06 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 06, 1907
Page
1
The advertisement offers a very comfortable and convenient residential property of four acres in Pearehos with dwelling house and barn. The land includes an orchard and garden and is described as a desirable retirement site near The Wakanui Cre at, listing Apply to PERTRIMAN.
Ephemeris fragment lists sun date ris and set times for March including new moon first quarter full moon and related notes. Contains times like 8:12 p.m. and 5:45 a.m. with references to lunar phases and positions.
Owing to continued disarrangement of San Francisco mail service no mails for the United Kingdom will be sent via that route for the present. The next dispatch for the United Kingdom via Brindisi leaves Christchurch on March or is bus in London on April 14. A mail via Suez will close on the 8th inst and will thereafter be despatched biweekly.
Market quotations from March 6 list various prices for goods including wheats flours oats maize barley and potatoes across Australian regions. The notes state these are merchant retailer quotations and exclude brokered variations.
The final Timaru wool sale yesterday offered 353 bales. Top price 1244 for two sales of first half breds from Me R A Rhodes Binecliffs estate. Prices ranged from greasy merino 9 4 to 10s, greasy halfbred 10s to 12s 1d, crossbred 9s 3d to 9s 6d, three quarterbred 10s to 16s 1d.
The King calls for gradual abolition of century old harsh penal codes and promotes humane treatment and rehabilitation of criminals. He cites international examples, notes New Zealand and Britain moving toward reform, and urges officials to reshape punishment toward prevention and social reform.
The report notes Kakata rainfall of 40 rouches for Tsheusry week and a record high 77 on the 16th, with nine dips during the month. A 200 person excursion left Titnwaid for an international inhibition event under Tinwald School Committee. Local council reports include reserve tenders and truancy cases.
Mr Wabb appointed as overseer at St Marys Anglican Timern. Public Works accepted a tender of 8909 pounds for adtilesbes at Wellington with eleven other bids up to 11970 pounds. Oamaru mayor to convene public meetings on establishing public baths. An Australian sow was found on Mr Trent’s Wakanui property. Local Dorkshire pigs on Mr G A Rhodes Meadowbank Ellesmere farm sold. Mr Jd C N Grige bought sow and litter for 17 guineas.
The Brough Plemming Company arrives in Ashburton for the first local production of Alfred Sutris The Walls of Jericho. The play has stirred London and Australia with its sharp critique of the so called smart set and social satire. An excellent cast led by Mr Hebert Flemming as Jack Probisher and Miss Beatrice Day as Lady Alethea will debut in Ashburton with a new English company.
A Saturday picnic at Staveley in Mrasmiths bush in connection with Sawdey school drew many children and parents. The day featured a sheltered sunny setting, lolly prizes, and lively games led by Megsra Wilkinson Knight Morrison and Healey. Prizes awarded covered multiple swimming and running events for boys and girls with winners named.
The Longbeach Board met Saturday with O N Grigg as chairman. They read ministerial correspondence on plague control, considered a drain work and road repairs, deferred some decisions, planned tenders for Chatnoss and Longbeach roads, approved minor works, and adjourned after accounts totaling £121 2s 8d.
Australian Cup results show Rheaim I Eooran 2 Mira 3 with Dyad Garments fourth and Lilis and Togo in the rear. Timetmin Sisec are also mentioned among the competitors.
Following are the handicaps for the rats with names like Vawortara Trow Master Tracey Opihi and Waitchi Maid. Distances listed include 14 miles 15 seconds 2 miles and 28 seconds for several entries such as White Nook Black Jack and Kerry Lad.
His Excellency the Governor Avcktaxp arrived from Rotorua this evening. Lord Plunket’s northern tour departure was postponed due to official business. The Governor has visited railway workers and districts near Rotorua and Rosorue and will depart for the south after returning to Auckland from the north.
The Supreme Court of Victoria restrained imitators from using the Sander and Sons name for a fake Extract and ordered them to pay costs. Dr Owen and a Fitzroy case warned of dangers, while the verdict emphasized trust in scientifically tested products. The Genuine Sander and Sons Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract was endorsed.
The message notes Mr Rotha invited to attend a Colonial Conference. The Mission Fund reached 250 000. The Prince of Wales is created admiral. Kennedy praised Cozens-Hardy as a Lord Justice of Appeal. Churchill says J A Swettenham resigned Jamaica governorship on grounds of age. US Great Northern Dakota liner ashore near Nosima Cape with all passengers saved. Edward arrives in Paris New York. Senate kills Ship Subsidy Bill. Spooner resigns senate seat for private reasons.
March reports from New York London and Cairo recount President Roosevelt urging Americans to back Russian relief and proclaiming 32 forest reserves. Churchill notes Lord Elgin’s talks with Sir EBFP before and after the New Hebrides pact while colonial delegates prepare for the Imperial Conference. Whiteley murder case advances as a Royal Visitor looms and a German crew member is rescued. Cairo voices calls for rapid parliamentary reform amid fiscal notes on revenue and surplus.
In St Petersburg the second Duma opened amid calls for amnesty and unity. Metropolitan Antonios urged reconciliation to aid a suffering nation while Stolypin announced ready reform bills. Armoured cars deployed as Socialists and Constitutional Democrats urge caution amid street protests.
The House of Commons heard Mr Haldane’s Army Reorganisation Bill read the first time amid searching but friendly criticism. He cited strong national support, noting 35 Liverpool shipping firms and 19 London firms offering holiday preference to those joining camp, with an extra week’s holiday.
Longnow reports General Rothe's cabinet sworn in in Parliament with Lord Selborne presiding. Messages to the British public promise unity between races and cooperation for the country. Edwart Sstoman and Winston Churchill are cited advising no major changes in policy while race issues are addressed.
Pretoria March 5 The Times correspondent reports four Boer representatives in the Ministry are seen as the strongest in the party and likely to avoid early conflicts. The Transvaal mining industry is cited as the basis of prosperity and the people are urged to give the new government a fair start.
March 6 report notes Mr Clade assuring Mr Daakin that the mad syndicats will proceed with the tontmaot and a dispute with the Qvaanie Company and the Postal Department is settled. Arrears will be paid to the company and future mails to New Zealand will receive the federal rate and beyond New Zealand the Postal Union rate. The arrangement covers from transfer date. A Quick Times subscription of 2000 pounds was raised at the Wes leyan Conference mission meeting. Passengers for New Zealand arriving aboard Moldavia include Movers Welsh Mace phol Major Long Mrs Reeves and Misses Sinclair.
Morning papers report Rev Burton's remarks on Indiana in Fiji and urge swift response. The Telegraph warns the Yellow Peril's shadow grows while white settlement lags, risking Australia’s fate in the Southern Hemisphere as Anglo Saxon destiny is debated.
While hatch coverings were being placed over No 3 hold on the steamer Surrey, an est[es] cross Dearne slipped and fell into the empty hold along with two men from a height of thirty eight feet. J Buard, an unmarried man, was crushed beneath a beam and killed. John Usher sustained a broken arm a fractured jaw and possible internal injuries.
Inspector Siliicon and Dr tyfa oversaw a second exhumation of Miss Howell as authorities withheld details. The body’s internal organs were sent for analysis to Wellington but no public information has been released.
An OCR fragment advertises tennis footwear with claims of cures for rheumatism and pain relief. It mentions RERUMO and RHEOMO products and a sales pitch urging readers to try them, with garbled brand and copy.
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