16 Apr 1910
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Apr 16, 1910
Page
1
The market shows improved wheat quality from recently threshed stock with mills bidding higher. Prices vary by grade, velvet and Tuscan and Hunters primals fetch higher cash, while inferior grades remain weak. Oats demand steady for good seed lines and chaffs command 8s 2d to 9s for prime lots. discolored chaffs sell cheaper.
The Palmerston correspondent reports many locals praise Powelka after an escape while others note concern about his altered mental state. He recently left Palmerston Hospital after a serious lung abscess operation requiring rib removal. The piece questions any link between the surgery and his changed disposition.
April 14 report states Mr. Kate Stansell of Kent bequeathed £35000 to establish a home for homeless lonely ladies abandoned by their husbands. The will seeks to provide shelter and support for destitute women facing hardship.
Mr Grindell Matthews reports successful experiments with a wireless telephone linking rooms in a large London building and reaching 0.8 miles offshore, demonstrating practical communication over air.
Pretoria April 14 Mr Meischke of Johannesburg wins the tender to build the Union Parliament Houses at Pretoria with a contract price of £622,500.
Christchurch reports firmer wheat prices over the past days. Algerian oats are sought after from the North Island with limited supply at country stations. Italian ryegrass sees strong demand with a sale at 2s 10d this week. Barley prices remain nominal as brewers stay well stocked.
In Sasgnits Prussia during night exercises the German cruiser Munchen rammed a torpedo boat. Two stokers aboard the torpedo boat were killed and several wounded. The remaining crew were rescued before the torpedo boat sank.
Timaru wheat market shows no change with a firmer tone on milling lines. Good milling maintains steady miller demand while first class milling mixed lines fetch 4s fob. Sprouted wheat eases as congestion grows. Fowl wheat trades at 33 3d fob for 4, seconds in strong demand, up to 3d fob. Oats are quiet aside from local trade. Gartons quoted at 25 ld, Duns at 2s 0d 4 1.
A Windsor Victoria testimonial describes chronic rheumatism relief after using Warner's Safe Cure. The writer reports swollen joints, weight loss, and weather sensitivity before the cure, then a week by week improvement and eventual full recovery. The ad claims kidney detoxification as the mechanism and offers a free pamphlet from H. A. Worsley and Co Limited Melbourne.
Practical guidance on patent ownership in New Zealand. Advice urges using reputable patent practitioners, proper patent marking, and avoiding infringement. Henry Hughes, engineers and patent agents, offer services from Christchurch with over 25 years of experience and free preliminary advice.
April 15 list from Timaru shows acceptances for Rosewill Handicap six furlongs, Smithfield Handicap four furlongs, Ouipua Hurdle Handicap and Timaru Cup across several horses with weights. Notable entries include Adage Glenfield Queen of Spades The Seer Montreal Saint, Southern Cross Ringman Shillelagh Foxglove and White Cockade among others plus St Aidan Fasnakyle My Lawyer and Cute in various events.
In Wellington on April 14, tensions rose as scoutmasters accused military authorities of aiming to absorb the Boy Scouts into the defence force. Education Minister G Fowlds denied such policy, noting cadet provisions were made at the Scouts’ request and that optional ministerial control would require full departmental oversight of uniforms and equipment.Dr Makgill and Chief Scout Major Cossgrove backed the regulations after consultations.
Mr Salmond, Solicitor-General, told the Wellington Court of Appeal there is no police court in New Zealand. He noted that a Magistrate's Court exists in law, a Justice of the Peace has no court, and the term police court is not legally recognized.
An advertisement urges readers to choose Baxter's Lung Preserver for chest coughs and colds claiming it cures all chest affections permanently and thoroughly. It promises rapid relief by loosening mucus and preventing inflammation.
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