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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
5
Bulgarians occupied the southern fortifications of Adrianople and seized twenty cannons eight machine guns and eight hundred prisoners within three hundred yards of the forts The Turks set buildings on fire and Bulgarian cavalry entered the line as a final assault looms reported from London March 26.
Reports from the eastern front claim Adrianople fell after a combined Bulgarian and Serbian assault. Turkish defenses were overwhelmed as the city was entered and fires spread amid panic.
Shukri Pasha surrendered Adrianople to General Tyanoff at two this afternoon. A night fight secured Takambak and Fapaztepe positions. Devekein Kavkas Yildiz and three forts fell, depots at Hadir dikkaik and Bashlikkemer were burned, arsenals in northern barracks destroyed. Bulgarians allow a correspondent to travel with them.
Shukri Pasha tried to surrender Adrianople to the Servians on March 26, but Bulgarian forces captured the city. The report arrived March 27 at 1.55 p.m. from Soria.
Sir Edward Grey argued that securing agreement among the Powers was the most urgent step in the Balkan question. Britain would not begin a policy leading to partition, but would press for unity and peaceful settlement or consider next steps if the current policy failed.
March 26 Berlin dispatch reports Scherf, a German aviator, surveying the Bulgarian lines at Chataldja. He estimates Bulgarian strength at 110,000 and provided the Ottoman Staff with a complete sketch of enemy dispositions.
Cettinik March 26 The Government protests Austria's demand to suspend hostilities as an infringement of neutrality. It has notified Scutari's Governor that it will allow the civil authorities to proceed with pending measures despite the pressure.
Government invites representatives of other powers to participate in an inquiry into the Din Kore incidents, setting a three day deadline for town inhabitants to depart.
Vienna dispatches steamers to San Giovanni carrying provisions and medical supplies for civilians at Scutari. The reports note protests over Austria protecting Catholics and Italy’s claim to equal rights, while some press call the civilian exodus demand indefensible and unprecedented in war history.
March 25 dispatch reports widespread flooding and destruction across Dayton Ohio and nearby towns. Thirty feet of water inundates streets, bridges collapse, and tens of thousands are left homeless with widespread casualties feared.
The Sydney ferry strike is settled with a 48 hour week and unchanged pay for a 60 hour baseline. Overtime pays time and a quarter on ordinary days and time and a half on Sundays and holidays. An award for three years will be set by the Wages Board, with Industrial Registrar Mr Holme mediating.
In the Commons during debate on the Consolidated Fund Bill ministerialists faced a map division and uproar as Mr Masterman accused the Opposition of discreditable conduct. William Moore of Armagh was suspended for refusing to withdraw the phrase disgraceful trickery and A B Markham of Mansfield for calling out turn out the pothouse crowd.
Eesad Pasha refused to permit non combatants to depart Settari. The notice dated March 26 reports the restriction remains in effect.
Reports say a new method converts iron ore to steel using heat from gas produced by slack. The process claims successful testing at a third of current costs, marking a potential breakthrough in steel production.
In Allahabad yesterday Clark was executed, the event noted by the Presa Association with the report received March 27. The march of events concludes with the capital punishment carried out the day before in Delhi region.
Lord Robert Cecil proposes deporting militant suffragettes to a distant island for at least one year with food lodging and freedom but no exit as a punitive measure. The Daily Mail article discusses curbing militant action by legal means.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst described her hunger strike, saying she walked about her cell for twenty eight hours straight and fought against forcible feeding until she was scarcely conscious.
Lord Ffaldane told the Teachers' National Union Conference in London that education should place working men on a level with foreign workers. He argued secondary schooling must not differentiate social classes and that religious difficulties exist, yet education comes first.
Paris reports President Barthon presented the Government programme defending the triennium service. He pledged full Chamber liberty to discuss the measure and said the Government would not sacrifice its honour. The session saw uproar and interruptions as a confidence vote passed by a small margin.
The fifteen year old son of Mr W. Ross of Beaufort near Glen Innes Australia did all the classing for his father's wool clip which sold for a fine price of 114d per lb at the Sydney wool sales. The lad had studied wool classing in the technical classes. Canon Masterman urged teaching local history as well as national history at the London conference of the Private Schools Association and praised the parish pump as a teacher's ally, saying those who sneer at the parish pump do not understand history.
New York reports two thousand people drowned as Dayton floods engulf streets and hotels. The Ohio National Guard is mobilized while residents cling to rooftops and rescue teams work by boat from dawn. A school with four hundred children vanished beneath rising waters. Deadly estimates remain uncertain.
At the Labour Conference Mr P Snowden said the Independent Labour Party spent £10000 on elections over the last eighteen months and had not won a seat.
The Stock Exchange shows buoyancy on news of potential peace in the Balkans. Consols quoted at 744 as traders price in stability and relief from regional tension.
