Ashburton Excursion Cancelled Due to Warship Delay
A Christchurch wireless report states H.M.S. Nowthas will not enter the Heads before dark and may anchor tomorrow morning. Excursions from Ashburton and Methven are cancelled and rescheduled for Saturday 17th, with altered times. The 9.15 am special train is also cancelled and likely replaced by a school excursion train. The Mayor invites residents to display flags in honor of the Royal visit.
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Christchurch
Trafic
Ashburton
Methven
New
Gale Delays Lyttelton Arrival In Heavy South Ocean
Christchurch briefing reports a strong southerly gale at May 11 delaying the New Zealand bound vessel from Lyttelton Heads. The Pyranius received a message from Halsey warning no chance of reaching Lyttelton today.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Lyttelton Heads
Pyranius
Desertions From New Zealand Navy Ship Stir Public Action
In Auckland and Wellington several sailors deserted from the cruiser and others absented themselves during stay. Minister for Justice Herdman said responsible employers entice crew with high wages and plain clothes to desert. Law provides penalties for those who procure or persuade desertion and prosecutions will follow.
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Atckland
New Zealand
Auckland
Wellington
Herduian
Cruisar
Herdman
Halsey
Weather notes from Blenheim amid May rain and heavy snowfall
May weather in Blenheim sees a soaked Saturday afternoon and heavy May snow in back country with three feet depth near Mesopotamia and Mount Alladus. Frosts at Asburton and rising barometer follow. Forecaster Bates predicts southeasterly winds, cold changeable conditions, and coastal showers with possible hard frost tonight. Rainfall for the month recorded at 3 inches 97 points, understated in Saturday’s figures.
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Blenheim
Mesopotamia
Mount
Alladus
Rees
AsPurton
Dunedin Criminal Sessions Hear Two Guilty Pleas
Supreme Court reports from Dunedin on May 12 show two prisoners pled guilty in a brief sessions. John Reddan admitted to probation for three years on condition of a prohibition order after breaking into a fancy goods shop at Oamaru. John Prentice, charged with theft from a person at Wingatui racecourse, was remanded to await sentencing with an order not to drink to excess.
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Dunedin
John Reddan
Oamaru Waa
John
Prentice
Wingatui
No Increase in Crime Reported by Chief Justice
Wellington May 12 The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court began today with the Chief Justice stating there was no clear rise or fall in crime in the district. The Grand Jury returned no bill against Walter Witchfield over a threatening letter connected to the slaughtermen’s strike tied to M J Reardon secretary of the union.
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Wellington
Supreme Court
Walter Witchfield
Slaughterman’s
M. Jr. Reardon
Christchurch court sentencings from May opening
At Christchurch on May 12 court opened. Frederick William Bradshaw received three years imprisonment for embezzlement. Lionel Hooker was sentenced to three years reformative treatment for indecent assault. Thomas Morton got two years for breaking and entering. John Bradley received six months imprisonment.
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Christchurch
Supreme Court
Frederick William Bradshaw
Lionel Hooker
Thomas Morton
John Bradley
Drowned Accountant in New River Boat Swamp
Invercargill reports Ji M Coshrake a 42 year old accountant drowned when his boat swamped on Sunday afternoon. His companion Cedil Hazlett made a brave rescue attempt and brought him ashore, but Coshrake died.
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Invercargill
Ji. M. Coshrake
New River
Gdcil Hazlett
Balkan War Briefs Move to Endure Russian Backing
May 9 reports M Nukotich formed a cabinet as King Nicholas summoned the Skuptschina to the palace. Russia Serbia and Greece advised submission to Europe while Russia vowed to protect Montenegro.
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Cettinie
Nukotich
Nicholas
Skuptschina
Russia
Servia
Greece
Europe
Montenegro
British Politics Opponents Target Indemnity Bill in Commons
In London on May 10 radical national and unionist MPs threaten to oppose the indemnity bill. Lord Hugh Cecil notes penalties seem exaggerated while favoring some payment. Sir Stuart Samuel should pay a moderate penalty.
