Lunar Events Recorded at Newman Site
A historical entry notes a D HM Lash quarter at 10:28 am and a full moon at 10:16 pm with an apogee event at 2:20 am. The record mentions times near Newman of lOtbam Ferigee and 16 %110am.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 12, 1902
Page
2
A historical entry notes a D HM Lash quarter at 10:28 am and a full moon at 10:16 pm with an apogee event at 2:20 am. The record mentions times near Newman of lOtbam Ferigee and 16 %110am.
Fragmentary OCR lists various place names and numbers including Dengnix May 12, Riley's Beach, Mystic, Golden Gate, Nelson Creek, North Beach, Alexandra Bonants, and several odd measurements or codes. No coherent event or source context present.
Wheat markets remain firm with English gains from crop reports. Qargocs show strength on Victorian January shipments at 30a3i per quarter and South Australian March shipments at 20a per quarter. Rokia also stays firm, boosted by strong wool demand.
Mr Henry Stephenece reports a large attendance and brisk bidding at the Saturday sale. Entry was large but prices mostly lower than last week with buyers active on pigs, fowls, ducks, geese, and two consignments of ware valued at £3 and £6 28 6d. Produce included potatoes, oats, chaff and corn, along with a sizable furniture sale on account of a cent salt at satisfactory prices.
The page records Mr Montgomery's company at Oddfellows Hall tonight, hospital thanks for skating carnival donations, telegraph outages affecting Caribbean links, and a June 3 sports club meeting. It also advertises New Zealand lamb, a house fire at Mr Harvey's near Pusy Station, rat control tips, and local sales of cycling lamps and second hand bicycles.
News wires describe Mount Pelee's fury near St Pierre and nearby islands. The death toll ranges widely with estimates up to 40 000, including the governor and American officials. Vessels destroyed and ships lost. ash and darkness cripple rescue attempts as reports from Dominica, St Vincent, and Paris detail ongoing eruptions and relief efforts.
A March visit by the Apostle of Temperance drew a packed Mechanics Hall in Jarrow with clergy, townspeople, and visitors from Gateshead, Newcastle, Sunderland, and Hebburn. The Mayor praised total abstinence and moral suasion, while speakers urged persistent effort against drink and touted legislation and local option to curb temperance evils.
News in Brief notes the French Chamber of Deputies choosing to replace the costly French malt service with motor use postal vane. Crown assigns JE O Bodiey to chronicle Westminster Abbey coronation. Wellington telegram updates free return of stud sheep by rail.
Henry Niven faced a magistrate on May 10 for stealing a watch chain and locket from George Dawduey. Dewduey testified, recalling Friday events at the Somereeh/Somerest Hotel and a sale attempt in which Niven allegedly offered a Waterbury watch. Niven denied the charges. witnesses, including John Jackson and Annie Robinson, supported the sequence. He was committed to the Supreme Court for trial with bail options, while later drunkenness and vagrancy charges were addressed.
South Africa reports a death from a fall near Vaalbank on May 10 involving Praca Association Hy. The Cornwall with eight troopers of the New Zealand Sixth Contingent arrived May 11 and sailed to the Mowai. the vessel failed this morning. The Cornwall’s troops are well under Colonel Banke. Some Sixth Contingent men chose to join the Ninth Contingent at Durban and return to the front.
Australia posted 474 in their first innings with Darling 123 Hopkins 80 and Kelly 68 guiding the attack. Notts replied with 183 in their second innings as Iremonger 46 Gann 27 and Goodacre 16 led the effort. Australia won by an innings and 4 runs.
The Surrey lineup for Monday's oval match includes D L A Jephson WF, Crawford, E M Dawson, AS Bush, Able, Richardson, Brockwell, Lockwood, Hayward, Hayes, and Steedman Baker as emergency cover.
The Ashburton County Basing Club announces handicaps for the first day of its Autumn Meeting to be held tomorrow evening and Friday. Listed are weights and entrants for races including the Principal event, with runners such as Lady Dundas, Mercia, and Princesa Perkin set to start, among others.
A warrant is issued for Humbert son of M Humbert a cabinet member in De Freycinet's government his wife and sister in law Marie Daurignac who fled. They allegedly faked a four million bequest with two million borrowed, none of the Americans Crawford or Newhews connected to the case have seen the family. The court found the gate empty as the case collapsed.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.