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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Oct 27, 1908
Page
2
Manchester Bros. promotes Frahe Tea as highly desirable with a merchant claim that it tempts customers to buy more after trying it. The ad highlights airtight canisters that keep the tea fresh and appealing.
Public notice states the Ashburton County Council will, within thirty days, construct a water race extending the existing Ashburton Rakaia system. Details include the route across multiple rural sections and a 100 links wide land strip, with rights of way for officials, and water diversion from the River Rakaia via Acton Irrigation Channel intake. Plans are on display at the Magistrate's Courthouse South Rakaia and Ashburton Council offices for 80 days.
F P M Flatman invites electors to meetings this week. He will speak Tuesday evening at Greenstreet and on Wednesday 28th at Winchmore, Thursday 29th at Westerfield, and Friday 30th at Higds. Front seats reserved for ladies.
R W S Maslin will meet and address electors at Willowby School this Tuesday evening. In Ashburton a meeting is set tomorrow Wednesday evening at the Oddfellows Hall. Other venues include Flemington October 29 Waterton October 4 and Wakanui October 31 all at 8 p.m. Front cars reserved for ladies.
Electors invited to meetings by Mr David Jones Wilne in Algertons Hampstead Winslow Arundel Hall Orari School with sessions from 7 to 8 30 and daily committee room access at the Arcade. Women welcome. Meetings start 8 pm each listed day Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday.
The article discusses polling day holiday effects on businesses, factory exemptions, and liquor licensing during an election. It notes debates at the All Authorities Alican Synod and comments on railway etiquette and public morality. It also profiles MP candidate W. D. Campbell praising state scholarships and duty to New Zealand.
Mr W Nosworthy of IL invites electors of Coldstream and Lowcliffe to meetings at Lowcliff on Thursday and at Long Beach on Saturday October 31. Doors open 8 p.m. Ladies invited. Correspondence invited at Box 61 Achburton.
Labour candidate RJ D Gobble invites Ashburton electors to a meeting. The event aims to discuss local issues and the upcoming elections. Community attendance urged to hear policies and ask questions.
The Mount Hutt Road Board reports a special meeting held in October 1908 to approve bylaws regulating privies sanitation night soil disposal and the areas they apply. The by laws will be submitted for confirmation at a November 1908 meeting in Methven with copies available for public inspection through early November.
Liberal candidate R Joseph Ivess will address electors in Methven Tuesday October 27 at Town Hall 8 oclock. A series of campaign meetings follow in towns including Alford, Mount Somers, Mayfield, Highbank, Dromore, Chertsey, Fatton, Elgin, Seafield, Kyle, Coalgate, South Malvern, Glentunnel, Broken River, Kowai Bush, Lauriston, Oxford Terrace School, Oxford Town, Dunsandel Kirwee, Darfield, Rakaia, Springfield, Shetfield and Reefton with varying times through November 18.
A candidate informs electors of Selwyn that limited time prevents visiting every booth and lists meeting venues this week at Chertsey School Lauriston School Methven Hall Mount Somers and Mayfield School with dates Tuesday to Saturday. The speaker says he opposes the current Government and will not reserve Front Seats for Ladies.
Auction notice describes a nearly new house on four-acre land with bathroom scullery and wash house on concrete foundations within five minutes of the Post Office. Land price listed as £110 per acre with 16 acres in four 4-acre blocks. Also a selection of other properties available. Note address provided.
Voting events listed for STAVELEY HALL on Wednesday 28th and MAYFIELD SCHOOL on Thursday 29th under Dan OConnor Brick in the Selwyn electorate.
A mixed selection of HLOX Stack Lobetia Asters Di anthus Cosmos French and African Marigolds Petunia Verbena Pansies and related varieties now available in any quantity for immediate order.
Gow Sutton receives the Highland Society Gold Medal after official analysis of the Golden Tankard Man Kegel. The National Mortgage file notes the award event and its significance within the society’s honors.
Sir Joseph Ward will open the new Geraldine post office next Saturday. The report notes multiple local events including a Gisborne banking premises tender, a death in South Canterbury, disease cases in Timaru, and various community meetings and happenings.
