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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 11, 1907
Page
2
A 3600 head Stud Flock of Border Leicesters is described as among the finest. The property lies along the Clutha river with river steamboat access to Balclutha and seven miles from the Main South Railway Line. It borders a major grazing district and offers extensive arable land with little waste. DALGETY AND COY., Ltd.
The season shows 25 to 30 bushels per acre on average with an estimated 4,500,000 bushels for the late harvest and about 1,225,300 bushels on hand from 1906. Local notices cover Oddfellows meetings, Morris-tube shooting, county band bazaar preparations, school headmaster appointment, and business moves in Ashburton and Nelson.
Local notices announce bank closures for Whit Monday and Empire Day. Traders ask members to close at 6.30 pm for winter months, and a proposed railway trip is dropped due to flood damage. Industrial, real estate, and school changes are reported alongside charity homes and weather data.
Describes Porthmear freehold corner block on N W Belt and Creek Road facing the Domain with a nearly new ten room residence. Includes extensive outbuildings, winery, poultry yards, incinerator, garden, tennis lawn, and a large furniture list. Auction or private sale before June 16. Maude and Harman handle Christchurch Ashburton listings.
A Scot tish tourist left Queenstown to cross the unknown Gigenstone to Toe Anau route with minimal food for a three day trek. A month later no word has reached authorities and the case remains a mystery amid no active search.
In Invercargill on May 10 Donald Williamson was fined 40s plus 28s costs for exposing infected sheep for sale at Wallacetown yards. Henderson and Co were fined 1s plus 28s costs after claiming the sheep were bought for freezing and proved unsuitable.
Invercargill May 10. W T Splatt charged as an unregistered person under the Dentist Act 1904 with describing himself as a dentist and performing dental operations for Septimus Cooker without supervision. After evidence, Magistrate Macalister ruled the information out of time and dismissed the case.
A Southland Teachers Institute deputation met Hon. G Wowlds to press for a revised salary scale not tied to attendance. The minister admitted flaws, urged local control, and invited the group to draft a new scheme while noting gender wage trends and potential parliament funding.
The King asked Sir Joseph Ward to carry a message to New Zealand on his return. Australian electrical firms plan to interview Mr Bent over securities doubts amid varying laws. Victorian butter freights to continue. The Adriatic sails Liverpool to New York with 3000 passengers. Prince Fushimi receives London freedom and broad welcome. A model mono railway by Louis Brennan draws attention at the Royal Society.
Sir H. C. Bannerman harshly criticizes Mr Balfour for delays in tariff alignment and accuses attempts to divide the Empire of failing. He warns of a coming struggle over tariff reform and denies Britain intends to pressure Germany over armament limits in response to Prince Bulow's remarks.
Sir John Forrest cites the Imperial Colonial Conference decision to end the naval agreement. He says the old pact was excellent though a better option could exist. He favors letting the agreement run its course until expiry and notes uncertainty until Mr Deakin returns and the tariff issue shapes next session.
The Attorney General states that the naval agreement signed three years ago for ten years binds the Imperial Government the Commonwealth and New Zealand. It cannot be terminated without consent of all three parties, so New Zealand may be required to stay in force until its expiry seven years hence. If termination is possible the replacement arrangement becomes a major question.
The acting Under-Secretary for the Attorney General told Crick the refusals to issue summonses were not authorised by the Attorney General. Magistrates acted because Crick did not provide any details of the alleged conspiracy.
Wool is brisk and selling at the highest rates with strong demand as markets report robust buying activity. Overseas buyers and domestic merchants show confidence in the wool trade across major centers.
Couture notes highlight Craighead and Berrywan displaying the New Kaispoi Dress and Jacket Vwonda in winning gold medal colours and patterns. Shops invite customers to view up-to-date dresses coats and careful fittings at the restyled Ladies Tailor outlets. Rheumo claims relief for rheumatic pains with doses advertised at 22 6d and 4s 6d. Nicko Great Couch Care advertised as well.
Sir Joseph Ward backed preferential trade but rejected a 24 per cent curtax, citing New Zealand’s unfavourable past. He urged a bounty system to fund mail lines with colonial shares, suggesting Britain and colonies entrust cable work to Pacific Company and Eastern Extension Company with guaranteed stakes.
The Capes resolution on imperial cable communications was passed. Asquith noted the double income tax proposal would undermine the British system, while consented to Australian minting of silver and sharing net profits. Ward urged extending similar concession to New Zealand. Asquith agreed. Conference aims to publish proceedings with revisions.
McDeskin moved resolutions on the Islands of the Pacific and traced twenty five years of history while denying Australian greed. Deakin outlined New Hebrides convention steps and criticized the Colonial Office policy, warning Panama Canal changes and urging Australia and New Zealand be consulted before Pacific conventions. The conference adjourned to Tuesday with hopes to finish its work.
Telegrams from Calcutta report Lahore overawed by military action. Lajpatha, a Punjab leader and financier of violence, has been deported to the Sundaman Islands. Sir Danwil Ibbetson delays departure to inspect Lahore’s defences amid serious unrest.
In Avuckland on May 11 Mr Kettle fined Henry Niccol £40 for operating as a turf agent at Rilterella racecourse and placing bets for many onlookers. The magistrate suggested future offenders may face full penalties up to three months imprisonment or £20 per charge, with Niccol fined £20 on each of two charges to allow appeal.
Trevor Small aged sixteen died in a gasworks accident reported at Wellington. The youth, described as a bald engine attendant, was oiling machinery when an explosion occurred this morning.
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