Rakaia Meeting Plans Subcommittees and Weather Deluge
County centre report notes a farewell gathering planned for Monday with a sub-committee to arrange the program. Subscriptions for the new year begin July 1, with about £66 in hand. In church matters Rev Aitken declares charge vacant and a stipend of £275 proposed. a selection committee is named. Heavy rain follows a week of fire weather, 88 and 94 points falling by Monday 9am and Monday night, described as the wettest winter in years.
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Rakaia
B. McNamara
St. Andrew's Church
Aitken
Messrs
Oakley
Wales
C. Evison
J. Wilson
Toss
G. B. Edwards
M. Macale
McCormick
J. Doig
J. Lambie
J. McPhail
W. J. Lilly
BR. Cray
W. Read
BD. B. Carruthers
C. H. Oakley
W. Boag
BP. Doig
J. Lemon
Miss Bruce
Roakaia
Methven
Road Board
Peng
Town Mayor’s Quick Sale Earns Loyal Welcome
A private citizen mayor in a Tasmanian town juggled a busy railway platform to deliver Hobart papers to travelers from Launceston and greet Sir Gerald with a fervent, syncopated message of loyalty as the Governor’s train halted.
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Sergent Eatet
Sir Garalg
Sydney
Tasmania
Launceston
Hobart
Bill
Gerald
Gorief
Farmers Move To Combat The American Meat Trust
At the Farmers Union Conference at Auck and, remit from Ngaruawahia branch urges government action to curb the American Meat Trust in New Zealand. Speakers warn of the trust’s growing control of shipping and processing, and propose a farmer funded export levy to buy ships.
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American Meat Trust
F Farmers’ Union
Auckland
Ngaruawahia
American Meat ‘Trust
New Zealand
J. Carswell
American ‘Meat ‘Trust
Farmers’ Unions
W. Seavill
Waingaro
Colbéck
Massey
Boddie
Taniwha
Dominion
Old Country
Returned Soldiers Conference Deliberates Health Care and Memorials
At the Dunedin Returned Soldiers Conference on May 28 the group urged free dental treatment up to discharge including anaesthetic costs. They discussed mental cases, housing funeral rights, and urged government aid for military funerals and separate cemetery memorial areas, plus field promotions and training roles for returned personnel.
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Dunedin
New Zealand
Imperial League of Australia
Baxter's Lung Preserver Promises Quick Cough Relief
Health note urges use of Baxter's Lung Preserver to ward off colds and coughs. It claims quick relief at first signs and touts 50 years of public popularity with widespread sale by chemists and stores.
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Curtis
Baxter
German Woman Doctor Interred on Somes Island in War
A rumour proved true as Dr. von Danneville of Lahmann Health Home Miramar was escorted by two detectives and placed on Somes Island for the war. She is interned as an alien enemy, noted for her eccentric male attire in Wellington streets.
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Wellington
Pr. von -Danneville
Domestic Duties Highlight in Masterton Court Remark
A court witness notes a wife with five children aged up to six performs all farm tasks without help. The magistrate comments on the situation calling the wife a handful, remarking on her duties and resilience in the home.
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Masterton Court
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