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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 05, 1909
Page
4
LLEWELLYN OWEN A M MUS LOM A M US is presented as a teacher of music in all branches. The copy notes pupils prepared for examinations conducted by the English Academics.
The Wellington inquiry into the Penguin wreck continued with Captain Naylor recalling details of the collision. Witnesses spoke on vessel speed, possible contact with Tom's Rock, tides, and search results while parties debated navigation and log readings ahead of tomorrow's session.
Speaking at the February 25 annual meeting of the Court of Governors, Craz arus-Barlow of the Cancer Research Laboratories reported on work since 1900. Analyzing 8000 hospital cancer cases finds no inherited pattern. The lab aims to uncover cancer’s causes and cures, needing 2500 pounds yearly to sustain ten scientists amid 80,000 yearly English and Welsh deaths from cancer.
An advertisement claims RAHEUMO cures rheumatism after other remedies fail. It markets success for gout lumbago sciatica and related complaints and notes wide adoption with prices listed as 2s 6d and 4s 6d.
A reader notes a display at PERCY'S offering a Razer shaving tool shaving soap and a sturdy strop. The item list highlights grooming goods for traditional shaving.
Opposition leader Mr Massey challenged Sir Joseph Ward on the Premier’s Invercargill policy remarks noting missing figures and cautious tones. He urged stronger defence, safer mortgage lending via the Post Office Savings Bank, and opening native lands to settlers with secure tenure.
The Panama Canal employs 88 000 workers with 8000 whites, many in villages with churches and schools. The government runs hotels messes kitchens shops and social clubs, furnishes meals at set prices, issues vouchers and rents out 14 hotels and 55 messes while prohibiting intoxicants.
Judgment in the Gisborne Supreme Court action Hirama Rerehaipuke v Lysnar and Coleman finds no basis for repudiating the settlement. It notes debts owed to Lysnar, confirms costs awarded to Lysnar, Coleman, and associates, and records legal representation details.
Mr A P Chalkley spoke at Newcastle Centre on the electrical equipment of liners and battleships. He argued large vessels yield economy but practical proof is needed for electric propulsion and noted electric gear could optimize turbine and propeller speeds for moderate ships.
Go amd Yard details a quirky chronic cheet complaint remedy featuring Wearls head pepperming cure. The piece notes its odd approach and local reaction to the unusual health hack.
Phineas Selig of the Christchurch Press Company faced trial before Mr Bishop S M on charges alleging that published tote board figures before each horse in the Easter Handicap at a Canterbury Jockey Club meeting breached the Gaming Act. The magistrate dismissed the case, noting doubt and shifting the onus to the opposition, with a possible test in a higher court.
Willington May 4 The export of dairy produce to London for the past season shows a satisfactory gain with butter totaling 630 000 boxes and cheese 298 400 cases. Previous season figures were 889 781 boxes of butter and 176 289 cases of cheese. Returns for South Africa and the West Coast of the United Kingdom are pending while South American butter shipments are large. Value for butter is up £190 754 and cheese up £288 007, giving a total increase of £478 761 for the season so far despite lower prices.
A local courtly sales pitch claims to beat expensive tailors with made to measure suits from £2 10s to £3 15s. The advert touts skilled cutters, modern production, no credit, and nationwide locations including The Arcade Wellington and Dunedin Invercargill Palmerston North and Wanganui.
Nathaniel Symons a fifteen year old boy from Napier was committed to the Reformatory after pleading guilty to breaking and entering Blethe's shop. Evidence showed repeated visits and a substantial sum obtained. He had prior convictions for bicycle theft.
Mr Prederic Harrison in the Times argues that Germany's rise shows a pattern of national glory driving expansion. A successful invasion of Britain would be ruinous, threatening the Empire, trade, and feeding forty million, with no sure chance against such peril.
A Scientific American writer discusses carbide bombs as light sources for naval use. The two shell design releases acetylene by water contact, with hydrogen phosphide igniting on air contact to produce a bright flame. Claims include 2000 candles light for about three hours and ranges of two miles or more, though effectiveness is limited without precise target location.
The article argues that for nervous and fragile women house work serves as a healthful restorer and builder. It cites stair climbing dusting open air chores and daily routines as superior to rest cures, notes doctors advocating domestic training, and suggests skilled housework offers empowerment and reduced fatigue for the mind.
Letters from New Zealand readers praise Lane's Emulsion for asthma bronchitis weakness and slow growth. Testimonials claim dramatic improvements after using multiple large bottles and urge others to try the remedy sold everywhere at 4/6 and 2/6 with letters sent to the Lane Medicine Co. in Oamaru NZ.
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