Ashburton No-license Demonstration Draws Big Crowd
The Ashburton No-license party held a tea and public meeting at Odd Fellows Hall with 800 at tea and a packed hall for the later meeting. Speakers Dewdney and Bedford urged ongoing temperance victory, citing progress, statistics, and calls to end the liquor trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburton
Oddfellows
Presbyterian
Methodist
Baptist
Primitive Methodist
Church of Christ
Salvation Army
Tinwald
Wakanu
Willowby
Dallaston
A. Dewdney
C. HH. Standage
Dewdney
Canterbury Defeats Ashburton in Representative Football Match
Canterbury beat Ashburton County at the show grounds with a final score of Canterbury two goals four tries (22 points) to Ashburton one penalty goal, one goal from a try, and one try (11 points). Notable players include Rhodes Daily Hagel McKenzie Weston and W Burrows with refereeing by Mr F Robilliard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury
Ashburton
Ashburton 25
Rhodes
W. Burrows
Hagel
Shanks
Weston
Fulback
Dansey
Daily
McKenzie
M. Daily
Imitray
Page
F. Robilliard
Lane's Emulsion Praised By Satisfied Patient
A testimonial from a grateful user details long lasting fatigue loss of appetite and poor digestion improved after using Lane's Emulsion. She reports renewed energy and appetite and overall well being after a month of treatment.
Local Trade Names Flourish in Manchester Markets
A fragment mentions English made X Essence of Vinegar and a Colonial imitation. Names cited include MANCHESTER BOS, BUXTON AND THOMAS, KERR LROS, and SHEARMAN BROS amid brief trade notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
BOS
Buxton and
Thomas
Kerr Lros
Shearman Bros
London
McNab argues for universal military training in Christchurch
In Christchurch on May 24 Mr Robert McNab spoke to a full Choral Hall on dominion defence and universal military training. He was warmly welcomed with applause and cheers. The mayor presided with city councillors and volunteer officers on the platform, and Lieut Col Hon G J Smith moved a vote of thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christchurch
Robert McNab
G. J. Smith
Allison
Napier Rifles Compete In Empire Day Cup Match
In Napier on May 24 the Napier Rifles, short some leading shooters, posted a team aggregate of 740, averaging 52 per man across eight. In Timaru on the same date the South Canterbury Infantry Battalion fired for the Daily Mail Cup, scoring 745 under bright sun and a strong south-west wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napier
Napier Rifles
Daily Mail
Timaru
South Canterbury Infantry
Blot on Christianity prompts critique of churches
Correspondence criticizes churches for not leading democracy and helping workers. The writer cites the liquor traffic, neglect of peace, and calls Salvation Army ignorant while praising its charity. Endorses point by Mr Andrew Fisher and laments church failures, signed J Drummond Tinwald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Fisher
Australian Commonwealth
Salvation Army
Trad
Shama
J. Drummond
Tinwald
Quincey Wins Empire Handicap Trot at Plimpton Park
At the Plimpton Park Trotting Club meeting yesterday the Empire Handicap Trot of 110 sovs was won by Quincey owned by Mr S and Mrs W Scott with a time of 4.592 seeds. A cable note says jockey J Wootten rode three winners at Doncaster races on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plimpton Park
S&s. W. Scott
Quincey
J. Wootten
Doncaster
AGGIDERTS AND DEATHS IN MULTI-LOCATION REPORT
A May 24 dispatch from Gisborne Hastings and Christchurch covers a spate of accidents and deaths. Bissett of the Mimico mutton boat’s engineering staff fractured a leg and an arm after a fall into a hold. An elderly carpenter, Frederick Thomas Farr, aged sixty six, vanished on Trunday. police treat it as a suicide attempt. Mrs Harris of Hautotara met a serious accident when a dynamite cap exploded while she burned papers. George Price, twenty five, was killed near Mosgiel likely by contact with a live wire. Three youths from Musselburgh—Wilson, James Morris, and George Kompton—were rescued after their boat capsized on Lake Wathola. Kompton’s body remains unrecovered. An inquest in Christchurch found death by inanition for twin newborn males born at a Bromley residence. A Hanmer Springs inquest found Walter Drake, station cook, died from a throat wound while insane. William Rowe, a Rangiora farmer, suffered a serious accident after falling while guiding cattle, remaining unconscious at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Dewdney
Ashburton
Australia
England
Iquor
New Zealand
America
House of Commons
House of Lords
