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Newspaper

Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Sep 09, 1908

Page

4

Mount Somers Road Board Seeks Major Road Works

The Mount Somers Road Board met on September 8 with Gates in the chair. It discussed cattle straying legalities, warded by a ranger, and considered formation and improvement of local roads including Pound road, Mount Possession visit, Gorge road planning, and stormwater works.

Mount Somers Messrs Gates Cullen Lambie Matheson Shirplin Jas Beckley Board of Education Alford Forest Oliver Creeustrees W.H. Bell Tinwald Winderslow Bushside Cook’s Road Roxburgh Road Messrs W. Carleton EB. C. Wood Sepa Mount Possession Robert Grieve Bishop’s Road Taylor's Stream Ayrton Joseph Price Price Staveley Messrs Brown and Jobson Alfred Green Futt Carney

Anama Road Board Meets at Hekeno on Monday

The Anama Road Board chaired by W Nosworthy met at Hekeno with A Harvey G Murdock and G Cree present. They planned completion of Shepherds Bush road with grass, extended formation time on Ruapuna school to Cemetery road, and grading on Mayfield Mount Somers road before grass grows.

Anama Road Hekeno Messrs Wnosworthy A. Harvey G. Murdock G. Cree Shepherds Bush Road Ruapuna School Cemetery Road Mayfield- Mount Somers Mount Somers Bridge Hinds Road Mayfield Store Lower Downs Winwood

England's conservatism stalls emigration plan to New Zealand

A London journeyman carpenter earning about £2 weekly rejected his brother's offer to move to New Zealand with a guaranteed job paying double. The wife refused a sea voyage, ending the proposal despite promises of a better life and cleaner surroundings.

New Zealand London Lyttelton ‘Limes Dominion Margate Landon Bridge Meskly England

Surrey woods as a sanctuary of summer for imaginative children

A vivid reverie of Surrey coastal uplands and beech woods as a refuge from city life. The piece extols wandering with a child’s eye through Holmbury, Shere, Abinger and Peaslake, describing beech domes, pine glades, mosses, ferns, and village charms, with musings on nature’s quiet, and a wartime context of escaping human ambition.

Surrey Woods Fairyland Surrey London Holmbury St. Mary Peushire Shere Abidger-on Latch Abinger Keats Tennyson Leith Mill Stone Fungue Old Gaul Britain Sigvan Desdemona Peaslake K. &. Grossmann

Genuine Sanders and Sons Eucalyptus Extract Crowned Superior

Public warning touts Sanders and Sons Eucalyptus Extract as safer and more reliable than rivals. A sworn witness testified about irritation from a counterfeit product sold as equal in quality, while experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria affirmed the genuine extract’s merit over 34 years of authority.

Sander and Sons Ant Law 1 Supreme Court of Victoria

New Zealand Parliament Passes Several Bills

Wellington session notes show the Police Offences Act Amendment Bill read second time and the Law Practitioners Act Amendment, Civil Service Act Amendment, Pawnbrokers Charges, and Taupo No. 2 Black Bill read second time with the Cornel rising at 4.10 pm.

Wellington Biles

Wellington House Debates on Education and Rail Purchase

The Wellington House debates include the Waipuka Block Revesting Bill first reading. The Wellington Manawatu Railway Purchase Bill proposes state takeover for 900000 pounds for rails and rolling stock plus 160000 for line rights and 10000 for stores. Education Act Amendment Bill second reading is debated with emphasis on pupil teachers, district high schools, salaries, and board power to appoint teachers.

Legislative Council Wellington-Manawatu James Allen Baume T. Mackenzie Messrs Hoge Uhanan Sidey Hornsby Wikford House Poland Thomson Wlatman G. Fowlds Wellington Geo. Fowlds

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