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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 28, 1910
Page
3
London dispatch reports the French submarine Pluviose surfacing after a dive with nine feet of bow above water. A rescue launch found the vessel badly holed aft and full of water. divers failed to get a reply from the crew. Indications point to a naptha reservoir burst and immediate loss of life.
London reports King George expressed condolences to President Fallieres over the Pichess submarine disaster. Paris details note Pluviose crew struggles to surface after attempts to right the vessel fail. Divers face strong currents and insufficient tugs as Cherbourg tugs are awaited.
Genoa worker Moretti, consuming jealousy over an alleged affair, shot the husband and wife at dinner, then returned home and killed his wife while she slept before taking his own life. The case involves a suspected adulterous intrigue and a fatal sequence in multiple locations.
Perth missionary Mr Sanders reports from inland China on March 21 that a bright comet sparked public unrest and superstitions. He warns that foreigners bear the first blame in trouble, while officials Yuanshikai and Tuan-fang have been dismissed and further upheavals loom.
Hon C. Rolls attempted a Dover to Calais flight at 5 40 in front of thousands of spectators but motor misfiring caused a controlled descent at Dover. The aeroplane was damaged and several onlookers narrowly escaped harm.
The Chicago wheat market fell sharply as May contracts settled. May options dropped 54 cents while September fell 43 cents on 5,000,000 bushels unloaded by holders. Mr Patten emerged as a heavy seller of September wheat.
Lancashire posted 658 for six against Somerset with Hartley 934 and Tyldesley 158 while Yorkshire made 878 for five against Derbyshire with Rothery 494 and Denton 182. Tarrant scored 140 not out against Sussex.
Thames reports Horace P Huddlestone former Auckland Stock Exchange secretary aged about forty committed suicide in Tirau after failing fortunes. He left a wife and one child. Wellington notes John Russell dies from accidental gunshot during a Jakara shooting incident when a slip by his brother in law Moron discharged a weapon. Christchurch records inquest into Edward Eseerman of Courtland South Russia who died of heart disease.
Adelaide May 28 The Government has decided to observe the King's birthday as a public holiday.
A respectable Bay of Plenty woman visiting Auckland was violently thrown to the ground near the Supreme Court grounds. She escaped with bruises and torn clothes after a struggle. A young man, named Alexander McMaster, about 24, was arrested. Passersby aided the woman and a constable was summoned.
Mr H Stephenson reports a modest turnout with a well assorted entry. Prices span poultry hens 1s 6d to 2s roosters 2s 2d to 2s 6d. other stock and implements with cow prices from £3 0s to £6 0d. Potatoes 6d to 8s 3d per sack. wheat 9s 5d. barley 8s 9d. fruit apples 3d to 6s per case. mutton 2d. beef 2d to 24d per lb.
The Farmers Co operative Association held its weekly sale with strong attendance. Entries of fowl pigs and cattle sold well with hen prices from 1s 3d to 2s 9d per pair and other poultry as listed. Cattle saw a cow in profit at £3, and produce including potatoes wheat barley onions and fruit with varied prices per unit.
Hassan Hassan headlines a vaudeville show with Miss Anderson and Chas Reeves among supporting acts. The program includes 5000 feet of Vicoscope moving pictures and an eye lifting stone feat. Box plan at H M Jones’s. rides priced from 1s to 8s. Performances run May 31 with further notices.
A late night assault described by a 2 married woman who said a powerful man pushed her, knocked her down, and resisted for about twenty minutes before identifying the assailant. McMaster appeared in court charged with assault and intent to commit rape and was remanded.
An assortment of produce sold with prices listed: Potatoes 1s to 8s per sack, wheat seconda 9s per sack, carrots 2s, onions 6s per cwt in small lots, apples lid to 24d per lb, pears lid to 2d per lb. Meat saw lamb 8d, mutton 2d per lb. A large quantity of furniture also sold at satisfactory prices.
The Farmers' Co operative Association offered Mr W Power's Springfield property Lot 11 on subdivision plan containing 235 acres. The setup includes a five room dwelling with wash-house coalhouse and dairy water laid on loose, box, trapshed and chaffhouse. Cultivation lists 200 acres skim ploughed ready for wheat and 320 acres in Algerian nuts and grass. Ditching started at 14 and at £15 lis passed unsold.
Robert Corkill a bailiff was found guilty of manslaughter in the Christopher Smith case. The Chick Justice recommended mercy due to Corkill’s weak health and sentenced him to six months imprisonment without hard labour. He urged restraint from those in the guns trade.
A deputation from several Friendly Societies met Hon J A Millar in Dunedin on May 28 asking for reinstatement of Clauses 15 and 16 from last session’s Bill. Millar approved and will raise the matter with the Minister of Finance.
Accessions of Bands and corps will begin at 10 a.m. from the Traffic Bridge to the Domain. At the Domain a patriotic demonstration with short speeches by Rev. R. B. Davies and W. Nosworthy will follow. A military display runs noon to 12.30, children’s sports start 1:30, with ambulance and fire brigade displays in the afternoon. Luncheon 1s, afternoon tea 6d.
Rev J H Rogers will present illustrated lantern slides on Christianity at the time of the Saxons and Danes. The lecture is on June 14 at 7 30 p.m. Admission is free.
A deputation of workers organizations urged the state to establish creches in main centres. Mr Millar replied sympathetically but warned that funding is the issue, saying mothers would object to higher taxes. He favored extending the kindergarten system to allow mothers to leave children with trusted caregivers while they work.
The NZ Gun Club Championship at Wanganui was won by a sixteen-year-old son of Mr Duncan Fraser of Hororate Canterbury. He scored 20 out of 21 kills amid a field of top Dominion shooters.
The Premier and party left Greymouth by special train and coach to Cass to board a special carriage and engine for Broken River to reach Lyttelton in time to catch the Moors tonight. It is the second Cass Broken River train, the first run after the Bealey tunnel incident. He paid tribute to the late Joseph Petrie for long service to Greymouth during a memorial unveiling yesterday.
At the Christchurch sheep dog trials on May 27 Mr B G Waters of Barewood Otago won the first prize of £25 champion gold medal and challenge cup in the heading bringing back holding in the ring and yarding class. H T Littles Doon placed second Van third Rob fourth and Lady fifth led the rest.
The Supreme Court granted probate for the late Dr Hockens will in Dunedin on May 27. Executors are bound to sell trust assets with widow’s life interest and to apply sale proceeds as if not sold. Bequests include 100 guineas to the cook and Miss Hocken taking the residue. The testator notes a hoped annual librarian salary for the Hocken Collection. Estate valued under £26,000.
In Palmerston North yesterday the top three scores in the Coronation Medal contest were Mrs L. A. Abraham, Miss Sybil Avraham both 93 and Miss Wray 24. The report ends with an influenza remedy advertisement for Woods Great to Cure which is presented as a cure not failing.
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