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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
2
Vy AER promotes a new stock of winter suits just opened in Ashburton. The firm offers fresh and stylish materials from English mills and invites customers to inspect. A trial order is promised to prove their reliability and secure long-term patronage.
The text lists moon phases for May including New Moon First Quarter Full Moon and Last Quarter with times such as 1 3 3 am and 8 10 53 p.m. It also references dates like May 10 May 12 and May 18 and mentions times of viewings or events.
Fragments describe alleged Moonlighters attack on a farmer’s house at King's Court, Cavan, later debunked in House of Commons. Other items note Australasian naval funding, New Zealand land syndicate plans, a rat in a church organ, bakery coupon issues, Oddfellows growth, Melbourne theatre pace setters, Southland rabbit industry output, and peppermint cure.
The piece notes the Dunedin mayoral salary fixed at £400 for the year, Christchurch inspector condemning a fish unit, and elections for Mount Somers Raid Board directors Hugh Cullen and Edward Gateskite Hearn. It reports on Admiralty diesel destroyer naming, Wanganui Harbour Board critique, railway safety measures in France, a long San Francisco voyage return, Italy’s Franco Tosi turbine, a ring in a herring, and prize medals for volunteer marksmen in Canterbury. It mentions ashburton pork prices, smallpox re vaccination in Trinidad, post census agriculture trials, drought-affected clover yields, dock progress at Southampton, a year-long telegram incident in Ariah Park, church opening preparations at Hinds, and butter price tremors in London and Auckland comments on a government savings scheme and small coin deposits.
April rainfall at genpeld recorded as 2.67 inches. Mr Paul Kruger visits New Zealand. Retail Traders' Association fixes Empire Day observance on May 25. O'Meara recovering after attempted self harm. Dr Findlay travels to Dunedin by express. Tangitata road district meeting lacks quorum. Timaru court fines Queen's Hotel licensee £5 for two men served on Good Friday. Christchurch mayor, council seat offered resignation. offer declined. Borough finances show net deficit and limited revenue. Cruelty to animals society updates on a dog case. dog released. Divorce Act assented. grounds include lunacy and murder of child. Mr Knowles to exit Napier Daily Telegraph management. Mr Ziman Rhodes Scholar hosted in Wellington. Southern Cross vs Ashburton Seniors match injury to Harold Smith. Arbitration Court sessions scheduled for Christchurch and Timaru. Christ church streets show grass edges in several blocks. Wellington bookmakers lose £400 in absconding incident. Ashburton clock record of 19 minutes of striking clock. Ness vs Easlow commission dispute verdict for defendant. Ashburton Guards to elect two officers.
Advice has been received of the death of the Hon. Ralph Laer, a local sheep farmer, who left here on March 18 on a visit to England. He is reported to have died suddenly on April 12.
John Cairns was convicted on two traction engine by law charges near Ashburton for using a road with wheel ruts and for having tyres under six inches. Arthur Stewart and Hugh Brannen were fined for dog registration. Civil cases included default judgment and a horse dog swap dispute. An old age pension of £23 was granted.
The Ashburton County Racing Club posts acceptances for its May 1 and 14 meetings. Handicaps include Longhead Hack and Pairfield Welter, plus Ashburton Cup worth 155 sovs. Entries feature Derby contenders such as Master Leslie, Contender, Stronghold, Sea Girt, Amakura Set, Ganton, Red King, Gold Leaf, Directo, and many others across six furlongs to one mile and a quarter. Lagmhorn Plate entries include Sanpita Montreal Marunda Bel King Ambuscade St Bernard Night Light Kilts Rita and more.
The hearing of charges against Frederick Hall for attempting to murder Alexander James Muir and to fire at Constable Moriarty proceeded at Lyttelton Police Court. Hall was committed for trial at the next Supreme Court criminal sessions after a Spratt stable quantity of evidence was heard.
At a Band Contest Committee meeting on Wednesday evening a cable from W Short indicates willingness to adjudicate at the South Island contest. The event is planned for the second week in December with two test selections per grade and one test match for both grades. Prizes proposed: A grade first £150 second £75 third £50. B grade £75, £30, £15. matching £30, £10, £5.
The Nelson case Moore v Orford concerns two medical practitioners. The appellant sold his Richmond practice in 1805 and agreed not to practice within eight miles of Richmond. In 1907 he joined a Nelson partnership within eight miles and practiced three months. Orford seeks liquidated damages. Judge Cooper awarded £300. Judgment reserved.
At the Taviuni enquiry Captain Brophy was found guilty of negligence and had his certificate suspended for three months, with costs of £85 to be paid. No blame attached to other officers. Meanwhile the Terawhiti tug returned to Wellington after tow attempts, with plans for another refloat at the next spring tides.
The piece notes a man visiting multiple tradesmen including a butcher baker grocer cabinet maker undertaker distiller and brewer seeking a remedy for head colds and finds Woods Great Peppermint Cure touted as best for the desk.
London reports the shipbuilding conference adjourned until Monday while a solicitor Meakin sues Kerry for 11000 pounds over guano deal representations in the South Pacific. Navy League gains Dudley as vice president as Queen Victoria letters libel case opens in King's Bench with Artifex signatures. US Japan arbitration treaty signed in New York, easing bilateral tensions.
Report from Simla notes Britain plans to withdraw from Khaibar under orders from London. Afghan authorities claim growing forces and Moha mandid support, with contingents from Tezin aiding Khaibar attackers. General Witcocks returns to Peshawar as troops retreat toward Abmasjid and Peshawar. Two mountain posts stay at Landi Kotal.
Miss Winter the Ameer’s lady doctor was interviewed in London. She says Habibullah is friendly to the English but cannot repress anti-English tribal displays due to plots against his brother Nagrullah. Winter believes the Ameer supports the Anglo-Russian agreement but has not signed under outside pressure.
May 7 report states Mulai Hafid received in Mekniz and assured a welcome in Fez as he proceeds to the tomb of Mulai Idris seen as a royal rite undertaken by each succeeding Sultan.
Press release notes a symbolic center of cattle driving and agrarian issues in Ireland outlining concerns over flawless practices. The statement references Treland as a locale and underscores ongoing debates in Irish agricultural policy.
In the House of Commons on May 7 Mr John son’s resolution urging the Government to speedily end licensing of opium dens in Crown colonies was accepted and agreed to. Sir Edward Grey noted remarkable results of the right kind achieved in China in a short time.
The Port of London Bill was read a second time in the House of Commons without a division. Lord Morley took his seat in the Lords and read an affirmation instead of the oath, a first for the Lords, with the reading heard audibly.
The Vossische Zeitung reports that the Crown Prince of Servia, while joking with a lit cigarette, shot and killed a soldier. He later sent the body to the father without comment and found the man to be his own son after opening the coffin.
In Te Borte Indiana a farm fire revealed four incinerated bodies including Mrs Belle Guinness and her children. Farm hand Tamphere is charged with murder and police allege nine more bodies were found nearby. They suspect Mrs Guinness fled to Chicago after killing a stranger and her child and decapitating the woman. Additional victims may have answered her matrimonial agency ads and were robbed for insurance. Authorities connect poison and murder to her husbands.
The readable passages discuss an unclear bronchial remedy and investments in an unspecified product. Mentioned names and concrete details are fragmentary, limiting a precise report of events or quotes.
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