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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
4
An old medical ad claims fresh air and Lane's Emulsion cure consumption and improve digestion and overall health. It touts doctor endorsement, two available sizes, and frequent testimonials, urging readers to obtain Lane's Emulsion.
At Addington stock market on August 11 entries were small. Fat cattle and fat sheep were firmer while store sheep and pigs sold well. Lambs saw limited new season entries. Prices ranged with extra prime wethers at 25s to 81s and fat cattle bidding up to £4 10s.
Fat cattle yarded 202 head with prime bulls and heifers leading demand. Prices opened near last week then slipped 5 to 10s per head. best cattle £9 10s to £12, extras to £12 0s, mediums £8 to £6 10s. Sheep yarded 2700, primes strongest. wethers 17s 6d to 19s, ewes 13s to 15s, lambs 11s to 12s 6d. Pigs 190, including South Canterbury porkers, prices steady to ahead of last week. suckers 11s to 15s, slips 19s to 26s, stores 27s to 30s, porkers 435s, heavy baconers 55s to 70s.
Oats show light demand with Gartons and Sparrow hills leading enquiry. Quotations range from 4d to 1s 9d for Gartons and 74d to 1s 84d for Sparrowhills. Wheat prices steady with Prime Velvet and Tuscan in demand. Lead Velvet and Tuscan 4s 10d to 5s, milling 4s 6d to 4s 72, best whole wheat ds 11d to 1d.
The Australian Minister of Agriculture refused to suspend the total ban on Tasmanian potatoes despite protests from wholesale dealers who urged inspection. He will proceed with the drastic prohibition and may extend it to other root crops. A pathologist in Melbourne reports Irish blight found in Gippsland's Fish Creek district.
A collage of brief items notes Cuban residents count, a stork shot in Transylvania to study migration, Solomon Andrews’s fortune from pie hawking, a long life of work in Wales, Lord Robert Cecil on cricket crowds, Hyde Park’s first refreshment house, and a Northampton Mechanics Institute remark. An advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Grand Cough Remedy.
At Supreme Court session Judge Denniston fined John Thomas McFinnon manager of Truth £100 and costs for publishing details of a case after a magistrate ordered non publication. If the article writer had appeared, imprisonment would have been imposed.
In Hamilton on August 11, William Bradley was stabbed in the lower back during a dispute among three men. He says a foreigner stabbed him. John Murray was arrested, charged with wounding with intent, and remanded after bail was set.
The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club held its August meeting in fine cold weather with total investments of £14,180 10s, up from £12,883 the previous year. Twenty eight bookmakers were licensed. Races included the Trial Handicap over 196 sovs with Franzie Ella Kaiser Huon in the top three, the Progressive Handicap over 140 sovs with John M Tuxedo Chief and Peacock placing, the Lincoln Handicap over 140 sovs with Cora Lynn Vietor Huon and Ben Lincoln, and the Midwinter Handicap over 150 sovs two miles won by Vitella Kohine and Pansy. Avon Handicap over 210 severe miles saw Myail Miss Vivian Adventuress as top three, Dash Handicap over 185 sovs one mile won by Cinders Crocus and Storm Geeks, and Telegraph Handicap over 150 sovs one mile led by Morin Imperial Polly Ngaraimasec with a final time of 2 minutes 15 seconds.
Ponsonby beat New Town 14 to 6 at Sydney on August 11 to claim the Australasian club championship. Poor weather and about 8000 spectators marked the match, with New Town hampered by injury absences. McGregor scored for Ponsonby, Hall and Murray also crossed for tries, while Russell added penalties for New Town.
A recent arrival from Suffolk recounts six months in New Zealand farm work marked by wage cuts poor housing and harsh conditions. He paid to hear rosy lectures, only to find wages from 10s to 15s weekly, unventilated dormitories, broken ploughs, and dismissals. He now seeks local town work and plans to return to England.
The Maori rugby side defeated Queensland 36 to 25 in Brisbane on August 11. In a fast first half Queensland led 17 to 12, with Asher outstanding for the Maoris four unconverted tries. In the second half Kurutai Haira and Ratete scored tries as Asher added conversions. crowd protests followed at final whistle.
Varieties of names appear garbled but report notes Angusatru Taranaki defeated Manawatu in football today by fourteen to nil, with Manawatu showing some fight in early play before the second spell.
The Surrey Cricket Committee will not invite J M Crawford to play again after he declined to face the Australians. Crawford responds that he declined to captain a team with Davis Lees and Rushly excluded, asserting independence for amateurs in the United Kingdom.
A Suffolk resident Mr Pritchard endorses Doan's Backache Kidney Pills for back pain attributed to kidney issues. He claims relief after doctor diagnosed tuthago and notes his wife Mrs Pritchard remains well years later. Pills priced six for 165 6d and available through Foster McClellan Co. Sydney.
A golf meeting at Palmerston North on August 11 starts with 101 competitors entered. Entries total 688 across events including Open championship 48 and medal handicap 94 plus teams match 43 and other contests such as bogey, foursomes, Donnelly Cup, coronation medal, driving, and approaching and putting.
Burns said he felt better than ever and boxed lively in Palmerston North. He sparred well but in a bout with O'Donnell he slipped and re opened an old ankle sprain. A doctor says it will take a fortnight or more before he can do anything and he plans to go to Rotorua for treatment.
The article notes Serajevo as a focal point of Austrian influence in Bosnia and highlights the Sarajevo bazaar. It describes narrow lanes filled with wood stalls and stone warehouses, with traders and travelers from eastern markets. It paints vibrant attire, bustling crowds, and extensive embroidery produced by women in the harem, explaining low prices.
Concrete lamp posts resembling Grecian columns have been tried in the District of Columbia with frosted globes. The Col ogne cathedral faces serious danger as its foundations subsided with repair costs estimated in the hundreds of thousands of pounds. In Cape Colony at Le Rochelle Mr Burger grows a marketable calabash for pipes with two profitable years. The Pekin university titled School for the Sons of the Empire holds 60 000 graduates in a 820 granite register.
At a Christ Church meeting of the Shee owner Union, President B Tripp argued that world wool demand sustains prices while mutton in New Zealand suffers. He urged opening new markets, better organisation, larger cold stores, and joint NZ and international inspections to stabilise prices and curb middlemen profits.
An old advertisement extols Sander's Extract as a cure for coughs colds nose lung trouble stomach and rheumatic pains. It claims the product is superior to eucalyptus and warns against ingredients in rival preparations that caused harm. It mentions dosing with water or olive oil and asserts healing and antiseptic properties.
The timetable lists inbound trains to Ashburton from Mount Somers at 9.15 am and from Christchurch at 9.82 am mail and 10.55 am express with 1.48 pm and 7.5 pm later. Southbound trains run 10.45 am 2.58 pm 3.18 pm mail and 5.44 pm express with 7.45 pm. Departures show northbound times 7.95 11.15 am 4.25 pm 3.40 pm and 5.58 pm express, and southbound 11.45 am 4.4? pm and 11.10 am 1.5% express with 3.50 pm.
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