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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Apr 14, 1908
Page
2
Wool grain stock land and estate agents and general merchants is listed as ahistoric business heading or classified notice fragment noting a diversified trade or listing of commercial services and property interests without a cohesive event or narrative.
SAGE are prepared to store all kinds of Grain and Farm Produce in well ventilated Stores at lowest current rates. Insurance on our Stores is the lowest in Ashburton. Our Seed Cleaning Store is equipped with up to date machinery and we can clean Grain and Grass Seed at lowest current rates. Seed Cleaning and Crushing undertaken at any time.
GHG Cooper promoted to Christchurch Branch of Messrs Cooper and Duncan Limited has instructed the sale of a residential property on the East Belt. It includes part of sections 250 and 251 with 32 porches, a 6 room dwelling, bathroom, scullery, verandah, separate washhouse with copper and tubs, permanent water supply, and a pump system feeding a tank to house and washhouse. A fruit garden borders Mr J Ewanson’s residence. Easy terms offered.
Sun rise and set values listed for April 15 through April 21 with multiple numeric codes. Includes phase details New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter and key events Apogee Perigee and Midnight times.
Post Office Ashburton observes Good Friday closures with Friday mails moved to Thursday and deliveries suspended Friday the 17th. On Easter Monday 20th open 9 to 10 a.m. with full despatch until 8 a.m. Telegraph Office hours 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Good Friday and usual Easter Monday hours. Telephone exchange 9 to 10 a.m. Good Friday. normal 8 a.m. to midnight Monday.
The Hersh Burton Guardian announces it will not publish on Good Friday and Easter Monday in April due to holiday observances. No replacement edition is planned for those days.
Public debate over the high pressure water supply plan for the borough will coincide with Pollard's Opera Company performance, heightening scrutiny by ratepayers and politicians as both sides press for victory in Ashburton's pivotal municipal battle.
Pollard's Juvenile Opera Company presents Bluebell in Fairyland at Oddfellows Hall in Ashburton. The London tale follows Bluebell the flower-seller and her fairyland adventures with a somnambulist king, featuring Ballets like The Bootblacks and The Frog Dance. Box plan at Dresden. patrons advised to reserve seats.
The Marlborough Land Board to day urged the Minister of Lands for more surveyors as demand for cut out hush lands grows. Officials cited a nationwide shortage due to resumed lands for settlement and native lands surveys.
London reports Bannerman’s quiet day and sleep as anarchists are seized in Paris. New York notes 69 million pounds sterling lost by departing aliens. Egypt protests Britain over constitutional interference. Berlin reports German loans are slightly oversubscribed. Vienna records the governor Potocki murder as political. Newfoundland sealers crushed by ice with 19000 dollars in skins lost. Paris signs frontier treaty for French Congo and Cameroons. Calcutta telegraphists face eight-hour shifts and demand pay rise. New Zealand clergy pensions pledged by Watson widow.
A massive blaze in Chelsea, a Boston suburb, destroyed churches libraries a hospital factories and tenements. The fire left at least five deaths and dozens injured with thousands homeless as tanks exploded from winds blown across the Chelsea River. Damage estimated around two million pounds.
Australian report says burglars dynamited a safe at Coona railway station and secured 140. Commissioner McKie of the Salvation Army has received instructions to farewell Australia. A crew member aboard the Aldenham has smallpox on Thursday Island. Hobart hops growers vow to seek higher duties to raise prices.
Melbourne reports Mr Deakin will retain office until the tariff bill passes or session ends. The Sydney Herald notes he yielded to colleagues, with a Royal Commission motion on the Post Office delayed until tariff passage. if not postponed, Deakin may resign.
The Miawarra and Newcastle seamen refuse to work until non unionists leave ships. The Seamen's Union grants owners one month to consolidate non union crews into six steamers and then crews may mix. At Newcastle 33 of 38 non unionists strike over pay as casual rates. eleven return to work, others replaced by unionists.
Melbourne reports Brookes will not visit England this year to defend the Tennis Champion of All England and World's Championship. An ad touts Woods' Peppermint Cough Drops as relief for bronchial coughs.
London April 13 official notice that Morley and Sir Henry Fowler will enter the House of Lords as Viscounts while keeping current offices. Tweedmouth to Lord President of the Council. Lord Crewe, Lloyd George, McKenna, Churchill, Runciman named Cabinet members. Morley health prompts resignation from the Commons.
The Chronicle lauds strengthened government post reshuffle while The Times sees a stronger cabinet. Crewe’s appointment aims for harmony with colonies though limited concessions. Churchill seeks business confidence and pledges free trade plus railway ambitions. The Daily Mail reports criticism of McKenna, and The Standard notes Churchill’s removal from Colonial Office. London April 15 reports Churchill appealing to constituents for renewed support and a policy mix linking Licensing Bill, education reform, and state schooling.
The article lists ministers in the Campbell-Bannerman Administration. It names Tweedmouth as First Lord of the Admiralty Crewe as Lord President Lloyd George as President of the Board of Trade McKenna as President of the Board of Education Churchill as Under Secretary for the Colonies Runciman as Financial Secretary Treasury Fowler as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Lucas and Acland newly appointed Buchanan as Financial Secretary of War Hibhouse as Under Secretary for India Herbert Samuel as Under Secretary Home Affairs John Morley now Lord Morley MP for Montrose and F D Acland as MP for Richmond Yorkshire.
In Greymouth on April 13 the Wharf Labourers' Union pledged continued support for the Blackball strikers wives and children. The Tyneside miners will meet on Friday to reconsider Saturday’s withdrawal of support from the Blackball miners. A striker writes to the Argus that at Saturday’s meeting workers were told a weekly allowance would be 80s for one man 10s for a wife and 5s per child and that some would live on others’ money while awaiting a settlement.
Mr Pritchard, delegate of the Black Ball Miners' Union from Wellington, left for Christchurch to confer with Mr G G Stead regarding the strike at the Black Ha mine.
The police report notes limited female bar patrons in Dunedin and suburbs. Women enter hotels to drink in sitting rooms rather than bars, while a few buy small quantities for home use. The Licensing Committee members corroborate these findings from inquiries.
A meeting at Drury discussed the case of Mr W. Dixon and agreed to circulate a public petition and appoint a deputation of residents to meet the Minister of Justice to present the facts.
Telegraphic river report lists Rakaia dirty Rangitata clear and Ashburton clear in both tranches.
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