02 May 1908
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
1
A discourse on public sentiment toward drink, its role in business and auctions, and the moral inconsistency of exploiting others while condemning intoxication. It warns that alcohol in mothers’ milk harms infants, citing hospital cautions and cases of alcoholic poisoning in breastfed babies.
Riots at Portsmouth Royal Navy bars in autumn 1906 led to a Temperance restaurant. The Daily News Portsmouth correspondent reports the venture’s success over a year, with extensions funded by the dockyard and Admiralty backing of £2000. The facility offers hot meals almost continuously, a sixpence dinner featuring soup, joint, two vegetables, sweets, and cheese.
J H O Callaghan patent relates to Tor Bicycle Pumps and provides a single connector usable with both male and female screw pump ends. The innovation allows one connector to fit the two major pump constructions then used. Information available from J H O Callaghan at 54 Oxford Terrace Christchurch and from Henry Hughes Patent Agents 183 Hereford Street.
The piece argues individuals shape their character and fate through choices, not others, noting public opinion can administer slow justice. It references Jinks in distress, consuming drugs, and a cough suggesting imminent death, alongside a quack remedy and a jab at debating prowess.
An advertisement explains body waste removal by lungs skin kidneys and liver and claims Warner's Safe Cure restores kidney and liver function to prevent rheumatism digestive and blood disorders. It promotes regular elimination of uric and biliary poisons and offers bottles at 5 shillings 2 shillings 9 pence and a 2 shilling 6 pence concentrate post free.
Mr Jones wraps up the farm labourers dispute evidence before the Conciliation Board, arguing wages under the contract system and opposing abolition. He cites wages from 7s 14d to 20s daily, lists ploughmen and casual workers, and notes the union offered little proof of hardship. The Board adjourns to Monday at 11 a.m. in the Supreme Court Buildings.
At the AMSP Society annual meeting in Sydney on May 1 the chairman disclosed a highly satisfactory year with a fir mly established Industrial branch. Interest rates rose by fourpence and receipts exceeded expenditures by £1 032 000, marking a record year.
The fragment notes a remedy titled Peppermint Cure used during a restless night. It mentions a person or character and a cough, set in a rustic or woodland setting. Details are sparse and partially garbled.
Market report for the week ending May 1 1908 shows wheat prices firming with improved English prospects. Local mills and buyers anticipate increased demand as Australian flour moves to New Zealand ports. Oats prices rise in the south with strong Gartons sales, while oatsfeed and chaff demand strengthen though farmers keep prices high awaiting export demand and a mild winter outlook.
Wheat trading remains limited with growers asking high prices and merchants buying small lots from farmers. Notable recent trades include 200 sacks Tuscan and Velvet at varied shillings per hundredweight, while overall market prices stay about 1d above Southern quotes. Chaff and sacks remain scarce, with chaff at £3 15s per ton and onions rising to £4 8d for top classes.
Timaru traders report signs of higher grain prices as Australian wheat and flour imports offset limited local production. Milling wheat sells at 4s 6d per bushel, with prime lines up to 6id on trucks. Oats fetch 2s 6d to 2s 7d, potatoes rise due to north island orders, and other staples like flour 11 10s per ton.
A Wellington, New Zealand resident credits Bile Beans with curing years of indigestion and nervous weakness. She says a booklet prompted trial, noting rapid improvement after one box and full recovery after two. She praises benefits for family members and claims the remedy treats liver and digestive problems.
Fragmentary text mentions exchange and distribution with unclear subjects and entities making precise summary impossible. No verifiable names, places, dates, or organizations are readable to anchor a factual card.
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