Royal Mail Steamship Line Advertises London Routes
The New Zealand Shipping Company promotes its Royal Mail steamers to London via Montevideo Teneriffe and Plymouth with superior passenger accommodations. Ships are fitted with claytah patent fire extinguishers and CO2 systems. Advertisements list agents Friedlander Bros, Shaw Savill, Albion Co, and Limited.
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NEW Zealand Shipping Company
London
Monte Video
Teneriffe
J. Plymouth
Shaw
Savieelind
Albion Co., Limited
Liffe
Plymouth
Temperance Tales and Marriage Law Reflections
An Alabama temperance story features Napoleon veteran Colonel Lahimanovsky extolling sobriety’s healthful power. The piece then discusses New York law allowing trial marriages under age 18 and 21, with judges and officials explaining annulment, parental consent, and evolving age of consent from 12 and 14 to 16 and 18.
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Napoleon
Alabama
Lahimanovsky
Egypt
New York City
Saya
New York Tribune
Tribune
Henry Bischoff
New York
Furll
James F. March
Justice Bischoff
England
New York State
Temperance Movement Spreads Through Heckington Area
The Temperance Pioneer reports a sustained movement in Heckington Lincolnshire where Liberals started a beer boycott during the General Election last January. Since then the drive has grown with over 1 000 men and about sixty women pledging abstinence and only two have backslidden.
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Nce
Heckington
Lincolnshire
Study compares outcomes in children of drinking versus abstaining parents
In Philadelphia on April 6, T A MacNicholl of the Red Cross Hospital, New York, cited a study of two family lines. Among ten drinking-parent families, 55 children with high infant mortality and health issues out of 70. among ten abstaining-parent families, 70 children with far better outcomes and 90 percent normal.
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Pearson
Judge on drink and crime at Glamorgan Assizes
Mr Justice Scrutton told the Grand Jury at Swansea on July 18 that most crimes were likely caused by drink. He said improving education and social sentiment, plus stricter access to liquor, would halve criminal activity.
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Glamorgan
Lord Coleridge Links Drink to Crime at Cardiff Assizes
The judge told the jury that a striking share of crimes arise from drink and that in the past year forty four of every hundred offenses would not have occurred without alcohol. He urged public attention to these facts and potential societal benefits from better drinking habits.
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Lord Coleridge
Cardiff
Jteam Nots
Prohibition vs license States contrasted by governor speech
Governor Glenn contrasts Maine and New York on drinking controls. He notes Maine requires a guide to obtain a drink, while New York uses a guardian to prevent drinking even if the individual does not want it.
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Glenn
Maine
New York
Drink and Divorce at Royal Commission Hearings
The Royal Commission exploring divorce hears testimonies linking alcohol to marital breakdown. Lords Gorell Barnes and John Bigham note drink as a major cause, while witnesses caution against making drunkenness a fault-line for divorce. A London missionary cites reform needs.
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Royal Commission
Gorell Barnes
Lord Gorell
John Bigham
Scom
Druukenness
London Police Court
J. E B. Watts
Ditcthfield
St. James-the- Less
London
Frootoids Claim Quick Relief for Headache and Indigestion
An advertisement extols Frootoids as a superior remedy for headache indigestion constipation and biliousness. It promises blood purification and liver support with weekly bed time doses and suggests long term independence from ordinary aperients.
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Proprietarie
Overseas Trade Growth Measured in Steam Vessel Tonnage
Reports from the Year Book show ten years of rising external trade using larger ships. In 1900 inward steam cargoes totaled 4871 vessels with 728 581 tons net, while 1909 saw 445 steamers and 1 186 898 tons. Sailing ships rose from 245 vessels 126 031 tons in 1900 to 160 ships 77 542 tons in 1909.
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United Kingdom
Oversea
Mary’s Truncated Rhyme of Ham and Hat
A playful fragment shows Mary with a ham and eggs, a nimble tram chase, and a Merry Widow hat. It mentions a chilly morning, a fixed wig and a string of whimsical phrases, all in light, comic verse.
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Mary
Merry Widow
Appointment of New Zealand Officers to Staff College
Defence Minister Sir Joseph Ward answered seven questions in Parliament on New Zealand officers' access to the Imperial Staff College course. He said nominations carry no fixed conditions yet, only that officers must have military knowledge to benefit from the course. Future entrance criteria depend on advice from college authorities and the Director of Military Training and Education, with copies of past papers sent to districts to aid study for next year.
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Defence
Sir Joseph Ward
J. Allen
New Zealand
Alloy New Zealand
Joseph Ward
England
Rainfall at Cren Lea Carow August 1910 Report
O J LeCren records 1.90 inches of rain at Cren Lea Carow in August 1910 across eight days. Heaviest downpours occurred on August 6 and 27 with 0.48 inches and 0.80 inches respectively. The 7th brought five inches of snow but warm weather limited impact.
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Cren Lea
Carow
O. J. LeCren
Pile Cones Claim Cure After Fifteen Years Of Pain
A longtime sufferer recalls severe bleeding itching piles and relief after using Dr Fellows Pile Cones. He reports rapid improvement from day one and seven weeks without symptoms, urging wide advertising to help others.
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Dr. Fellows
Dr. Fellowes
Great Constipation Cure Tablets Sold By Chemists
Br Fellow s A C tablets the great constipation cure price two shillings sixpence per box of forty doses should be taken with pile cones obtainable from all chemists and grocers or post free from wholesale agent H F Stevens wholesale chemist Christchurch
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H. F. Stevens
Christchurch
Ms LOASBY the Only Prescribing Chemist in Christchurch
A listing identifies Ms LOASBY as The Only Prescribing Chemist located at 147 Colombo Street Christchurch. The note presents a business address and professional title without additional context or events.
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Ruakine
Ruapehu
Rotorna
Wellington
Friedlander Bros., Ltd
Wellington Wellington J
Athenia
NEW Zealand Insurance Company, Ltd
Nicole Bros
Islington
Islington No. 1
Turnip
Islington M Turnip
Nicoll Bros
T. Young
Ulster Boot Shop Corner
Burnett Streete
Ashburton
Nicoll’ Bros
C. H. Tate
W Zealand, Lrg
H. Matheson
Aggage & Expries
Dundas &T
N.Z
A. Pollock
Hezehburton
Temperance
Jones and Sons
Bligh Street
Hereford Street
Llewellyn Wen
MUS
L.O.M
A. Mus
M.J.C
Purus
Government Insurance Department
J. B., Richardson
Government Insurance Commissioner
Ballantynes
J. Ballantyne & CO
Henry Patents
Pamphist
Keen
Ashburton County
the International Harvester Co
West Street
McCormick
Kozie Tea
Manchester Bros
Robinson
Barningham & Co., Ltd
George Street
Dunedin
Inox
Baker Bros
Cass Street
Wakaanui Road
Cass and
Cameron Streets
Colman
Friedlander Bros, L
Nelson
General (Ouse Furnishers and Importers
Tancred Street Next Building Society
Perz
Robinson's Patent
Oras
Blue
Ell Grocers
Raven Tea
Boyds Bros. & Kirk, Ltd
Christchurch & Inveroaral
Heckington Beer
Maine v
BR. Fellows, A.C
H. C. Barrett
East Street
Deteri
Ashburtonermanent Building and Investment Society
Albert Roberts
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