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Newspaper

Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

May 30, 1917

Page

8

Loan offers from five pounds upwards on approval

A brief notice states ready availability of loans from five pounds upward on approval, indicating secured terms and eligibility criteria may apply.

Bank of New South Wales reports half year profit and dividend

Sydney reports the Bank of New South Wales earning a half year profit of £279,050. A dividend of 10 percent has been declared based on the period.

Bank of New South Wales Sydney

High Commissioner's Cabled Market Report May 26 London

Wellington dispatch summarizes London dated market report with notes on meat butter cheese and grains. Prices for New Zealand and Argentine meats butter and cheese listed amid limited frozen meat and imports expectations. Overall markets described as active for meat and steady for wheat and oats with some muttered word losses.

Wellington High Commissioner London Perth New Zealand United States Manitoba Northern

Dunedin Winter Show Opens Amid Flood Delays

The Dunedin Winter Show opened today but floods in the south hindered several exhibits from reaching Dunedin. Hon. W. Fraser noted a satisfactory Imperial Government arrangement on frozen mutton and cheese and said it would restore bankers confidence. He also denied Press claims on Australian wheat purchases and said Mr MacDonald would provide details.

Dunedin W. Fraser Australia Fraser MacDonald

Shortage of engineers at Union Steam Ship Company

Wellington May 23 Third Military Service Board heard that Union Steam Ship Company faces a deficit of 31 engineers toward a total need of 350. Ballot operations risk worsening the gap as the firm struggled to hire and workers hesitated to sacrifice permanent shore appointments for temporary sea deployment.

Wellington Third Military Service Board Kennedy Union Steam Ship Company

Patriotic Society Plans Eight Week Silver Bullet Campaign

The Patriotic Society's executive approves a new fundraising drive called the Silver Bullet Campaign to raise a large war relief sum. It also proposes purchasing John Duthie's Lower Hull property as a home for returned soldiers with war related mental disorders if the Government assumes control and relieves the society of ongoing maintenance liability.

Wellington The Patriotic Society Lower Hull John Duthie

Separation allowances for widowed mothers and children

Wellington May 30 New Zealand Expeditionary Force widowed mothers may receive a proportionate relaxation of the minimum allotment of deferred pay when unable to provide full amount The mother's income from other sources must not exceed 7s a week Children of soldiers suffering mental or physical infirmity may receive benefits until age 21 as of March 12 last The article ends with an unrelated medical advertisement for Nazol inhaler and nasal relief

Wellington New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Noting Prohibition Gains and Six OClock Closing Benefits

A summary of international and domestic evidence praising six o clock closing and Prohibition. Claims include reduced drunkenness convictions in England by forty percent and Australia reporting substantial decreases in liquor spending, with war workers benefiting from higher pay and improved morale. Russia’s wartime prosperity cited as support for restriction.

England United Kingdom

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