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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 08, 1909
Page
2
The record lists moon phases for September with dates and times including Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon and perigee and apogee entries. It shows specific times such as 1E am 2.89 am and 6.2 am for the various lunar events.
A parliamentary committee in Britain proposes extending school work training and continuous classes up to age 17, with mandatory attendance and state funded job registries. A letter from a New Zealand worker argues distress exists but stresses personal responsibility, frugality, and avoiding government subsidized work as key to addressing unemployment.
Report notes mix up of separate and special rates for expenses and loan interest. Auruhia telephone office closed. Meade bureau opens nine miles away, Hilltop office becomes a public bureau. Tohic Club meeting chaired by Frik Cooper. Inspector Zoneh cites cattle transit losses of about three head weekly in Adding ton. Conciliation Conference ends with salary agreement for unions. farmers unhappy with threshing abolition. War Chronic heat complaints, Wonda Grim Peppermint Cure advertised at sixpence.
Dr Hilgendorf notes buttercups can poison cattle in sufficient quantities while measles epidemics close Lyttelton District High School again. The Bankview estate sale nears £90,000. fish imported to the Ashburton Canterbury exhibit. Ruapuna dancers host a Friday night ball.
Changeable weather hinders grain sowing in the county though crops look fair overall. A cold southeasterly wind brought a heavy rain and snow event, with up to three to four inches of snow in the Alford Forest area and two inches on Mount Somere train carriages. Frost registered at Domain station. No definite lambing impact yet reported.
The New Zealand League of Wheelmen released the Timaru Christchurch road race prizes for October 30. Total prize money is £200 with awards for top six, plus special prizes for fastest time and fastest unplaced rider. Entries closed October 2.
The Ashburton Guards Morris II matches ended with Sergeant Chinbridge winning the first grade and Private Collett the second. The first range match of the season was fired on Thursday and Saturday afternoons at 200 yards with Priv. J. Brown scoring 88 8 46 and Priv. B. Gourdig 36 8 44, under 110 yards conditions.
A Pathe Vieres pictorial drama titled Drink based on Emil Zola novel Assommoir is touted as one of the most powerful film renderings yet seen. The production runs over forty minutes in two acts and seven scenes with life like performances by specially trained French actors. It is expected to attract audiences at Odd Fellows Hall next Monday for those who value well enacted cinema and serious subjects.
The Chelmsford Stakes at Tattersalls meeting in Sydney has Provocation scratched from the entries. No other race details are provided. The note was received September 8.
Pearce Brothers of Australia captured the Australian golf doubles championship. The defending champions Scott and Riddle did not defend their title.
A fragmented verse notes eyes grow cold and swollen from a cold, yet Woods' Peppermint Cure is hoped to restore their clarity and allure, returning beauty when the speaking eyes regain their sparkle.
MP Nosworthy wrote to Railway General Manager Ronayne asking temporary revert to original arrangements while a plan for an over-bridge or subway is discussed. No reply received. mayor postpones public meeting until a response arrives.
Correspondent argues the town was surveyed in 1863 and the railway laid through in 1876. He says the dispute centers on the railway station and crossing monopoly, not the railway itself, and accuses railway authorities of forgetting their duties to public convenience.
A reader reports a pea rifle bullet whizzed by a little girl in a father's garden near the High School, warning that youths shoot sparrows while risking lives and urging police action and parental supervision on Sundays.
Percy H. Cox argues in Timaru on September 8 1909 about Animals Protection Act 1907 rules for acclimatisation societies. He questions regulations under the act and title registration vs old rules and land ownership tied to societies.
A Wakanui farmer holidaying in Britain writes home on Scottish farm work. He praises neat, straight wheat and turnip rows, notes early morning labour, and compares wages with England. He attends the Royal Show opening, comments on Shire and Clydesdale horses, and laments wet weather affecting four days.
Ashburton Hospital Committee heard criticism of government moves on a consumptive sanatorium for the Fairlie area. Chair Dr Davis noted prior steps by the Ashburton and South Canterbury Boards to amalgamate, buy a site, and plan facilities, before Dr Valentime urged delaying action and widening the district to Waihoaki.
An old advertisement promotes Wood's Great Peppermint Cure for influenza. The note claims it relieves symptoms and urges use despite lacking modern medical endorsement.
Messages from Commander Peary reported from Indian Harbour Labrador claim the Stars and Stripes are nailed to the North Pole. Newfoundland governor confirms fellow Newfoundlanders aboard his steamer. The Arctic Club of America notes Pole reached per Peary code and wires.
Mr McMillan of Commander Peary's party cabled Worcester Academy Massachusetts where he taught mathematics saying a ton of the earth reached at last and sending greetings to faculty and the boys.
Commander Fens telegrams his wife that he has succeeded with the old Pole and will wire from Chateau while Mrs Peary replies with well wishes. The Times recalls Peary’s forecast that if he reached the Pole in the coming winter, news would reach friends between August 13 and September 16.
Dr Cook acknowledged Peary's North Pole success but suggested a rival route. Sir George Nares speculates both discoveries may have occurred, while newspapers and the Roosevelt's captain report no trace of Cook.
In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil urged rejecting the Development and Road Improvement Funds Bill arguing it could enable compulsory land seizure and nationalisation of railways. He noted electoral bribery implications while Lloyd George defended the plan to systematise aid with a bipartisan Advisory Committee. the bill passed a second reading 187 to 17.
A group of suffragists accosted Prime Minister Asquith outside Lympne Church in Kent, knocking his hat off, then pursued him to Lympne Castle where his family vacationed. They later harassed Mr Gladstone on a golf course and damaged a dining room window, then fled.
The Trade Union Congress opened at Ipswich with 495 delegates representing 1,701,000 unionists. MP D J Shackleton presided and called the budget a chance to raise funds for aged care, needy children, and unemployed relief without unduly taxing the public.
The Empress health fears prompt the Czar to abandon visits to Constantinople and Rome. Their Majesties will remain at their Livadia summer residence for a prolonged period.
Australian Joint Stock Bank shareholders approve directors plan to reconstruct as outlined in a recent circular. Butter factories conference backs directors policy to export in order to curb market manipulation by speculators. Kidston opens election campaign in Rockhampton praising material educational and social progress and condemning Opposition Labour alliance.
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