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Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Aug 12, 1902

Page

3

Pioneer E G Wright dies after long public service

The obituary honors E G Wright a key Ashburton County figure and early South Island settler. A civil engineer who built bridges and road works including Cura Gorge and Hurunui Bluff rail bridges he later led towns councils and county boards. His irrigation schemes water race plan and county plantations are cited as lasting legacies.

E.G. Wright Mc Wright South Island Godley Head West Coast Cura Gorge Huarynui Hurunui-Bluff Ashburton Rangitate Wright Surrey Hills Windermere Anama Rangitata Lyttelton Harbour Christchurch Gun Company Blackhall Coal Company Coleridge I. Whitaker Geralding Mc Maslin John Mclachlan New Zealand Fredrick Whitaker EB. G. Wright Messrs E. F. Wright H. J. Wright Douglas Wright Messrs P. and Albert Roberts

Seven-a-side Pirates Football Club Representatives Named

The Pirates Football Club selects its seven-a-side squads for Temuka tournament this Thursday. Seniors: D. Wilson, M. J. Lynskey, W. Fitzgerald, D. Friedlander, A. Fitzgerald, M. Fitzgerald, W. Woods. Juniors: W. Moses, D. Fergus, Grieve, Weeds, Green, Goldsmith. Tarnorine notice on tailoring and local business promotions follows.

Pirates Temuka D. Wilson M. J. Lynskey W. Fitzgerald D. Friedlander A. Fitzgerald M. Fitzgerald W. Woods W. Moses D. Fergus Grieve Weeds Green Goldsmith

Australians Rally To Stave Off England On Final Test Day

Australia posted 324 in their first innings before stumps as Trumper topscore with 82 and Noble offers steady middle order support. Hirst trims the lower order bowling as England aim to chase a wary total on a bright London day with Duff, Hill and Darling contributing early in the innings.

London Jones Carter Vowell Duff Trumpey Hill Darling Noble Trumper Trumpar Gregory Armstrong Hopkins Trumble Lilley Hirsh Oka Hirst Eat Tilley Jackson Hirat Hopking

Veterans Home subscription list totals assessed

The first subscription list to the Veterans Home published totals £56. Reports from Gisborne note a two day telegraph outage due to storm and snow. Other items include electoral boundary objections report, industrial exhibition plans, a fatality in Auckland, robberies sentenced in court, smallpox quarantine moves, and abattoir designs with a £5000 project outline.

United Press Association Electric Telegraph New Puymoura Veterans’ Home Gisborne Wettington Representation Commissioners Canterbury Wellington Teasper Turner Auckland Highth Supreme Court Johan McAuliffe Michael Regan Te Mahanga Bay Tiare Sydney Dowson Bedford Caversham Orient Tahuna Park

Murder charges heard in Court for Culsher and Olsen

John Culsher was charged with murdering John Hutchison and remanded until Monday after bail was refused. Adela Olsen, charged with murdering her newborn, was remanded to appear at Ormondville Court tomorrow.

United Press Association Electric Telegraph Narre John Culsher John Hutchison Adela Olsen Ormondville Court

Grand National Meeting opens at Riccarton

Canterbury Jockey Club hosts first day of the Grand National meeting with clear weather and good crowd. Races include First Hunxtzxs Harnuss winning the main event by three lengths in 3 1 5, with Hurricane and Phaetonits following, and other results across shorter and longer courses with several dividents recorded.

United Press Association Electric _ ‘Pelegraph Curisrenuren Racscourss Riccarton Harnuss Phaetonits Maroun Snottish Minstrel Surrey Mars Wainhorn Ostiak Field Battery

Sheep and cattle at Timwald yards sell well despite race clash

At Timwald yards a small sheep entry sold well while cattle numbers were large. Attendance was muted possibly due to Christchurch races. Prices realized included Fat Cattle Steers £6 13s to £7 18s 6d and cows £7 to £8 5s. Stora cattle springers £6 to £9, dairy cows £6, yearlings £2 6d to 50s, 2–3 year old steers £3 10s 9d, 18 months £3 1s 6d, 2–3 year old heifers £6 6s to £6 18s. Fat sheep Crossbred ewes 63s to 14s 2d, crossbred wethers 12s 5d, freezers 10d to 17s 8d, hoggets 10s 1d to 17s 1d, crossbred ewes in lamb 10s 3d to 12s 6d, merino ewes 9s 8d, crossbred wethers 10s 3d to 11s 3d.

Timwald Christchurch

Various Local Notices and Advertisements Highlight Ashburton Events

Community notices include the Loyal Mayfield Lodge anniversary at Lismora School, tenders invited for reserves by Ashburton High School Board, and public baths plans approved in New Plymouth. Other items cite price changes in bran, clothing sale final weeks, a sprinter returning to track, river and railway interests, and a Dunlop tyre development promising lighter durable covers. Local auctions sold town sections, and the Loyal Ashburton Lodge report notes good finances, a new investment, and a ping pong challenge. Coronation talk centers on Rudge Whitworth bicycles and Ride into town displays.

Mayfield Lodge of Oddfellows Lismora New Zealand Flour Millers’ Association Ashburton High School Board of Governors New Plymouth Ashburton N.G G.M. W. J. Leggett Rowan Rudge- Whitworth Burnett Street

Aeneas Vee Asettee and the Abe Tre

A cryptic line appears to mix phonetic letters forming a coded phrase. The string reads like a sequence of letters rather than a narrative, offering no clear events, names, or places to summarize as a news item.

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