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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 29, 1910
Page
2
The Governor's Speech notes restrained tone with few overstatements. It criticizes exaggerated grief for late officials, cites careful appraisal of legislation, and outlines priorities including public debt repayment, anti trust laws, prison reform, and water power nationalisation for the new session.
Weekly notices report illness among children reducing school attendance at several borough districts. A. Sutherland operates at Ashburton Hospital. An elderly resident suffers prolonged illness and extreme thirst with no food intake. Cows in Dominion herds tested for milk profit potential. Waimate Court fines traction engine owners for by law breaches. Turnips boost sheep numbers due to improved market prices. Local officials attend municipal conference in Wellington. one plans to go to Sydney and Brisbane for No-license campaign. Rabbits removed from Morven Hills block. estimated earnings near £200 each worker. Ashlington U.A.G.D. lodge meeting includes social evening. Waikakahi settlement population rising. Morven school enrollments up from 83 to 115 in eleven years. Lowcliffe Band of Hope notes sympathy for Mr J. Soal and hosts a varied program with songs, duets, violin, and recitations. Wheat yield in England averaged 36 bushels per acre. lime dressing promoted for grain, root, or grass crops. sales info available from Blackburne Smith & Co.
A report to the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association details dogs worrying sheep near Rangitata Gorge. A bearded bitch was shot by Mr Conway Chisnall of Hinds after she attacked ewes. a surviving pup eludes capture as repeated hunts fail.
Ashburton dairy leaders push ahead with central factory and new creameries. Mr Bathgate arrives as manager from Wakefield to oversee duties while Mr Bowman reviews sites at Methven Hinds Anama and Lowcliffe. Plans and shares sought. Singletree creamery talks begin. Crown Lands vesting for Anama site discussed.
Wellington June 29 Cabinet today passed plans for the Christchurch government buildings. Tenders will be called promptly to allow quick start for contractors and to employ surplus labour. The structure will be large with a basement and three stories and three main entrances from Cathedral Square Worcester Street and the rear road.
The North Canterbury Education Board received a Department letter authorizing £57 for reinstating Lakeside school and an extra £80 for the larger building. It noted the Department’s 15 percent liability for replacement costs. The Board said it cannot continue under the Department’s stated liability basis.
In a Supreme Court sequel Charles Nadine faced perjury charges after denying signing an agreement with Robert Hannah. Nadine reserved his defense and was committed for trial before Mr Riddell, SL.
The wet evening kept audiences small but the Taylor Carrington company delivered Mizpah a romantic sensational melodrama. Charlie Taylor and Miss CarringtonProvided much of the humor while Minnie Lancaster Nell Dalton and O M Keegan gave notable turns.
An advertisement touts PHOSPROL as an emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites claiming it to be the finest nerve bone fat and muscle builder known.
The King accepts the patron ship of the Royal Life Saving Society presided by Lord Desborough. Also notes elaborate rites at Westminster Cathedral for the Church of Rome in England and wireless earth telephony tests between Chiselhurst Caves and the Crystal Palace. Naval defence remarks claim magazines fuel safety and fleet strength under two-Power Standard. An important appointment is listed.
The appointment of Sir A Nicolson as Permanent Under-Secretary for the Foreign Office is gazetted. Sir Arthur Nicolson, longtime diplomat, has served as Ambassador to Russia since 1905. Queen Mary receives a magaziemt pendant and ring from High Commissioner Solomon on behalf of the Union of South Africa. A Till in Buenos Aires proposes death for anarchists including minors.
Radicals unhappy as Prime Minister Asquith postpones meetings of the Constitutional Conference. They consider sending a deputation to press for a party meeting on the issue. The Chronicle notes Irish MPs will oppose the Budget unless veto talks with the Opposition are not compromised.
