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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 10, 1902
Page
2
Ephemeris notes give sun rise and set times, moon phases, and lunar events for September. Includes new moon, first and last quarters, full moon, apogee and perigee timings, with local time estimates and hourly values.
Notices show mail closures for Northern Ports Westport and Australian States via Rotomahana at 6 p m on Thursday and for Northern Ports Westport and South Africa via Mukoia at about 10 30 am on Friday with due alterations.
The article argues that New Zealand premier Mr Seddon will not receive a peerage or baronetcy due to imperial sensitivities with Canada and Australia. It notes ministers aim to respect other dominions while recognizing Seddon as a patriot. A separate item outlines the Manual and Technical Instruction Act Amendment Bill expanding recognition of manual and technical classes and extending local grant powers and capitation claims.
Wrathexn Forecast signals a gale from north west and south west within 12 hours with rain and warmer weather. Tinaren Banz branch opens at New Plymouth under Mr G E Mannnering. Panter Troopers Memorial funds appeal: subscriptions encouraged through Mayor or Town Clerk. lists close soon. Government contract: Cabinet approves Henry Rignall for Blackball Railway and Bridge at over £80 000. Aclimatisation: 10,000 rainbow trout released in Ashburton River. more to follow in Rakaia and Rangitata. Special excursion train to Torray Alexander mission leaves Ashburton tomorrow at 2:30 pm. return allowed until 22nd with no special tickets. Fourth Estate gag about reporters lunch at Wakanni Road Board meeting. proposal for free lunch at next meeting. Evans Mountain Hing Asthma Powder touted for asthma relief.
Auckland telegram notes Cambridge Open-air Sanatorium near opening after many applications. Greymouth court fines Thomas Wilson £41 for Old Age Pension fraud and cuts pension to £6 yearly. Otago Patriotic Committee distributes gratuities and relief totaling £3,515 with more in hand. A Trieste tipping dispute causes waiter strike while public sympathy grows. Palmerston North reports 8300 acre Oron Downs estate sold for dairy farming value. Manchester tramways expand with 500 miles track. competition grows. Dunedin servant case ends with defendant paid. Rudge Whitworth bicycle advertised with easy terms in Burnett Street.
News in Brief covers a Transport Commission report expected by week’s end. It also notes severe weather in North Canterbury, lamb fatalities, and various local notices from Flemington church events to horse parades and parish appointments.
Subscriptions toward the Fallen Troopers Memorial have been received, showing community support and funds gathering for the tribute. Donors listed include local patrons and veterans groups contributing toward the memorial project.
A Coldstream Road Board meeting at Lowcliffe schoolroom praised the late Mr BH G Wright for his long service. The chairman reported the County Council's pending road closings and plans to seek Governor approval. Notices covered fencing on the new road, gorse clearing refusals, a Bridgetown bridge request, and subsidies. Requirements for road roller and grader were proposed for next meeting. Accounts of about £15 were passed.
Mr Henry Hughes of Christchurch publishes a government gazette list of patent applications up to the 4th inst, including chairs, fire alarms, sewing pins, racehorse lead bags, educational devices, trenching ploughs, furnaces, arc lamps, milking apparatus, incandescents, and other inventions, noting Hughes firm has 20 years in the patent business. A separate ad from Tarrorine promotes summer goods and custom-tailored suits from Craighead and Berryman, Ashburton.
Three hundred and seventeenth striking colliers at Doncaster were fined six pounds each for leaving work without notice. In swimming, Hillington beat Bend of Sydney by 30 yards in a quarter mile at Radcliffe Baths. Roosevelt criticism cited as defense of trusts by William Bryan’s paper.
Many Orange River Colony burghers refuse to leave Concentration Camps fearing hardship reestablishing farms. Government cuts rations to force return. Thirteen hundred Boers sail for South Africa. Natal gains extra northern strip in compensation for Wakkerstroom exclusion.
The rupture between the Progressives and the Government is complete. Sir G J Sprige the Premier refuses any concessions on the colonial commission regarding martial law and the Sedition Bill or acquiescing in an early dissolution.
United States dispatch notes Mr Seddon’s London farewell with dignitaries including Mr Cadman Sir John Cockburn and Colonel Cradock. He praises colonial services in South Africa and comments on the imperial conference while urging stronger colonial representation and free postal transit for imperial newspapers.
In New York dispatches from Sept New information says the greater part of La Soufriere volcano has blown away altering the coast contour. The Rabacca River reportedly becomes a stream of fire a quarter of a mile wide.
The report details last month’s exports of butter cheese beef mutton legs and pieces lamb and related values and quantities in ewt and cwt. Butter worth £42471 exported at 7676 ewt, cheese £5345 at 28 awt, beef £12810 at 10190 cwt, mutton £84417 at 77692 cwt with 6670 cwt legs and pieces, lamb £381238 at 21252 ewt. Comparison figures from August show varying prior totals.
Saunderston Home trustees in Ongisteuuren plan to abolish the men’s section and use the whole institution for women under the Inebriate Institution Act. The Old Men’s Home at Ashburton would serve all destitute elderly men, temporary or permanent, with broader welfare aims.
The Council debated the Government Railways Superannuation Fund Bill with opinions on feasibility security and governance. Members questioned funding soundness eligibility retirement terms and the need for actuarial oversight and committee referral before passage.
In Wentington on a Monday session the House considered a constitutional Electoral Bill adding a second ballot option. Sir Joseph Ward argued for majority representation and discussed city electorates while noting the bill also consolidates sixteen measures.
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