Farm Land Offers Near Fairfield and Ashburton
Listing for 900 acres near Fairfield with 6 room house and outbuildings three miles from Ashburton priced at £10 per acre. Also parcels of first class agricultural land with Gracine House 8 stall stables implement shed 100 acres oats 120 acres wheat at £22 per acre. Rolling downs 6 room house woolshed men’s whare all tillable near telephone at £7 10s per acre. Describes best and sweetest sheep country in New Zealand.
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Balclutha
South Canterbury
Fairfield
Ashburton
New Zealand
Persian upheaval and European caution amid Shah’s crackdown
The piece notes Russia and Britain urging Persia to uphold a new constitution amid the Shah’s violent dissolution of Parliament and arrests. It compares Persia’s struggle to other despotic states, cites revolts over the Civil List, and reflects on Britain and Russia pressing for a November election while India’s fate looms. It also mentions Australia’s defence lessons from the American fleet and Mr Deakin’s caution about rapid change.
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Commonwealth
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Melbourne
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Local Health Improves for Mr A H Shuiry
Mr A H Shuiry whose health was critical has shown improvement. A further reduction of ld per lb in butter prices is reported at Christchurch. Mr John Bonifant of Wakanui Ashburton travels home from the Old Country bringing stud English Leicester sheep.
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A. H. Shuiry
Christchurch
John Bonifant
Wakanui
Ashburton
English Leicester
Te Kooti
Raetorua
Borough footpaths flaws urged by correspondent
A reader complains of many holes in asphalt footpaths across the borough endangering elderly and wary pedestrians. The Works Committee will likely inspect and repair paths soon.
Cotton dispute stalls at Manchester conference
A joint conference of cotton employers and workers in Manchester failed to reach a settlement. Efforts continue to organize a further gathering to resolve the dispute.
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London
Manchester
Australia
Unemployed in Britain Firms Acquire Land for Work
The Presa Association notes Glasgow Corporation bought 170 acres to provide work for the unemployed. Liverpool Corporation is taking similar action.
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Per Presa Association
London
Corporation of Glasgow
Liverpool Corporation
Trade Union Congress Rejects Arbitration Plan at Nottingham
The Trade Union Congress meeting in Nottingham votes 1 099 000 to 645 000 against Mr Ben Pillett’s proposal for arbitration and conciliation in trade disputes. Messrs Wilson and Harvey oppose Til lett’s conciliation motion urging unions to act only with a living wage standard and call for drastic unemployment legislation. The congress backs compulsory state insurance and hears Mr Shackleton announce Gladstone will propose a Royal Commission in autumn session.
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Trade Union Congress
Nottingham
Ben Pillett
Messrs
Wilson and
Harvey
Tillett
D. H. Shackleton
M.P
Gladstone
Turkish Affairs The Sultans Assailant
Konstantinople report states Rictei, the man who assaulted the sultan, was released after a court ruled his arrest violated an amnesty. The note was received September 12 at 8 20 a.m. local time.
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Rictei
Light Wine License Bill Advances in Cape Council
The Light Wine License Bill was read a second time in the Cape Legislative Council. The government promises to incorporate a local option clause.
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Capetown
Cape Legislative Council
Japan outlines strict economy to secure world peace
Count Katsura, prime minister of Japan, told the Bankers' Club that Japan adopts a rigid economy policy. The policy is fixed and aims to place the world's hope of peace on a sturdier foundation.
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London
Reuter
Count Katsura
Japan
Bankers’Club
Éurer Foundation
Roosevelt anti corporation drive hit by court ruling
The Federal Circuit Court of Pennsylvan ia declares the commodities clause of the Hepburn Act unconstitutional. The ruling targets railway shipments of coal and other goods between states, affecting major anthracite coal interests in Pennsylvania. Attorney General Bonaparte plans an appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Press Association
New York
Roosevelt
Federal Circuit Court of ‘Pennemante
Pennsylvania
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United States’ Supreme Court
Eucharistic Congress Echoes Controversy at Albert Hall
A large audience at the Albert Hall heard Viscount Llandaff and the Duke of Norfolk address the Eucharistic Congress. They criticized the royal oath declaration as insulting to the King and Catholic doctrine. Speakers included Cardinal Vannutelli Archbishop Carr and the Duke of Norfolk. An announcement said the 1909 congress would be in Lourdes and 1910 in Montreal.
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Duke of Norfolk
Cardinal Vannutelli
Archbishop Carr
Albert Hall
Lourdes
Monitreal
Defalcations of Danish ex-Minister of Justice
Copenhagen reports a defalcation involving Alberti, the former Danish Minister of Justice, amounting to £1,000,000. The notice, dated September 12, 8,20, outlines the financial discrepancy and indicates ongoing investigations.
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Copenhagen
Alberti
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