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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 11, 1909
Page
1
Judge Barron urged Canada to build a naval force under domestic control in peace and place it under Admiralty command in war. He warned that Britain’s gunfire could entangle Canada, and urged courage, strength, and the Empire’s peace through unified naval defence.
Leonard Bastin writes from London about plants that signal weather changes. The scarlet pimpernel opens petals in clear skies and closes with unsettled weather, while wood anemone blooms expand in sun and droop in cloud. Clover and sorrel leaves tighten with rain and spread with fair weather, and purple shamrock is noted as a curious weather plant.
A British article explains wind turbine systems for electricity, comparing German setups, detailing a 12 to 24 foot wind turbine with a 6 to 30 hp output, a 900 pound turbine and 600 pound stand-by engine, and emphasizes lower operating costs versus petrol plants and reliability for 90 days without petrol use.
The Ashburton County Council weighs representation on the Timaru Harbour Board to access faster, cheaper shipments and grow trade, notably frozen mutton. Legislation and fair taxation are seen as hurdles, with Timaru potentially offering port advantages over Lyttelton and a small rate impact. Mr Reid plans travel to Timaru for details.
The verse reflects on illness and paying medical costs, noting how Wood's Peppermint Cart could have eased symptoms earlier and saved expense. It contrasts lack of sense with possible relief from a remedy, implying a nostalgic remedy would have helped before.
Wellington May 10 The Olympic Games Representation Committee met to night and submitted a statement of tea expenses for H. E. Kerr's representation in the Olympic walking events. It showed a surplus after paying the New Zealand representative's expenses amounting to £7 16s 6d. The committee resolved to donate this amount unconditionally to the Wellington Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association.
Fragmentary religious verse depicts three disciples with Jesus in Gethsemane. The speaker questions whether they sleep through sorrow and the looming crucifixion and ponders trials and trust in the face of looming peril. The tone is somber and devotional.
In Dunedin on May 1, Cornelius Johns an auctioneer bankrupt for fifteen years applied for discharge. Judge Williams noted the long delay and the need to weigh the debtor’s inability to pay his creditor. The Lands Court report suggests prior arrest warrants and potential penalties under the Act.
Police report a burglary at the Tramway Company's Opsom depot in Auckland. About 95 pounds in silver coins were stolen in the early hours of Sunday morning. No arrests announced. Police urge any witnesses to come forward.
Fred Bradley and Ernest James McCartney faced Police Court charges for breaking and entering the shop of William Waller at Tammaarn Nui and stealing watches and jewelry valued at £100. James King was charged with receiving knowing it was stolen, and William Tatton with receiving watches valued at £10 knowing they were dishonestly obtained. They were remanded for a week, Tatton granted bail at £100 and two sureties of £500.
The Society of Friends conference at Wielington opened yesterday and continued today with a lengthy discussion on starting a Friends' colony in New Zealand. All speakers favored the idea. The conference is not open to the press.
My John Goldie senior, a respected farmer of Tobara Valley, died on Sunday at eighty one. He spent twenty years in the district and served as an elder of the church and a valued member of the A and P Association.
The claim that Hon. T. Mackenzie had been appointed Minister of Agriculture is premature and not confirmed by official sources.
At the Union Society of London yearly ladies night in Lincoln's Inn Old Hall a lively debate considered taxing bachelors over 25. Arguments for and against included moral and economic angles, with speakers proposing income taxes, stamp duties on refusals, and even registration ideas. The tone mixed satire and social commentary as members urged various outcomes.
An advertisement extols Rheumo as rapidly relieving rheumatism by dissolving uric acid and phosphatic deposits. It asserts pain relief from each dose and lists benefits against rheumatism gout lumbago sciatica. Available in two bottle prices and notes a golf shop opening with new stock and clubs for the season.
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