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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 14, 1909
Page
2
White blankets listed for single bed pairs at 18s 6d and 21s 245 Gd. Three-quarter beds white blankets per pair at 22s 6d 245 Gd and eight white blankets at 245 Gd. Full double beds white blankets per pair 27s 6d 315 Gd 39s Gd. Grey blankets single beds 77s and grey heavy weight sleabie beds eight per item 24s 6d Kaiapoi bush rugs each 8s tid.
May phase data lists rise and set times for May 17 to May 21. It includes Full Moon at 6 11 p.m., Last Quarter, New Moon, First Quarter, and apogee and perigee moments with specific timestamps.
The Ashburton Guardian reports on local council criticism and defense over six years of Domain and Public Library funding, praising footpaths and arguing the Domain adds civic soul while the library remains underfunded and poorly utilized. Also notes Empire Day plans, a court remark on emphasis, railway travel ennui letter, and civic activities including sports and auctions.
The Church of Christ Bible School held an anniversary tea and social in the Mission Hall on Thursday. A large turnout packed the hall after a full program of hymns duets and recitations. Speakers from nearby churches addressed the gathering and thanks and a benediction ended the event.
Local and general news from Ashburton and surroundings including Empire Day celebrations with Navy talk by Rev T A Hamilton and guest visits by Mr Robert McNab. Wanganui National Defence League meeting on universal training in June. Court action in Timaru over a fatal collision involving Cecil Shaw and the Selbie case. Local land auction near Methven and a note on engagement rings by L S McClurg.
Royal Scottish Geographical Society honors Lieutenant Shackle ton with the Livingstone gold medal. Other dispatches note immigration discussion in Sydney, a deadly dynamite blast in New York, a swimming suspension in Edinburgh, tea becoming standard army drink in Berlin, a British railway rebate fine, and a Maryland coal combine worth 37 million dollars spanning 200000 acres.
The Archbishop of Canterbury warned that if the Budget passes 50000 pounds yearly would be lost to ecclesiastical funds for poorer clergy. The Lord Mayor of Dublin chaired a meeting where Ireland’s public bodies protested the Budget urging All Ireland Committee action. Herbert Samuel estimated liquor taxes would push prices up by twenty million to cover four million in tax.
The Land Values and Duties Bill was carried 3380 to 120. Harold Cox questioned tax parity between land income and other income and questioned mortgage treatment. Lyttelton noted valuation costs fall on owners, not the Exchequer, while Austen Chamberlain and Balfour criticized the rushed passage in the House.
Mr Higham's proposal to approve payment of members was carried by 242 votes to 92, as reported. The result reflects support for remuneration for participating members.
Mr McKenna told the press that although he promised on March 16 to place an order for parts of gun mountings for four Dreadnoughts, none had been placed yet. He noted only two British firms can make the mountings. Mr Healy mocked that the Government should call Krupps.
May 14 11 50 a.m. the British Navy League reorganizes its affairs. Lieutenant Bellairs recommends as its simplest formula Britain to lay down two keels for every one laid by Germany.
The New Zealand Rugby Union allocated tour profits among regional unions led by Auckland and Canterbury at £48 each, with South Canterbury £49 and West Coast £49 among others. The South Auckland Rugby Union including Rotorua and Waikato sub unions won affiliation by a 33 to 26 vote. A £100 allowance was set for school football encouragement.
Paris reports show 465 absentees as the strike falters. Leaders bluff via dummy telephone chats claiming provincial support. About two hundred telegraphists and electricians are summoned. 24 of 37 London to Paris wires operate. Government dismisses 228 strikers.
On May 13 in Paris, authorities reported around one hundred postal dismissals. M. Clemenceau remained confident the movement would collapse.
Lacey Kingston a single woman employed as a domestic servant died in hospital last night after admission on Tuesday. A post mortem was performed by Dr Roberts and an inquest opened this afternoon but was adjourned to allow police further inquiries.
Timber expert H P Kavanagh warned the kauri bush is shrinking and unlikely to fall in price. He forecast kauri at up to £2 per 1000 ft and said supplies could exhaust in six to seven years, with other timbers gone in about twenty two years. He urged immediate afforestation and opposed duties on Oregon pine to allow imports as needed.
Golf players are informed that R. D. Johnston has opened a new stock of golf requisites for the coming season. The collection includes clubs bags balls and other items from leading makers.
Talaat Bey reportedly secured Abdul Hamid's signature to withdraw funds from foreign banks, with some sources citing two million. He allegedly failed to obtain keys to two strong rooms at Yildiz, and palace guards in Salonika forced Abdul Hamid to surrender the keys.
In the House of Commons the Nationalist party refused to enrol Maurice Healy, newly elected member for Cork, as the record notes. The action occurred during proceedings reported from London on May 1st.
Russian court sessions yesteryear saw prosecutors praising Azeff while Lopukhin faced interruptions from the presiding judge. The defendant claimed the czar would fall due to Azeff and asserted his actions served humanity. Newspapers protested limits on Lopukhin speech and questioned the secrecy around Azeff’s alleged crime.
London reports a committee says Hammond Armour Swift Morris do not yet pose a danger but seek to gain control in Argentina. US firms eye Australia and New Zealand. Argentine Estancieros fear price impacts from reduced competition. Converging Argentine railways may aid general combines. US success could sway beef prices in Smithfield and Britain. Evidence on Canada live cattle control remains too vague for a firm view.
May 13 reports from Sydney cover Willis’s nervous prostration, a witness adjournment to June 3, the Finnigan assault linked to an English suspect, Mount Lyell half-year profit and June dividends, defence plans to add cruisers, London capitalists wary of Australian investment, fatal blasting at Mount Cuthbert, a Taroom race accident with a jockey killed, a clergy ordination dispute, Shackleton’s London voyage, compulsory military training debate, industrial disputes act controversy in Sydney, and Perth cabinet reshuffle hints.
An old advertisement text promotes Wood's Peppermint Cure as a health aid to ward off influenza. It warns against reliance on old-time drugs and pills and urges readers to choose Wood's product to prevent premature death.
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