Local notices and society items from Ashburton district
Weskay Stoox Mareer The stock market at Tinwald yards tomorrow forecast by Wearnusa. Captain Edwin notes strong winds and rain possible. Rabburton Borough estimates published in war advertising column. Grey duck sanctuary in Domain with rifles silent during day. Magistrates' Court hears drunkenness charge. remanded for medical treatment. Wakanui River Board and Cinwald Domain Board fail to form quorums. St Stephen's Church bazaar concludes with large attendance and debt clearance announced. Poultry purchase from England reported as valuable Ancona casketella imported to Coldstream. Dunedin Labour League condemns press intolerance. asks branches to join resolutions. Fire Brigade tale of a boy alarm and dramatic mishap ends with five shillings reward. Dramatic scene at Oddfellows Hall raised curtain on a collapsing partition. Rector Wilson challenges Dr King on Seacliff asylum dux claim with scientific approach urged. Farmers Union note about a man trapped in a tree asks for local paper subscription. Auction in Arcade features a spirited mare bucking, ending with private sale option and bronchial cure inquiry.
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Magistrates’ Court
KH. Alcorn
Ashburton Forks
Wakanui
Mise Ruby Makeig
Christchurch
V Snodgraas
Canterbury Flour Milla
E Whitehouse
Sufortna
VaLuasLy Povtry
John Stndholme
Coldstream
Rance
United Kingdom
Crystal Palace
New Zealand
Lasour
Engineer Dolman
Fire Brigade
Allenton
Hullo
Nonny
Oddfellows’ Hall
Tra Eves
Cray
A. Wilson
Dunadin
Sciense
Hse Saven Hrs
Shaw
Unon Social
Egmont Star
Goldman
Burnett Street
For Sale One Acre Home With Dwelling House
Property listing states one acre with a dwelling house sold by owner Mr Bennett who plans to move to a new farm. Price set at 2300 to secure a quick sale. Apply to arrange viewing or offer.
BEY FERGUSON OFFERS PRIVATE NURSERY SALE
Nurseryman R Y Ferguson of Allenton Ashburton advertises a private sale of 5 acres first class nursery land with extensive stock and a 7 room dwelling plus 10 acres with a 2 room cottage and stables. Also 74 acres near Allenton School ready for cropping, with building sites, offered as a going concern or without nursery stock.
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James Porter
Allenton
Ashburton
Wanganuland
Allenton School
Land and Estate Agent Seeks Livestock Proposals
4 Dintries Agent for Ardburton County invites proposals of live stock with large limit. For fall particulars and premium contact R Ferguson, Land and Estate Agent.
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Ardburton
Ashburton Mail Delays From UK Schedules Revised
The text mail from the United Kingdom via San Francisco will not leave Ashburton until July 3. The first mail from the United Kingdom via San Francisco failed in Ashburton on June 21.
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United Kingdom
San Francisco
Ashburton
Canterbury Breeders Auction Sells Strong in South Canterbury Sale
The Canterbury Farmers Cooperative and National Mortgage Agency report a well attended sale at Kingsdown with North Canterbury Otago and South Canterbury breeders present. Stud sheep flock and cattle lots sold strongly with prices listed for Border Leicesters fat lambs wethers cull lambs and draught horses amid keen competition.
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Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Limited
National Mortgegze and Agency Company, Limited
Simon Mackenzie
Kingsdown
Enyera
North Canterbury
Otago
South Canterbury
Border Leicesters
Wong
Ligne
Ifens
Lena
Lyn
Border Leicester
Ligns
Lyons
Leicester
Gyre
Bell
Gyra
Dyra
Mara
Craigie Baie
Farmers Union Conference Hears Reform and Education Calls
The Ashburton Guardian reports that the Provincial Farmers Union meetings in Christ Church discussed bone import sterilisation, a ban until sterilising works are built, and urged government action. Debates on Opposition leader salaries and preferential trade were nonpartisan. The president highlighted agricultural education for country schools and branch lectures to inform farmers, urging stronger support for the Union’s activities and financing.
