Wilkinson Opens Egmont Campaign Against Taxation and Trade
Eltham reports Mr C. A. Wilkinson Independent Opposition candidate opened his Egmont campaign asserting improper debiting of borrowed money and focusing on finance. He supports universal military training for under 21, volunteers, and a navy with Australia, while backing prohibition and a bare majority but opposing dominion status and free trade. He criticises the Opposition caucus for Lamont seat selection as unrepresentative and chairman’s lack of standing.
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Eltham
C. A. Wilkinson
Egmont
Australia
Dive
Lamont
Fruit Regulations Backed by Teviot Growers
The Teviot Fruitgrowers Association in Dunedin on September 23 approves the fruit regulations and congratulates the Minister of Agriculture for his firm stand amid a protest by fruit importers. The association warns that the regulations should not be relaxed to protect local fruit-growing interests.
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Dunedin
Teviot Fruitgrowers’ Association
Demands by Fruit Brokers Wellington Conference
At a September conference of fruit brokers in Wellington New Zealand resolutions were passed. Brokers insist on payment for pillage of fruit by shipping companies and seek liability for short landed fruit or loss during transfer to later steamers. They also urged better transhipment facilities at Auckland and asked the Union Company to note the concern.
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Wellington
Fruit Brokers
New Zealand
Union Company
Auckland
Fisheries Bill and the Maoris in Rotorua
A large European meeting in Rotorua on September 22 passed resolutions urging support for proposed Fisheries Act amendments favoring Maoris. They claimed no starving Maoris exist and rejected color lines or special Maori favors. The resolutions asserted Maoris can support themselves and denounced external pressure on natives.
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Rotorua
Fire damages two Broadway shops in Stratford blaze
A fire at 2 50 this morning gutted a Broadway shop run by bootmaker A Gordon and damaged adjoining paint and paperhanger T Reader. Gordon insured for 750 on stock and 60 on fittings. Reader insured 200 on stock. Buildings insured but amounts unavailable.
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Stratford
Broadway
A. Gordon
T. Reader
Death Galing Mosquito and Its Role in Tropical Diseases
A lecture summary notes the mosquito as a key factor in malaria yellow fever and other illnesses. It stresses the scale of mortality and illness, urges feasible eradication methods, and references historical figures in yellow fever research while detailing mosquito life cycles and dispersal.
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A. Ayres
New York Academy of Medicine
Man
United States
Globe
Nott
Mobile
Jesse Lazear
Walter Reed
James Carroll
Congress
The Cost of War, German View on European Conflict
General Blume reports to the German General Staff on the price of a modern European war. He estimates 4.75 million German troops could be deployed west, with allied powers fielding similar numbers. Direct and indirect losses could reach hundreds of millions annually, with fatalities and injuries potentially surpassing those in the Russo Japanese war.
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General Blume
General Staff
Germany
Europe
Blume
Miner at the Battery Exposes Thefts For Peppermint Cure
A broken verse shows a miner at the battery accused of pocketing geld while claiming a purse of coins bought with little to buy Wounds Great Peppermint Cure. The manager disputes the claim as the miner seeks relief through the remedy.
Camera Fiend Controversy Surges Over Wedding Incident
The Leiter Will iams wedding drew stampeding press attention as a photographer’s big camera aimed at the bridal pair. Joseph Leiter struck the photographer, slashing the camera, in a clash over privacy versus press freedom. Public opinion divides on privacy rights and media liberty, with possible legal action discussed but not soon likely.
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The
Globe
Joseph Leiter
Juliette Williams
Leiter
Chicago
Perhaps She Takes The Railway To Jericho
A fragmentary verse hints at a character possibly traveling via railway to Jericho with uncertainty about her plans and a nod to a presented event titled Woods' Great Peppermint le.
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Jericho
Missing Man William Mills Reported From Blenheim
A missing man named William Mills, an eccentric, was reported to police in Blenheim on September 22. He was last seen at 1 o'clock last night, leaving behind his watch, papers, and vest. Mills had recently been before the Court on vagrancy charges, and fellow boarders fear he may have ended his troubles. Police search continues with no trace yet.
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Blenheim
William Mills
Mills
Shave
Amid Bread Price Cut and City Distress Reported
Melbourne bakers cut bread price from a previous level to 54d per loaf as the Broken Hill mayor warns of acute town distress requiring immediate relief works. The article lists vast egg and poultry production figures, mentions ink microbes in school ink supplies, and notes various oddities from court cross-examinations to Mediterranean fisheries.
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Melbourne
Broken Hill
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