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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
2
Fragmented OCR shows a sequence of dates in June and a single April note with multiple times including 1:33 pm, 9:42 am, 4:23 am, 6:37 am, 10:80 pm, and midnight. No clear event description or context is provided.
An accountant and land and estate agent compile property and income tax records. The work covers property holdings and related taxation, detailing assessments and filings for individuals and businesses.
The piece praises Lord Curzon as a principal, thoughtful architect of imperial unity. It argues imperialism requires deep, democratic foundations, suggests colonies may adopt a framework blending socialist ideas within an empire, and envisions a Pan-Britannic, virtuous, constitutional world unity under a monarchy.
Thomas Hy Elliott of Ashburton announces he has sold his coal and firewood business to A H Field effective March 2 1908. Elliott thanks customers for past support and Field pledges to continue with same liberal service. Dated Ashburton February 29 1908.
Scor isson tickets priced 3 241 per mile first class and standard rates second class for April 2 3 and 11 55 a m timetabled express services from Christchurch Ashburton and Timaru with pickups at Springburn Dunsandel Rakaia Chertsey and other stations. Return validity until April 4 includes a 11 55 a m service with set down at Ashburton Saleyards and Timaru bound afternoon runs via Tinwald Winslow Hinds Rangitata.
23 acres near Rakaia offered by HANDCOCK Role Agent. Part in grass and stubble with a fenced boundary. Inspect by appointment from Rakaia Railway Station. Price low at £4 per acre. Also 95 acres near Invercargill with good soil, house and outbuildings, 8 miles from main line, 1 mile from Plainway Station, at £9 per acre, terms.
A shop thanks customers who paid since the fire and states all balances should be collected in March. It warns that action will be taken for any accounts not paid by the 10th.
In Hinds two churches are under construction Anglican and Presbyterian. Rivers are fishable at 9am. Palmerston North merchants shift to cash only from April 1. Woollen mill worker Mrs Mathieson leaves on homeland visit and receives a rug from Mr Lane. Loyal Ashburton Lodge holds quarterly meeting with sick pay dues approved. District meeting delegates elected for New Plymouth on April 5 with £85 receipts. A new football club may form with 70 members to support three grade teams. Wanganui Education Board notes difficulty hiring qualified teachers for backblack schools and outposts, echoed by North Canterbury Board due to salary tied to attendance.
The Westerfield School Committee unanimously chose Miss Constance Davies of Nelson as mistress after Miss Ronaldson declined the post. Mr BR Bligh will lecture at Odd Fellows Hall in the afternoon and evening tomorrow with Mr Alcorn presiding. Community notes cover farm sales, threshing complaints, and farewells in Wakanui Riverside, Hinds, and surrounding districts.
The Ashburton Mothers' Union met at St Stephen's schoolroom with large attendance led by Mrs G B Inglis. Mrs W G Roberts presented the annual report and balance sheet noting growth in membership and active lectures. Mrs Cunnington from Christchurch gave an influential address urging expanded social work and sympathetic outreach.
A public meeting at Musanio Hall gathered over 30 prominent players led by chairman W G Hillier to discuss forming a strong Ashburton football club. Secretaries were appointed pro tem and amalgamation with the Old Boys’ Club was suggested, with a follow up meeting planned to elect officers.
Wellington reports detail Minister of Labour J A Millar and Attorney General Dr Findlay outlining government actions on the Blackball strike. They discuss enforcing an Arbitration Court fine, limits on punishing unions or workers, and the need to revise the 1905 act to address aiding and abetting non‑work actions.
The Blackball Miners Union rejects Labour Department proposals for settlement and insists on a half hour crib time and no £75 fine. Government plans to collect the fine or prosecute individuals face strong opposition. Tomorrow’s Tyneside meeting could trigger a strike, risking mine flooding and gasworks coal reserves.
In Dunedin a March 27 meeting of about 120 citizens supported the Blackball miners' stance against a mine manager's action. The resolution urged extending crib time to 30 minutes and pledged to aid the miners' families. Christchurch fin smiths union meanwhile declined financial aid, citing adherence to the Arbitration Act.
The estate of the late Mrs Ryland of Manchester is estimated to benefit the Exchequer by 650 000 pounds. Berlin reports a German chamber recommends EU export conventions for preferred status, while Sir Robert Giffen warns Britain on war chest and international credit risk. Paris notes President Falleries to visit London in late May. London reports 20 000 pounds worth of canned goods shipped back to New York amid meat shortages and rising prices expected into June.
The Rand Gold Law vests sole gold mining rights in the Crown while base metals stay with landowners. Discoverers receive fifty free claims. The Government may proclaim private land and set up batteries and smelting works. Trades restricted to white men. non white men barred from rights or residence on goldfields except in bazaars.
Durban report recalls Daniels testimony that in 1902 Dinizulu summoned chiefs and headmen from Natal to Zululand and had them formally install him as king. He also said during the late rebellion Dinizulu ordered no killing of women and children.
March 28 report explains Baldeus was freed after Lord Mountmorres lured Moorish tribesmen aboard his yacht and held them until French crew were liberated. Mountmorres, Irish viscount William Geoffrey Bouchard de Monmorency, is a journalist and traveler familiar with Morocco.
In Perth Moore was convicted of manslaughter over the murder of Delia Clarke in November and sentenced to ten years. In Sydney a jury convicted Prince of manslaughter in the Sullivan case with a mercy recommendation, sentencing him to three years. The strike reports calm with northern rivers trade diverted to Brisbane. A separate note from Brisbane discusses megass in papermaking and a Trinidad sugar estate study. A Chinese boycott resolution cites protest against the Tatsu Tamru incident, calling for Japanese apologies and boycotts of Japanese goods and lines in Sydney.
Mr F S Larke Canadian Commissioner for Australasia addressed the Wellington Chamber of Commerce urging closer Canada New Zealand trade. He warned of Canada's rapid growth and called for a direct St Lawrence to New Zealand steamship line. Last year NZ exported £79,000 to Canada while Canada sent £206,600 to NZ. A resolution supported his views.
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