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London
House of Commons
Stuart Samuel
Hugh Cecil
Suffragette Pilgrimage Plans and Protests in 1910
The National Union for Woman's Suffrage plans seventeen processions to London and a service at St Pauls on July 27. Suffragettes vandalized a taxi seating area and a clockwork bomb with literature was found at Reading Post Office. A bomb in a Liverpool Lime Street waiting room bore the slogan Votes for women. A taper failed to ignite powder.
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London
National Union For Woman's Suffrage
St.Paul’s
Reading Post Office
Town Hall
Lime Street
Liverpool
Roumania and Bulgaria Sign Frontier Agreement
May 10 St Petersburg reports a Roumania Bulgaria accord has been signed granting Roumania the town of Silistria with fortifications and expanded territory along a frontier from Fropina on the Danube to Kokardja and then to Cape Shabla.
Change of portfolios in government urged
The Nation advocates Mr Lloyd George relinquish the Chancellorship and supersede Mr John Burns at the Local Government Board. The note is dated May 12 and discusses a potential reshuffle in the government’s leadership.
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Mondon
Lloyd
George
John Burns
Local Government Board
Evacuation of Scutari Reported By Balkan News
The Governor of Scutari and Admiral Burney signed the evacuation protocol at Cetinje on May 10. Montenegrin troops began withdrawing amid the action. Twenty houses and large quantities of silks and other goods were burned at Scutari. Newspapers deplore the evacuation yet approve King Nicholas's action.
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Cettinje
Scutari
Admiral Burney
Nicholas
Suffragette Arrest Sparks London Press Controversy
Whitely, secretary of the Labour Press Company, has been arrested in London on May 10 for printing the Suffragetta pamphlet, drawing scrutiny over wartime censorship and women's rights publications.
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London
Labour unrest sparks serious Great Northern dispute
London reports a serious dispute on the Great Northern Railway as a driver refuses to pay a shilling fine for alleged breach of discipline. The standoff begins amid mounting tension among staff and management over the disciplinary fine.
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London
Great Northern Railway
Frontiers Unsettled as Greco Bulgarian Commission Fails
A May 11 report from Salonica states the Greco Bulgarian Commission failed to reach agreement on frontier lines. The impasse reflects ongoing disputes over territorial boundaries between Greece and Bulgaria amid postwar diplomacy.
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Salonica
Fire destroys Farrington Hall in Dundee residents home
Fire gutted Farrington Hall in Dundee the home of Henry McGrady former Lord Provost. Reported to have started in six spots at once the blaze caused about 10000 pounds in damage with suspicions pointing to suffragette activists.
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London
Farrington Hall
Dundee
Allies Demand Indemnity of Sixty Million Pounds
Constantinople reports the Allies demand an indemnity of 60 million pounds. The note arrives in mid May and reflects inter Allied postwar reparations discussions. The amount and context signal a high-stakes settlement effort among occupying and allied powers.
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Constantinople
Franco-German relations by socialist conference to entente
In Berne on May 11 eight eight French deputies and forty three Reichstag members join a Socialist Conference to seek a Franco German entente. The meeting aims to ease tensions between Paris and Berlin.
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Berne
Reichstag
Ententa
Fortune's Favourites Inheritance of Four Million
Sydney reports that the Wirth family, some tied to circus staff, inherit four million sterling from an unmarried Chicago uncle. The fortune will be divided among descendants of his four brothers, with one son receiving a million and his ten children sharing another million among Philip and George Wirth and their three married sisters.
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Sydney
Wirth
Chicago
Philip
George
Circus
Sistens
Coast schooner sinks in Java waters with many drowned
Reports from The Hague dated May 11 state a coastal schooner foundered in Java waters. Twenty three crew members drowned while forty seven were saved, according to dispatches received May 42.
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Hague
Dank
Java
Suffragettes Attack Houses in Week of Fire Damage
A week’s record shows suffragettes breaking into an unoccupied Newcastle house, leaving inflammable materials and fire lighters before fleeing. A large empty Beckenham house was burned. Total damage for the week estimated at £50,000.
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Newcastle
Beckenham
Disturbances at Hyde Park End With Police Rescue
May 11 in London suffragist disturbances at Hyde Park saw speaker Mrs Lorry knocked over and several women roughly handled before police intervened to rescue them.
