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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 17, 1908
Page
2
The Borongi School Committee is described as quarrelsome with members denouncing past grievances and wasting time at meetings. Other items include a forthcoming Ashburton concert program, opera previews, meat shipment complaints, harvest services, and local civic notes.
Opinion polls show mixed views on a proposed high pressure water system for Ashburton. Citizens cite benefits for health and fire safety, while shopkeepers warn of higher rates and uneven benefit without universal coverage.
The United Band of Hope held its first public meeting of the season at the Oddfellows Hall last evening. Attendance was smaller due to slim advertising. Mr Blair chaired the session with prayer and hymn. Performers included Mr K Tucker Cornet solos, Mrs Marsden songs, Messrs J Manchester and E Craighead and Miss Evelyn Ross Butterick Norma Rusden Irene Beaumont Netta Marsden and Sidney Smith recitations, Miss Bonnington violin, and Rev R J Liddell gave the address. Benediction marked the close.
The Ashburton Foresters Court met last evening with strong attendance led by Bro. T Kerr OR. Officers Turvey Ward Gapes Holdwent Jacobson attended. One candidate was initiated and two proposed for membership. A sick list was approved and receipts reached £80 with a social hour of recitation and speech.
River report notes Rakaia as fishable, Rangitata dirty, Ashburton and its branches clear in places.
The Times Vancouver report labels immigration policy as absurd and dangerous. The Natal Act was struck down by the courts while a German migrant was refused entry for Australian origin. Japanese fisher men face naturalisation issues provoking Japanese protests. Roosevelt reforms loom with potential extra sessions. Chinese royal marriage lines reappear in Germany and Deakin warns Australia faces higher risks than other realms amid defence debate. Night-raiders ruin ten million sterling of tobacco property in Kentucky.
Riots in Tinnevally spread through Calcutta with a mob burning municipal buildings looting bazaars attacking the Post Office and raiding the police station. Police fired resulting in four deaths and multiple injuries as authorities try to restore order.
In Pekin on March 16 China apologizes for pulling down the Tatsu Maru flag and agrees to salute the flag, restore the vessel, and pay demurrage on arms cargo. Japan consents to ban arms imports into China by Japanese vessels.
A Russian dispatch from St. Petersburg reports tension after the Port Arthur trial. It notes General Smirnoff faced a challenge to a pistol duel with General Fock at fifteen paces, which Smirnoff refused without orders from his superiors.
In Capetown on March 16 the Governor unveiled a memorial to the regiments raised in Cape Colony during the war acknowledging their service and sacrifices.
Sir James Fitzpatrick, speaking in Pretoria, denounced the new gold law as a stupendous monument of stupidity and urged the Government to declare whether the measure favors separation unification or federation.
The Natal Ministers describe Mr Jellicoe's letter to the Governor as patently false and so contemptible as not worthy of notice in a minute dated March 16.
The Press Association reports Mrs Robinson has been committed for trial in London. Detective Hade from Christ Church testified he has known Robinson for years, including his connection to Posner and the Robinson family from Waimate New Zealand.
A fragment notes a juxtaposition of degraded humanity and splendor in proximity. Dated received March 17 at 8:10 a.m., the text hints at social contrast without detailing events or actors.
London dispatch reports Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman rested well but remains weak. The Institute of Chartered Accountants notes that licensee tax limits, even if fair, would be commercially impossible without tax reductions.
A cautious note warns buyers to avoid low grade auction bikes as the country floods with trashy cycles. It urges selecting high grade machines built by firms like Royal Enfield, Rudge Whitworth, and New Audgon, with J. D. Johnston of Bannett Street listed as a local agent.
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