New Source of Fruit Supply Explored by NZ Minister
Minister McNab spoke on fruit fly regulations and rising imports from 1903 to 1907 totaling £97,000 to £182,000 annually. Auckland leads with £50,000, followed by Wellington £48,000, Dunedin £35,000 and Lyttelton £20,900. He notes Cook Islands supplies oranges mandarins pineapples and bananas and plans to station an inspector to educate natives and expand export. He warns prices may rise with NSW pest controls and lists affected fruits including peaches apricots nectarines cherries pears apples pineapples tomatoes plums mandarins oranges bananas. He stresses NZ’s isolation and legal powers to combat the pest. He mentions sending exhibits to the Ashburton Winter Show for public education.
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Dominion
Oversea
Robert McNab
Guardian
Dlinister
Auckiend
Wellington
Dunedin
Lyttelton
Auckland
Cook Islands
Cook Group
Agricultural Department
New Zealand
Mrirk
New South Wales
South Australia
Victoria
Tasmania
McNab
France
Grand Hope
Kirk
Ashburton
Earth Drying Up Says Professor as Asia Deserts Grow
An article by Professor Serviss argues Earth is drying while Mars and the Moon show the same fate. Central Asia’s Lop Nor salt lake shrinks as deserts spread, with irrigation failing against the inexorable desiccation. The piece links planetary aging to internal cooling and chemical thirst, warning of long delays yet repeating a cosmic tragedy.
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Mars
Earth
Jupiter
Adam
Professor Serviss
Asia
Sahara
Central
Salt Lake
Lop Nor
Mr Huntington
Globe
Lunar
Depression won't follow 1907 panic say System Club member
Mr H. J. Hepworth of New York tells London System Club members that the 1907 panic will not be followed by years of low mood. He cites high per capita wealth, mortgaged-free farms, profitable farm prices, and large savings as signs of resilience. He notes low merchandise stocks and cautious retailer buying as factors stabilizing business until after the November election.
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H. J. Hepworth
New York
System Club
London
Hepworth
United States
Roosevelt
Open windows among London doctors questioned by Daily Mail
The London Daily Mail on March 30 notes many doctors in Harley Street Cavendish and Wimpole Streets keep their windows closed. Of 1390 street-facing windows only 267 were open on a bright Saturday forenoon, about one in five. In Harley Street 161 doctors had 22 open, one in seven. Wimpole Street showed 1149 windows with 233 open, same ratio as Harley Street. One residence in Wimpole Street had all fourteen windows open. There was no wind or rain to explain the closings.
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London Daily Mail
Harley-street
Cavendish Square
Wimpole Street
Cenais
Harley Street
Wimmle Street
Donior
Baltimore American
Pani Canal
Cheops
Warries
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Gation
Vedro Miguel
la Boea
Newcastle
Pheidon
Argos
Nancy
Iran
Durmah
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Prove Permanent Cure
Christchurch man W R Flint report by six years later still well after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. He warns backache is kidney pain and urges not to neglect it. Doan's sold by chemists at 8s per box or 16s 6d for six. order from Voster McClellan Co Sydney.
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Christchurch
W. R. Flint
Springfield Road
St. Albans
Dean
Blunt
Flint— Toan
Voster-McClellan Co
Pitt Street
Sydney
Doan
Lord Roserts on Drill for Boys
In Fry's Magazine Lord Roserts argues for National Service League aims and miniature rifle clubs. He warns that a nation unprepared for war suffers and urges drill to teach discipline and service to country and employer. He favors defence over defiance.
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National Service League
Sofia
Brifrade
Fry’s Magazine
Genuine Sanders and Sons Eucalypti Extract Proclaimed Superior
A Victorian Supreme Court backed claim highlights Sanders and Sons Eucalypti Extract as the safe reliable and effective eucalyptus product. It contrasts it with unsafe rival preparations and warns of deaths from inferior “Extracts” and cruel irritations from improper applications.
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Sander and Sons
Supreme Court of Victoria
Earth lifting feats and early coin history a mixed note
A wide compilation discusses Panama Canal earthwork efficiency with steam shovels and labor comparisons, then shifts to ancient coin emergence from Egypt and Greece. It covers concrete for locks, tropical disease gains, and notes on early monetary forms from gold and silver to large ancient coins.
Australian Inventor Promises Sensational Agricultural Impliments
An Australian inventor of farming tools touts a new milking machine the Austral and claims it will outclass existing devices. He highlights prior contrivances pirated by others and argues new tools will ease dairying by reducing child labour. A Queenslander introduces a 39 hp motor plough with three large discs aimed at covering over five acres daily in Sydney trials.
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Sydney
Frootoids Promise Quick Relief Against Congestion and Toxins
Public orders for Freotoids claim rapid relief from headaches and low spirits, with claims of cleansing the blood and supporting liver function. The ad urges avoiding ordinary aperients, touts extensive testing, and notes a 1 shilling 6 pence price, with distribution through chemists and a New Zealand branch in Wellington.
YUST Opens Handsome Shipment of First Class Organs
H M Jones announces a large import of elegant parlour and church organs describing they are the finest Reed Organs in the country. Prices are claimed 20 percent lower than rival music houses due to leaner overhead. Includes free instruction book and options to import direct from maker. Inspection invited.
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I. M. Jones
Victoria Downs Cattle Station Lays Its Vast Herds Bare
An Adelaide Register report by Sidney Kidman describes Victoria Downs in the Northern Territory as Australia’s largest cattle station with over 80 000 cattle and 12 000 miles of country. The lease spans 42 years, branding 16 250 calves this year and projecting 18 000 next year. Fully stocked carrying capacity nears 140 000, with minor worries about ticks and freshness of land.
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Australia
Victorian Downs
Northern Territory
Adelaide Register
Sidney Kidman
Victoria Downs
Lhe
Victoria
Queensland
New South Wales
Coongy
Roper River
Musweilbrook
Muswellbrook
Money lending on approved Freehold Securities notice
Special sum of £800 at a percent rate offered by T. Bullock along with £2000 available. Also an advertisement to let PW Cottage a five room house with verandah and detached washhouse plus about 14 acres of land attached.
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Ryid
T. Bullock
Rosy Veeme
Ladies Gonta Boots and Children's Shoes Arrive
Large stock of ladies gonta boots and children shoes just arrived from manufacturers. Includes children's sandals, strap and button shoes. slippers also in stock.
North Africa for the Jews meeting in London
The annual Central Tendon branch meeting of the Jewish Territorial Association in Queen's Hall, London, heard leaders praise progress toward a Promised Land. A motion urged autonomous territory for Jews not staying in current homelands as Zionist aims were discussed amid calls for unity and self‑reliance.
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Jewish Territorial Association
Queen’s Hall
London
Guder Woolf
A. W. L. Langdon
K.C
Procic
Israel Zangwell
Europe
North Africa
Woe to Arrange Inspection on Reserved Personal Cells
A fragment discusses arranging an inspection and references reserves and personal cells with unspecified requirements.
Auction notices for New Zealand pastoral land parcels
Descriptions of multiple estates in Hawke's Bay Wanganui and Bay of Plenty listing 12074 and 7651 acre plots with good sheep and cattle country, homesteads and buildings. Prices per acre range from £3 4d to £4 and total prices up to £41 000, terms by auction and goodwill details.
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Hawes Bay
Wanganui
Bay OF Plenty
Hawke's Bay
J.P
Woods Great Peppermint Cure Ad
A nostalgic ad touts Woods Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy for colds. It promises relief from nasal discomfort and urges readers to seek the product when illness lingers.
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Woods
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