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London
Hyde Park
Lorry
Cast Up by the Sea in Auckland Bottle Message
A bottle found at Pureapa contains a blurred message claiming a sinking by hurricane in 1913 at 42 degrees 8 minutes east, 160 east. It mentions a death and a German journal fragment. The note’s legibility is poor and its authenticity is uncertain.
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Auckland
Pureapa
Bryan Urges California Reconsider Anti Alien Bill
Mr Bryan despatched a message to Governor Johnson urging the California Legislature to return the Anti Alien Bill for reconsideration.
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Washington
Bryan
Johnson
California
Mexican Rebellion Reports Fight Drives Troops to Guaymas
Reports from Nogales state that Federal troops retreated to Guaymas after five days of fighting with Sonora State forces. The State troops now shell Guaymas as cannons boom.
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New York
Nogales
Guayninag
Sonora
Guaymas
Grafted police inspectors jailed and fined in New York
Four police inspectors were found guilty of graft in New York on May 9. They received one year in prison and a £100 fine each.
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New York
Peace Centenary Threat Prompts Warning on Anglo American Pact
Professor Munsterberg of Harvard warned the Peace Centenary Committee that American peace celebrations could steer toward an Anglo American alliance against Germany. He noted foreign citizens in the United States may not be friendly to Great Britain.
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New York
Munsterberg
Harvard
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Defence of Empire Urges Dominions Co operation
The Canadian Club hosted Hon. James Allen in Winnipeg. He outlined New Zealand's naval and military progress and warned that if Canada is menaced an expeditionary force of 8000 could aid defense. He pressed Canada New Zealand and Australia to cooperate to safeguard Pacific sea lanes.
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London
James Allen
Winnipeg
Allen
New Zealand
Canada
Far East
Australia
Pacific
Canada’s Navy Bill Reported After Third Reading
Ottawa May 1 The Naval Bill was reported from the third reading with a party majority of 33 amid disorder in the closing stages as Liberals shouted Gag.
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Ottawa
Smithfield Strike Ends as Zealandic Loads Cargo Unhindered
Timaru May 12 The free labourers completed loading of the Zealandic without incident despite past fears of mutiny. At 6 20 pm the vessel left the wharf with 45 000 carcases of mutton and lamb 800 crates of kidneys 872 casks of tallow 1860 bags of supra 1909 bales of wool and 97 sacks of pean.
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Timaru
Endorsed meeting backs anti strike actions at Timaru port
A wartime style assembly of town and country residents opposed to the strike met on Saturday night in Timaru. Strikers present were ruled out of order as speakers urged port work carry on. A committee of farmers businesspeople and shipping agents was formed to support port trade and organize free labour efforts. The motion to form a wider committee was carried unanimously.
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Timaru
Talbot
Jon
W. E. Evans
Bryce “Wright
Farmers’ Union
South Canterbury
Timara A. and P. Association
Government study faults Friedmann cure publicity
The government report on Dr Friedmann's so called consumption cure is unfavourable. It criticizes the wide publicity given to the cure before its effectiveness is established and notes that further observations are necessary before a final verdict is possible.
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Washington
Friedmann
Escape from Terrace Gaol in Wellington
Patrick Donovan alias Thomas Donovan and John Lewis escaped from the Terrace Gaol in Wellington during a wet night. Donovan was serving a three year sentence for assault and robbery. Lewin, who had escaped previously, was twice declared an habitual criminal and remains at large.
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Wellington
Patrick Donovan
Thomas Donovan
John Lewis
Terrace
Donovan
Lewin
Deaths by Drowning Near Wanganui
A 21 year old man named Spencer Abbott died by drowning after being struck by a river steamer named Waterboard about 14 miles above Pipiriki on Saturday. The victim was aboard when the incident occurred.
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Wanganus
Spencer, Abbott
Pipiriki
A.firod
Life After Death Study Hints at Tissue Life Extension
Medical authorities presenting at a physicians conference reported that life can be sustained in animal tissue for four years after the donor animals died. A physician noted the possibility of ultimate demonstration that life persists in tissues as long as the animals would have ordinarily lived.
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Washington
Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons
New Hebrides Menace to Australia Suggested Purchase
The Rev Fred Patton, son of a pioneer missionary, urges Australia and New Zealand to buy out French interests to control the New Hebrides. He estimates the cost at £250,000 to £400,000 and argues the islands pose a positive menace with Japanese and Tonquinese expanding from New Caledonia.