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Farmers’ Union
Christchurch
Ashburton
New Zealand
Agricultural Department
Gilruth
Itiato Ba
Il Ba
Dtg
Insurance District Agent Seeks Various Policies Listed
Yorkshire Insurance Co. district agent Tam prepared to write insurances at lowest rates. The notice lists live stock, five fall classes of fire risk, accident and sickness personal risks, employers liability, mortgage indemnity. H. Ferguson, Londend Estate Agent.
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Tam
H. ¥. Ferguson
Subdivided 1475 Acre Farm for Sale Near Geraldine
Large agricultural property with 1475 acres, subdivided and watered, includes dwelling, stables, woolshed, implement sheds, cow sheds, buggy shed, figgeries, sheep dip and yards. Owner retired. sale to wind up estate. Full particulars and terms from Ferguson, Land and Estate Agent. Inspect list of properties. personal supervision offered. terms arranged if required.
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Geraldine
Orar
The Cause of Rheumatism Exposed to Cold and Damp
An advice item explains cold and damp as the chief trigger for rheumatism and uric acid buildup. It claims a remedy neutralizes the acid and relieves pain quickly. bottles cost 206d and 406d and are sold by chemists or grocers.
Grief Stricken Watchmaker Sells Reliable Timepieces
Hows in grief Mr LS McClurg a watchmaker advertises reliable watches at cheap prices. An annual social of Tinwald Prashytarian Sabbath School is announced for Jung 7th. Obscure notices mention electoral rolls objections at Ashbucton Court on the 8th and a tragic assault trial in Masterton where William Marigold is to stand trial for an unprovoked attack on Lee Beng. A fish hatchery report notes cancerous growths among trout and a large £6000 discovery in a Pittsburgh house reveal of archived discrepancies ending in suicide.
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LS McClurg
Tha Anoual Social
Tinwald
Jung
Messra Ceaigheld
Percyman
Beliat Court Co
Ashbucton
Palverston North Court
William Marigold
Lee Beng
Traud
Masterton
New Zealand Times
J A Gil‘ruth
Pittsburg
JH Nolan
Iicide
Tinwald Town Board Logs Routine Monthly Meeting
The Tinwald Town Board held its usual monthly meeting on Friday evening with chairman C Doherty and members JA Clothier and J Hampton. Correspondence discussed included Meg W Purnell on water race maintenance, a property sale affecting the Valuation Roll, Christchurch Domain Board grant request declined, and the Works Committee authorised to source shingle for South Road and improve Wilkin Street along with minor works. Accounts totaling £15 6s were approved.
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Tinwald Town Board
Messra C. Doherty
JA Clothier
J Hampton
Meg W Purnell
T Bullock
John Fergie
J D Haar
Pecom
Christchurch Domain Board
Christchurch
South Road
Wilkin Street
Golf Champion Crowned Amateur Winner James Robb
United Press dispatch reports in Lonpox that James Robb won the amateur golf championship. Other briefs note Berlin voting on salaries for the Secretary for the German Colonies and a May 27 Postal Congress closure. A May 27 Bolivia railway contract by the Spayar Company and bankers is listed, with Princess Ena's Madrid progress and the Prince and Princess of Wales heading to Madrid.
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Lonpox
James Robb
Berlin
Spayar Company of Bankers
Bolivia
Maprio
Ena
Spain
Madrid
Prince and Princesa of Wales
Fate of the Coimbatore Barque Reported Missing
London May 26 The barque Coimbatore is posted as missing after leaving Newcastle New South Wales in November bound for Algoa Bay South Africa with coal A Zanita later reported colliding with the Coimbatore on December 28 off Cape and Lewin a crew member aboard the Zanita said the Coimbatore was sinking This was the last heard of the barque
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London
Newcastle
New South Wales
Algoa Bay
South Africa
Adelaide
Cape
Lewin
Appellate Court Frees W Perkins in Larceny Case
The Appellate division of the Supreme Court of America unanimously discharged W Perkins on four charges of larceny connected to the New York Life policy, ruling there was no criminal intent. The case now goes to the Court of Appeal.
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New York
Appallate Division
Supreme Court of America
W Perkins
New York Life
Court of Appeal
Rolleston Memorial Statue Unveiled in Christchurch
The unveiling of the William Rolleston statue honors the late Canterbury leader. Speaker C. C. Bowen presided while Sir John Hall praised Rolleston’s public service in education justice and colonial governance. The white marble statue stands eight feet high on a ten foot pedestal near the museum facing Worcester Street.
