Ashburton seeks reform. Stipendiary Magistrate headquarter urged
Local debates urge Ashburton to host a Stipendiary Magistrate for Mid-Canterbury between the Rakaia and Rangitata rivers. Reports touch on Hare issues in the domain, church gatherings, Oddfellows events, and a Rifle Volunteers annual meeting with balance sheets, committees, and plans for uniforms and Morris-tube shooting.
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Ashburton
Mid-Canterbury
Rakaia
Rangitata
Russell
Tauranga
Hawera
Wairarapa
Greymouth
Hokitika
Milton
Clyde
Naseby
Departmental Eccentricity and Ashburton Ignored
The Registrar General omits Ashburton from the monthly vital statistics while listing other towns. The column cites births and deaths in nearby localities and notes Ashburton had 25 births and 8 deaths, arguing the town is healthier and more progressive. The piece questions officials about the discrepancy and requests clarification.
Ashburton April vital statistics and regional notes
Ashburton April births total 22 with 12 boys and 10 girls. Deaths reach 7, including 6 males and 2 females. marriages total 12. Compare April 1906 births 41, deaths 3, marriages 12. Other items mention land sales, shipping changes, horse trade, immigration fines, Salvation Army funding talk, high school harvest yield, rainfall data, a boy traveling for education, and local advertisements.
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Ashburton
Very Rev Father Gillan Injured In Auckland Trap Accident
The Very Rev Father Gillan Vicar General of Auckland Catholic diocese was thrown from his trap on Upper Queen Street and found unconscious. He sustained a severe forehead and scalp wound with skull fracture and facial injuries. Dr Porter said the injury may not be serious. Also reported is the sudden death of Allan M Intish, a miner from Blue Spur at Deep Stream claim near Waipori, possibly due to heart disease.
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AuceLane
Father Gillan
Auckland
Upper Queen Street
Porter
Dunspry
Allan M’intish
Blue Spur
Deep Stream Company
Aevantean
Waipori
Itis
RHEUMOQ Promoted For Rheumatism and Gout Cure
To cure rheumatiam gout sciatica or lumbago you must treat the blood. The best remedy is RHEUMOQ with cures thousands of sufferers and chemists at 23 Gd j and 4s 6d. For children's hacking cough at night Woods Great Peppermint Cure priced twopence and 24 Sd.
Canterbury College Board weighs new professor and university reserve
At Canterbury College in Christchurch the Board of Governors heard a long annual address. It proposed appointing Anna Gilchrist from Tennessee University as Professor in Home Economics with a 600 pounds salary funded two thirds by a government subsidy and donors. The plan would allow public lectures and lectures wired to Wellington or Dunedin, with proceeds to the Board. The hoped vesting of Coldstream University Reserve to the Board was urged, alongside a 5000 pound fund. The speaker advocated expanding popular science lectures to Timaru and Ashburton to foster scientific taste and attract students, laying groundwork for future university extension.
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Board of Governors
Canterbury College
Christchurch
G. W. Rusall
Misa Anna Gilchrist
Tennessee University
U.S
John Studholme
Coldstream
Gilchrist
Tita
Coldstream University Reserve
Province of
Canterbury
Preaent
Reuntaia
Timaru
Ashburton
Timara
Ashburtor
Ware
Audenta
Board to Consider Popular Science Lectures in Fimsra and Ashburton
The board agreed to print and circulate the proposed address and to hold a special meeting to discuss the questions raised regarding establishing courses of popular science lectures in Fimsra and Ashburton.
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Fimsra
Ashburton
British and World News Briefs From Salonika to London
Reports from Salonika note £18 500 ransom for Mr Abbott was requested but refused by Turkish authorities. British officials discuss Hague Conference appointments and naval intelligence. Royal Academy exhibition lists colonial artists. Sir Edward Fry knighted. Australia’s immigration policy touted as white British rule. Chamberlain travels with aid due to knee issue.
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Lonnon
Reuter
Uskub
Salonika
Abbott
Edmund Roche Ellie
India
Ottley
Edward Fry
Michael and St. George
Stormy Duma Session Hinges On War Funding Debate
United Press reports a stormy Duma sitting as the government seeks 459,000 remounts amid war remarks. The Minister of War cites the Fundamental Law claiming czarist power to raise contingents, as in the prior year, with adjournment pending the debate and potential fate of the Duma.
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Se. Petersmac
Duma
Remuie
Parliament in Scotland Opposes Landholder Bill
Scottish Liberals oppose a Small Landholders Bill and argue compulsory leasing harms ownership. The Scottish Chamber of Agriculture, representing 98,000 tenant farmers, repudiates the measure as the debate on the second reading is adjourned.
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London
Saveral
Scotland
Scottish Chamber of Agriculture
Canada and Australia press for imperial preference at conference
At the Emperial Colonial Conference the discussion on preferential trade included Mr Asquith Mr Lloyd George and Treasury Board officials. Sir Wilfrid Laurier stated Canada had given preference to the Motherland and planned to move reaffirmation of 1902 resolutions. Deakin noted Australia favored an explicit request for preference before the conference adjourned for lunch.
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London
Asquith
Lloyd George
Treasury
Board of Trade
India
Ussie
Lord Elgin
Deakin
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Australia
Bir Deakin
House of Commons
Australasian Shipping Rules Backed at London Conference
The Navigation Conference approved a Board of Trade proposal to prohibit future Australasian merchant shipping legislation from breaching treaties with Australia and New Zealand. It urged uniform regulations with Imperial rules, three months notice for enforcement, and fair treatment of coasting trade vessels. Sir Joseph Ward and Sir William Lyne led votes of thanks to Lloyd George as presiding chairman.
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London
Navigation Conference
Board of Trade
Hughes
Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Australasia
Joseph Ward
William Lyne
Lloyd George
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Nomiterca
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Melbourne
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Woods
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