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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
1
Westport dispatch reports no new progress or changes in the Ponte Tit matter involving the Millerton mine as of March 3, with officials awaiting additional information and decisions.
Colonel G Hamilton Browne a veteran of Zululand and other campaigns aged sixty three marries Miss Sarah Wallis Wilkerson of The Beeches Melbourn Cambridge. The engagement followed a Salvation Army aid and a letter from a former lifesaver beneficiary.
Cricket in Invercargill on March 3 saw Southland bat first and be bowled out for 54 with Glasgow 3 89 and Huntly 17 the only double figures. Otago fared worse at 57 all out as Wordsworth took 6 for 24. Southland lingered at 77 for 8 in the second innings at stumps, Hapdnston top scoring with 32.
The Christchurch polo tournament began at Hagley Park with Pareora 15 Hawarden 14 and Tipapa No. 1 1 Christchurch No. 1 10 in the first round. Play will continue tomorrow as the round concludes.
At a Board of Education meeting in Auckland Mr Parr the chairman objected to calculating the capitation grant from the yearly average attendance rather than the preceding quarter. The Department paid on four quarters in 1908 and the Auckland Board faced a shortfall of £638. The Board will notify the Minister of Education.
London report notes Alliance Insurance plans compulsory Territorials for new clerks met with senior army approval. Haldane defends reforms aligning with Imperial Conference resolutions and citizen corps. Newcastle speech signals large defense ambitions. Australian view questions compulsory training favoring forts, a military college, cadet movement, and arms manufacture.
The Hon G. Fowlds rejects claims of cuts to capitation for agriculture in schools. He notes March orders doubled capitation for recognised agricultural classes with itinerant instructors and for hand work including agriculture, with no plan to halve funding. He cites limited reductions to commercial classes and highlights funding and training facilities at Lincoln Agricultural College and Dunedin Veterinary College.
Mr Harnett denies saying his side would avoid New Zealand again. In a letter to a New Zealand Rugby Union member he explains that after hard work on the field most players would like to renew football friendships on or off colonial grounds. He also seeks to correct a Morning Post misreading via the Sposien publication.
A Roman lady, daughter of Bignoy Lollini a Socialist ex deputy, has been called to the Italian Bar. Her victory for the women's movement is welcomed cordially by public opinion in Rome.
RINSM AD PIANO cost 7 guineas for 35 cash beautiful tone good order Smith Organ cost 30 for 20 Cash first class instru ment To closes an estate Pianos from 1 per month Organs from 10s per month H BM JONES Book
A catalog of tailoring highlights comfort fit and style with special note to fine costume tweeds just arrived from the Petone Mills aimed at ladies seeking well dressed attire.
The advertisement claims Doan's Backache Kidney Pills cure kidney trouble and restore regular secretions. Mr T Alexander of Hast Street Ashburton reports long disordered kidneys, back pain, and discolored secretions improved after using the remedy. Mrs Alexander confirms lasting improvement and strengthened kidneys six years later. Pills sold at 33 shillings per box or 6 for 1436, via Foster McClellan Co. Sydney. insist on Doan's.
Pure vinegar for table use and pickling advertised with English-made essence and colonial imitation. Local agents listed Manchester Bros Buston and Thomas Kerr Bros Shearman Bros. Notes aging suitability and Robinson's Patent Barley recipes for elder eaters included.
By buying No 2 Kozie veo, it costs Is Bd only, fourpence less than most other teas, yet pleases the most cultivated tastes with its quality and value.
Classified notices advertise building sites at Cox and Cass Streets with easy terms, allotments at Netherby, a central shop on Burnett Street, a five room dwelling with wash-house on Wakanni Road, and a small Arcada shop, all offered by T. Bullock.
At a late examination for dairy inspector in Victoria only nine of 58 candidates passed. Five became stock inspectors, one a farm manager, and one a farm hand. The Straits Times also notes a historical prophecy about Java population growth.
A lease of memories from Bryan O’Donnell of Inver County Donegal aged 107 who speaks only Irish. He recalls setting sail for America in a small schooner with 14 companions, surviving seven weeks at sea before realizing they were in Ireland. He boasts of illicit distilling, blackthorn fights, and Glenties parish battles, where women hurled stones after improvising slings.
In Sibhy, Leicestershire, the Very Rev Father Hays urged temperance as the handmaid of religion. He warned drink destroys homes and morals, recounting slum work in Leicester and Nottingham, and urged fathers and mothers to lead children by example toward honorable citizenship and Christian life.
An advertisement touts Lane's Emulsion as beneficial for consumption and colds, urging timely treatment with fresh air and the emulsion. It claims strong lungs, digestion, and overall health, citing a doctor’s approval and daily published testimonials. It lists two bottle sizes 4/6 and 2/6 and warns against inferior substitutes.
The well known authoress Mrs Corbett Seymour aged sixty was found dead at Bradford-on-Avon Trowbridge England. The inquest recorded a verdict of death by self action while of unsound mind noting police summonses for alleged fraud against the Duchess of Somerset and misapplication of charitable funds. The deceased left a letter saying she had no peace for five months and could not write.
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