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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
6
The article discusses fear of aging as a universal concern and questions what constitutes lasting happiness. It cites Annie Swan on horizons narrowing with age and suggests knowing oneself and grounding life in a broader plan as a path to meaning, noting life’s value and the elusive search for longevity.
The piece cites Dr. Andrewes of St Bartholomew's Hospital on how arterial degeneration governs natural life span. It notes blood pressure rises from childhood to adulthood, then arteries stiffen and fatigue, shortening life. It warns against excessive training and sedentary overindulgence as accelerants of decay.
Believe in cause and effect. Every act influences the next and forms a habit of mind that becomes character. Talent counts less than work. Expect no quick results and accept that outcomes reflect effort or idleness you have shown.
A light page of speech excerpts shows a candidate blurting trust to the people after a table slam. A spectator jokes about a grocer shop while a bill collector notes possible defilement of an account. Rivers and Brooks remark on Sweden prize dogs and kingship.
Fire swept two separate parts of the Midland Railway Bradford goods shed and wool stores. Nineteen wagons loaded with goods were destroyed. Damage pegged at £75,000. The blaze began during a straw wagon fire spotted by brigades extinguishing that prior fire.
A fire at No. 28 Lorne Street Wellington destroyed the two storey five room house as Urban George Hall and his wife Phyllis Hall died from smoke in an upstairs room. A heavy southerly gale aided the flames and three lodgers escaped. A second note reports a jewellery shop fire in Auckland at Mantun and Co. in the security Buildings with £1200 insured jewellery damaged.
A Tasmanian style inquiry in Wanganui reports two men Gantley and Gillies died after drinking whisky bought from Waikato. Police have secured some whisky for analysis, post mortem and inquest ordered, others affected treated at bed.
In Wellington on May 3 the police withdrew a related gaming charge against Andrew Martin after the magistrate dismissed a similar case against Knettleweil. Counsel for Martin condemned police actions and the sworn information that he was a bookmaker, noting he had never bet in his life. The magistrate’s decision prompted a request to the Justice Department, and the case was adjourned until Monday.
Correspondence arguing against banning private profit in drink commerce. Cites publican role, addiction origins, and a Sweden case showing prohibition failed and public abstinence rose under state control. Notes the editor excises part of letter for length.
Purported advertisement notes Regent Cigarettes famed for purity and quality. Calls readers to write for Free Gift Catalogue to Regent Box 231 Wellington, with mention of forty free gifts and Warner's Least-proof Corsets guaranteed not to run or break.
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