Candidates addressed electors in Ashburton and Selwyn with plans and criticisms of government policies. Jones spoke in Library Hall Ruapuna and Mayfield, drawing strong turnout and support, while Nosworthy spoke at Waterton with remarks on roading and railway timing.
Mr W S Maslin spoke at Tinwald Oddfellows Hall to a large audience, receiving a cordial reception. The chair was Mr Thos Williams. Maslin discussed licensing laws and answered questions, earning an enthusiastic vote of thanks. Also noted: E Davis withdrew from Ashburton candidature on medical advice. Joseph Ivess arrived in Ashburton to campaign in Selwyn. J M Twomey retired from Geraldine seat due to ill-health.
Ashburton magistrates on Tuesday heard Oscar Steel alias Edwin James Steele plead guilty to obtaining board and lodging by falsely claiming employment with Dalgety and Co Ltd. He has six prior theft convictions. The bench urged reform and remanded him to Darfield to face a separate charge of fathering an unborn illegitimate child at Sheffield.
The latest weather notes describe clearing conditions then a shift to south west wind with hail and rain and a bitter wind. Mount Somers reports unusual rain delaying farm work followed by two inches of snow that soon melted and did not harm lambs. Methven notes a Sunday storm with hail and rain, then snow covering hills, a white ground in the morning, and a clear day with no frost forecast.
At 9 o clock this morning the Rakaia and Haka tere Lower Ashburton were dirty. Upper Ashburton Somers also dirty. Rangitata was clear.
London reports Signor Mercatelli, Italian Consul General at Calcutta, has been transferred to Melbourne. Also updates on the British Navy Foudroyant at Portsmouth and reports of Armenian killings in Diarbekir. Canadian protests against sending offenders to Canada and rectorial election results at Glasgow and Edinburgh universities.
Premier Kaimil Pasha said negotiations between Turkey and Bulgaria were progressing and hoped new delegates including King Ferdinand would travel to Constantinople to continue talks after Dimitroff and Stoyanovitch returned to Sofia.
The German Foreign Office released a statement on October 26 saying M Isvolsky Russia Prince Bulow Germany and Baron von Schoen Austria held cordial discussions and wish to keep the current crisis tranquil to prevent complications and foster understanding. Reuters notes that a conference is now seen as hopeful in diplomatic circles as the Kaiser and Kaiserin hosted M Isvolsky at luncheon.
The text notes Montenegro wants a strip about 12 miles wide bounded by Novi Bazar and by Bosnia and Herzegovina to create a buffer between Austria and Turkey. It calls for Montenegro to join with Servia to form this buffer and to give Servia an outlet to the Adriatic. It also mentions an extension sought by Montenegro.
At a Belgrade banquet, Ms Vukotich the Montenegrin Minister of Finance and Prince Otho of Montenegro announced an alliance with Servia. The pact aims at mutual defense of the two countries against common threats.
In Belgrade on October 26 a Women’s League meeting urged British French and Russian aid and called for a boycott of Austrian goods. A crowd of 20 000 later cheered the British Turkish French and Russian legations the Crown Prince and M Nikotich.
Constantinople reports Kiamil Pasha asks Germany to urge Austria to accept the conference. The Porte awaits approval next Saturday after Bairam and will communicate. It accepts discussing Bulgaria Bosnia and Herzegovina, and compensation but reserves capitulations and Cretan question dialogue to protected Powers. Serbia and Montenegro claims are for Austria and neighbours.
In St. Petersburg on October 26 the Czar invited the Servian Crown Prince to visit, with motives for the invitation left unclear.
A telegram dated October 26 from Belgrade reports that Austrian soldiers have occupied the Servian island of Bressina in the river Dane. The message circulated on October 27.
A set of letters reveals that J. O bold urged judicial actions to influence state legislation. The documents suggest improper payments and attempts to sway lawmakers, with Elein denying receipt of funds.
The Bengal Government has confiscated the Bande Mataram newspaper for publishing a piece applauding the murder of the approver Gos Sain. The seizure occurred in Calcutta on October 26 after a reported publication in the periodical.
President Roosevelt expresses deep appreciation to Japan for signal generosity and hospitality as the fleet is welcomed, reflecting friendly ties between America and Japan.
In London on October 26, the Wallabies defeated Carnivall by four goals one penalty goal and three tries to one try, securing a decisive rugby league victory.
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