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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 02, 1906
Page
3
Oceanic Company officials say resumption of San Francisco service is uncertain though hoped within two months. City wharves are chaotic and ships cannot load cargo amid the quake aftermath.
May 2 at 10 35 a m Metbourne reports on relief for Australians in Frisco. Mr Deskin offers to take responsibility for repatriation. Royal Insurance says Liverpool head office confirms payment of the entire arising loss does not reduce fire or reserve funds.
The New Zealand Government will send five thousand dollars to the New Zealand agent in San Francisco for relief of suffering and to provide comforts for New Zealanders affected by the disaster. The gesture follows a message from the President via His Majesty's Ambassador, noting US gratitude and the decision not to seek outside help.
In London on May 1 the Hon. Sir John Gorrell Barnes head of the Divorces Court questioned whether reform that retains permanent separation and fails to equalize men and women in offence and relief would be adequate. Newspapers question if English opinion would accept easier divorce.
May Day events unfold in Paris with troops guarding a railway bridge and a Sevres cartridge factory. Amid arrests for alleged rebellion and anarchist activity, two thousand residents flee the city while foreign anarchists are expelled. Police seize documents from Petite Republique showing retired generals offered aid to rebels.
In London on May 7 Mr Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, presented the Budget. Revenue stood at £143,978,000 with expenditure of £140,512,000, yielding a surplus of £23,466,000 directed to debt reduction. Next year revenue projected at £144,860,000 and Imperial expenditure at £141,786,000, or £151,621,000 including local contributions, with contingencies at £14,000 leaving £2,660,000 disposable.
The budget aims to cut the national debt by about nine million after allowing for new public works borrowing. It plans education grants of 135 000 and 105 000 for the Post Office, with abolition of coal duty and phased tobacco tax changes. Mr Asquith opposes a peacetime income tax and seeks committee review on graduated rates while expanding alcohol use for industry and wine production under excise. Liberal papers call it sound. Unionists call it a stopgap. Debates expected to finish today.
Government agrees to provide a parliamentary committee of the Trades Union Congress with names of contractors invited to tender for state work. The aim is to probe nonpayment of caper wage rates and contracts not executed properly, with patterns shown to identify repeat offenders.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports on Mr Seddon entering the fourteenth year of his Premiership in New Zealand. It calls his long tenure a remarkable record in Australasian political life and notes his self defined identity as a humanist, while acknowledging critics who view politics seriously.
A sharp earthquake shock occurred at five past eight this morning in the city. Two slight shocks were felt a few minutes after eight. A sharp but short shock was recorded at 9.10 in Nelson. Wellington experienced a slight shock at five minutes past eight.
Mary McKearneay, an elderly single woman, died in hospital five hours after her clothes caught fire as she was going to bed. The accident occurred last night in her lodgings and caused fatal burns with unknown ignition cause.
Council of the Aed burton Acclimatisation Society met at the Somerest Hotel. Delegates Shury and Tennant to Wellington conference. subscription £2 1s approved. Hut insurance noted. plantation failure pointed to. Rule change proposed for season license. Shag head price raised to 2s below Mount Somers. annual meeting set for May 25. Johnston to offer prize again in October.
In May 2 interview with a Post reporter the New Zealand Premier Mr Seddon marked fourteen years in office. At sixty four he praises Old Age Pensions Act and child and women protections, fair wages for child labor, and describes himself as a humanist dedicated to uplifting people socially morally and politically. He aims to further relieve want and secure comfort for the elderly without sacrificing independence.
Nominations for the North Otago Jockey Club winter meeting close with the padratary Me G M Procter in Oamaru at 9 p.m. to-morrow. A Dray Overvewep. Mr William Kerr of Kerr Brothers Burnett street injured in a Tinwald accident when his dray overturned after a traction engine encounter. He sustained leg strain and will be incapacitated for weeks. Debating Society in Ashburton reports good attendance with new members and a debate on labour for public works. Catholic Literary Society held a weekly meeting with an Easter Wellington conference report and travel anecdotes. Carriage Works advertise second hand waggonette and cart for sale and repair.
List of players for Haka tere Seniors v Old Boys on matelina and Thoreday. Juniors A v Southern Croza on the Oval at 1 45 with a long roster. Junior B v Springbern teams and Third Grade v High School scheduled at 2 on the School Grounds with numerous players.
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