Staplar and Co
Wellington
Alcohal
Gisborne
Tyser Company
Bissett
Hastings
Frederick Thomas Farr
Trunday
Parr
Dunedin
George Price
Wilkie
Mosgiel
City Corporation
Price
Vapanui
Alusselburgh
Wilson
James Morris
George J Kompton
Lake Wathola
Kempton
I’. Cockburn
A. Bamberry
Morris
Ape
Christchurch
H. W. Bishop
Bromley
Margaret Bradley
St. Helen’s Station
Hanmer Springs
Walter Drake
William Rowe
Nativa
Rangiora
Will and
Volckmann
Canterbury Co operative Egg Poultry Sale Draws Large Entry
The Canterbury Co operative Egg Poultry and Produce Co reports a gale on Saturday with about 400 lots entered and strong attendance. Prices ranged from hens at 4s 6d to goblers at 19s, pullets to 7s, geese to 7s, and special entries at 9s 6d per pair. Butter and cheese markets showed steady demand with butter up to 10d per lb and cheese at 6d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury Co-operative Egg, Poultry, and Produce Company, Ltd
Tuam Street
Christchurch
Ashburton Defeats Southern Cross In Third Grade Rugby Match
Ashburton won the Southern Cross clash by a small margin at the show grounds. Scorers for Ashburton included Bushell and TB with Hughes kicking a coal. Southern Cross was led by Juindaay who scored a try.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Cross
Ashburton
Show Grounds
Bushell
TB. Hughes
Juindaay
F. Pritchard
Market reports from Wellington High Commissioner's May update
The High Commissioner's Wellington report notes overstocked frozen meat markets with mutton and lamb weak amid heavy shipments, Canterbury prices around 23d and 4gd for other, river Plate mutton oversupplied. Beef demand firm with light New Zealand hindquarters and forequarters. Grain and pulse show firmer wheat at 463 6d per quarter, oats advancing with New Zealand Sparrowbills at 26s 6d, Danish oats at 20s 3d, beans 368, peas 475 6d per quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Department of Industrial and ‘ComMerce
Canterbury
River Plate
New Zealand
F.a.g
Addington Sides Sweep Juniors In One Sided Victory
Three matches on the Addington grounds saw Addington juniors defeat Ashburton 6–0 with goals by Hollis Prancis Clark and Grainger. Senior clash ended Ashburton 3–0. Timaru ladies beat Ashburton 3–0, with Howens scoring. Referees H Hatch and R Meechan officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addingston
Ashburton
St. Andrew's
Timaru
Addington
Ocal
Gala
A. Hollis
A. Rankin
B. Browning
Wi. Daig
D. Amas
H. Hatch
Timaruvians
A. Howens
R. Méechan
Mysterious fires devastate Oamaru clubs
In Oamaru on May 24 a string of mysterious blazes struck two sites near the town. The Caledonian Society pavilion burned completely and the PMiranix Bowling Club house and contents were destroyed. Loss to the Bowling Club around £290 with small insurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oamaru
Caledonian Society
Diverse Europe Rail Roles and Bank Capital Shifts
The article notes women working at rail level crossings and stations in the South of France and Australia, discusses a Vienna marriage ban on balloon ascent, mentions a German invention for snowproof motorcar screens, and reports South African fixed deposits rising from about five and a half million to sixteen million pounds, reflecting a large capital shift to banks over ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Australia
Woman jailed for neglecting eight children in Mel ford Suffolk
A woman sentenced to fourteen days imprisonment at Mel ford Suffolk for neglecting her eight children admits she had eight offspring and a hoghand and elf to support on 12s a week. She spent the allowance on six stone of bread and a pan of coal. Thirty one Austrian Esperanza delegates sue a Viennese journal which mocked Esperantists as fit for a madhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melford
Suffolk
Elf
Hell
Dresden
Eminent chemist praises Zam-Buk in detailed analysis
Renowned scientist W Lascelles-Scott reports on Zam-Buk ointment after testing samples from makers and retailers in Birmingham Worcester Bradford Wakefield and metropolitan areas. He finds Zam-Buk plant based with no minerals or animal fats and claims superior antiseptic emollient healing properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingland
W. Lascelles-Scott
Hivoigne
London
Birmingham
Worcester
Hradford
Wakefield
Injured Sailor Receives Wireless Medical Advice At Sea
A steamship crewman was hurt off Eureka California and a wireless message to San Francisco requested medical guidance. Within an hour a physician using wireless replied prescribing treatment for the injured man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
California
