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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 25, 1910
Page
2
Christchurch City Council agrees to draft a bill for a fifteen member Twleston Harbour Board elected by Christchurch North Canterbury and neighbouring counties excluding Ashburton with representation pro rata to population. A deputation will seek Canal League support in Wellington.
The second cup match at Riverside saw lower scores due to a gusty beach wind. Prizes were presented by KE E Haines G Meddins and H A Lloyd. Top scores included J C Sinclair 95 98 27 ser 80 and C Frampton 27 24 28. The highest off target score won by J C Sinclair. Cup aggregates list Sinclair Frampton and KE E Haines with totals 168 148 136.
A Harbour body identified as Tremain, a former Wellington resident, was found yesterday after mood swings and recent job search. Wellington reports Alexander Littlejohn of W Littlejohn and Bon jewellers died this morning after heart trouble for years. he was a noted chess player. In Christchurch, Henry Robinson, a young man, was struck by a north line goods train at Clighs road crossing while on his milk round, sustaining serious head injuries and fractures and remaining unconscious at mid day.
Mr Turton, a mail contractor from Chertsey bound for Pendarves, was injured in an accident on Tuesday when his gig bolted and overturned. He was thrown onto a barb wire fence suffering injuries to a leg. The horse also injured and unfit for work, with shafts broken and other damage to the gig.
At the Auckland Police Court on May 24 a Tahi tian named Baron De Volley was fined £60 for selling intoxicating liquor in a curiosity shop.
In Sydney cadets scored 657 for Karl Meath's trophy while the Goulburn Ambulance team posted 801 though scores may not count due to missing check scorers. Brisbane Railway Rifle Club shot 763 and Seventh Regiment 740 at Ballarat. Opaki Rifle Club made 778 for the Daily Mail Cup at Masterton with Manley and McHattie top scorers. Otago territorial rifle club scored 764 at Balclutha with Sergeant Smith close to the possible, 102.
Melbourne report notes Arnst was entertained prior to his departure for Africa after a Prass Association copyright notice received May 25.
London dispatch reports Princes Edward and Albert resuming educational work after returning to Dartmouth and Osborne on May 24. Also notes a German official visiting Australian ports, a fatal murder of Lieutenant Boyd Alexander in the French Congo, a rubber market relapse with prices dropping, a flag exchange between Sambate and Epping schools and Kipling poems sung in many schools.
The Frank Goodyear collided in Thunder Bay, Lake Michigan and sank with nineteen drowned.
A bomb enclosed in a jewel box exploded at the Calle Mayor memorial in Madrid for King Alfonso's wedding victims. The thrower was pursued and arrested after a failed suicide attempt. The bomber died unidentified as marks were cut from linen. The blast reportedly burst prematurely. King Alfonso reached Madrid yesterday.
Russian authorities discovered that two Rembrandts a Murillo and several other portraits in the Hermitage Gallery were replaced by clever fakes. The scandal grows as ME Lehmann a gallery director was convicted of replacing imperial jewels with imitations.
In a ceremony at the Pauline Convent in Czenstochowa the Archbishop, eight Polish bishops, thousands of priests, and about half a million pilgrims attended the crowning of the revered statue. The Pope presented a crown valued at 5000 pounds following last year’s theft of jewels worth 200,000 pounds.
In Cork tensions split Ireland into two hostile camps, All for Ireland and United Irish factions clash with hurleys and sticks. Thirty injured and several heads broken as police wield batons to restore order while priests seek harmony.
London reports May 24 that the Powers reply to the Porte’s view nullifies the Crete claim that the King of the Hellenes is involved. The exchange centers on Crete’s status and Greek royal authority. Officials reiterate opposition to claimed Cretan allegiance to the Greek king.
Capetown report says General Botha has provisionally completed his cabinet with a full list expected by early May. Gladstone continues his visit to Pretoria as panics and plans unfold in South Africa.
The Nicaraguan gunboat Venus sank the revolutionary vessel Omotrope with about one hundred rebels drowned. Fighting at Bluefields was expected to continue despite U.S. warnings as the British cruiser Sceylla prepared to sail to that port.
Diet tips advise avoiding red meats beer vinegar and spices for rheumatic conditions and recommend light tea and coffee use. It promotes RHEUMO 14 as a quick cure for rheumatism gout sciatica lumbago with the first dose giving relief and complete cure claimed. sold by chemistry storekeepers with prices 25 Bd and 4g 8g.
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