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United Press Association
Christenuren
William Rollesten
C. C. Bowen
Legislative Council
Canterbury
John Dail
Christchurch
Rolleston
John Hell
Whch
Assoria
Wall
Belleston
John Taft
New Zealand
London
William’ Rolleston
Worcester Street
Christchurch Cathedral
Canterbury College
Christ’s College
John Hall Sn
Closa
Swiss Socialists Lose National Council Elections
In Geneva on May 26, socialists suffered defeats across National Council as well as cantonal and communal polls, attributed to their anti military campaign. The results reflect a broader rejection of their platform in elections.
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Geneva
Switzerland
National Council Alastiona
Australians form tin syndicate in Malay Peninsula mining
Penang correspondent reports influential Australians have formed a syndicate with a capital of £10,000 to exploit tin deposits in the Malay Peninsula. It is considered probable that cheat level mining will be adopted.
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London
Renter
Penang
Malay Peninsula
Queensland protests Commonwealth grading rules on exports
The Queensland Minister for Agriculture denounces the new Commonwealth grading regulations citing state rights. He claims Queensland will seek exemption or modification to align with local needs, arguing butter exports must be graded and meats stamped locally. He questions the Commons officer role in grading Queensland products.
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Brisgane
Queensland
Coon
Ibis
Ske
Fall of Elijah Dowie Divides Zion City Followers
At a Zion Hall meeting in Melbourne Dowieites voted to renounce John Alexander Dowie of Zion City. The motion condemned him for ten commandments violations, hypocrisy, embezzlement, misrepresentation, tyranny, and blasphemous claims to divine authority, with plans to seek Australasian investors’ dues. The uproar halted by choir singing doxology.
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United Press Association
Eleatric Telegraph
Womenthare
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church of Zion
Melbourne
McCullagh
Australasia
Zion City
Deacon Smith
Dowie
New Zealand International Exhibition Opens With Bowling Tourney
Christchurch will host a large number of bowlers for the Championship Bowling Tournament during the exhibition. A major Christchurch firm seeks space to exhibit London sourced produce in competition with local New Zealand goods. Forty two Canadian firms have secured exhibition space for the event.
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Curratcathern
Christchurch
London
New Zealand
Seddon Arrives in Adelaide for Australian Visit
United Press reports Premier and Adelaide officials welcomed Mr Seddon at Port Adelaide. Lieutenant Governor conveyed the Governor's regards and apology for absence. A full entertainment program was prepared for the visiting party as Seddon joked about Australian hospitality.
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Apreatoa
Adelaide
Mc Seddon
Port Adelaide
Seddon
Merit Rewarded by Court of Justice in Melbourne Case
Sander and Sons win in Supreme Court Victoria against a eucalypts distillery for passing off. Judge orders punishment and costs, confirming genuine Sander and Sons Eucalypts Extract as superior and prohibiting imitation features. Public notice urges protest and trust in authentic products.
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Sander and Sons
Supreme Court
Melbourne
J Madden, Kcmg
C. Messrs
Sander Ald Sons
Supreme Court of Victoria
Mecton
Zealandia
Tancred Street
Mollor's
Sugar Importation Policy Considered by Attorney General
Queensland sugar may enter New Zealand free after discussion. Attorney General Blait reports to May 25 visit to Sydney. State official Lat er Seddon informed him of the possibility during the review of import duties and trade policy.
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Brierans
Blait
Sydney
Seddon
Queensland
New Zealand
Mine roof collapse blamed for subsidence at Shepherds Hill
A parliamentary inquiry committee on subsidence at Shepherds Hill Newcastle notes the roof fall in Seapit mine as the probable cause. They do not fix a definite cause and expect no further serious developments.
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United Press Association
Electric Telegraph
Shnover
Departmenter
Shepherd's Hill
Newcastle
Seapit
Bambaata’s impi advances toward Swaziland in game
South Africa reports Bambaata’s impi moving toward Swaziland as M'telia's kraais are destroyed, marking a shift in regional tensions. The dispatch cites United Press Association correspondence dated May 26.
