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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
4
Desperate price cutting throughout the store drives clearance of up to £3,500 worth of Winter stock in clothing boots and shoes millinery drapery and more. Final clearance prices apply to coats paletots hats footwear and dresses with half price millinery and large selection for men women and children.
In Hokitika on May 29 the five year old daughter of Mr W Godfellow sustained severe burns when her clothes caught fire. She is not expected to survive.
The fatality at the mute River claim near Collingwood involved Liewellyn James. Debris and a shifting race wall trapped him as water surged, with two water nozzles active and no marks of violence found on the body. A Foresters' funeral was held for the deceased.
The Thames Borough Council plans a 2500 pound loan to establish a public abattoir after the Veterinary Department deemed current premises unsuitable. In a related case from the stone throwing incident at Waiotehi, two men face charges of grievous bodily harm and assault. the injured Lovell remains incapacitated with serious injuries.
The May conference in London reviewed five exhibit photos showing New Zealand school life and debated closer curriculum uniformity and uniform statistical presentation. Lord Elgin urged a co ordinating education system from elementary to university. Mr Hogben outlined New Zealand secondary schools while Mr Carter proposed an Imperial Council of Education to aid colonies. The technical section addressed colonial technical education.
At the Premiers Conference in Brisbane on May 29, Myr Kidston argued against devolving honours through the Governor General and warned the Colonial Office favors a single Australian government channel for dealings. He opposed routing all other governments through the Governor General.
The Minister of Lands clarified remarks attributed to him in Christchurch about State farms. He said farms were models for a period and widely used by farmers, but surrounding farms were catching up. He urged advancing to more experimental work to stay ahead, noting more funding would be needed and would be considered by the House.
At Pretoria the Intercolonial Council opened with Lord Selborne noting a worsened financial position. The Budget shows a £180,000 deficit and next year's Estimates forecast a £700,000 cut in revenue and expenditure.
Grey Mouth reports a port export embargo with over 4,000,000 feet of timber idle on skids awaiting shipment. Sawmillers blame the Union Company for insufficient steamers and urge urgent harbour improvements to relieve a growing industry strain. They hold orders for over 2,000,000 feet of white pine destined for Sydney.
Mr Botha replied to a Capetown municipal welcome praising Canada and Australia as examples of unity and saying full discussion on preference awaited Transvaal. The Liberal Association lauded Botha and Laurier for delaying a rash move on preference imperial defence and an Imperial Council.
Decrees nisi were granted today by Justice Button in three cases. Mary Mabe Campbell v Samuel Campbell, Charlotte Matilda O Kelly v John Henry O Kelly, and Kate Ruby Lash v Frederick William Lash were approved as nisi decrees.
Cuthbert Morse, a Gisborne hairdresser, was fined £10 and costs for gambling with a child acting as an infant. The case involved a Post Office official who had been suspended for betting.
The piece argues thoughts and actions reveal the soul on the face and in memory. It contrasts Fra Angelico’s serene holiness with a drunken tramp’s brutalized visage, warning youth to shun evil thoughts. It cites photography as moral witness and invokes divine judgment on secret sins.
From May dist to June dth three mining companies on the Hauraki Peninsula will distribute at least £180,000 in dividends. The Talisman pays £80,000 with £2,000 to colony shareholders, Waihi returns £130,000, and Wai tahi adds £15,000.
The Bishop of Bristol and other church dignitaries began laying the foundations for a new parish hall at Fishponds Bristol by voluntary labour. Facing rising church expansion costs and no funds for the hall the parishioners chose to complete the work themselves with the Bishop starting the dig.
The Overland China Mail notes famine in China worsens with deforestation and price shocks. Emigration rises as relief efforts struggle, while some farmers profit from scarcity, selling timber and firewood as provinces become deserts and floodwaters recede.
An old advertisement touts Woods peppermint cure for coughs and colds priced at 1s 6d and 2e-6ds. It promises reliable relief and lists the remedy as a domestic remedy from a familiar brand. The copy emphasizes the product as a trusted household item.
The article celebrates Lord Lister on his eightieth birthday, recounting his struggle in 1867 to curb wound infection through antiseptic or aseptic methods. It notes Pasteur’s germ theory, Lister’s carbolic acid system, initial opposition, and the dramatic shift in surgery toward safer, deeper operations, with widespread honors and a peerage for Lister.
A testimonial from Mrs James Parker of Hampstead describes relief from backache after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills from Ashburton Drug Co. The ad warns against imitations and urges readers to ask for DOAN'S, noting price and postal order details from Foster, McClellan Co. Sydney.
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