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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 06, 1913
Page
4
A short list shows current prices from TLETCHER BROS a cash groceries firm in New Zealand. Items include New Golden Sultana raisins dried apples Tasmanian dried apples dried apricots half gallon tins greengages sliced peaches currants goosberries and bottled plums gooseberries cherries and more with savings highlighted for customers.
A fragment notes that spring suitings rush has commenced and customers are reminded this demand is active, with emphasis on timely purchase.
S Madden's on East Street advertises building timber in all sizes including heavy Pinus Tnsignis and also offers 4 foot firewood at Anderson's Corner.
Nelson Street Hampstead quarantine lifted and the patient and parents released. Also notes Ashburton police seek owners for four bicycles left in town, and two youths Henry Stanley Person and Sydney Peter Hudson arrested near Ashburton after fleeing Burnham Industrial School.
The piece reviews Israel Zangwill's War Devil and Sir Max Waechter's Fortnightly Review analysis. It notes armament costs, compares with the Panama Canal and global merchant shipping values, and warns that continued spending could bankrupt Europe or trigger a major war.
Advertisement notes orders for first class building timber of Pinus in any quantity at 9s 1d per hundred cash on trucks at Ovari. Applies to John Scott.
The report lists passengers moving north to Wellington by express last night including Mr Fluge Friedlander and MPs G A E Thorson H P and G I Statham. It notes Mr TL Hy Sharplin of Qmokoroa hospitalised after an accident and mentions Messrs F Wilding and G Raymond sworn as Kings' Counsel at Christchurch Supreme Court with acknowledgments from Justice Denniston and T W Stringer KC.
The Sydney weather bulletin notes frosts and light rain last night with clear, bright conditions today. Mr Bates predicts variable to strong southerly winds backing westward, a new westward approaching storm, and a likely very cold night with inland frosts. Barometer remains steady then falls within a day.
Christchurch August 6. Justice Denniston in the Supreme Court held that paying premiums on a life insurance policy does not remove a debt from the Statute of Limitations. The defendant Gibsison v. Tothill was decided with judgment for the defendant. Payments, even if securing value, do not imply a promise to pay the residue.
At Pulehinau Dannevirke a youth named William Clements allegedly shot Frederick Ireland in the hand after a dispute over a horse. Ireland is in Dannevirke Hospital with non serious injuries. Clements was arrested for attempted murder and to appear at Palmerston North Court next Monday.
Wellington reports two new prisoners before the court. God Coulter admitted five charges of theft from the Morere stakehold and was sentenced to three months with reformative treatment. the Supreme Court will sentence him for breaking and entering. Herbert Porteows, a metal mechanic, admitted three charges of theft and forgery and received one month’s imprisonment, with remand for further sentence by the Supreme Court.
In Auckland Police Court Alice Sarah Williamson was charged with the murder of Ellen Altgren at Henderson. The case was reserved for defence and committed for trial.
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