Argonaut Founders After Collision in Channel
The tourist steam yacht Argonaut foundered after a fog collision with the Kingswell in the Channel en route to the Mediterranean. All 113 passengers and 118 crew were saved, including fifty ladies. Passengers were transferred to boats and vessels, and Dover received the rescued. A French lady lost jewels valued about £5000.
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Per Press Association
London
Argonaut
Mediterranean
Carlier Kingswell
Kingswell
Dover
Violent gale and petrol explosion hit Australian coast
A violent gale with heavy rain lashed the coast. A groom named Gillett exploded petrol while cleaning a room injuring Christie, who died later. Gillett in a precarious condition. Also reports Huddart Parker appeal in two weeks and other notices from Sydney and Melbourne.
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Sydney
Melbourne
Gillett
Christie
High Court
Australian Defence Bill Calls All Men 12 to 26 for National Guard
Melbourne reports Defence Minister Ewing introducing the Defence Bill. It orders compulsory military training for all Australian male citizens aged twelve to twenty six, forming the National Guard with cadets aged twelve to eighteen and a defence force age eighteen to twenty six. The governor general may summon reserves up to age sixty. Monthly eighteen-day training, penalties for employers and noncompliant citizens, and a three year plan to wind down the militia. Debates noted with pay questions and naval proposals reception.
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Melbourne
Ewing
Australia
National Guard
Deakin
Admiralty
Commonwealth
Federal
Labour Party
London
Evening Standard
Britain
Pall Mall Gazette
Elder settler James Nairn found dead on farm
In Feilding on September 30, the eighty year old James Nairn was found dead on his farm after failing to return from work. Police treat as senile decay in a natural death. he lived alone and was long settled in the district.
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Feilding
James Nairn
Death of a 1905 Black footballer in Christchurch
Deans one of two members of the first AN Blacks team to visit England in 1905 dies in Christchurch from appendicitis.
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Christchurch
Deans
England
Richter and Hughes Sentenced in Wellington Court
At the Supreme Court in Wellington on October 1 a German named William Richter was sentenced to four months imprisonment for breaking and entering. Edward Thomas Hughes alias Saule was sentenced to four months imprisonment for forgery and uttering.
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Gibraltar
Sydney
Miliad
Wellington
Supreme Court
Wiliam Richter
Edward Thomas Hughes
Saule
Obituary for Ars John Lemon of North Otago dies at 77
Ars John Lemon, aged seventy seven, a longtime North Otago resident, died in Oamaru in October. She came to Otago in 1854 aboard the barque Dolphin and was the widow of architect John Lemon and sister of the late Lieutenant Colonel Sumpter.
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Oamaru
Ars John Lemon
North Otago
Otag
John Lemon
Sumpter
Otira Robbery Case Ends In Jury Acquittal
In Otira the Crown evidence closed and the defense sought a ruling on a jury trial. The judge deemed the case weak but let the jurors decide if they wished to hear the defence. The jury acquitted the accused without hearing the defence and the prisoners were discharged.
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Otira
Ashburton Bowling Club Opens Season in Domain
The Ashburton Bowling Club opened its season at the Domain with about twenty five members present despite poor weather. President Peter Stewart announced a healthy financial position and rising membership as the season began on a temporary green awaiting six weeks for the proper green to be ready. A scratch match followed a first ball by Mrs Stewart, with Misses Stewart providing refreshments.
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Ashburton Bowling Club
Peter Stewart
Stewart
Captain Mating Arrives in Ashburton to Meet Farmers
Captain Edwin telegraphs a weather warning and announces that Mr F P Mating, organiser for the Farmers Union, has arrived in Ashburton with the local branch. He will stay one month in Ashburton county visiting farmers, attending stock sales, and meeting interested parties at sales and other events.
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FP. Mating
Farmers’ Union
Ashburton
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