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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 03, 1908
Page
3
Vancouver reports 23 minors trapped by an explosion at Crow’s Nest Colliery in British Columbia with little rescue hope. Wellington notes a street musician in a lockup found dead, and a series of accidents and a fatality in Christchurch, Hastings, Gore and Lyttelton with multiple injuries and a coroner’s inquest.
A southbound express collided with a hawker's van near Dunsandel station. The van driver and two horses bolted as the engine approached. the engine struck the van, freeing the horses and wrecking the vehicle. The driver sustained back injuries and contusions and was taken to a nearby hotel for medical aid. The horses escaped unharmed. A passenger said the train was moving fast and safety brakes prevented a worse outcome. The van owner and driver names are not known.
August 2 Oamart reports frost and snow have damaged stock in the Snow country. Relief work proceeds with difficulty as large areas remain unpatrolled. At Huakataramea some sheep are saved but upper valley losses look severe. Otematata Omarama and Longslip escaped worst of storm, while Livingstone side of the Kakanui range faces heavy losses.
Waimate reaches Port Chalmers after a 59 day voyage from London. A SE gale and high seas battered the ship after Cape passage, flooding the cabin and washing crew from their berths. No injuries or major damage reported despite the brutal weather and repeated westerly gales.
The tenth annual Municipal Association conference opened with Mayor W Hislop presiding. Delegates discussed a joint accident fund, combined district electors lists, and extending franchise to all adults. A motion for longer mayoral terms and for limiting mayors to two years was rejected.
The Chief Commissioner refused to sanction re-employment of the tramway executive and 25 men who led incitement. A constitutional point tests Surplus Revenue Act validity as West Australia lodged a similar writ. Weather reports heavy rain since Monday. A riot during a Brighton versus Port Melbourne football match. referee knocked unconscious. Perth bakers strike over day work. operatives open a cooperative bakery.
The bazaar lists prize winners including Mise L Wilson A Amon B E Elliott Miss Curd P Stephens Bryan W R Tucker W Kidd L Baux B Cooper Taylor fe Cairne Milner Segers and H Sutherland. Sewing machine and bicycle prize results to be announced tomorrow. Weather from Sunday described as springlike boosting potential crop growth and milk feed outlook. Ewes in good breeding condition with low mortality among finks.
Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade expresses gratitude to all who contributed donations or time and services to the Bazaar. It also thanks stall-holders and assistants for their painstaking work. Signed Nicholls, Secretary.
Commercial report from Sydney notes the butter market exists with a forecast of prices advancing to 187s per cwt in Melbourne tomorrow.Received August 3 at 10 50 am butter in the local market may be quoted at 180s today.
In Napier Nel lie Magiven, a Trocas dero restaurant waitress, was fined £2 after a police case found a breach in liquor sales. The proprietor W. Raiding lost a similar prosecution. In Christchurch Alfred Bates paid £20 plus costs or a month in gaol for hawking whisky on Sunday and selling at a shilling a glass.
In Invercargill on August 3 Mr Cruickshank M S dismissed a charge for permitting drunkenness against John Affleck licensee of the Wallacetown Hotel. The magistrate ruled there must be knowledge connivance or carelessness by the seller and that a customer who becomes drunk but is not allowed to remain would not prove drunkenness. Powell the landlord was noted as an experienced hotelkeeper.
Wellington August B reports Hon R Mc Nab stating the Agricultural Department plans to start a veterinary school and prefer locally trained men. The department may import women if needed and would guarantee taking a fixed number after the first course, with ten local men targeted initially.
In Auckland the interprovincial football game drew about 4000 spectators as South Canterbury failed to challenge Auckland, who won 27 to nil in pleasant weather. The southern members of the New Zealand Australian League team then arrived in Auckland and planned to depart for Melbourne the next day to join jubilee celebrations of Australian football.
At the Motueka Poultry Show the South Island duck championship was won by Miss M. I. Fleming of Nelson with a Pekin drake. Mr and Mrs H. Davis departed Ashburton on Saturday for Wellington to attend the Municipal Conference.
An old sale note lists 250 three bred four six and eight tooth ewes in lamb, 04 two bred two tooth ewes in lamb, 150 ewes in lamb, plus 200 four bred four and six tooth ewes in lamb to E L rams. Also 180 bred ewes in lamb to L and Shrop rams and 144 fat lambs.
Fragmentary note mentions Henry Stephenson and affiliations with Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society and Colonial Mutual Life Society, plus references to an auctioneer and land estate matters.
A horticultural listing details numerous vegetables with numerous varieties and seed prices. Entries include asparagus Connover's Colossal and beryl Covent Garden Blood Red, beans runner and French types, broccoli Carter's Champion, cabbage Lettuce and celery varieties, cucumbers Stouckwood Ridge and Tony Prickly, and price notes such as per packet or per bag. The list references multiple English regions and catalog-style entries.
Advertisement notes flower seeds offered at one penny per packet. Reads like a bargain offer from a local shop with no additional details on varieties or quantities.
A catalog entry details numerous plant seeds and flowering varietals including Aster, Nasturtium, Petunia, Pansy, Geraniums, Cosmos, Sunflower and broad listings of mixed or single varieties. It notes per packet and per gallon pricing, with references to specific brands and suppliers and mentions Montauk insecticide products for pests.
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