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Sydney
Fred.’ Patton
New, Hebrides
Australia
New Caledonia
New Hebrides
New Zealand
Growth of the drag habit in the United States noted
A Pall Mall report calls America’s opium and cocaine consumption remarkable and world impacting. It argues the issue is complex beyond lax laws and human frailty and questions how European races will adapt to North American climate and its effects on nerves and constitution.
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United States
Pall Mall
America
Europe
North America
Pryor Fined for Allowing Chemindefer Games in Premises
London reports Pryor, manager of the Adelphic Ciphy wan fned, fined £130 for allowing chemindefer to be played on the premises. Chemindefer is a form of gambling associated with high life circles.
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London
Pryor
Adelphic Ciphy Wan
Lover and Partner Die in Factory Tragedy
In Fuerth and Nalls paper-box factory Charles Parkhill shot Lilian Glover after a quarrel and then killed himself. Parkhill died, Glover is in precarious condition. The incident occurred as work began on Saturday.
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Sydney
May Il
Fuerth and Nall’s
Charles Parkhill
Lilian Glover
Parkhill
Rheumo Promoted as The Best Remedy for Gout Gases
An old advertisement urges quick treatment for rheumatic and related complaints such as lumbago sciatica and gout. It touts RHEUMO as the safest remedy that targets uric acid in the blood and promises rapid relief and cure. The ad cites Warner's Bust-proof Corsets and Draper stock at specific prices nearby.
Take the Fort and Cure All Men With Peppermint
Fragmentary lines describe orders to take, a maiden whisper, and a character named Spider Ned. Mentions Woods's Peppermint Cere and Chrome Chest with "Complainé Weeds" and a Great pepperm int core. The text reads as a garbled ad or frontier remedy pitch.
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Spider
Woods
Horses Die from Silage Disease in St Thomas District
Canadian journal reports four young horses died in the St Thomas district after consuming silage. Dr. Harrison of Ingersoll warns farmers to stop feeding silage to horses, claiming the disease was caused by silage though commonly used for cattle.
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St. .Thomas
Harrison
Ingersolls
Paris police recover elderly woman from seven years of isolation
In Paris on May 10 police found an old woman named Leratin in a dying condition after she had locked herself in a flat for seven years grieving her sister's death. The case echoes Miss Haversham from Great Expectations as details emerge of long-term seclusion.
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Paris
Lérat
Paris Chamber Adopts Motion to Suppress Gambling Profits
The Chamber of Deputies in Paris on May 10 approved by a clear majority a motion to suppress gambling and oppose the government proposal for a progressive tax on gambling profits.
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Paris
Chamber. of
London visit by Mae Lighty and council children
Mae Lighty and county council children visit London for a French school exchange. The trip showcases cross cultural outreach and educational activities as part of a regional program.
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London
Mae
County ‘Council
Paripy
Congress of British Socialists At Blackpool
At Blackpool the Congress of British Socialists held noisy demonstrations against the executive. The congress resolved to raise a Parliamentary fund with members contributing one shilling each year.
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Blackpool
Toi
Mysterious Stranger Found Near Toulon Arsenal
A young man named Hunacheidt was found near the Toulon arsenal after being discovered in a mysterious situation. He fled Kensington after a German hid ransacked his tool and letters were seized. Police doubt whether the case involves espionage or a love mystery.
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Tobs
Hunacheidt
Toulon
Hex
Customs Minister talks on Australia New Zealand trade ties
In Auckland on May 9 Hon. F M Fisher outlined plans following a Niagara encounter and discussed a pending agreement with Australia. He stressed Parliament may approve a framework to ease access to Australian markets and reduce future conflicts in customs items and medicines.
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Auckland
Niagara
Intervie
Govert
Australia
Dominion
Fisher
Een Oral “Customs
Mr. Fisher
Zealand
Melbourne
Unclear OCR fragment on bricks and deliveries in exhibition
Fragmentary text describes bricks and packages arriving safely from a manufacturer. Mentions a thug, a rate, an open exhibition, and Belcher. Lacks clear names, dates, or outcomes.
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Belcher
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Draper
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