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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 27, 1907
Page
4
The Minister of Lands criticizes State farms for being scattered across the North Island and not true experimental stations. He notes agriculture in the South Island is more advanced, defends the past purpose, and proposes a separate balance sheet for admin costs while seeking modern experimental setups, with no intention to establish southern farms.
Remarkable rumors from 1903 claim General Sir Hector Macdonald may have faked or survived his Paris death. Eyewitness statements from NanKing and Shanghai, plus a Tasmanian officer’s flight to see the body, fuel belief he is alive in China, though no inquest was held and many still doubt the tale.
A minister sermons on muddy politics as the rock of EF split while a lawyer defends a client who faced perjury charges. A Hindu journalist notes intensifying crisis and trembling leaders as an old woman thanks friends in vivid, original speech.
Major Powell-Cotton documents a pigmy tribe with its own religion. Altar rites occur in forest recesses with offerings of sweet potatoes mealies and meat to the god of their new camps. Dances are performed to native songs and tom tom, with men and women dancing separately in a dusk moonlit ritual.
General Booth’s remark about tainted money sparks a boycott of the Rockefeller education fund. Thomas W Phillips, a former congressman and oilman, leads opponents who warn colleges and churches against accepting Rockefeller money and threaten resignations if funds are accepted. The dispute centers on whether Standard Oil wealth corrupts philanthropy and whether donors should be shunned regardless of aid.
Major Baden-Powell told Royal Meteorological Society members that progress in upper air exploration hinges on inventors and prognosticators. He cited kites and balloons lifting instruments to four miles and sixteen miles, and noted early airships lasting minutes aloft.
The June issue includes criticisms on The Air Battleship of the Future and features on The Goldfelds of the West. Mr James Smithy urges bee education at the Education Board with 331 bee expert reps to teach Saturday classes. Settlers plan New Zealand land visits, large tree planting expands to 1500 acres with 1,271,000 trees and a 9,150,000-plant nursery, mostly by prison labour. New Kaiapoi Press and Jacket Twead promoted by Craighead and Bercyman attract attention for stylish dressmaking and fittings.
A clarification states that Coal Brookdale aims for Westport, but Westport is not Coal Brookdale. The note emphasizes the difference between the two entities and their distinct goals or identities.
Reports from the thirteenth Scottish National Christian Endeavour Convention in Edinburgh. Speakers flag a drift from home life among youths and urge stronger focus on home making. They critique philanthropy as hollow without practical Christian action and condemn pink pieties in church circles.
Advices from Canton report authorities have intensified efforts to suppress the two year old boycott of American goods. The Viceroy of Canton has seized funds raised for the campaign and threatens severe punishment for those supporting it. Despite measures the boycott remains active in parts of the province, delaying America’s trade recovery with China for years.
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