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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
2
BEG announces relinquishment of business in favor of Messrs J and H Smith starting August 1 after thirty years of general support from friends, the public, and farmer-friends for fat stock. He asks for continuance of the same to the new run.
Local notice thanks residents for patronage during the sale period. Store proclaims replenished stocks of cycles phonographs and Edison records with best quality and low prices. Highlights include phono graphs from leading makers and a Canterbury area large Edison record selection.
County and district residents are notified that the American Fleet will visit our shores as part of a Dominion event. The notice emphasizes strict attention to customer services by STEVE MADDEN with refreshments available at all hours and rooms under strict management. Private suppers arranged for.
The Auckland visit of Admiral Sperry and the American fleet sparks strong opinion on Parliament, leadership, and unity between Britain and the United States. Admiral Sperry, Lord Plunket, and Sir Joseph Ward frame the visit as a test of shared peace ideals, naval power, and the path to global cooperation.
A collage of reports from Otago to Canterbury covers transport plans for officials, school building schemes, and election results. Voters chose Li. W. Peryman and C. H. A. T. Opie to South and Central wards respectively, while J. Jackson was reappointed as South Canterbury Education Board chairman. Also noted are dredge profits, sheep and grain movements, and community events in Ealing and Ashburton.
Weather records show 144 degrees of frost at the Ashburton Domain last night. Shearing begins in parts of South Canterbury while coal mine books report a net profit of £8440 as of March 31 1908. Captain Edwin's telegraphed forecast predicts northerly winds moderate, little barometer movement, and likely frost tonight.
Private news from Ashburton reports the death of Civil Engineer William Baxter in Buxton Derbyshire England on July 1 following sudden illness. He served Ashburton County Council for 29 years from 1879 and shaped the water race system delivering extensive irrigation and water supply across the county. He leaves a widow and four sons and a daughter.
An old advertisement touts Woods' Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds with prices listed as 1s 6d and 24.64 for bronchial relief, promoting a betokened remedy described as failing never.
The Hon. Robert McNab Minister of Lands and Agriculture visited Riversdale Southland on Tuesday to open a new railway station and planned to return to Wellington Saturday. He was accompanied by MP A Barclay and other officials. The article also covers his responses to critics on the Dairy School project and Gilruth’s departure, plus pest risks to cereals and policy notes on exports and dairy regulation.
Dispatches report Japan's pelagic sealing beyond the 3 mile limit around Pribilof Islands affecting British Columbia sealing interests. BC owners weigh registering vessels under the Japanese flag to protect markets as sealing tensions rise.
The Archbishop of Canterbury reports that £123,000 of the £345,000 Pan Angl ican Conference thanksgiving offering has been allotted to named objects. The remaining balance will fund clerical and educational needs with attention to the north west Canada Australasia and parts of the South Seas.
At the Pan Angllican Congress an appeal approved Anglican clergymen to work in New Zealand. The first batch has sailed aboard the Turakina.
The State of Turkey in Constantinople reports August 11 that Turkish ministers are abolishing sinetures and suppressing subs ventions to foreign newspapers while reducing the pay of higher officials, a reform surpassing salaries of ministers in other states.
Autumn imagery blends with whimsical promises of a peppermint cure for ailments. The jumbled lines mention seasonal changes and daily rain, suggesting a health claim tied to Woods Great Peppermint Cure without clear medical backing.
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