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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 11, 1909
Page
2
The notice states the mover has relocated to more commodious central offices on Burnett Street opposite the Mail and Guard and previously Kerr Bros area, advising clients and the general public of the new address.
The readable fragments show a sequence of dates from May 13 to May 21 with scattered times and codes. Entries include numbers like 7.16 438 TG, 4.87 d i m, and times such as 88 p.m. 9 15 am, 112 pm, and 1180 am, but most details are incomplete.
The piece cites a Scottish journalist’s harsh critique of New Zealand leaders and the Civil Service. It questions whether strikes in Britain influenced colonial unions, condemns Premier Ballance and Seddon, describes patronage as corrupt, and warns that the civil service has become stereotyped and unambitious.
Thirty one points of rain fell last night bringing the present fall to fifty two points. The Domain weather station reports continued rough stormy weather this morning. The Ashburton Borough School Committee meeting lapsed for want of a quorum and is fixed for Friday May twenty first. The Ashburton Volunteer Rifles draw support for a bazaar to aid uniform and general funds. A large area sown for wheat under favourable conditions promises winter feed. Wakanui Euchre Club opened with Miss N Cochrane winning the ladies prize and Mr A Smith the gentlemen’s prize. Music by Mr G Solvay followed dancing and supper. Australia’s first census under Commonwealth control will be taken early in 1911 at an estimated cost of £180,000. The next United States census is due next year with an estimated cost of three million sterling. American tabulating machines will be used in Australia. Engagement rings should be 18 carat gold with genuine gems in secure settings. L B MacClurg’s Rings offer these, with prices from 2 shillings 0 pence to 20 pounds.
Telegraphed invitation to Ashburton audience on the 27th. Reports on weather, crop blight, gem subsidy offer, legal remarks, public notices, club plans, and farm labor concerns in Canterbury.
London May 10 United Press reports Sir Robert Stout says secular schooling in New Zealand yields fewer criminals than denominational schools. He criticizes English Liberal stance for disestablishing the church yet preserving sectarian schooling in faith institutions.
Constantinople reports Chetketh Pasha insists government must rule without a neutral committee. The Young Turks favor Ferid Pasha as Grand Vizier while the Sultan backs Muktar Pasha. Hilmi Pasha is Chetketh Pasha’s pick. Tension grows between the government and reformists.
In Constantinople on May 10, the German paper Ottoman Lloyd accuses the British Foreign Office and its press of backing a recent reactionary revolution.
May 10 reports from Constantinople say Sultan Mohammed was invested with the sword of Othman amid a grand military display and massive crowds cheering the ceremony.
Panels seized at Yildiz Kiosk include letters from the Kaiser and private Imperial correspondence with Abdul Hamid during the 1898 visit. The cache also shows documents indicating some reputed exiles acted as the Sultan's agents.
In a startling discovery bonds were found in the linings of Prince Halim’s clothes, while Prince Talim had requested that his wardrobe be sent to Salonika.
Vitko a Russian terrorist locked Colonel von Kotten chief of the Moscow Police in a Paris hotel room and fired at him in the face. Vitko was arrested after claiming Kotten offered a secret police post as lure. He said he turned to spying after eighteen months in Siberia and staged a sham plot for revenge.
Teheran May 10 Shah re-promulgates constitutional laws grants political amnesty and orders royalist troops disband. Russia and Britain pressed him amid fears for personal safety after the Azim capture. Saad ed Dowleh forms cabinet with Nassar ed Mulk as Premier and possibly Foreign Minister. Nationalists vow no change to aims and advance toward Teheran while Kagzim revolutionaries gain strength.
A Liberal Labour and Irish Commoners memorial presented to Mr Asquith on behalf of deported Indians prompts his reply that the appeal is natural and widely supported. He argues the Secretary of State and Government of India should be the only judges and notes the political backing of the issue.
In New York on Carnation Day a large procession of elderly parents protested progressive womanhood. Sermons on motherhood filled many churches as demonstrators voiced opposition to new ideas.
Paris dispatch reports French warships ordered to coastal positions to safeguard communications if telegraphic lines fail. Recalled crews on leave return to duty under the emergency plan.
May 10 dispatch from London notes a Huddersfield cigar factory closing due to tobacco duty with 200 workers dismissed and 450 cigar makers unpaid. Hotel proprietors oppose high licenses calling for taxation of drinks at 44d per pound and similar for clubs. Lloyd George says calculations are exaggerated and urges wait for Finance Bill details.
In a damp Northamptonshire innings Australia bowled, with Cotter and Armstrong taking key wickets. Northants collapsed to 133 all out as Wells and Thompson offered resistance, with Cotter 41 and O'Connor 41 contributing midst steadier bowling.
An order requires Willis to appear within three days to give evidence in the Daley extortion case after he failed to attend when called and was reportedly found picked up unconscious on the road. The case alleges he was the victim of a serious assault.
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