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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 15, 1909
Page
2
For sale or to let a small property on West Belt off Winter’s Road. Half-acre land with fruit trees. Includes a five room house, bathroom, wash-house with copper and a stable. Low price and easy terms offered. Owner can lease for any term to a good tenant.
On account of Mr J. H. Kerr who has left the district this property offers a quarter-acre block fronting two roads and a six-room house. No reasonable offer refused. A small deposit is required with the balance payable at 10s per week.
On April 7 1909 at St Johns Church Methven Rev B J Westbrook united Wilfred Thomas Pashy younger son of M A Lock Zettheim Methven with Jeannie third daughter of 8 Campbell The Glebe Methven in a church ceremony.
Private reports say Mr McNab won early support for stopm C4 training in Wellington on Thursday night but press accounts show sharp opposition from Socialists and Labour adherents. Disagreement centers on audience reaction and who bore the brunt of heckling, with calls for unity to defend the Empire and Labour ideals.
A letter to Auckland papers questions the government surplus and unpaid debts to tradesmen, while Ashburton Licensing Committee considers renewal applications for Geraldine district licenses and possible petitions to the Privy Council. Other items include a push to acquire the Tive Rivers estate for settlement, James Dellow joining Rangitata Road Board, a new Timaru wharf, and golf equipment notices.
Timaru council debates drainage and rates while Auckland acclimatisation society discusses introducing English toads. Panama Canal work surpasses one third completion with 62 million cubic yards removed. NSPCC reports Britain 1894 cases. 90,072 supervisor visits and 3,497 remediations. Christchurch doctor opposes cropped manes and docked tails in horse show. Quintuplets born in Winston NC. China census shows 488 million. foreigners 69,852. South Canterbury hunts large boar 7 ft 4 in long. Longcroft Thistle buys and uses old church premises as football pavilion. Boxers group reorganises Ashburton Boxing Association for amateur competition. Ashburton magistrate urges written receipts to curb litigation. Mayfield Bible Class debates Dreadnought proposal with a clear vote against it. Viet Nam dairy act expanding to 90 municipalities. 700k cows under supervision. Mrs. Cameron leads dairy supervision. Ring purchases emphasize pure gold and genuine gems.
Board of Managers discusses budget receipts of £212 16 8d and grants for sewing machines and technical school sites. They consider lease and site offers, approve a one term arts and crafts class with no half deficiency guarantee, raise Miss Rennie’s salary to £80, and plan new classes in repousse copper work enamel and art silver.
The match report describes a bitter cold London day with rain delays, Australia declaring at 609 for six. Essex replied with Cotter taking two early wickets and Macartney pacing a strong spell, followed by substantial hits from Read and Reeves as Whitty and Cotter shared key bowling.
Rose Mc Innes was charged at Hastings with making a false declaration that she was married when applying for an order to arrest her husband Angus McInnes on a desertion charge. She pleaded guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.
News item notes that since January assisted immigrants have sailed to Queensland. Other items report German airplane enterprise, the Kaiser welcomed in Vienna, and Austria ordering six submarines.
M. Lapukhin found guilty of belonging to a criminal association and sentenced to five years imprisonment. Czar's confirmation required. Russian press decries trial as travesty of justice.
The population of Tabriz has been disarmed at the instance of British and Russian authorities. The move follows Allied control actions in Teheran on May 14.
The Turkish Chamber of Deputies approved the Turko Bulgarian Protocol marking a step toward settlement with Bulgaria. Reports from Constantinople indicate the vote occurred May 14 with press dispatches received May 15.
In London on May 14, Mr Hobhouse reported to Parliament that since January 1300 pensions were withdrawn in Britain and 1200 in Ireland. The inquiry remained unfinished but no fraud by Irish people was found. Mr Birrell noted 12,776 appeals with 10,891 rejected and 1,885 granted, prompting nationalist protests at the investigation.
London May 14 Mr Lloyd George estimates the total annual yield from the additional spirit tax at 9 204 245 pounds with 4 539 089 pounds from Scotland. Deputations protest the Budget while cigar makers complain that smaller English cigars require new moulds not readily available, delaying production.
In the Chamber of Deputies the Socialists sang Debout les damnes de la terre prompting uproar while Republicans whistled Marseillaise and Royalists La Vende enne. President Brisson adjourned the session at four. Barthou reported 2357 of 24115 postal workers on strike and Clemenceau urged a choice between Republican legality and disorganisation. the government won confidence 865 to 59. Many strikers have begun to return to work in Paris.
May 15 report from Napier details an inquest into an infant found dead in an outhouse at Port Ahuriri. Lily Brown, alleged to have collapsed inside, may have given birth. body discovered with life extinct and inhaled breath noted. Enquiry adjourned three weeks to allow Lily Brown to attend.
At the Supreme Court in Wellington a defendant described as a half caste is charged with an age gauge offense involving a Chinese national. The case proceeded with evidence and testimony presented by the Crown.
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