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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
2
Private sale list offering several farms for inspection in Canterbury Bur y Ashburton or Geraldine Counties. Properties lie in grain growing and stock fattening districts, with full details and facilities provided for inspection and supervision.
Residents challenge the acting Minister for Railways over a rejected bridge or subway at Havelock Street. They argue the station yard blocks access between central town areas and Wills and Cameron Streets, urging a fenced yard or bridge solution and a formal departmental reconsideration.
Local items report strong winds and rain, river conditions clear on major routes, and a no-license council discussion. An upcoming appearance by Mr. G. Knowles is announced for Oddfellows Hall on Saturday night, March 17, described as a premier entertainment. Also listed are livestock sale results from Addington and various local notices and features in this issue.
Harvesting is underway in the Methven district with fine weather needed for another fortnight to save crops. Parrier's Day Scores for cycling and running closed. Ashburton sport results set records. Details cover wheel race entries and district events with several age and distance categories.
Notes from the A and P Association Ram and Eve Fair outline events with auctioneers for tomorrow Saturday the 10th. The Barns manuscript bought by Mer Pier Pont Morgan is not Rosebery’s. Haldane reportedly abolishes corporal punishment in military prisons.
The Ashburton Amateur Cycling and Athletic Club concluded its season with a well-attended meet featuring 120 yards races and a quarter mile handicap. Wardle, Page, and Segers won events as crowds enjoyed music by the Ashburton County Brass and commentary from a keen committee.
The Mount Somers Road Board met Monday with present members Mecara Fetus Harcisyn firebell and Sharplin. Harrison elected chair in Gator’s absence. Sympathy shown to Mrs Peaghe and family for recent bereavement. A reply from Mesica Wilding Rotleston and Acland confirmed the Board retains powers under the Noxious Weeds Act and prior sections. The Inspector will try to clear Fox’s Road as requested. Receiver of Land Revenue remitted £219 1d to the Board’s Union Bank credit. County Council sent maintenance agreement for Todd’s Ford protective works. Tenders invited for rails and ground works at Todd’s Ford site. Fergus tender accepted for Fox’s Road formation and similarly for Bimler’s Road, Aford Forest. Clerk to pursue all rates outstanding after March 31 by public notice. Accounts totaling £241 16s 9d passed. Meeting adjourned to April 2.
Czerny Prince of Prestidigitateurs will present a high eulogized entertainment at Oddfellows Hall under William Anderson. Eschewing billiard balls and silks, Czerny stages grand magic inspired by oriental fakirs with twenty years of study in Asia, using an ancient palace as his conjuring scene. Seats available at HM Jones.
A London conference of associated Chambers of Commerce condemns the preference shown by British township firms for foreign freights, notably to South Africa Australia and New Zealand, saying it harms the UK’s commercial interests. A Frenchman jailed for forgery farmland liqueur trademarks. An Anglo American horse show planned in London for May 1907. A New York Italian banker’s son abducted, £4000 ransom demanded, later freed. Washington committees seek to cut government clerks’ salaries above 65 to £209 annually.
Duma delegates convene in the Tauride Palace St Petersburg with 564 deputies accommodated. A manifesto outlining Duma powers triggers bitter disappointment as the press blasts the body as a mockery controlled by a bureaucratic upper house and an unaccountable ministry.
Correspondence defends Lincoln College’s aim to modernize methods and train experts locally. The letter questions Ex-Student’s critique of the Premier’s remarks, defends veterinary teaching, and explains two Lincoln College merit certificates leading to a Diploma, noting it does not certify expertise.
Reports say political prisoners were loaded for exile to Siberia after a march 8 dispatch. In Moscow a convoy carried detainees to the east while 20 armed men freed a socialite wounded in a clash with police in a Praga suburb. In Odessa six artillerymen drew ten to twenty year terms and 24 others got minor sentences for refusals to fire on revolutionaries.
In the House of Commons the Lever resolution backing payment to members passed 348 to 110. Sir Henry Kimber’s amendment against funding from public money was defeated 363 to 110. Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman said he supported the principle but no money was available now.
