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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement touts a well equipped establishment in Christchurch offering daily dainty cakes from top local bakers. The notice highlights a good table, attentive service, and meals and afternoon teas aimed at satisfying customers.
A letter from Mr B. J. Ager, once of Ashburton, written at Townsville, recalls Cairns district life. He notes population, hotel count, rising land prices, timber costs, and public buildings. He describes climate, housing on stilts, banana and coconut cultivation, mining near Atherton and Herberton, a 6000-ton port, and a forthcoming Torres Strait steamship line.
The Auckland Diocesan Synod debated Rev C A B Watson’s motion favoring no license and urging church members in the diocese to support no-license at the local option poll. J Ef Upton questioned if no-license would curb drink evils while praising abolition of barmaids. Rev H Matson said no-license could reduce temptation for youths and labeled country hotels as drinking dens. The resolution affirming no-license principles and urging church voting support was adopted.
The Kaituna, a Union Company collier, lost her propeller off Rocks Point near Wellington at 9:30 Tuesday night. She was towed to Westport by the steamship Charles Edward, which was bound from Westport to Foxton with coal. The Kaituna had a new tail shaft and propeller fitted in Dunedin on September 23.
A Lyndhurst reader describes long backache and night pain eased by Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. He recommends six boxes, noting relief and urging others to keep a box at home. Pills priced at 3s per box with six-box packs at 16s 9d, via Foster-McClellan Co., Sydney.
Wellington October 14 trains to run on the North Island Main Trunk line by November 2 with a two day service until a full timetable and through journeys are set. The plan includes overnight stops at Ohakune and Marton Junction with connections at Frankton Junction and Taumarunui for through passengers and a revised timetable reducing waits at Marton.
Letter to the New Zealand Premier from Manuka passengers urges a near term link at Suva for incoming steamers to cut Auckland travel time. They argue the current Brisbane/Sydney path delays reach to four weeks, and promote an Imperial route to boost tourism and avoid becoming a mere side-show to American travel. Signatories include Dr. Hope Lewis of Auckland and thirty-two others.
The Otago section of the British Medical Association has submitted proposals to local friendly societies in Dunedin. They seek higher payments for surgeons, contract scope limits, eligibility rules for dependents, transfer restrictions, admission examination fees, and an arbitration committee with final powers. A conference will follow between the Medical Association and lodge delegates to review and adopt or amend the proposals.
Showery day at Dunedin Hock ey Club meeting with good attendance. Leonardo wins Spring Hurdles by a dozen lengths in 4 min 36 4-5 sec. Valdimor takes Trial Plate by a length in 1 min 19 4-5 sec. Mosgiel Handicap features Probable, White Cockade and Apollodoris with a tight finish. Tamedin Stakes yields Ahua top by 23 lengths in 62 8-5 sec. Dabchuk captures Electric Handicap by half a length in 1 min 18 1-6 sec. Serenade wins Taioma Hack Handicap by nearly 3 lengths in 1 min 1 sec. Lone Star seconds in October Welter by a short head in 2 min 4-3 sec.
The winter cough often signals throat or lung trouble and should not be neglected. Ordinary cures soothe but do not heal, risking a second attack. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is promoted as soothing irritation and healing the affected parts to prevent recurrence, sold by Ashburton Drug Company.
A Maori woman acted as a tohunga at Patutahi performing mystic rites and rites of renewal, including marriages of spirits and imagined baptism of gods’ children. The article also notes a Rio de Janeiro drowning case caught by a liner passenger’s photo, plus a Hawkesbury College lecturer on milk testing and Dr Babcock’s invention. It closes with a remark on Chamberlain's remedy sold by Ashburton Drug Company.
A fragmented docket notes Tessaline as a procurable treatment by Chapman and Davis, suggesting a remedy for Housemaid's knee though details are unclear.
A teacher of music in all branches and a candidate with qualifications ready for any of the English examinations held by the English Academies.
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