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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
3
The Ashburton County Council considered concrete channelling requests and ratified funds, while debate over water races and railway fence debris led to new inspections and compensation calls. A ministerial visit by Mr Fowlds highlighted school journals and Maori education progress in the region.
The Rakaia Road Board sought confirmation to stop portions of Ulundi and Bal roads to one chain, with landowners consenting. Reserves near Fairfield, held by Anderson and Muirhead, were inspected. grazing value 2s per acre, fencing in good order, and a public auction lease planned for several reserves. The council also noted riverbed fencing with willow and granted Easter holidays for office clerks.
The Premier travels south to Dunedin by the second express this afternoon. He says he addressed 212 meetings in six weeks and predicts rapid northern development. He notes Retorua’s conversion success and plans Te Aroha similarly. Rotorua could host 19 000 residents soon. He will lay the Teachers' Training College foundation in Dunedin tomorrow and tour Central Otago and West Coast, with McNab joining for the Otira tunnel sod turning. The party includes J Hislop and H G El.
The Hon. Robert McNab, Minister of Lands, plans to leave Wellington on Monday to meet a dairy farmers deputation in Dunedin regarding new dairy regulations. He will join Sir Joseph Ward at Cromwell on April 8 to travel through Central Otago. He will lay the Presbyterian Church foundation stone at Cromwell, visit forest plantations at Gimmerburn, and inspect nurseries and plantations in the TapanuI district en route to Lawrence.
The Government aims to divide the Ormaglade block in the Feviot district into four grazing runs totaling 7 600 acres, with Ormaglade covering 38 000 acres.
An old advertisement touts Woods Great Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds. It promises relief with a 1s 6d aml 26 Gel price and claims reliable results.
Fine weather drew strong attendance on day two. Implore won Advance Handicap ahead of Tracey MLE and Maritana. Bellwind took Mitcham Handicap by a head over Previous Wsee. Havelock led early in the Harness Handicap, finishing about 40 yards ahead of Cocoanut with Verax third. Time details noted for each race.
Readers urge a fresh, capable leader to guide Ashburton’s growth. The letter notes civic tasks require time and suggests an honorarium to attract a business-minded, locally attentive mayor who can advance the town's interests.
An exhibition show titled Las Soing and Rough-Riding is set for tonight and tomorrow night at 8.30 in the Paddock next to the Masonic Hall on Havelock Street Weat opposite the Library.
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