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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 15, 1907
Page
4
A large New Zealand property combines a Stud Flock of 3600 Border Leicesters described as perhaps the finest in the country, 1200 Hereford cattle, and many Clydesdale horses. The land supports yearly crops and turnips yielding strong results and adjoins Greenfield Estate. It is the province’s remaining extensive agricultural block with river frontage.
A fragmented report discusses a deputation to the Minister of Education praising his appointment and proposing reforms. It notes calls for improved salaries, a vocational vision, and a plan for teacher payment linked to grades, with debate on funding and board support.
Ad touts Zam Buk Medicinal Toilet Soap as best for skin health keeping it clean and fresh through life. It warns common soaps dry the skin and clog pores, claiming Zam Buk cleanses without harming texture and enhances purity with every use. The Zam Buk Manufacturing Co. promotes purchasing from local chemists or stores in Sydney.
Sir John Gorst returns from six weeks in New Zealand praising its social reforms and debating the Compulsory Arbitration Act, old age pensions, education, and women’s suffrage. He argues Britain could learn from NZs health, wages, and housing policies, noting no Labour Party in the colony and broad prosperity.
Advertises RAEUMO as a remedy that removes excess nic acid from the blood to effect a thorough cure. Claims results in 2s 6d and 4s 6d.
A Royal Commission reports after five years of experiments that bovine tuberculosis can pass to humans through cow milk. It warns milk with tubercle bacilli endangers children and calls for stricter controls on sale and consumption.
The piece notes major European towns with one policeman for every 500 inhabitants, ranks Bombay third and Glasgow fourth, and mentions Calcutta as a major city after London. It also reports the North Island Main Trunk railway section Taihape to Mataroa to open June Isle, a one wheel cycle by Henry Telcher, and Sale of Explosives Act regulations occupying 20 Gazette columns.
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