02 Sep 1910
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 02, 1910
Page
1
An a publication from the Society for the Promotion of the Finale and Children presents a proverb about prudence. It argues that preventing danger is better than addressing harm after it occurs, likening a fence at a cliff top to sustaining an ambulance at the bottom.
A discussion of the global focus on infant health and the push to reduce infant mortality. It cites German practices in cradle care and nutrition, argues against viewing infant deaths as fate, and describes New Zealand's Health Mission as broadly educational and inclusive, aiding all social classes.
Dr Steer Bowker urged Radium Fund for Sydney and warned against overreliance on radium. He cited a cancer case treated with radium after surgery was deemed necessary, noting the patient recovered after exposure and showed no facial marks four months later.
Ida Lewis serves fifty three years in Government service at Lime Rock light on Rhoda Island. At sixty five she has saved twenty three lives, earned first class bravery medals, the Carnegie hero fund pension, and the American cross of honour. She became assistant keeper in 1879 and succeeded her mother in 1887. The United States awarded a grand gold medal for saving two men in a fierce storm on February 4, 1881.
A cryptic verse describes an Old Maid plunging from a bridge into the river’s cold waters. The speaker, distressed by illness and misfortune, mentions a nap and futile remedies while a child chants games such as Beggar my neighbour and Euchre in a house full of anxious spirits.
London reports that the proposed amalgamation between Paris Bank and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank has been dropped. Britain, Germany and Belgium settled boundaries in the Lake district in East Africa. Australia To day notes continued prosperity in pastoral, agricultural, mining and manufacturing sectors with expected gains for British investments.
In Osawatomie Roosevelt argued that Missouri raiders seek greater federal power, framing the fight as free men preserving self government against special interests that would bend government machinery to override the popular will. The August 31 speech, reported from New York, centers on the confrontation between national authority and local autonomy.
The British Association's meeting has spent at Sheffield with Professor Bouney, president, debating the Alps valleys hypothesis and submergence theory. He favored the glacier idea as more troubled while noting ongoing work to separate facts from fancies.
Scotland Yard for the first time admitted the press into the Crippen murder case with an official July 14 statement. It recounts Crippen's changing claims about Mrs Crippen, the search at their Camden Road home, the cellar dig that uncovered remains, and Crippen’s background as a physician and Munyon's agent.
The Sydney Mail reports a commercial agent's note that Japan imported 855 048 pounds worth of wool in the first quarter, Australia supplying 229 286 pounds, showing progress as Japan grows into a wool importing market. It notes Japan's meat diet shift and possible expansion of frozen meat exports, with duties on refrigerated produce a potential barrier to rising trade.
Fragmentary note presents a claim of an influenza remedy by Woods labeled Great Peppermint Cure. Language is garbled and lacks verifiable details, making the true context or endorsement unclear.
The Dominion’s Woodville correspondent notes a Napier road farmer with 44 secres of land post modest returns: twelve cows yield £13 58, pigs £3 5, calves £6 8, total £16 16s per cow. With £1000 land, £150 stock, depreciation, and interest, the farmer’s milk goes to a butter factory and proves a strong performer versus cheese factory suppliers.
Practical advice on preparing soldering irons and surfaces. It covers tinning the iron with salammoniac, using salammoniac and water dip before use, and cleaning with spirits of salts. It also notes wine-dissolved spirits for kitchen items and proper cleaning to bright metal, plus removing corrosion before repairs.
Queenslander George Gray, only 18, already earns a world reputation. In Melbourne last August he broke 836 under British Association rules with 831 red ball points, and in Leeds he posted 345 from the red on a visit. His calm patience and precise eye mark him as a future all round champion if he pursues cannon play.
The competition day at Dunedin showed strong attendance with results led by contralto Janet Bennet from Oamaru first and J Kaveny of Dunedin second. In the bass solo Robert Alwright of Christchurch won, Alfred Maitland of Dunedin was second, and D J Steyark of Port Chalmers placed third. In prompt speech J L Robinson of Dunedin won, with G Hughes of Dunedin and D Hebenton of Masterton placing lower.
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