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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
3
The Times reports cotton operatives propose concessions at a joint conference. The Swinnere Union has accumulated about half a million, while cardroom workers mainly women form a strong but poorer union.
Earl Dudley arrived in Sydney for his first official landing with a swearing‑in planned for tomorrow. Lord Northcote left for Brisbane en route to England as crowds watched the vice regal carriage pass. A constable steadied frightened horses after the crowd, hanging on to control them. In Perth a police party killed Major and two natives after pursuing suspects in the Turkey Creek murders. five others were captured with no police casualties. A separate note reports nineteen Gilbert Island natives freed from slavery and repatriated from Guatemala at government expense. The Aorangi searched for the Acon but found no trace.
Acceptances for the first day’s handicaps and entries for the Trial Plate and Maiden Hack Scurry close tomorrow evening at O o’clock. Nominations for all events for the Kurow Jockey Club’s Spring Meeting on October 1 close on Saturday next at 9 p.m. The programme appears in another column.
Reports from Auckland Greymouth Temuka Otira and Timaru describe a carter killed in a waggon accident a mechanic shot in his shop injuries from a falling crate in Temuka a coach overturning injuring its driver and a passenger and Miss Muriel Young burning her arms while using benzine by a lamp.
Tobias Miller fired twice at Ernest Hight a mechanic on Perry Street one bullet hit Hight in the hip Miller was later arrested while playing billiards in a hotel He has been drinking of late and will appear at the Police Court this morning.
An inmate of the Tuarang i Home writes to the editor offering a contrasting account of life at the home. He praises the master and mistress, attendants, food, cleanliness and safety measures noting rapid egress in case of fire. He argues the public is given an unfair single perspective.
The Hawke's Bay Employers' Association Executive Committee passes a resolution urging Parliament to amend the Conciliation and Arbitration Act this session. If no amending bill is passed, awards should be pending until Parliament addresses existing anomalies.
The article lists the twelfth and thirteenth Morris-tube matches with individual scores for Lance-Corporal Mitchett Sergeant Cambridge Corporal Knox Bradshaw Slade and Captain Packer W Gourdie and others. It also presents the ten match aggregate with top scorers Sergeant Cambridge Captain Tucker Lance-Corporal Bradshaw and Private Slade. Thirteen matches were held with high-quality shooting throughout the season.
The Orchestral Society's second seasonal concert at the Odis fellows Hall drew strong public attendance and praise. Maestro Benno Scherels impressed as refined, with the program including Gounod, Mendelssohn, Zampa, Figaro, Mascagni Intermezzo, Wagner selections, and Liszt Wappingody. Mrs C M Brooke, H Stuhle, and others entertained, while F Curtis thanked the conductor and the committee earned praise for arrangements.
John Percy Gabbat, M A of Nottingham, is appointed to the chair of mathematics at Canterbury College following Professor Cook's resignation. A Chertsey Sports and Racing Club meeting was held with arrangements for track order and entries. A cow delaying a town train and a North Canterbury Charitable Aid Board committee meeting at Tuarangi Home were also reported with complaints policy changes.
Tenders invited for construction of a high pressure water supply for Ashburton with separate contracts for piping fittings pipe laying gas engines and pumps and erection of a steel water tower. Sealed tenders must be delivered to the Town Clerk Ashburton by 4 pm on November 28 1908 with bids addressed to the chairman marked tender.
Favenders are invited for extensive additions and reinstatement of premises for the Canterbury Farmers Cooperative Association. Plans may be inspected at the undersigned offices. Tenders close at noon on 15th inst. Deposit £50. William and Herbert Black Fellows and Associates Royal Institute British Architects 97 Cain's Terrace Timarn Capetown and Melbourne.
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