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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
2
The August ephemeris lists full moon at 0 30 a.m East, new moon, first quarter, and observing times. It records dates and terms like Perigee and Apogee with times in the afternoon and night.
An item notes an Australian cargo sold at 80s and records the American visible wheat supply at 39,925,000 bushels as of August 1. The report is dated August 2 and mentions 10.23 a.m. Lennon.
The London office cables a report on the frozen meat market: prices are low and values generally fall. Canterbury mutton quotes at 84d, Napier Wallington North Island at 43d, lamb first quality 43d, second 43d, beef hindquarters 34d, forequarters 24d.
Farm listing describes a 20 acre property located 2 miles from the Railway Station and 5 miles from Pareora Freezing Works. Term offered is seven years. For full particulars contact B. Y. Ferguson, Land and Estate Agent.
Moderate entries at Addington market due to bad weather and lighter attendance. Fat cattle and store sheep sold unevenly with prices near last week, while fat hoggets and store cattle showed firmer demand. Prime cattle and veal calves met steady to good rates. pigs saw brisk sales for fat hogs and softer demand for stores.
20 acres with an eight room concrete walled dwelling, four fireplaces, a four stall stable, trapshed, chaffhouse, cowshed, and sheep yards. Located one mile from Creamery, 14 miles from Fairlie railway station, and two miles from Saleyarda. Satisfactory selling reasons given. Potential buyers can be referred to the seller at the stated price with terms arranged. Live Stock General Insurance Agency.
From Our Own Correspondent reports a fair turnout at the Geraldine livestock sale amid poor weather. Sheep entries around 3300 with prices for ewes, lambs, hoggets, and young sheep listed. cattle show a decent entry with cows in profit at £5 and springers up to £7, yearlings £3 15s, bulls £1 17s 6d, and steers to £2.
Cattle pens held 154 head with high bulls at £133 5s and eighteen from North Otago averaging over £11 7s. Heifers and cows ranged from 6a to 109 above last week. Best bullocks 11 to 11 17s 6d, extras to 12 1s 9d. Sheep fat 2100 penned. prices softer later, heavy ewes 19s to 22s 9d, extras to 25s 3d. Fat lambs 20s varied. baconers and porkers firmer, suckers 7s to 9s, hides stores 19s to 28s.
Wheat prices shown for prime milling, Tuscan and fowl wheat with ranges from 33 5d to 86 ld, imports limited and consignments small. Barley demand for malting export with quotes from 43 6d to 3s 3d and mixed milling and feed rates.
A mixed column of events and notices from Ashburton includes a Baring Square choir concert tomorrow, music examination results from Canterbury College, a Primitive Methodist Young Peoples Society gathering with attendees and performances, postal and gambling crackdown news, livestock market results, and fire brigade and lodge activities with appointments and speeches.
Mr F Ferriman reports the sale of the valuable site at the corner of East and Burnett Street with the business premises tenanted by Ashburton Drug Company Moessra Pearce Mel Clurg and Purnell to Mr J D Stewart. Borough Council lease of T S 868 and 874 Cass Street with four dwellings on the land sold to Mr William Bryant.
Aug 1 Bruges and J Gooden face five counts of stealing client Henry Tuck’s money. Prosecution alleges sums of 200 pounds on April 18, 1903, 400 on October 12, 1904, 260 on March 2, 1904, 450 on March 1898, and 60 on February 5, 1904 were misappropriated. Evidence shows funds were not invested as agreed but funneled into Bruges' general account after his bankruptcy.
Social benefit for Mr M Burgess at Fairfield on Tuesday evening. Tendora invited to oversee Station Buildings at Broken River. Thames telegram reports kauri log rafts brought down to booms during rains valued about £100,000. Miss Aitken takes over Miss Coomba’s millinery with a clearing sale planned. Fairfield Freezing Works to close after the 18th. Messrs Chapman and Terria note A Terria retires. business continues by remaining partners. Wall papers stock invited for public inspection. Woods Great Peppermint Cure advertised for colds and influenza. A near Ashburton school exam cites word pronesr as a test reply. The Pioneer cited as popular. New subscribers enrolled daily. Mail advert for stamps and mail matter. Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure promoted as sole remedy for colds.