In the House of Commons debate George Wyndham warned the Mediterranean command could strain ties with Egypt and dominions. Haldane noted overseas dominions' representatives at the August Conference sought a single imperial army pattern. An Inspector‑General of overseas forces was urged as Major General French is overworked. Sir Ian Hamilton would coordinate strategy from Malta for two to three months and sit on London Defence Committee thereafter at a £5000 salary. The Govt argued for an Inspector‑General role but said it cannot be combined with the Mediterranean command as inspection demands full time.
In the House of Commons Mr Haldane argues that compulsory training for Britain’s second line of defence rests on a strategic misconception. He says an army over 70 000 could not evade the fleet and that 600 000 troops would oppose them. He estimates 600 000 horses usable for army work and notes half a million would suffice with mobilisation and wastage.
Lord Carrington proposes a program to buy three-year-old horses bred from registered mares and stallions from farmers at thirty pounds each. The plan aims to stimulate breeding and expand the horse supply.
The Premier introduced the Accession Declaration Bill. The declaration states the monarch will be a faithful member of the Protestant Reformed Church by law and uphold the enactments securing the Protestant Succession according to law.
Mr. Masterman Under-Secretary for the Home Office introduces in the House of Commons a Mines Accidents Bill. It provides for rescue apparatus and the compulsory training of rescue parties.
Berlin reports Herr von Schoen the German foreign minister and Baron von Heinhaben the Prussian finance minister have resigned. The Frankfurter Zeitung notes the chancellor seeks more energetic colleagues after a year of parliamentary strain.
In Dunedin on June 29, Ernest Edward Needham, previously convicted, received six months imprisonment for theft of an over cast. David Jolly Milne, a youth, was ordered to appear for sentencing for forgery at Gore when called upon.
Advisers differ on the extent of a Stewart mining rush with North Vancouver vessels carrying passengers and thousands of claims staked in the Portland Canal district. A Victoria correspondent notes a reef of iron pyrites and porphyry with free milling gold but not exceptionally rich.
In response to enquiries by the Agent-General in London the Government of British Columbia states it has no information from the Gold Commissioner about a discovery at Stewart. The note emphasizes absence of details from local authorities on the Stewart finding.
Captain Scott plans to reach Cape Town by August 2 and stay ten days before sailing to Australia aboard the Athenie. Terra Nova departs Cape Town August 9, visits Melbourne for a week, arrives Sydney September 12, then sails to Lyttelton arriving October 14. Bruce and G C H Mears collect dogs and ponies, Kobe August 6, then New Zealand. Day leaves England August 4 with motor sledges. Wyatt travels to New Zealand via New York to obtain Eskimo dogs from Peary’s expedition.
Wardani, condemned for killing Boutras Pasha the Egyptian Premier, has been hanged in Cairo. The execution occurred without public demonstration. A Malta brigade stands by to reinforce Egyptian troops if needed, amid Muslim Christian tensions. British troops to be stationed in Egyptian provinces due to strained relations.
The Powers have addressed a note to Turkey urging action to end the boycott of Greek goods in Crete. The note warns such boycotts may provoke incidents and are not justified by Greek conduct.
In St Petersburg the Empire Council passed the Finland Bill ending Finn local liberties including education control, press freedom and public meetings. A Viborg Rescript from the Czar stresses Finland joined the Empire to guarantee unity and indivisibility of Russia.
Reports from Reno confirm steady conditioning for the Jeffries Johnson bout. Jeffries trains with Monahan Kaufmann and corbett while resting days approach. Johnson boxes with Kaufmann Monahan and Mills and shows intense yet looser preparation. Police protests loom over race tensions surrounding the match.
A Christ church conference gathers about forty delegates from Cheviot Flaxbourne Kaikoura Blenheim the Marlborough Railway League Canterbury Chamber of Commerce and the Industrial Association. Acting-chairman H J Marriner urges the project as of national importance stating a cost under a million and the line would open fertile land in the South Island.
Vienna June 28 reports re insurances on the steamer Trieste at twenty per cent. Anxiety rises as the Austria Lloyd vessel, not yet spoken, left Aden on June 11. Cyclonic weather is noted in the Arabian Sea and the Silesia is spearheading the search for the missing vessel.
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