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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 07, 1906
Page
4
Three young Wellington women spent the night after losing their bearings while exploring a ridge and bush above Day's Bay. They camped through cold conditions, awoke with dawn, and found their way back to Day's Bay refreshment house before returning to the city on the first boat.
The 44th week at Lincoln College reports 439 eggs laid, 11.5 per pen, total 28126 and 740.1 per pen. Top weekly totals include H Hawke 24 Silver Wyandottes, W B Cowlishaw 21 Black Orpingtons, FO Hack 195 Silver Wyandottes, H Pannell 18 Partridge Wyandottes, Mra Mills 17 White Leghorna, Mrs Symons 17 Euan Orpingtons. Leading overall figures list Hawke 1125 Silver Wyandottes, Shaw 971 Brown Leghorns, Mannren 891 White Wyandottes, KH M Evans 892 Silver Wyandottes, Tyree 859 Anconas, Mrs Studholme 859 Anconas, A Bristed 840 Buff Orpingtons, A Price 840 Buff Orpingtons, Wilder 817 Bat Orpingtons, Tindall 805 Silver Wyandottes, MH Scott 805 Brown Leghorns, F Rollinson 787 American White Leghorns, W Cowlishaw 781 Black Canetons, KS Cox 788 Buff Orpingtons, P Prosants 769 Silver Wyandottes.
An American syndicate plans a North Pole expedition using a vast air ship led by Mc Walter Wellman. M Santos-Domentitis will design the craft built by Godard in Paris to be ready by April with July HQ at Spitsbergen. The ship weighs 196 tons, spans 49 percent diameter, 21 000 square feet surface, 226 060 cubic feet volume and can carry 5000 pounds of cargo for up to thirty days buoyancy cruising.
At Marylebone County Court Judge Setfe presided over a case where a nurse claimed damages against a hairdresser in West London after contracting a skin complaint during a shave. A defence witness, a House of Commons member, testified he was shaved there and would return, prompting a light remark. a second barber noted dirty mugs used by some customers. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, awarding £16 in damages.
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