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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 14, 1907
Page
4
A vast property totaling 32 188 acres freehold with 32 188 crossbred sheep and a 3600 head Border Leicester stud flock plus 1200 Hereford cattle and many Clydesdale horses. Crops and turnips planted yearly. river frontage to Clutha with steamboat service to Balclutha. Seven miles from Main South Railway. adjoining Greenfield estate. Plans and price lists ready Monday 29. Further particulars by Pyne and Co.
Reported moves show Lahore under heavy pressure with military influence after Lajpatria’s deportation to the Andaman Islands. Sir Danzil Ebbetson delays departure to inspect defences while Kaspatria, a Punjab Chief Court pleader, is cited as organiser and financier of seditious violence.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Mr Bent attended the Gaelic Society concert at Queen's Hall in London. Laurier spoke of a Canadian settlement where Gaelic is spoken, while Bent praised Australian efforts to preserve Scotland's language music and poetry and noted Scottish women in Australia leading in charity and Scots men in top state positions.
Two hundred French commercial men and agriculturists were hosted in London and at Windsor, receiving formal courtesies and hospitality from British hosts as part of a diplomatic friendship gesture.
London records 79 degrees in the shade with Paris at 82 and Germany at 86 as the heat persists across major cities. The report notes elevated temperatures in late spring.
In Cambridge the Earl of Crewe described the Irish Council Bill as moderate noting Liberals may be disappointed by its scope but some believed it sufficient He advised caution not to outpace the party on Irish self government or Lords and Commons relations to maintain broad support.
The Ashburton County Rugby Union met with members including G. W. Roberts and F. Pritchard. Transfers were discussed with Mr Fergus withdrawing a move from Springburn to Methven. two Methven players to Rakala approved. A protest from Hakatere over a disputed score led to a request for full particulars from Referee Mr Nicoll. The Springburn acknowledges unqualified Hulatere player in a recent match. a May 11 Ashburton match before the representative game is set. Seven-a-side tournament at Limaru authorized for affiliated clubs. Canterbury Union note on May 25 representative match and rule changes. goal-post padding approved. Empire Day week matches postponed pending next meeting.
The Greymouth correspondent reports a larceny case where a husband gave a bangle to a barmaid prompting his wife to seek restitution. The hotelkeeper and receipt details followed, the case was dismissed after testimony, but the court noted the moral fault of the wife while ordering the bangle and board receipt handed to her.
The advertisement claims worm symptoms in children and adults include nostril irritation finger chewing and grinding teeth at night with excessive saliva. It promotes Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets as a safe cure available at chemists and from The W. A. Comstock Co. Wellington, price 1s 6d per box.
A garbled line suggests Tina may perform better on a test with possible positive implications. The text hints at improvement and encouragement but remains unclear and incomplete.
The newly formed Borough School Committee met last evening with Chairman Hayes and members Dixon Hewson Andrill McCallium Priest Dunlop Hillier Meddings. They discussed teacher salaries and appointments, flower plots, paddock lease for horse use, school attendances, and staff salaries. A central-site effort, forthcoming concert funding, coal and wood tenders, and condolence to ex member Zobers were noted. accounts of £7 15s 1d were approved.
The Dominion enacts a new Sunday regulation banning most amusements and many activities from 7 am Saturday to 6 am Monday except in Quebec. The law reflects deep Sabbath reverence, contrasts with U S urban norms, and cites state rights as a factor behind the measure. A separate San Francisco street-cleaning action in 2006 is noted.
A Berliner Zeitang correspondent reports on English upper class life, condemning chivalry as a sham. He portrays English wives as dolls in male possession, citing distant marriages and a lack of shared interests. He notes women treated as objects and asks what price marriage imposes.
The text asks how many horses carriages and servants she demands after marriage and states the would be husband must supply them as the price of her hand. It calls the arrangement a pure business deal.
Discussion centered on how Empire Day should be celebrated with proposals for a patriotic assembly on May 24 and a temperance focused afternoon by the No Licence Council. A subcommittee was formed to liaise with authorities on the celebration form.
A garbled report notes Walter Long at Preston and Earl Crewe at Cambridge commenting on the Imperial Conference. Long denounces a slander against Unionists while stressing the conference lacked clear guidance yet advanced debate on imperial defence and free trade.
A London physician notes rising spring fashion of very small waists and recounts fainting cases from extreme tight lacing. He describes patients with waists down to sixteen or seventeen inches and warns of internal damage, heart risk, and possible death from rushing or strenuous activity while laced.
In Camberwell Mr Pumfrey longs for his late wife as he contemplates buying mourning stationery at a deep discount. He buys two reams and a thousand envelopes, then falls ill with diphtheria and dies, leaving his widow to discover a late gift of paper dated the day he fell ill. The tale ends with the widow reflecting on her husband’s prudent, selfless nature.
A history of milking machines notes the first successful device by Gillies in Victorian times using air injected like a calf to milk cows. It suggests prior attempts failed, with only one in a hundred chances of long term success, and mentions the Lawrence Kennedy Gillies machine as pivotal. The text also advertises Mellor’s Boot Store on Tancred Street in Ashburton and a remedy called Rheumo for rheumatic conditions, gout, sciatica, and lumbago.
An old newspaper fragment promotes OkO The Great Gough Cure as the world’s greatest remedy. It notes local storekeepers stock it though details are fragmentary.
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