The Coxwistory Court at Ripon unfrocked Albert Knight, vicar of Hunslet, who had gone to Australia with a girl named Grimes, and deprived him of his living.
Sydney report notes Chidley, known for The Answer and theatrical attire, reappeared during holidays in minimal clothing selling his book. He visited the Curtains and collected money on Sunday, then next Sunday announced no collection but allowed gifts at his home. He was fined 5s and costs for collecting without permission, with 48 hours prison as alternative.
Wireless exchanges between the cruiser New Zealand and Williamstown naval depot in Melbourne show cordial greetings. Lord Denman welcomed the vessel while Mr Bisher sent a message urging unity for peace and happiness and readiness to fight together if needed. Captain Halsey replied with thanks for the warm reception.
In a March 1920 naval statement Mr Churchill warned that without curbing rivalries there would be no relief from rising naval Estimates. He noted Britain including Canadian and Molay ships would reach forty five super Dreadnoughts against Germany’s twenty four. Talks aimed at developing long range naval airships of the largest type were under way.
In Sydney on March 27 the Ferrymen's Union secretary hailed the strike as the finest victory in maritime circles. He noted the breaking of the sixty-hour system after twenty years and the end of the contention with employees who had gained various advantages. The move ends the fifty-eight hour week while free labor is said to be abandoned.
Sydney March 27 Captain Davis of the Aurora received a wireless from Dr Mawson urging continuation of oceanographical work during the coming winter or an early summer arrival to undertake an extensive cruise after relief at Commonwealth Bay Professor David says funds will not permit a winter cruise but hopes Mawson’s wishes for an early start are met.
News dispatch reports a vast flood area bounded by Lake Erie and the Ohio River stretching into Indiana and Pennsylvania. About 200000 homeless and possibly up to ten thousand dead are feared, with Peru city entirely submerged and towns like Dayton Zanesville and Piqua reporting drownings. Relief efforts begin as water recedes slowly.
Sydney reports that ferry firms offer concessions to season ticket holders by extending tickets to cover the strike period, addressing inconvenience caused to passengers.
The Manchester Labour Conference unanimously recommended proportional representation. Strong protests were raised over Labour Commoners’ subservience to parties. A resolution to vote on the question’s merits even if the government would be endangered was rejected at Mr Snowden’s insistence.
The battleship Melbourne arrived to a grand Melbourne welcome. A cruiser and three destroyers escorted her seven miles outside the Heads into the bay where ministerial steamers and crowds joined the procession. Crowds lined cliffs as ships and city were decorated. Lord Denman, aboard Encounter, officially greeted the Melbourne’s captain and paid a formal call aboard.
Sir Rufus Isaacs said he sold 850 shares at 66s 6d and held the balance. If he had sold all, he would have cleared £12, but his loss amounted to. Mr Lloyd George and the Master of Hirbank each lost £160.
A massive explosion and floods devastate Dayton prompting a huge blaze in the business section. Two hundred bodies recovered as firefighters struggle against floodwaters. officials say an oil tank explosion sparked the disaster.
An advertisement touts the Genuine Sander Extract as a noninjurious remedy for headache fevers colds and various ailments claiming instant relief and antiseptic protection. It denounces inferior oils and extracts as deceptive and asserts medical endorsement and safety. Regent Cigarettes are also advertised with presented gifts and purity claims.
A letter from R. Phillips of Dutton South Australia says Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieves rheumatism in the back and legs and neuralgia. He notes his family uses it for sprains and aches and recommends it highly. Sold by chemists and storekeepers.
A Rio de Janeiro cable reports the Tarakina steamer has been floated and will discharge its cargo on April 4 while a coach builders conference in Palmerston North hears skepticism about motor car demand. A Barrow court case links hypnotic influence to a petty cash theft with a teenage defendant found guilty.
A morning weather report notes a light shower around 12 30 with rain that did not last long. By daybreak signs of bad weather faded, clouds lingered but the sky began to clear, the day remaining warm and mild with light rain recorded at the weather station last night. Mr Bates forecasts cloudy unsettled conditions with possible rain in the back country and a falling barometer likely to rise in about 36 hours.
A Timaru steamer broke from her moorings in gale driven seas yesterday. The vessel rushed at the outer berth of the main wharf and tore her hawsers, drifting into the roadstead. Some Timaru residents on board were taken ashore as guests of officers, while crew members faced a rough night without sleeping quarters.
The Land for Settlements Board in Wellington debated a settler who asked exemption to reside in Masterton while holding land eighteen miles away. The applicant argued residence was impractical due to a family-based income and daughters working in Masterton. The board seeks committee review, balancing act between compliance and attracting better settlers.
A Stipendiary Magistrate in Marylebone cites suffrage tensions as a wife may leave a family without punishment. A New York Telegraph piece recalls Captain Scott and the South Pole pursuit, with his vow to keep trying. An unrelated medical note promotes RHEUMO as a remedy for gout and rheumatism, claiming wide cures.
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