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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
4
A local butcher thanks customers for support and pledges continued best quality meat at the lowest cash prices. Prices listed include prime beef and mutton by the side and various cuts, with sausages and small goods produced by Mr T. Barber.
In fine weather a large crowd watched the Auctioneers and Banks and Professions meet in the first David Thomas Memorial match. The game opened evenly with exchanges at both ends, Hughes scoring for Banks and Professions and Culverhouse failing a conversion. Douglas Thomas replied for Auctioneers, and after a tightly fought second spell the match finished 6 to 6, followed by a dinner at the Commercial Hotel with toasts and songs.
The Management Committee met to endorse suspensions from the West Coast Union for fighting and bad language. Hawke's Bay was asked to provide details on a player suspended for liquor on field. Ahuriri Club appeal against a five year ban was dismissed but may be reconsidered for penalty reduction. Discussions on proposed law changes and international board conference followed.
A parade of user endorsements from Stratford Auckland Riversdale Greytown Wellington Invercargill praises Lane's Emulsion for curing colds rebuilding health and easing coughs. The ad asserts rapid recovery and universal use with two sizes priced at 4/6 and 2/3.
ERCY'S Latakia Smoking Mixture proves popular with a 2oz offer priced at 1s and Latakis accounting for 16 percent of sales in the market segment.
The text explains that heated air expands and rises creating wind as lighter air moves upward and denser air flows in to fill the void. Differences in atmospheric pressure due to temperature create two air currents: warm air moving over cold air aloft and cold air moving under warm air at the surface, with examples from mountains and aeronautic observations.
The Greenwich Guardians repeal the decision to curb tobacco aid for the aged inmates citing the move as mean and contemptible. Prince Lidy Jeassu, grandson of Emperor Menelik, weds Princess Romania, granddaughter of the late Emperor John. The groom is thirteen, the bride seven.
Canterbury Land Board discussed land transfer speculation in Rosewill and Waikakahi. Commissioner FW Flanagan warned transfers may raise rents and hinder fair ballot aims, urging careful scrutiny and temporary hold on Rosewill and Waikakahi applications while deeper inquiries proceed.
The Anama Road Board met at Hekene with J G Cree chairing. They approved the clerk report and planned shingling forty chains of road between Valetta station and Ashburton river and to place a finger-post near Valetta homestead.
Canadians show loyalty to the Mother Country amid debates on naval policy. Public opinion favors the government and parliament in strengthening defenses. The plan includes improved militia and the creation of a Canadian naval force as an Imperial defense contribution.
An old advertisement touts Woed’s Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy for influenza. It claims success with “Never Faile” and promises relief for 1a Gd and Qs 64.
Canterbury Land Board met Thursday to consider transfers and tenancies. Applications included Bessie Ales Aulos for Adelaide settlement held over. L.J.Y. 661 transfer refused. several transfers granted to Leggett and others. a tenancy for all islands in the Methias and Rakata rivers offered with £19 rent. Highbank library site approved. riverbed vested proposal for Ashburton riverbed debated with caution on legal risks, and application denied due to potential consequences.
Sir Joseph Ward told a Daily Chronicle representative in London that penny-a-word rates are unlikely. He suggested sixpence per word could pay with existing charges, noting private use would boost cable business. He avoided commenting on cable companies' management but supported state ownership of cables.
An Australian cable column reports Miss Ada Ward and Mr Walter Bentley discussing a possible stage return. Ward telegrams acceptance of £100 weekly amid talk of Macbeth with Ward as Lady Macbeth. Bentley says terms prohibitive and Ward notes a likely reappearance at Portsmouth. Also notes drastic quarantine regulations and a Queensland estate sale with 54 557 acres freehold 21 780 leasehold and 24 000 sheep. A merino ram Sir William des Beer sells for 1850 guineas to Sir W J Clarke trustees.
John Laing Smeith a weldher was charged with theft of £1 from farmer Andrew Brown after Brown placed a £1 bet on Laghmor in the July 29 fligit Steeplechase. The accused denied betting, claiming he acted as clerk to R H Smith. Magistrate fined £8 and costs and ordered repayment of £1 with one month in prison in default.
Sydney August 4 The Norse sales show horses including My Grant Ha wera selling Lord Tacko for 00 guineas Knight of Quality 80 guineas Bena Lee 75 guineas On account of Mr McKerrow Otago Airedale realized 150 guineas
At the Police Court Daniel Ryan a Auckland butcher was fined £2 and costs for cruelty to pigs. He ill treated five pigs by spitting their ears and was the only butcher among forty five to use ear splitting as identification. Mr Cutten noted the act was cruel though perhaps unintentional.
The double chimney of a Johnsoville house owned by Mr and Mrs W Skinner was struck by lightning in the morning and collapsed level with the roof. Debris flew to a nearby paddock as the blaze lit the bedroom and shattered the mantels. A four-hundred-day crock also perished in the event.
Harold E. Gorst argues in the North American Review that the current general education system is a crime against youth. He proposes dismantling traditional schools and building a single large institute with workshops, laboratories, and diverse tracks aligned to individual aptitudes and broad activity spheres.
At a Canterbury College General Committee meeting in Christchurch, donors were acknowledged for land purchase records, provincial ordinances, photographs, and colonial correspondence. The group invited early colonists and families to submit papers or items for preservation and exhibition in the Museum.
Members of the Institution of Mining Engineers viewed the London Fire Brigade display at Southwark Bridge road. Highlights included a liquid air helmet tested in a sulphur fire and a petrol pumping engine capable of 400 gallons per minute. A collapsible brass helmet saved a fireman in a bottle exchange blast, though a accident with falling glass left one man hospitalized for months.
Maudeane Harman of Burnett Street Ashburton offers money to lend in any amount on freehold securities at the lowest current rates. Easy terms of repayment can be arranged. Representative: & Kennedy, Geliciter, Burnett Street, Ashburton.
Perry, Perry & Kinnerney advertise lending with approved freehold securities including second mortgages. Interest at lowest current rates. Principal repayable by instalments if desired. Timaru, Geraldine and Temuka offices.
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