Campaign notes from various cities amid election talk
News snippets from Tathaph Grey Mouth Timaru Dunedin Gore and other places report candidates launching campaigns. R. O. N. Smith vows independence on key issues while avoiding party lines. James Kerr plans Grey seat bid. George Keller joins Timaru Labour League. Moonre set to speak in Dunedin against J A Millar. Martin opens campaign for Wakatipu with thanks. Election date speculation hints at November.
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Greymouth
James Kerr
Grey Education Board
Grey
Timaru
Political Labour League
George Keller
Carpenter
League
Dunedin
Moonre
Alhambra
Cabinet vacancy urged by electors in Manawatu
October 12 report from The Manawatu Daily Times describes a Ton Ton meeting of electors addressed by Mr Frankland. A resolution, moved by Mr Hennessy of the Chamber of Commerce, urged the Cabinet vacancy should be filled. A. W. Hogg MP for Masterton was highlighted as a notable participant.
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Palmerston North
Time-Expired Crews Sail From Sydney
The Gibraltar sails for Plymouth with time-expired crews from warships. The Aeon’s cargo underwriters in Sydney take no action on salvage, leaving the matter to the London Underwriters Association.
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Sydney
Gibraltar
Plymouth
London Underwriters’ Association
Cabinet seeks liberal area for capital site in Yass district
Sydney notes the Cabinet resolves to treat the Federal Government liberally on the area required for the capital site in the Yass district and to grant Federal territory access to Jervois Bay, with the decision dated October 12.
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Sydney
Yass
Jervois* Bay
Obituary of Sir Henry Drummond Wolff
London reports the death of Sir Henry Drummond Wolff aged seventy eight. He joined the Foreign Office in 1846 and held posts from Florence to Tehran. A long parliamentary career included Christchurch and Portsmouth benches and a Fourth Party association. He served as ambassador to Madrid and published his Reminiscences last year.
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London
Henry Drummond Wolff
H. Drummond Wolff
Foreign Office
Mlorence
Ionian Isles
Christchurch
Britain
Roumelia
Portsmouth
House
Public School Masters and Miners Reported
The document notes average salaries for public school head masters and adult male assistants in the dominion, with head masters at £948 including house allowance and assistants at £180. It also reports South Island coal output of 232 000 tons for six months to June, with Kaitangata and Nightcaps as principal mines, and mentions a recovered skeleton later identified as Mr De Hardville, a schoolmaster missing for fourteen years. Additional items describe a Liverpool raid on unregistered moneylenders, a farmer scene of a girl driving four horses, the death of George Bowering, a New Zealander in Canada reporting harsh conditions and a large Canadian railway strike impacting industry.
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Dominion
South Island
West Coast
Kaitangata
Bretenil
Paris
de Hardville
United States
Canada
Auckland
New Zealand
Toronto
Canadian, Pacific Railway
Anglican bishops issue encyclical on marriage law at Lambeth
The Lambeth Conference bishops publish a 10 000 word encyclical urging defense of the family and marriage sanctity. They condemn easy divorce moves and urge women to influence reform. The vote on blessings for divorced partners narrowly passes. The document also calls for Christian education beyond secular schooling and outlines moral investing standards. It warns against mixed marriages with Catholics under modern canon law.
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London
New Zealand Herald
Queen to Publish Charity Photobook in Gala
A rush in London for a book to be published by the Queen at Christmas. It features photographs taken by her camera and proceeds from the gala will go to charity. The report also critiques a London news gatherer for echoing Carlyle on the British public.
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London
Carlyle
Gore High School Board Elects Chairman and Plans Building
The Gore High School Board of Governors met this afternoon. Rev. Mr Martin was elected chairman and Mr John MacGibbon named honorary secretary and treasurer. Plans for a new building costing about £4000 were submitted by the Southland Education Board's architect and discussed.
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Gore
Gore High School Board of Governors
Martin
John Macgibbon
Southland Education
Stormy Voyage Brings Helga to Wellington
The barquentine Helga 1311 tons arrived in Wellington after leaving Newcastle on September 30. A heavy sea struck at 4 am September 22, tearing fore mast topgallant royals and other spars. Two days later mizzen boom carried away and an ordinary seaman named O Grady, 21, was injured, possibly permanently. The ship remains under charter to Mr Redpath of Christchurch.
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Wellington
Helga
Newcastle
O'Grady
Cor Pessatine Preserves Linoleum Without Injury
A short note states that Cor Pessatine does not injure linoleum but preserves it, suggesting a protective or conditioning property for flooring materials.
Sutton's Golden Tankard Awarded Highland Gold Medal
Sutton receives the Highland Society gold medal following official analysis of the Golden Tankard. The award honors craftsmanship and national recognition in metalwork.
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Gow Sutton
Highland Society
National’ Mortgage
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