A testimonial from W. Oakley of New Brighton Westale describes severe rheumatic gout improving after using Rheumo. He says he can shave and use a knife after a few doses and vows to keep Rheumo, claiming the remedy cures the underlying uric acid issue. Sold everywhere in bottles priced to 2s 6d and 4s 6d.
At St Stephen's parish meeting about twenty five attendees debated finishing the church and adding a pipe organ. The Vicar and members discussed costs from £1925 for the missing tower to £800 for an organ, possible fund plans, seat rents, and possible borrowing to raise roughly £1300 to £1400 with voluntary subscriptions over three years.
The Vicar argues for greater parental use of new Act opportunities in schools though some doubted. He denies claims of drift toward heathenism and references the Band of Hope temperance program linked to the church. A Benediction ends the meeting as Rev BE White House aims to establish the class for children.
The annual meeting of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Ashburton presided by Rev G B Inglis heard a communicants total of 140 and 26 baptisms for the year. Funds for a new church show £1532 7s 8d pledged with £452 12s 6d in hand while income and expenditure balanced. The ladies report strong mission work and a Sale of Work planned to aid construction with Sunday School numbers around 124 pupils and 102 average attendance.
General Babington praised attendance as the bedrock of volunteering and urged New Zealand to sustain discipline through trust in leaders. He warned that geographical factors may bring New Zealand to the center of future questions, demanding ongoing hard work to keep volunteers ready.
Ashburton area dealer R D Johnston offers pure bred Silver Wyandotte fowls and eggs from top laying strains. Contact Laurela Poultry Yards for siler eggs or birds. Also mention of bronchial coughs colds cold cure and a patent remedy in the listing.
London August 1 Sir H C Bannerman told the House of Commons that no new standard will be adopted for navy maintenance. Capetown Cape Government orders an inquiry into the closer settlement movement in Australia as part of Cape Colony policy.
Unrest in Russia leads mutinous detachment to seize three forts. Reports vary on casualties with some noting hundreds killed or wounded. Garrison at Dushluzir murders their commander and eight officers after learning of the dissolution of the Doume and takes control.
On August 2 reports indicate two companies of the Sveuaborg infantry have joined the mutineers while two battalions from Ab are also involved. The situation widens the measure of unrest and may impact local colonial control.
Reuters report from Johannesburg says 2 090 Rand Jawa adopted a resolution backing an autonomous Jewish colony in British East Africa as the sole path to secure relief for Russian Jews. High Commissioner Lofborne of South Africa wrote expressing strong indignation at the Russian massacres.
Elihu Root, U S Secretary of State, told Pan American Congress in Rio January that mutual aid is desired among American republics. He urged recognition at the Havana Convention and a sovereign status for all states, opposing any colonization of the Americas.
The House of Commons read the Street Bathing Bill a second time without division. Hon. Harbert Gladatens denied the Bill was a sop to Nonconformist groups, as both houses urged its adoption.
Sydney reports a drop in drunkenness convictions in the Metropolitan area from 601 to 139 in the first six months year to year. The Assembly heard a gambling regulation bill introducing a £100 fine for betting under 21 and limits on racing days while police receive summary powers. A new central railway station is set to open, drawing protests over Sunday traffic. A Sydney mail service contract faces opposition, and health officials note consumption deaths dropping from 227 per 100000 in 1903 to 142 in 1905 with hope for future reductions.
Sir Joseph Ward in an interview warns that disintegration of Liberal and Labour support would be a grave mistake. He cites unity as boosting New Zealand and suggests Labour has enjoyed government sympathy and would likely continue to receive fair treatment. He hints he may address a public meeting to outline policy after forming a Cabinet.
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