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United Prees Association
Fletrio Telazranr
Preren Manirzeurg
Bambaata
Impi
Swaziland
M'telia
Cape Parliament opens with customs accord study
Sir Walter Hely Hutchinson opens the Cape Parliament noting mutual trust as a framework for a Customs Convention. The Transvaal and Orange River Colony accept an extra £150,000 yearly through customs to fund coast colonies, with concurrent railway rate hikes on British goods. The convention amends the bill read for the first time to curb meat trade monopoly.
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Capetown
Walter Hely Hutchinson
Cape
Transvaal
Orange River
Native Labourers for the Rand Reported at Delagoa Bay
Agents in the Rand have engaged hundreds of natives at Delagoa Bay at high wages. May 27 May 28 9 37 a.m. Caretown reports the arrival and assignment of native laborers under wage agreements for Rand projects.
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Caretown
Rand
Hundrade
Delagoa Bay
Anarchist Band Attacks Warsaw Savings Bank
An anarchist group assaults the Indus trial Savings Bank in Warsaw. The cashier fires a revolver as the assailants respond, killing two customers and wounding five clerks. One attacker is later reported wounded and the band escapes.
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United Press Association
Elestric Telegraph—Copyright, Sa
Perzsesere
Warsaw
Duma Pushes for Immediate Ministry Resignation
The Duma with seven dissidents demanded the immediate resignation of the Ministry and its replacement by a Cabinet trusted by the Assembly. The vote followed the Ministers reply to the Duma Address in which the Czar refused amnesty and warned against exceeding its powers. The reply sparked a stormy debate and was described as an open defiance of the nation.
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Sr Perenssure
Duma
Count Witte
Massacre Plot Dominates Duma Meeting
Stormy session as secret military officer recruitment continues for a planned massacre of Jews and intellectuals. Odessa, Kiev, and Minsk see active preparations while police back the movement. Goremykin’s ministerial declaration is read. opposition cheers amid rising tension in St. Petersburg. Duma debates Habeas Corpus Act and seeks delay of eight Bahia Province executions.
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Bahia
Colonial Marriages Bill Advances in House of Lords
The Colonial Marriages Bill has passed through committees in the House of Lords, signaling a step forward in governing colonial nuptial law. The United Press Association reports from Loxpon dated May 26 Copyright Loxpon.
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United Preas Association
Perleatria Telegraph
House of Lords
Ireland Sunday liquor sale ban advances in Commons
London May 26 Mr Sloan's Bill prohibiting sale of intoxicating liquors in Ireland on Sunday passed second reading by 244 to 50 and referred to the Standing Committee on Tracts.
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London
Sloan
Ireland
Sir Edward Clarke's Position Questioned by City Association
The City Conservative Association adopted a resolution condemning Sir Edward Clarke for the divergence between his pre election speeches and his parliamentary tariff reform stance and says he has forfeited the electors' confidence.
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Lendon
City Conservative Association
Edward Clarke
Weighty Disarmament Debate Stirs Lords and Labour
In London on May 27 Lord Lansdowne delivers a weighty speech urging caution on general disarmament and opposing binding treaties. Lord Ripon says the Government will not weaken the Empire and will seize a favorable moment to discuss disarmament. Mr Burns at the National Liberal Club criticizes Labour’s isolation from nonmanual workers and warns of self-inflicted political disability.
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London
Avebury
House of
Lord Ripon
Lord Lansdowie
Britain
Davy
Burns
National Liberal Club
Royal Commission to Inquire into Miner Health and Mines Act
A representative Royal Commission has been appointed with Baron Monkewell as chairman. It will examine miner health and safety, the administration of the Mines Act, and whether certificates of competency issued in colonies should be accepted in Great Britain.
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Lonpor
Baron Monkewell
Great Britain
Berlin Persia Port Negotiations Brought Into Question
Berlin report cites Le Tempe and Standard as baseless on Persia granting port to Germany. Reuter's Berlin correspondent notes no recent German negotiations with Persia, though talks may be in progress.
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Paris
Berlin
le Tempe
Pacis
Standard
Persia
Germany
Lenpox
Reuter
New Caledonia Cable Faces Delays Amid Fusion
May 26 Briseans report fusion of the New Caledonia cable with delays. A message mirror is used to receive Gueiness signals. Advertisements promote Wood's Peppermint Cure for colds and a tobacco product from Alt Tobacconist, 48.
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New Caledonia
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