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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
4
The advertisement touts ladies blouses furs and necklets with prices in shillings and pence, ladies winter blouses underseirs skirts and gowns, flannel blousings blankets and hosiery among latest stock. Men s mercery and clothing also highlighted with emphasis on prices and quality and a call to inspect the stock.
The conciliation board in Christchurch resumes hearings on the farm labourers dispute with Mr W Minson presiding. J Thorn, for the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Labourers Union, declaims the extensive evidence and criticises Mr Acland's summing up while defending the union claims. The inquiry has stretched to about 80 days with 200 to 250 witnesses and thousands of pages of testimony.
Christchurch May 8 delegates from the Blackball Miners Union met directors to seek reinstatement for seven dismissed workers and to define overtime terms. Directors agreed to reinstate the seven and set crib time at 30 minutes while debating overtime rules under the Arbitration Court.
The report quotes witness cross examination on union topics with remarks about a lack of discussion and alleged dissatisfaction. It highlights Mr Binnie a married man with eleven children earning £110 yearly, paying rent and expenses, and bracing for hardship with remarks on saving and the poorhouse. Mr Thorn concludes Mr Acland’s summing up.
Reports from Auckland detail multiple burglaries over May 6 7 including Grey Lynn grocer J F Porter losing groceries and goods and a Kanganape Road hatter Gerald Toll grappling with a burglar who stole £27. St Joseph's Convent in Grey Lynn reportedly visited by thieves. Wellington saw J Teasdale's Brougham Street home burgled with a brief sighting of the intruder, plus Myre Mountjoy in Austin Street reporting a missing gold watch and four brooches worth about £25.
A street scene shows a woman strolling as a man offers a bottle labeled Wonds Great Pepper Mint Cure with a humorous exchange about a cough and a suggested cure.
London May 8. J Duveen, famed antique furniture dealer, donates an additional wing of five large rooms at the Tate Gallery and a smaller room for students to house Turner pictures and drawings due to space limits at the National Gallery.
The Standard will publish a gratis weekly supplement titled the Standard of Empire in Thursday issues. It will include cable and other colonial news reported by Agents-General with special writers. The paper receives substantial subsidies from Canada and smaller subsidies from the Commonwealth.
At the Bega enquiry the chief officer said the cargo could not shift and offered no theory for the disaster. A coal train collided with a coach at Bellambie, killing the driver Bennett and injuring passengers. A three year old died of the plague at Waterloo. In Broken Hill a delegate described anti Christian sentiment and rising socialism. New South Wales fisheries inspectors noted 5000 Scottish fishermen and potential emigration for vast fish and fodder exports.
Professor Knott reports brakes on the Bendigo train were feeble and unsatisfactory. Millburns's report states he applied the brakes but they failed. He reversed the engine yet the train rushed past the home signal and crashed into the Bharat train.
In Melbourne on May 7 a heated debate over kerosene duties saw Sir William Lyne claim standard oil had members in its bag. The claim sparked denials and a lengthy scene as Lyne withdrew the charge and said his informant was a colleague.
At the Grand Lodge meeting representatives were fixed at ninepence per member and a motion to end plural voting failed. A proposal to place Grand Lodge offices in each centre for three years also failed. A charter petition requires seven Master Masons and passed 114 to 95. The title Grand Superintendent will be replaced by Provincial Grand Master. A new Master Mason certificate design was referred for study. The Widows and Orphans and Aged Masons Fund shows £4662 1s 7d raised in two years. districts contributed varying sums and the fund’s capital stands at £10,660, with £200 more in transit.
The Hawke's Bay Jockey Club staged its autumn meeting in fine weather. Totalisator turnover reached £18,005, down £511 from last year excluding the double machine. Winners include Chili Hack Handicap Rawhiti 1 Commander 2 Top Rose 3, Owaka Hack Handicap Caldfield 1 Lamedorf 2 Utopia 8, Hawke's Bay Stake Bobrikoff 1 King Post 2 Gold Crest 3, Burke Memorial Kairoma 1 Grand Slam 2 Menuka 8, Scurry Hack Advantage 1 Maiora 2 Miss Time 3, Mangatarata Hlurdiee Waipu 1 Black Reynard 2 Gold Dust 3, Juvenile Handicap Chantense 1 Contendent 2 The Cockatoo 3, Farewell Handicap Woodhey 1 The Seer 2 Chatterer 3. Times given for each race.
Elliott of 194 Ashburton announces the sale of his coal and firewood merchant business as of 2 March 1908 to Mr A Field. He thanks customers for past support and recommends continued patronage for his successor. Field, formerly with D Thomas, aims to earn the same liberal support. Dated Ashburton 29 February 1908.
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