30 Apr 1908
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
1
A supplier lists a large quantity of heart and sap stakes posts and hurdles in stock. The items cover yard, field, and obstacle needs for fencing and track setups. Availability includes various lengths and standard dimensions for immediate shipment.
AN APPEAL by Justice Chapman on appeal quashed the conviction against Mr Brady Gisborne Agent for selling Book Gift Tea with a coupon. The system of exchanging coupons for books was ruled legal and not within the Act. The decision fully concurred with the other judges reassuring traders and buyers that Book Gift Tea can continue to offer books at no extra cost beyond advertising and prizes. Every purchaser participates in book distribution with six pounds of tea yielding a chosen volume from over 1000 titles.
A fragment notes folk remedies claiming to cure children with an elixir and three betties to banish a wheeping cough and obthiven, hinting at historical quack practices and superstition in medical folklore.
The product claims to restore the original colour to gray or faded hair and is offered at a price of 4s 0d.
A New Zealand table water from Wai-Rongoa is hailed as the most valuable ever found in the region surpassing foreign spa waters. Advertised as a tonic for indigestion constipation liver complaints gout and rheumatism it is said to contain abundant natural gas and is recommended by medical professionals and hospitals. The text notes medals at Wai-Rongoa Springs and mentions associations with U.S. fleets Bellamy's and other sponsors.
Par Peas Association reports a large yarding with steady overall tone. Fat cattle opened dull but rose to last week prices as 805 head entered. steers to £12 12s 6d, heifers to £8 178 6d, cows to £7 5s. Pigs show good demand for fats, bargains for stores limited. chapeprs and baconers vary, porkers 28 to 48d per lb. Lambs and store sheep strong with active freezing-lamb demand. ordinary freezing weights 1s 0d to 1s 8d, light lambs 10s to 12s 6d.
A Dunedin market report shows heavy yardings across sheep cattle and pigs. Sheep and lambs sold mostly lower than last week with ewes 2s 6d per head and wethers down. lambs 13s to 16s 6d for best, 12s for inferior. Cattle yarding was large with best bullocks £9 17s to £9 17s 6d and heifers up to £8 2s 0d, many pens unsold.
Sydney April 29 quotations list wheat milling at 4s 6d flour £10 oats 3d barley 4s 6d Cape toe bran 7 10s potatoes Tasmanians 4 15s to 5 onions 6 to 6 8d butter 104s to 106s cheese 7d to 8d bacon 8d to 9d Melbourne April 29 wheat ds 5d flour £10 oats Algerian prime 3s 6d barley English malting medium 5s cape 4s bran 1s 6d potatoes £3 10s to £4 1s 1d onions £4 Adelaide April 20 wheat ds 2d flour £8 10s London April 28 wheat firm and a shilling bearer.
A Temuka Leader correspondent reports Master Bakers of South Canterbury plan to switch to cash or coupon sales from May first, promising cheaper bread. He argues the public loses under the change while flour costs rise and small loaves may extra increase in price.
A Dunedin NZ Alliance representative predicts Christchurch may carry no license while Ashburton could swing back to license. He cites a successful dry Exhibition as affecting Christchurch sentiment and notes private info suggesting Ashburton voters may surprise. He also debunks street chatter by referencing a business group backing sound trade.
The report notes Messenger will represent New South Wales against New Zealand in Melbourne on Saturday. It also details Ashburton Association Football Club plans to press Canterbury Football Centre for more matches next season and discusses a contested Ashburton Rugby Union rule limiting withdrawals from multiple competitions to the lowest level only.
Weather fine and attendance fair at Trentham. Thirteen bookmakers inside, twenty-one outside. Hurdles winner Aorangi by six lengths. Waiwetu Handicap won by Toa Tuhi over Gateley and Clanchattan. Sun Bonnet and Sea King dead heat in Thompson Handicap. Diablo wins North Island Challenge Stakes. Plunket Nursery won by Flitaway. Railway Handicap taken by Motoa. Tinakori Hack Handicap won by Frisco. Total handle £11,464, down from £20,842 last year.
Auckland figures including Hon E Mitchelson of the Auckland Racing Club urge government action to cut racing days and club numbers. They back wiping out bookmakers and restricting or banning non totalisator clubs to curb proprietary racing.
A testimonial by Mya Rasa Hoare claims eight years of use for Morse's Indian Root Pills and praises their curative effects. The writer, age 64, asserts health improvements, endorses the remedy for women, and notes benefits to digestion, bowel cleansing, kidney strengthening, and blood purification.
At Eltham on April 28 the Farmers' Union reports many remits for the Provincial Conference. The Executive calls for efficient labour import, universal military training, and higher naval contribution while opposing preferential treatment for Unionists. Hawera urges vigilance on the referendum Fair Rent Bill and local franchise changes. Eltham proposes energetic lectures to unite farmers on current topics due to lack of unanimous political stance.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a beauty gloss and Jongthe operations tied to material life, but details are unclear. The piece seems to reflect trade or craft notes about gloss treatment and its role in material quality.
In Napier on April 29 the Hawke's Bay Rifle Association announced it will enter a team in the Empire Cup Competition.
Rex v. Sales and Rex v. Black and others saw the Crown concede insufficient evidence. The Court of Appeal at Willington quashed the convictions for breaking and entering.
A fragment notes a case or legal matter involving Weeda and Peppermint Cure with brief brushing of dispute. The readable text is sparse but suggests a court related item or remedy claim. No clear date or full names available.
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