San Francisco
Supreme Court Opens in Auckland with 42 Offences On Calendar
Supreme Court sessions in Auckland opened before Justice Fidwards. He lamented forty two offences on the calendar, mostly theft related. Percy Cassidy received eighteen months for breaking and entering and theft at Dargaville. William Drinnie and Thomas Fanning were jailed for two and a half to three years for stealing a lady's purse on the Main Trunk express. Carl Francis Waller pleaded guilty to twenty five forgery charges totaling £414 and got three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
Supreme Court
Justice Fidwards
Percy Cassidy
Dargaville
William Drinnie
Harris
Thomas Fanning
Drinnie
Fanning
Carl Francis Waller
J. A. Tole
Get a suit made to measure for lower prices
A Wellington advertising notice promotes tailored suits cheaper than credit tailors. It claims high skilled cutting, modern making, no credit, and big savings with prices from £2 1s to £8 5s, urging readers to inspect fabrics and obtain quotations. It lists multiple locations including Christ Church Wellington and towns like Auckland Dunedin and Palmerston North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guinesa
Vey
Cub
Ea Aly
Gisvens
Oyorge Davies
Christchurch
Wellington
Aucklaid
Dunedin
Tavercargill
Palmerston North
Fimaru
Wanganuy
Timber Commission to Finish Evidence Next Week
The Timber Commission will likely finish taking evidence by tomorrow night or Wednesday and stay in town through Monday to report the rest of their labors. Many members favor a prohibitive duty on Oregon pine while others push for duty free admission. Investigations will focus on factual questions with minor opinion divides. Afforestation measures are likely to be unanimously supported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Timber Commission
British MPs Debate Police Weekly Holiday Bill
The bill proposes a weekly police holiday with officers not to work more than six days a week except in emergencies. The New York Tribune reports 886 survivors per thousand over age 40 in London versus 779 in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Tribune
London
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. G. Barker
Strange’s
Tancred Street
Edward VII
King
Italy
Lipton’s Teal
Buxton and Thomas
Ladies and Gentlemen
Petone
Lanterbury Roller Flour
Mills
Supreme&” Flour
Thomas Yourg
Ulster
John Moore
Ndertaker
East Street
Osmana
Waimate
Canterbury Co-Operative Egg, Poultry and Produce Company, Ltd
BR. Wilson and Co
Eisland, Estate and Commission
Dominion
P.G. Box
Chanticleer
FP. Paod Co
Southland Firezen Meat Co
S “Meat and Corp Poultry
A.M. Loasby
Colombo Street
H. F. Stevens
Robinson
E. G. Hyde
ETS
Yaypa
Anks
Burnett Street
R. Totty
Chemish, Burney? Street
Totty
H. D. Bedford
Brewer
Bedford
Toudh
Tt. J. Liddell
Lambert
Lesina
Queensland Assembly
Lane
Ashburton Loan and Investment Society
Arcade
Tancred Streets
J. B. Christian
Laze
Ashbuston Drug Company Limited
Nelson Mgate& CO
Motor
Autovar
Motoring
New Zealand Farmer
Bulletin
Scientific American
Stalione
Newsagent
Per Presa Association
Daly Mal
HIAUS
Aving
W. d. S. McBowell
J. E. Thomas's Butchers
Wills Street
W. J. Moore
W. J. Moorg
Somerset
Sporting
Gcarterton
Mre W. Harris
Commengial
Weekly Market Report
Elect Christchurch
Ellesmere
Leeston
South Canterbury Rugby Union
South Canterbury Union
Mackenzie
Springburn
Pirates A
Temaka
Temuka
Celtic
Athletic
Star
Wisner
Bonnington
Perry, Perry & Kinnerney
Geraldine and
Hockey
Weat Ang Produce Coy,, Ltd
Walter Pickles
Ocai Aveni
Alford Forest
Ashburton County
Staveley
Vienna
Frank
Germany
Strassfurt
Kenna & Gameren
Mackintosh Coats
Zam-Buk
Per Press Association
the Timber Commission
Rust Prooe
G. H. Buchanan
Soltester
Llewellyn Owen
A. Mus
LCM
MLEC
Ors
Kenna & Cameron
Mail and Guardian Office
Abermain
Moorabool
Abermain Coal
Thos. Brown, Ltd
Norman Chapman
Hereford Street
Thomson
Australasia
Jones and Sons
High Street
Christortrch
F. H. Choat and CO
F.H Cheat & Co
North Canterbury
Lendid
Nlendid
Lood
Papanui Stores, Ltd
Devereux, King and CO
LTT
London Directory
United Kingdom
the London Directory Co
Alishurch Diane
Tondon
Albert Roberts
Barningham & Cq, Ltd
George
Ashburton Trains
Erem
Mount Somers
Aris
Matte
Dshburtss
TUR
ANA
Baty
Chorsey
Rakaia
Christ. Church
Faixton
Pees End
Christ
Church
Chertsey
Ras * Aia
Webs
Southern
Gam
Winslow
Hinds
Ealing
Rangitata
Femake
Geraldine
Dunerlin
Wiewald
Greenstreet
Ashburtor Forks
Elgin
Span ‘Riverside
Seaview
Seafield
Newlands
Longhead
Mount Eateeps Nne
Mayfield
Bluff
United, Kingdom
Bon
R. D. Dansey
Thomas Hancox
Robert. Bon
Burnet
Biract
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!