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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 21, 1907
Page
2
East Hampstead area rising in value offers a quarter-acre plot with a new four room house and detached shed. A working man's home available on rental system with half the rent credited toward purchase. Apply F Ferriman.
Property listings describe 7600 acres good sheep country 8 miles from rail with 6000 sheep and 200 cattle priced at £3 10s per acre plus other parcels. 1800 acres with 10 room dwelling and sawmill at £5 12s 6d per acre. 775 acres with 200 acres grass and 400 sheep cost £4 per acre. 2700 acres with 2000 sheep and river flats at £4 15s per acre. 1070 acres well watered with seven rooms priced at £5 per acre.
A telegraphic and newspaper miscellany describes Empire Day plans in Ashburton with an No Licence demonstration, children events, tea, and a 7.30 pm address by A. S. Adams of Dunedin. It notes theatre at Oddfellows Hall, a new play Dire on Anarchiste, plus local health and council updates, rugby domain decisions, and various regional notices.
The Ashburton Rugby Union met last evening with W G Roberts in the chair. Discussion included a referee ruling on a Hakatere versus Southern Cross match with a decision to disallow the Southern Cross score and replay the match for the Hakatere team. The union also announced a Canterbury Rug by Union visit to Ashburton on Empire Day and named referees Nicoll Robilliard Cassells for representative duty. A junior replay date Springburn v Hakatere was postponed and a sub committee was formed to secure Domain pavilion arrangements for Oval matches. Robillard was named selector and manager for the Ashburton side to face Sel Lmere in Christchurch May 30.
London May 19 Winston Churchill addressed 3,000 Scottish Liberal Association members urging a stance against Imperial taxation of food. He criticized Tory and press campaigns and defended Liberal, Radical and Labour majorities, insisting unity to protect workers from pitiful wages.
In Wellington on May 20 a decree nisi was granted in Elizabeth Evans v Ralph John Evans. An order for restitution of conjugal rights was made in Walter Samuel Best v Helen Best. Annie Bess was granted a decree nisi against George Ross, and Catherine Amelia Scotland Smith v John Scotland Smith also received a restitution order. Herbert Henton v Jessie Henton yielded a restitution order.
Health authorities uncovered two elderly women aged 76 and 80 in a dilapidated Anceland building in deplorable condition. They were found in a half demented state, covered with filth, and removal was ordered as legal steps toward destruction of the property are anticipated.
Mr Justice Owen presents the Lent Scandaly Commission final report from Sydney noting no new features. After two years the Commission found little practical value in prolonging the inquiry and criticized land agents and the handling of applications.
Sir Robert Stout will leave Auckland on Wednesday for Te Kuiti to open the Native Land Commission sittings there on Thursday. Mr Neata, weather-bound at Gisborne, is due in Auckland Thursday. Preparations have been made and the commission aims to complete sittings in about ten days. Stout said the lands will be settled, though it will take time.
Three men aboard a launch that left Whakatane on Sunday are missing after a gale. A search is under way as authorities fear the vessel foundered while the Mangapapa reports rescuing the occupants, who are said to be well.
Andrew Weir and Company promote a new cargo only steamship line for the San Francisco route starting in August. The service will be monthly with ships likely calling at New Zealand ports, though specific ports are not yet fixed.
May 23 Brisbane reports incomplete election tallies with current estimates showing Opposition 27 seats Ministerial 24 Labour 19 and 2 Independents. The ongoing count leaves the final balance uncertain and expectations unsettled.
A conference of Hindu and Muslim leaders in East Bengal may modify the difference between communities allowing Muslims to buy and sell foreign goods without interference. The Englishman newspaper calls for suppression of the national volunteers preaching sedition in Bengal.
The May reports show a fiscal year loss on exports of American canned beef valued at one million sterling. Distress spreads in southern France due to vineyard overplanting and adulteration triggering local unrest and a riot in Bizieres after the town walk was burned. In London cold nights with frost threaten British fruit crops.
North Otago Employers' Association meeting in Oamaru favors Thursday half-holiday for factories with shops. universality for smaller towns urged. Invercargill retailers form a Wednesday half-holiday group opposing change to Saturday and preparing a parliamentary petition. Bessel-system concerns noted by Oamaru Chamber of Commerce.
Claude Paget faces trial for the murder of Eleanor Pearl Axup after allegedly obtaining a revolver the day before and shooting her in the dining room as family members heard a gunshot. His defense counsel and the Crown presented opening arguments before Mr Justice Cooper. The hearing adjourned for further testimony.
The Governor's advance to Gisborne from Napier was halted by multiple washouts on the Tiniroto Morere route. A borrown buggy, abandoned coach, and a settler's bogey were used as the party trudged through heavy rain. Road slips were being cleared as the Governor hoped to proceed by noon.
The adjourned case against Margaret McCauliffe, proprietress of the Shamrock boarding-house, for unlawfully selling liquor on April 1 was heard. Defence was by Mr Solomon of Dunedin. Two witnesses testified to prior whisky sales, later recanted after police baiting. others denied the sale. The defendant admitted a prior conviction in 1905, but maintained innocence. Decision reserved.
Westport Harbour Board heard a notice from Mrs McKenzie M H R to push the case for a deep draft harbour at Steeples for a naval coaling station. The board asked the Government to survey the harbour site and bring the matter to the Imperial Government.
Mir T. Melvengtte outlines concerns over uncertificated country teachers numbers rising from 80 to 680 this year. The circular urges county school committee members to attend in Dunedin on June 6 to discuss district high school adjustments centralising tendencies and restoring board powers on school additions.
The Cobar miners strike grows with mechanics and surface hands joining the action. Pressure mounts for Lithgow miners to strike in sympathy while rain delays agriculture in several districts.
A fire at Midhirst destroyed Christiancan and WNeilzen'a butohar's shop and an office used by the Bank of New Zealand. Insurance coverage is noted. An advertisement praises Lawrence Kennedy Gillies milking machines as easy to operate and effective, with agents in Dunedin. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure is advertised.
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