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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
2
Small lots of prime milling velvet and good fowl feed are selling at quotations. good fowl feed hardening. Red wheat 3s 9d to 3s 11d, medium 3s 0d to 3s 6d, wood whole fowl feed 3s 2d to 3s 3d, broken and damaged 2s 6d to 2s 8d, sacks extra. Qats market dull with limited business. seed late at 1s 3d to 1s 7d, prime railling land to 1s 4d, best feed 1s 7d to 1s 9d.
A larger array of stock appeared at Addington with strong buyer turnout and firm prices. Fat sheep led gains as prime cattle remained in demand. steer prices ranged to £16 15s, heifers to £18, cows to £13 10s. Wethers and ewes held recent highs with Shropshire Down entries selling for £5 6d to £6 0d per head, crossbreds £4 25s each. Lambs numbered 1020 with prime lots around 18s 9d to 27s 8d, others 12s 4d to 16s 9d. Pork and bacon products sold briskly, with baconers £4 15s 6d to £6 7s, porkers £3 4d to £4 6d per 1b.
About 3000 sheep yarded at Geraldine auction drew strong demand for breeding stock with fat ewes and two year olds selling well. Cattle were scarce but brisk sales emerged, fat cows £9-£11, springers £9-£10 5s, yearlings £2 13s to £3, calves 1s to 16s, two year old bull £4 7s 6d.
Cattle yarded 100 head with best bullocks at 12 5s to 13 17s 6d and mediums 11 5s to 11 17s 6d. Cows 9 10s to 10 1s 0d top, mediums 7 10s to 8 12s fid. Sheep 1432 penned with most wethers 20s to 23s 4d, best ewes 22s 6d, lambs 15s 6d to 18s 6d. Pigs 170 penned with suckers 15s to 17s 6d, sows 18d to 20s, porkers 35s to 72s.
Local notices and brief items cover weather, appointments, stock sales, accidents, community events, and society notes. Mentions include post mistress appointments at Dromore and Seaview, a Tinwald stock sale date change, a serious groin injury report, and a concert by the Ashburton County Brass Band with American artist John A. Rosewarne performing.
News in Brief reports Fletcher brothers notifying they are agents for Nimmo and Blairs Standard Seeds with August Slat as sale closing date. Also notes on unrelated local ads for second hand goods, a sheep loss report, church events, school sale plans, and a stock take sale at Zealandia Boot Store.
The article notes July ending as the coldest and severest on record with variable winds and a snow storm on the 11th and 12th. Temperatures ranged from a high near 106 to a low around 18 with rain on 12 days totaling about 3.57 inches including snowfall. Also mentions the Kyte station rainfall and bitterness of the month with frost and low averages.
Ashburton Sports Association Executive met in the assistant secretary’s rooms. Attendees included P. H. Cox chairing, J. Snodgrass, J. Taylor, LG. McDonald, Colin Gampball, and D. Moria rty with apologies from W. B. Deusuire and Fred Pritchard. Deliberations covered correspondence, balance sheet discussions, bye laws, and thanks to officers.
The annual general meeting sees Milner Buchanan absent with Tennant an apology. The balance sheet shows income £147 12s 1d and expenditure £124 3s 9d with a £22 8s 4d credit. A pavilion with band rotunda is urged, likely funded by councils and clubs. New officers include P H Cox, J Snodgrass, W B Denshire, C J Taylor, Colin Campbell, D Moriarty, and Ian Brack. G McDonald becomes honorary secretary.
The New Zealand Legislative Council discusses the Weights and Measures Bill. Debate centers on proclaiming the metric system after January 1966 and awaits enactment by the Imperial Parliament. Rules for Speaker election are approved and ballot provisions challenged but defeated.
The House discusses the Referendum Bill and school voting rights for both parents. Debates on the Counties Act Amendment Bill approve third reading. Petitions push Bruce licensing poll validity and continued licenses. Questions cover food purity standards, Cape coal trial, and post office savings deposits. Efforts begin on Public Health Act Amendment and harbour district bills. The session extends late with adjournments and a barmaids bill vote.
In Brisbane on August, the New Zealand team overwhelmed Western Districts by 29 points to nil. Wall ace Wallace McGregor Duncan starred for the visitors while Forwards Given Cocke Long Nicholson Spencer led the effort. The text also mentions royal patronage and a dental health ad for Sander and Sons Eucalyptus extract, cautioning against inferior substitutes.
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