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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
3
Constantinople reports sweeping retrenchment in the Young Turk Party with the retirement or dismissal of 27,000 unnecessary officials as of June 29. The move is part of a broader consolidation effort amid Turkish affairs.
Four convicts at Vilna killed a warder and released seven prisoners during a courtyard fight. In the melee three warders and seven convicts were killed, with four convicts and two warders wounded. A St Petersburg millionaire M Vetchinin died testing a motor car in Moscow after a bridge fall.
A conference of 156,000 miners in London warned that master proposals for eight hour shifts are unacceptable. If masters persist, the Miners Federation of Great Britain will be asked to proclaim a national strike. Notices expire on Thursday with Scotland facing similar risk.
Scotland bowled out for 250 in their second innings for 250 then Australia reached 147 in their second innings before McAlister scored 85 and Carkeek 19 as the match ended in a draw. Four thousand spectators watched in London on June 29.
Australia reports guarding nautical inquiries with pilots cautioned after groundings. Nuggets found at Wachawp Mina and defalcations lead to a solicitor’s five year sentence. Premier Wade declines Chief Justiceship amid quarantine news and Westport coal briquettes impressed Sir Joseph Ward in Perth.
June reports from Melbourne show the House arguing over the Government's two months supply versus Opposition pushes for only one month. Sparks fly between Sir John Forrest and Sir William Lyne as debate heats, with a June 30 note that cable rate cuts await the censure debate ending. The Supply proposals pass 34 to 16 after acrimony and threats of naming Joseph Cook for taunts by Lyne.
Sydney reports that in state politics the debate has been adjourned following the June session. The pause comes as legislators regroup after remarks and procedural votes.
The Sir Thomas Bent Lands Enquiry Commission is interrupted as ex-Minister Mr Mackay refuses to disclose Cabinet actions. The chairman says the King's Commission overrides oath taken on joining the Cabinet, and the Governor may be asked to permit Mackay to testify.
Wheat prices for two Australian cargoes stood at 453 and 453 1 2d. A total of 225 000 bales arrived for wool sales, with 135 000 sent to manufacturers, leaving 160 000 bales available. North Queensland Meat Company to supply 0 000 pounds for a War Office meat contract, Armour and Company to supply the rest. A Leyden dated June 28 table shows 275 000 new wool arrivals, with 135 000 sent to manufacturers, and 150 000 bales carried forward for sale. Woods Great Peppermint Cure advertised at 1s 8d and 26 6d.
Articles from Masterton and Wellington report unemployed men resigning for Stratford relief works with pay not less than ten shillings a day. Officials announce 100 new hires at twenty shillings weekly on a cooperative basis, with 660 already at the Stratford-Whangamomona railway. Cabinet approves stamping 200 acres of Weraroa State farm for work to employ many men. Timaru notes a few unemployed signing on at Broken River and delays for Dunedin applicants.
The Tramway Board aims to start Windmill road and North St Albans extensions to provide jobs. The Mayor noted the council spends 500 pounds monthly on relief, with overdrawn district funds and pending debentures. He said relief work shifts twice weekly to cover more men, while residents fear Workers Compensation Act limits on gardening tasks.
The Home master reported to the Benevolent Institution that fourteen able bodied men applied for relief in the gasnal or intermediate ward. Nine firemen, two bushmen, one male nurse, one engine driver, and one wharf labourer sought aid with varied responses and several failures to follow up on relief orders.
In Auckland Henry Riuart Ashtor aged forty two died after collapsing while walking up a steep rise from Grafton Road to Wynyard Street. Expressman John Frederick Ramsay died from injuries after a fall from his vehicle on Jervois Road yesterday morning. Wellington reports a Thames double disappearance with one body found near Kopu and believed drowned. Christchurch inquest into Alexander John Black fatally injured by moving machinery at G W Parsons yard attributes death to accidental injuries. A newborn Ellen Firrby died from convulsions as coroner cites verdict.
At the Supreme Court in Napier Alice Maud Shepherd and John Cline faced murder charges over the May 1905 infant death in Woodville. The accused pleaded not guilty as evidence described a newborn boy strangled with twine and found in a weighted bag. The trial paused with evidence incomplete.
The June hearing for John Cling and Alice Maud Shepherd resumes with police evidence. Shepherd admits birthing a child in a boarding house at Woodville and strangling it. She says Cling was present and helped remove the infant in a bag.
From Helensville a stabbing report details John Hansen Scott as the victim. John Nelson allegedly attacked Scott during a quarrel in Nelson's house, inflicting about a dozen knife wounds. Scott was found unconscious in the bush and hospitalized. Nelson reportedly accepted potential imprisonment calmly.
The Arbitration Court held breaches of the cartels' wage award against James Crust for underpayment. Breaches of the grocers' assistants award were found against R Moffatt James Jordan and H R Gill who accepted less than prescribed wages from A and J McFarlane grocers. The court rejected infancy pleas and upheld the view that workers must contract for the minimum wage.
The order of reference for the Dominion police commission directs Bishop to examine organisation control and recruitment, conduct and morality of force, political interference, and promotion methods. The report is due by August 31 with power to take evidence on oath, excluding matters already investigated or involving dismissed members.
The Allenton and Tinwald squads will face Ashburton Combined on Thursday. Players listed include A. Sileack D. McKenzie L. McDonald J Kennedy W. Fitzgerald N Fitzgerald T Fitzgerald H Millichamp T. Watson Mont Baker and H Funge. Ashburton Combined features Tarrett Hughes Amos Minnis L Watt Nottingham Hopkins Meechan Wilson Steel Meddins.
The combined Southern ess and Ashburton team will play Longbeach tomorrow at Long Beach. Players listed include J. O Grady O Digby Morgan W McKenzie J Steele D Stills T Slade Fitzgerald T Miles A Mosh an M Rooney G McKenzis G Smythe D McKenzis Smergen biesD Moore W Langdon.
A fierce southerly gale in Cook Strait battered the Takapuna traveling from Picton to Wellington. Mountainous seas pounded the starboard side, two ventilators were swept away, part of the saloon skylight smashed, and water entered the saloon.
The Ashburton Trotting Club has received nominations for president H F Nicoll. vice-presidents T Langley and D F Knight. treasurer J H Rule. committee W Anderson and R Curtis. stewards J Davison M Stitt J Stewart W Anderson W B Denshire W Bryant J Heseltine R Curtis W Hodgkins and A Bray. As vacancies equal candidates, no ballot will be held.
The Ashburton A P Association hosts a ploughing match at Mr James Cow's Tinwald farm with 34 entries and 130 Clydesdale horses. Rain and frost affect ground conditions as preparations underway. Also reported are June 1909 births 23, deaths 9, marriages 6, versus 1908 figures, plus a serious accident in Somerset corner where Mrs Sutherland was injured after a horse trampled her following a stumble.
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