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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 01, 1909
Page
2
A long discussion on women's suffrage in New Zealand contrasts criticism of suffragists with arguments for equal voting rights. Mrs Chapple cites conditions behind the movement while headmistresses urge enfranchisement to influence education policy and child welfare.
A Napier borough notice requires future dwelling plans to include a bath at least 4 ft by 2 ft with water laid on in one room or an added room, prior to council approval. The item sits among varied announcements including subsidies for agricultural societies and police court reports.
Announcements include a church notice on a fair profit, government land selections in Queensland, a native tree reserve proposal, and Hobson County Council seeking a £20,000 loan. Also reported are dairy production figures, financial adjustments, Princess Andrew's nurse search responses, a frog and moorhen drowning, theatre company plans to revisit Ashburton, Hampstead Town Board adjournment, bazaar for Dr Barnardo’s Homes, a legal case on illegal grey duck shooting, a Melbourne Argus review of Mr Robert McNab’s Mummy, a Rakaia Horticultural Society meeting with spring show date and judges, and a South Canterbury Boxing Association meeting arranging trophy purchases and officials. There is also influenza remedy promotion for Wend’s Great Peppermint Care.
A springlike day gave way to a sharp south west wind and heavy rain in the early hours, risking lamb losses in exposed paddocks. Rainfall reached .32 inch at Domain station by 2 pm, with Blenheim August total 3.78 inches and year to date about 22 inches statewide higher than last year.
Mr James Allen tells Star reporter Massey’s position is accurate on training and harbour defence. He rebuts Mr Fowlds and praises Massey’s patriotism, noting Massey does not seek outsider control of national youth training and is not developing German sympathies. Allen expects full conference decisions will clarify the programme.
Ashburton County Racing Club advances at the course with a new 145 foot diameter walking ring, two rings, 30 loose-boxes, grandstand updates, tea kiosk and judge’s box plans, improved viewing, flowering borders, and a sown turf track, totaling about £150 in improvements benefiting spectators and members. The work, led by secretary A. A. Fooks, enhances facilities for the sport’s enthusiasts.
A fire last evening at 5.45 damaged the drapery and tailoring shop of Pritchard Brothers in Vancred Street. The upper wooden storey burned heavily before fire brigades from steam and manual engines saturated the premises and brought it under control after half an hour. The building owned by W. H. Robinson is to be rebuilt in brick with substantial insurance coverage on stock and fittings.
The Ashburton Guards will play tomorrow with Full-back Green three-quarters Pi L Orr Minnis. halves A Claridge W Tucker E Sage. forwards G Smith T Slade Amos Meredith Anderson. emergency B Reid. Ashburton Club lineup includes Goal Meddins three-quarters Baker Nottingham. halves Steele Seales F Clarke. forwards Kennedy FP Watt Punge Watt E McDonald. emergency W McGibbon.
Rev J H Rogers lectured on the Record Reign of Queen Victoria using lantern slides to an attentive audience. The event boosted the school prize fund and a meeting discussed building a new hall 50 by 30 feet with a stage two dressing rooms and a porch.
Chronicle page fragment notes health concerns and a local product name sequence. It references Chronic Chest Compaiita and Woods with a Peppermint Onore branding, including coded abbreviations like te 6d and 2a Gd. Further context is unclear in the fragment.
The Australian side built a sizeable total as Trumper and Ransford anchor a brisk 285 plus stand before lunch. M.C.C. reply reached 105 for no loss by stumps, with Tarrant and Foster accelerating late in the day before rain interrupted play. Attendance around 2000.
Cable reports Greek premier M Ralli refused a military deputation demanding army and navy reorganization. Five hundred forty eight officers and three thousand soldiers left Athens and camped outside. Mavromichalis became premier and foreign minister. rebellious officers were amnestied.
A deputation met Minister J Mackenzie to push Mr W C Buchanan's offer of £10,000 to buy land and £1,000 to stock an experimental station in Wairarapa, conditional on a farm south of the Wanganui river. The minister noted the plan is generous but short of total cost, and suggested seed culture focus could amplify benefits for agriculture. Congress emphasized advancing dairy and seed research through dedicated farming facilities.
An advertisement asserts Rheumo as the only safe cure for rheumatism gout sciatica and lumbago caused by excess uric acid in blood. It warns against generic tonics and touts Rheumo as proven by thousands with claims of relief. Available through chemists or stores at 25 and 4s 6d.
The Monterey disaster leaves about fourteen hundred dead and a quarter of the city destroyed. Water mains fail, drinking water scarce, and famine feared as thousands seek refuge in cathedrals and schools. The dam collapse caused most deaths in the cup shaped valley around Monterey.
In Constantinople on August 30 the Sandansky faction adherents shot him at midnight in Salonika center, wounding him in the chest. The Daily Mail says Sandansky led atrocities in Macedonia with up to a thousand murders ordered and 300 personally committed.
A party of Dutch soldiers and native police were ambushed at Banggaria Flores Island. Fifteen were killed, and subsequent combat killed 67 insurgents by troops and 35 by another police group. Flores lies in the Sunda Islands under Dutch control.
Berlin reports the Westfalen, Germany's first dreadnought, has been completed and lies in the Weser river after its August 31 launch.
Matretania’s passengers traveled from New York to Paddington station in five days and fifty one minutes via Fishguard. The report notes the UK arrival date as August 31.
Lord Charles Beresford speaking from Toronto stresses Imperial defence shared burden to protect trade routes. He argues a united effort will secure Empire security and economic interests across scattered units.
Mr Deakin told the House that the new Australian squadron would be entirely Australian in character and distinct from the British squadron. It would be manned mainly by Australians with possible Royal Navy additions, and the Commonwealth would control both large cruisers and small vessels.
Paris reports a corporal vanished from Chalons barracks with plans for a new machine gun. The loss endangers secrecy as authorities race to prevent the weapon's exposure to a foreign power.
At the Magistrates Court A K Boyd was fined 2 pounds for breach of the coachbuilders award by employing a coach painter at piecework. Louis Richardson, the employer, was fined 1 pound. The inspector sought 20 pounds against Reg Hannah une Co for paying female workers less than award wages. The defence cited workers from beyond the Dominion and ignorance of whether they had served five years in the trade. Judgment reserved.
A large deputation in Hokitika urged West Coast Railways to reverse a new timetable affecting the Ross Hokitika Greymouth line. They attacked replacing the main Thursday night Hokitika to Greymouth train and argued it hurts 6000 people south of Teremakau and the local sawmilling industry. A resolution demanding the traffic manager relay concerns to the railway general manager passed unanimously.
Telegraphed forecast indicates south easterly strong to gale winds with probable rain and snow in the high country. Cold damp conditions to persist as the class rises slowly, with a likely further fall before an eventual rise.
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