The Liberale Laborites and Nationalists backed Mr Levers resolution while the Unionists opposed it as debate concluded with a planned March ninth session.
The House of Commons debates naval estimates amid Radicals urging Rosyth base abandonment due to cost. Churchill cites 1919 mortality on the Rand with Chinese coolies at 17.386 per 1000 and African labourers at 47.13 per 1000.
In the French Chamber M. Thompson, Minister for Marine, announced a government plan to build six battleships of eighteen thousand tons each with a speed of eighteen knots. They will not be turbines, and will have quicker firers and heavier broadsides than the British.
Doctors from the Medical Association visited Quail Island to examine a leprosy patient detained there. Canterbury Apostolic Pastoral Association members discussed reports of the island becoming a leper station and urged the patient’s removal to another location.
Melbourne C v Southland concluded in wet weather. Armstrong added two to 333 before being out O Halloran. Wilkinson ran out on 32, Laver 12, Butler 1. Southland made 74 in their second innings with Poola 22, McNeeca 19, D Hamilton 14, J Hamilton 13. Armatrong and Butler took six wickets each for 49 and 25.
United Press report from Waleetka Manet on March 8 notes Germany taking a more conciliatory stance at the Algeciras Conference, signaling possible easing of tensions and a shift in European diplomacy.
The Temps replies to German papers stating King Edward did not offer guidance on Morocco. He reportedly said Britain would freely back French policy rather than interfere.
The report notes that the March 9 statement and March 8 discussions anticipate no change in France's stance at the Algeciras Conference, with policy continuity expected despite cabinet turmoil.
The Spanish premier and the Duke of Alba witnessed Princess Ena's conversion to Catholicism and her baptism. A salute fired after the abjuration, with the pope sending congratulations and plenary indulgence. Queen Christina and King Alfonso attended, while Princess Beatrice was absent.
Southern members of the New Zealand football team arrived by train from the north and will be formally received by the Mayor with several Ministers of the Crown attending. The event marks a high profile welcome to the visiting squad.
The ceremony of renunciation at an early hour in Maprio was officiated by Rev. Robert Brindle the bishop of Nottingham. The Pope and King Alfonso sent greetings. The princess took her first communion today though her mother was absent.
On Waebing Day a feature item highlights a local figure or event with a vivid card style teaser. The piece centers on a notable name and a key action setting a period tone and urgency for readers.
South Africa observers express concern over Chinese labour agitation and surprise newspapers and British officials take slavery allegations in the Transvaal as credible.
In Cargtown on March 7, four hundred natives told the Magistrate they could not pay the poll tax. The beating of Colonel Lenokar's quad persuaded 160 of them to settle immediately.
The French Chamber rejected a government resolution regarding the church inventories incident. Following the vote M. Bouvier resigned and President Fliieres accepted the resignation. The government defeat signals a political setback amid ongoing constitutional tensions.
Paris reports a heated debate in the Chamber of Deputies over church inventories linked to the Bonachepe incident. Premier Rouvier accepted a government stance but resigned after a 263 to 234 vote opposing the resolution, triggering a political crisis among right wing and socialist factions.
The Pravitch Bros foundry in New York was partly destroyed by dynamite amid non union labor tensions. Police report a calculated blast caused extensive damage and raised fears of further industrial unrest in the city.
Militants aboard an iron plated punitive train moving through Siberia on March 7 terrorised residents. Reports say Baldiera caused shootings and detentions as the convoy traversed Paragiscers. Local authorities struggle to respond amid widespread fear.
Exaggerated hurricane accounts prompt no immediate relief dispatch from Tahiti. European shipping news note Morgan Combine gains in Aberdeen Shipping. Japan reports famine affecting three large districts with about three million people.
The Herald urges the British Commonwealth to grant New Hebrides markets to strengthen future negotiations. It argues Britain should open markets to its power, countering French influence, and show readiness to aid countrymen as France assists its own.
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