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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
4
A fragment shows cash meat prices by weight with terms like mutton, beef, and various cuts. The text lists forequarters hindquarters legs chops neck breast shoulders sirloin roast beef and rump steak but the values are illegible.
The Board met on August 6 to hear a deputation on storm water division along D Bishop's road and the main road to the big creek. They entrusted Cullen and Sharplin to handle it while planning touring inspections to estimate works after floods and to view district damage.
A Coldstream meeting at Lovelife approved Rich as chairman and members to accept N Fitzgerald’s tender for forming the main south road. The Audit Department inquiry about balance sheet costs was answered by citing the Road Boards Act 1882. The board plans boundary road work when possible, addresses storm water issues, gorse clearance, and authorizes cemetery books and a sexton. accounts totaling £20 6s 4d and £256 6d were passed before adjournment.
In the House last week Hon Hall-Jones defended the co operative system claiming it saved thousands of pounds. He asserted workers prosper from it and warned against engineers hindering pay. The minister insisted some men earned more with co op works than before. Eleven lines discuss education board hand y man applications. A comparison promotes Sanders' Eucalyptus extract as superior, warning against deceptive imitators and urging use of the genuine Sanders product proven in court.
At Wellington on August 11 the Presbytery discussed Rev Gibson Smith's book on the Atonement. Rev Kennedy Elliott proposed a long overture asserting the church's adherence to the doctrine, urging action by the General Assembly at Dunedin on November 10. The discussion date was not set.
New Zealand faces scarce farm supplies as Auckland delays and US naval visits tighten eggs greens and fruit. Cauliflower sold 11d to 1s 0d per head with cabbage and peas rising. eggs up to 8d per dozen, apples 12s per case, lemons 11s, tomatoes 8d per lb. Oranges from Cook Islands arrive in poor condition.
A fragmented record recalls a man vainly offering sovereigns on London Bridge and mentions an £21 Abbey prize and unclaimed levy distribution, with details obscured in the damaged text.
Te Pipiwharauroa argues Maori youth should turn from town trades to land based farming. It praises farming as noble and essential for national progress, cites Te Aute College education gaps, and calls for an industrial department and agricultural focus, noting Congress discussions in Wellington.
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