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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
3
London May 14 The executive of Kempton Park Sandown Gatwick and Hurst Park proposes to bar amateur bookmakers from Tattersalls enclosures. Amateurs warn expulsion would imply a plan to allow betting in a set area and invite anti gambling prosecutions.
In the Sussex v Kent match Sussex 141 and 101, Kent 205 and 36 for one wicket with H Relf taking five for 30. Surrey 66 and 235 v Notts 175 and 129 for six. Middlesex 166 v Hampshire 51 and 79 with Tarrant eight for 20. Lancashire 130 v Yorkshires 74 and 48 with Heap six for 19 and five for 28.
Sydney on May 14 The Rugby Union has granted the University permission to invite the New Zealand Universities to send a football team to Sydney for a likely match on July 6.
The Rugby League has set match dates for the New Zealand team touring Australia. New Zealand plays New South Wales on June 7 9 21 and 23 and meets Queensland in Brisbane on June 14 and 18.
Auckland reports cable advice that the New Zealand team will play four fixtures in Sydney and one in Brisbane. The squad departs Wellington on May 90 for selection meetings in Wellington. The cable also says the New South Wales League will tour New Zealand this season.
Hawera May 13 8 The Egmont Racing Club winter meeting opened in fine weather with large attendance. Totalisator investments reached £11252 up from £9959 last year. Results list multiple races with winners including Tongahos Hurdles Jackpin Timothy Ngatimarun and others. Social buzz grows over Duke of Devonshire withdrawal and possible royal succession of the stables.
The Canterbury Centre of the New Zealand Swimming Association proposed sending a national team to Australia next season. Selection would draw two swimmers from Wellington, Canterbury, Auckland, and Dunedin each, plus one from smaller centres. Each centre would contribute financially, with partial gate returns from Australian attractions.
A testimonial from Miss Fanny Bonhote of Marrawah Tas praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for influenza and coughs. She claims one dose gives relief and one bottle cures colds, urging neighbors to try it. The ad promotes Regent Cigarettes and a free gift scheme as well, with local chemists and storekeepers selling the product.
In Christchurch reports the Supreme Court hears a case against John Burrage for indecent assault on a male in 1912. The jury convicts him. the judge condemns the offence and orders a five year sentence. In Ashburton, Matthew Finlay Paterson is charged with arson for burning peas on March 22, 1913, with evidence linking footprints and boots to the accused. The trial continues with Greenaway’s corroboration. In Christchurch Thomas Stirling is sentenced on theft nets with mercy, Albert Claxton to probation for attempted break and enter, and Arthur Wm Raib to be deferred on perjury.
An new film programme screens tonight at His Majesty's Theatre with a cinema version of Charles Reade’s Never Too Late to Mend as the headliner. The program runs Friday and Saturday nights with a strong supporting lineup including Animal Preservation Quiz to Suzanne City of Rouen The Psychology of Fear The Artist's Nightmare Omens of the Mesa Jack at Play and Dr Bridget plus the suitors of T.M.S New Zealand at New Town Park.
A lightning caused fire destroyed Strathford Presbyterian Church Ontario and the burning belfry fell on three firemen, killing them. In Sydney a three story Redfern warehouse owned by Matouf and Nashoor suffered 5000 pounds damage with 2000 pounds insured on building and 11,000 on stock.
A business notice touts Hean's Essence as a cost effective cough remedy. It claims one bottle yields required ingredients for a pint and promises safe, nonpoisonous composition with simple mixing instructions. Available in 1/6 bottles from chemists grocers or by post from Hean Chemist Wanganui.
An advertisement touts the Dot Vulcaniser as a simple automatic device that cannot scorch tyres and may lengthen tyre life while cutting tyre bills by about 50 percent. It claims a money back guarantee if it fails and urges customers to visit the garage to see how to prevent tyre trouble.
A New Zealand reader from Hampstead Ashburton testifies that Doan's Backache Kidney Pills relieved severe backache and kidney trouble after five bottles. He says the remedy restored health and strength and urges others to try it, noting its sale by chemists and general stores at six shillings sixpence per six bottles.
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