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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 08, 1908
Page
2
White Tutton union announced to take place at St John’s Church Rangiora on September 2 officiated by Rev F P Fendall B A Pere Winsbury eldest son of W W White Ashburton to Maida Clara Patton Rangiora portrait of families and dates. Weldon RIP aged 76 noted at residence of Mr McCormick Wills Street Ashburton September 8.
The article discusses secondary school shooting competition rules, including use of rifles, allowed preliminaries, and firing window from September to December. It notes medals for top scorers, praises Ashburton High School, and then shifts to sheep export forecasts, education reform under Mr Fowlds, and wheat market uncertainties. It ends with a banquet in Sydney honoring imperial ties and the speaker Admiral Sperry on shared interests across the empire.
The Rangiora Friendly Societies decided to visit Ashburton on October 15 for their annual excursion. A nine member committee with Mr W O Smith as chairman and Mr C Jennings as secretary was appointed to arrange details.
The Shannon district reports a prophecy of another dry season from local Maori, while Captain Edwin warns of shifting winds and a falling barometer. A drunken incident near the Post Office ends with arrest, and farm and transport notes cover sheep meat supply, steamship costs, and electrification costs for a tunnel project.
Christopher Weldon aged about 75 was found dead in his bed at the residence of Mrs McCormick on Wills street. Death is attributed to old age and debility after recent rheumatism and dyspepsia treatment. Weldon and his brother Pearce Weldon were early settlers who cleared the Springfeld estate tus socky lands.
A kerosene lamp toppled by a cat in Hampstead caused curtains to catch fire, with neighbours extinguishing the blaze but causing substantial damage to furniture and linoleum. In Timaru a drapery shop owned by A Gabetes suffered major water damage estimated at 300 to 400 pounds. Geraldine photographer A J Willoughby lost his developing room including plates, negatives, a wide angle lens, and paper plus chemicals. he sustained arm injuries from attempting to reach property through a broken window and required medical care.
Mr C A Hardy MP received a letter from Sir Joseph Ward about creating a new post and telegraph office at Methven separate from the railway station. The Railway Department will lease land to the Postal Department if the Ashburton County Council removes a shed from the site. The council previously decided to move the shed to the ranger’s cottage site and the county overseer Mrs Morrison will supervise the removal soon.
The Tinwald School Committee met on September 5 with members Clothier Moodie Carvall Bayliss Pearss Osborne and Cobb present. The roll showed 113 pupils with 46 boys and 66 girls and average attendance of 97. Holidays were granted following Board of Education guidance before the upcoming examination on September 7 and 8. The buildings were in satisfactory condition. Two caretaker applications were received and Mrs John Baker was elected. Accounts totaling £3 105 were approved.
Twelve thousand anthracite workers at Swansea tendered notice to cease work to compel 800 non unionists to join the union. Lancashire cotton operatives face efforts to avert a lockout amid industrial tensions.
The prince reviewed 10,000 Boys' Brigade members in Glasgow while a 20,000 unemployed rally drew strong police presence. Booing aimed at municipal authorities but many cheered the royal visitor. The unemployed demonstration continued with an attempted rush on a cathedral thwarted. There were 10,000 unemployed in Birmingham.
South Africa report notes Diniaula has recovered from a fronting illness in Durban with press association dated September 7 and received September 8.
Abdel Aziz, in Morocco, disbands his last body of followers and declares freedom to go where they will. He invites those wishing to follow Mulai Hafid to do so.
Dr Wassel tells Mulai Abbas at Alcazar of Germany's support to the Hafidian cause during the campaign, underscoring Berlin’s role in backing Hafid’s efforts.
The Daily Mail Calcutta correspondent cites an extraordinary scene surrounding the murder of the approver Gasai, while The Pioneer at Alphabbad downplays the guilt, likening the killers to Harmodios and Aristagiton who killed Hipparchos in ancient Athens. Other native journals similarly extenuate the crime.
A Newcastle gathering of the United Irish League was disrupted by a mob from Tommafullan opposing the Earl of Devon estate sale. MPs William O'Brien T. M. Kettle and Stephen Gwynne were assaulted as police restored order. Kettle urged Home Rule through reasoned debate.
London reports Ernest Sackville-West revives his claim to the Sackville peerage and estates under the Legitimacy Declaration Act. The case West v Lord Sackville concerns the validity of his mother’s marriage and whether he may seek a declaration of title as tenant in tail in remainder on his father’s death.
Russian newspapers condemn the Synod decree against Tolstoy amid strong public reaction. A fragmentary report notes a miner at a bate suffering cold and a manager reacting to quoted dialogue with disbelief.
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