Housing for workers debated as Labour policy is discussed
In parliament Friday the Labour Department vote was debated in Committee of Supply. Ministers described 120 houses built with only two unoccupied, urged that homes be provided for workers earning reasonable wages, and discussed site options near Wellington, Petone, and Brooklyn hills.
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House of Representatives
Labour Department
Committee of Supply
Coromandel Street
Wellingto
Fisher
Brooklyn Hills
Ell
Chrastchurch
Trades Council
Wellington Trades Council
Petone
Wellington
Massey
Nainai
Lower Hutt
New Zealand Railways Professor admits ward right in part
Professor Le Rossignal concedes Premier had merit in criticisms of New Zealand railway accounts. He admits Sir Joseph Ward was correct to urge deducting additions to open lines from capital, adjusting net earnings and annual deficit. He notes original figures overstated capital cost and understated net yield for 1905-06.
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le Rossignal
New Zealand
Auckland
Sir Joseph Ward
Sir Joseph
Department
Taft Training In Hot Springs For Presidential Campaign
The heavy weight candidate Taft trains in Hot Springs Virginia and loses nearly a stone through golf sun and hunter rides. He plays baseball with his son Charlie and works on a brief nomination letter. Compare with Roosevelt at Oyster Bay who stays active on estate tasks and writes proclamations.
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Taft
Hot Springs
Virginia
New York
London Daily Mail
Bie
Charlie
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Island Sound
Reot
Muldoon
Sensations During Drowning Described By Medical Expert
A physician reports his sensations while immersed as a ship sinks. After 10 15 seconds chest pressure and pain give way to a pleasant dream as carbonic gas fills the blood. Consciousness fades before rescue, noting that torture and struggle are intense at start and during revival.
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Nates
Eldest Englishwoman Miss Sarah Brazeley Dies at 110
The eldest woman in England, Miss Sarah Brazeley, has died in Nottingham Workhouse at 110. She entered the workhouse fifty years ago and the guardians have spent nearly £1000 on her maintenance. Until recently she retained her faculties, with keen eyesight and daily reading the newspaper without glasses.
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England
Sarah Brazeley
Nottingham
Lambing care and docking judgments for shepherds
The article stresses the critical period of lambing for sheep farmers. It warns that haste in docking and handling leads to many motherless lambs and poor stock, urging careful, attentive mothering and measured, skilled processing to save lives and avoid losses.
Ashes Halt Frost on Potatoes Says Marlborough Reader
Marlborough Herald letter from H Blanchett describes using dry wood ashes to instantly remove frost from potato plants. Application is dusting plants between rows with a bucket under the left arm, work rate noted as a quarter acre in twenty minutes. Observes greener, glossier foliage after frost melts and rain.
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H. ¥. Blanchett
Marlborough Herald
Boy’s £200000 fortune under will of Gloucestershire man
John Waddingham of Guiting Grange left £205702 estate to wife for life with remainder to eight year old John Nowell son of G H Nowell solicitor of Barton on Humber. The will provides the boy must reach twenty one and assume the surname Waddingham and aims to repurchase the Waddingham estate at Lincoln if possible.
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John Waddingham
Guiting Grange
Lower Guiting
Gloucestershire
John Waddingham Nowell
G. HA. Nowell
Barton-on-Humber
Lincolnshire
Waddingham
Lincoln
New Bacterium Tnelariasia Tied to Inactivity
A New York doctor reports discovering bacillus Tnelariasia, proposed as a cause of apathy and laziness. He argues many idle people may be suffering from a widespread infectious disease and suggests treatment parallels with tuberculosis. Coughs may respond to Woods es Peppermint Cure. 1s 62 and.
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New York
Convicted Vagrant Munro Sentenced in Auckland
Daniel Munro receives one year and nine months imprisonment in Auckland for being an incorrigible vagabond. Justice Edwards condemns counsel for pressing a defense after the guilty plea and grants three months remission for the solitary act of honesty.
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Auckland
Daniel Munro
Justice Edwards
Troublesome South Seas Islanders Stir British Alarm
Colonel Gudgeon the British Resident at the Cook Islands reports to the New Zealand Government about Manihiki and Rekahanga natives who refuse to recognise island councils. European traders tighten store protections while officials weigh a warship visit for a deterrent effect.
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Auckland
Gudgeon
Cook Islands
New Zealand
Manihiki
Rekahanga
New York Anti Gambling Law Passes Senate
New York Senate voted to criminalize gambling on racecourses. The bill passed on a dying senator’s casting vote after a tense June session. Earlier in April a tied vote stalled the measure, with British racing leaders rumored to relocate if betting ends. Governor Hughes framed the issue as moral and warned bribery if defeated. A large doodle fund of about £100,000 was alleged to influence votes.
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Senate
New York
The
Daily Mail
Hughes
England
Childhood mishaps and Zam-Buk balm testimonial
A promotional piece in a period voice extols Zam-Buk balm for child injuries including cuts, burns, and bruises. Mrs W. Cook recounts a severe toe wound healed in a week with Zam-Buk, urging mothers to keep the natural healer handy. The product, marketed at 1s 6d, claims to cure a range of skin ailments.
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W. Cook
Marsh Street
Stanthorpe
San Francisco Divorce Petition Over Hello Dearie Curtain
A San Francisco man seeks a divorce from his wife described as a former telephone girl. He alleges that upon returning home he hears hello dearie and receiving a number request as she looks out the window. The rest of the text lists assorted odd items and ad fragments without coherent context.
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San Francisco
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Friedlander Bros.,* Ltd
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Robinson
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Christchurch
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Appy
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NEW Zealand Railways
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East Street
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Roores
Tancred Street
Next Building Society
Ofice
Coker’s Hotel
Colman
Chapman & Peavis
Burnett Street
Ecgals
Wye
Allyke, Timothy
Trefgil
Hurst
Friedl
Newman's Livery Stables
Somerset Hotel
Gadd
Avery
OBEN
L., Newman
A. & R. Terris
Tancéed Street
MR Taft
Ayer
Owen
di G. Ayér
National Mortgage & Agency Co., of N.Z., Ltd
PTC
Sutton
Ashaburton
Sutton and Sons
Reading
Clarke
National Mortgage & Agency Co. of
N.Z., Limited
Vic McCormick and Deering
National, Fire, and Marine Insurance Company
Shaw, Savill and Albion Company
Burnet? Street
Assburton
Peet
Mall Order Dept
Fopsco
Abermain Coal
Abermain Colliery Co., Ltd
Sydney
Thos
Hemsley Burnet
George
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