting is planned early next week.
Miss Mary Hill Burton of Aberdeen dies at age 100. Sister of the author of The Book Hunter her centenary birth occurs this year. A Quaker woman active in Edinburgh and a longtime School Board member she volunteered for Crimean War nursing efforts with Florence Nightingale. She supported women’s higher education and domestic economy training while pursuing landscape painting as a hobby.
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