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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
3
In St Petersburg reports state Odessa municipality is prosecuted for diverting city funds to back a revolution party. Meanwhile cholera toll rises with 802 cases and 240 deaths to date and 100 new cases daily.
The Duma in London denounces the Labour manifesto as ridiculous and foolish. The Daily Mail notes radicals in Russia call the manifesto tactless and foolish.
The Australian cricket team opened against Scotland at Edinburgh with Noble winning the toss. Scotland was dismissed for 3 as Hopkins took 4 for 18 and O'Connor 3 for 23. Australia stood 7 for 1, with Cotter 25 and Macartney 21 not out as Scotland replied 40 without loss. Jones and Haigh named England’s reserves for the third test.
The Montreal Gazette says the State-owned Atlantic cable is nearly a failure and questions why the State should bear part of the press's financial burdens. The Kingston Standard adds that cutting Pacific charges shifts another burden onto general taxpayers.
A Socialist committed death by own action after murdering Swedish general Week man in Stockholm as he returned from the Czar's reception. The incident occurred on June 28 with the report received June 29.
Sydney June 28 an inquest on an unknown man about thirty found with a head wound at Prospect reservoir returned an open verdict. Pocket entries show May 28 leaving Wellington to-night and a May 15 NZ bank balance of £30 by cable. Floods subsiding. Temut district farms submerged. 7000 sheep drowned near Cowra. a rabbiter Marshall survived a night on a log after his boat broke.
Wanganui reports Fogweil has intimated willingness to again race Welch and says he can gather necessary backing.
Ex Minister for Labour Mr Hogg has agreed to deliver an address in Wanganui. The invitation came from the Labour Unions and was extended with consent.
Wellington reports a government plan to systematise Maori land surveys under the Under-Secretary of Lands. Native Land Court surveys will be supervised by the Surveyor-General and opened for settlement, with Maori Land Boards gaining control thereafter. Private surveyors may be used to aid the survey effort and costs charged against the land. The move aims to speed development of Native lands hampered by funds, with 700 to 800 acres settled in recent years.
A Methven man Charles Johnson 60 to 65 died suddenly in a whare at Mr J Mc Crenor's farm during Sunday night. An inquest found death due to heart failure. Tauranga reports ex footballer Andrew Haua drowned at Katikati after falling from a wharf. Harry Black a 39 year old signwriter found on a beach in Napier. Christchurch reports engineer A Black injured fatally beneath machinery. Mrs W Giddens died suddenly at Duvauchelles. An inquest found a death from asthenia for a 16 hour old child of Jas Donaghy couple.
Word from Auckland reports a full rigged ship was disabled in the gulf. The tug Pelican is en route to assist and expected to reach port around 1 a.m. The ship has lost the fore top and gallant topmast, and the topmast yards and upper top mast are damaged and hanging.
In Dunedin this morning Judge Williams quashed Albert Bond’s conviction for issuing a liquor order in the Oamaru Licensing District. The ruling hinges on boundary changes and the timing of license existence, noting sections 146 and 147 operate only when no licenses exist.
In Dunedin June 29 the Supreme Court heard a mandamus motion to compel the Awarua Licensing Committee to grant George Dempster a Waikiwi Hotel license or to hear his application. The committee had refused citing lack of jurisdiction after boundary changes moved Woodlands to Mataura, leaving no license in Awarua. Judge Williams dismissed the motion with costs after Neave led the case.
The Daily report notes grain movement with 2,565,000 quarters allotted to the United Kingdom and 2,138,000 quarters to the Continent as of June 29.
High Commissioner’s report notes weak demand in frozen meat with Canterbury and North Island prices down. Lamb and beef show varied movement with Canterbury prices at 4id and North Island at 34d for lamb and 42d hindquarters 23d forequarters for beef. Butter and wool markets are quiet but steady with firm holders and small new supplies.
At Orland on June 29 the fur-rigged ship Leicester Castle was towed to port in a disabled condition after leaving Montevideo on April 12 bound for Newcastle New South Wales. A 120 foot tidal wave and heavy seas between April and June caused severe damage and loss of the fore-top-gallant mast before the vessel reached the New Zealand coast.
Cold weather kept farmers away and total yardings were small across fat sheep store sheep and cattle. Fat ewes sold around 10s 6d to 12s 6d with some seven to nine shillings for crossbreds. lambs ارز ranged from 1s 4d to 18s. store sheep saw limited turnover with prices 8s to 12s 6d and sales of fat cattle included heifer £5 4s and steers £5 10s to £5 ? 6d.
In the Auckland case, Romer shot Mrs Cornish after tensions over alleged inquiries into his movements. Barrett hid as Romer fired thrice and fled to his bedroom. a note claimed premeditation and German ties. A bloodied scene and a possible ex-officer link surface in the room.
HAS made arrangements with agents in principal centres of New Zealand to dispose of grain and produce at best advantage. Strong demand for prime malting barley oats wheat chaff potatoes and more. Auctions every Saturday at Havelock Street Mart for pigs poultry cattle horses furniture and sundries. Clearing sales in town or country on short notice with prompt settlement and cash advances. Agent for Norwich Union Insurance and Colonial Mutual Life Assurance.
The act aims to phase out barmaids by March 31 1903 requiring registration for those serving liquor. About four hundred have certificates and over three hundred women had secured them by the first licensing bench meeting. Fifty two more applications were processed at the latest Adelaide session with twelve refused for not meeting service requirements.
Wellington reports the engineer in charge instructed to hire 100 men at twenty per week on the railway project under the cooperative principle. The wage equals eight shillings a day for an able-bodied man. Existing payroll already shows 600 workers on the site.
The Ashburton county annually contributes about £1300 to charitable aid with a Government subsidy. For 1909-10 the County Council paid £1223 4s 8d and the Borough Council £85. Relief on April 1 1909 totaled £5 12s per week for 60 recipients including children. J Harper and H Friedlander represent Ashburton on the Charitable Aid Board. At borough meetings the Mayor noted several new relief applications referred to the board.
Fragmentary text references a mule, cold risk, and a supposed Great Fapigensia Cure that stops all colds, mixed with stray phrases about Woods and years of thinking. The readable content is garbled and lacks coherent event or sourcing.
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