Turnipa Field for Sale Near Ashburton Forks
About 45 acres of turnip land offered for gale near the Forks, conveniently located to Ashburton. Apply for details and terms.
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 05, 1905
Page
2
About 45 acres of turnip land offered for gale near the Forks, conveniently located to Ashburton. Apply for details and terms.
The notice lists daily mail closing times for Christchurch area and southern offices. Times include 6.30 am for several towns, 10.45 am for Christchurch, 3.10 pm and 8.20 pm express departures, plus 6.00 am and 9.20 pm express runs to Dunedin Temuka Timaru Oamaru Palmerston and other places. Postmaster signs.
Daily departures announced for Ashburton routes with northbound times at 7.35 am 1.15 am 3.23 pm mail 3.40 pm express and 8.50 pm express. Southbound services run 6.50 am 9.53 am mail 11.10 am 1.45 pm express 4.5 pm? The Springburn train leaves at 4.25 pm and the Methven service from Rakaia departs at 7 pm.
Ashburton Boardian Maenamat Veerrag ev Pravanrerr dated Saturday August 5 1906 outlines a local community event. The notice provides minimal readable details about proceedings and participants.
Local notices from Ashburton and surrounds describe no sale at Ashburton Yards on Tuesday 16th inst and a sale at Tinwald Yards. Reports include estate purchase of Kereru Station Hawke Bay with 17000 acres, 20000 sheep and 500 cattle, pensioners age data, political candidacy talk for Mount Somers, legal matters at Christchurch and Dunedin, and social events at Spreadeagle School with dancing and refreshments.
Banter over a House on Fridays pay questioned Captain Seddon and Mc Taylors duties. Warnings about misprint in W Andersen letter note construction versus condition in a sheep wool context.
A fatal case of plagues is reported in Townsville Queensland amid ongoing correspondences on local football, with notices of train arrangements for the Grand National meeting and community events including a musical evening and a tea by the Wakanai Good Templars Lodge.
The Hampstead School Committee met to review roll numbers and attendance, discuss term dates and holidays, Arbor Day plans, and the potential purchase of land for gardening education. Staff examinations and chart purchases were considered, with decisions and payments noted.
The Railway Employees Ball at Oddfellows Hall drew about 250 attendees and ran until 2 am with steady dancing and lively card tables. Decor by Warren, Rich, McFedries, Brown, Polson, Durkin, and Middleton featured flags, palms, and a semaphore dance indicator. Sincere praise for Trainor's cueing system and Masters of Ceremonies McDougall Braaze and Burns. Christchurch traffic manager S F Whitcombe attended, and organizers hope to make it annual.
A sale on Tancred Street features bicycles taken in as part payment for Swift cycles. Each machine is guaranteed and sold by The G. H. Carson Cycle and Motor Works. Prices start at six dollars.
The Ashburton High School Board held its monthly meeting with Rev G B Inglis in the chair. Members present included H Davis, 5 8 Chapman, Reid and Thomas. apologies from J Stite and leave of absence granted. The bank balance stood at £238 10s 10d. Discussions covered inspector reports, agricultural instruction, apparatus needs, staff changes, and arrangements for a future report to implement recommendations. The board approved minor staff and facility matters, approved caretaker resignation terms, and set procedures for paying salaries after full board approval. The meeting adjourned after formal business and notices.
The House met at 2.30 pm and Mr Seddon noted a memo from the Under Secretary of Defence stating no trace exists of any claim for payment to Captain Seddon for organising defence stores. The Financial Debate followed with Messrs Buchanan, BE, G. Allen and T. McKenzie speaking.
A large earth slide from Colenso Hill struck a six room house owned by Montague Lascelles and occupied by jeweller A. Bailey, shifting the building onto the road and destroying the chimney and veranda. Adjacent Mrs Woodcock’s home was crushed, with occupants evacuated. Woodcock furniture damaged amid scattered store items listed in the sale notice.
The article reviews Thomas Dutton's impartial views on alcohol, arguing moderation as food in small quantities. It cites medical opinions, including the Lancet and an American commission, and notes Dutton's personal experience favoring beer for under 40 and wine after, with spirits only when needed.
The South Rakaia Road Board met on Thursday with Morland chairing. The board accepted a gorse clearing tender from John Daly and set a general rate of three-eighths of a penny in the pound for the year ending 31 March 1906. Sub committees reported tree planting on the South Belt, tenders will be called for road works, subsidies and premiums were approved, by laws considered, and various road and shingle schemes planned. Accounts totaling £243 11d were passed.
The adjourned meeting at the Board's Thoraday office drew a small attendance. Chairman Morland presided as the balance chest for the year ending March 1905 was read, audited though the Auditor-General objected to legal funding for destroying small birds. The balance sheet was adopted after a motion by the chairman and a second by Mr Shannon. Leddy for the School Committees noted funds were too low to clear gorse as ordered. the chairman pledged to raise the issue with the Board. A vote of thanks to the Board and staff closed the session.
The article argues the real cause of rheumatism is polluted blood with excess uric acid and that liniments offer only temporary relief. It promotes RHEUMO as the cure, claiming it purifies blood and cures rheumatic conditions, with wholesale agents Kempthorne Prosser & Co. Also notes Woons' Great Proprietary Compound and Royal Standard Pills now available in Ashburton Patt.
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