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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 12, 1913
Page
3
Hitch took eight wickets for 48 runs for Surrey against Kent. He reached 1000 runs and 100 wickets for the season, marking a rare all round milestone in the match.
At Christchurch on August 11 the Metropolitan Trotting Club staged harness events led by the Stewards' Handicap with Mystic and Belvic placing, Wereoa and General Wylie in the Selwyn Handicap, and The Whip and Franzalenha taking the Speedaway handicap. First Alarm won Electric Handicap, Rosemary placed, with totalisator investments reaching £15 10s compared to £14 11s last year.
The Ashburton Rugby Union held a meeting to address reclassification requests for third grade eligibility, approve M Steele's shift to third grade, consider A Whiting's reinstatement, and confirm match arrangements with Ellesmere and other unions. Referees and lineups for senior and third grade games were announced, with travel plans for players and schools noted.
Wellington August 11 Canon Garland argues the deputation opposes access to the ballot box by majority in religious matters. He says Parliament is a tribunal to enable free ballot access and insists government by the people remains supreme. Dunedin August 11 Women’s Christian Temperance Union notes the deputation’s non official status and neutrality on the issue.
Monthly Ashburton United Band of Hope gathering at St Andrew's Fall drew a large crowd with Mr W K Watson in the chair. Rev G B Inglis spoke to children on the harms of alcohol, citing personal experiences, followed by a varied program of vocal and instrumental items from St Andrew's Presbyterian Sunday School participants and friends.
The current program at His Majesty's Theatre features a Pathe coloured dramatic film Vor Love Is Life in three parts with leading French artistes portraying all roles and a rich mix of sentiment and comedy. Last night’s good audience enjoyed Cinderella's Slipper Bear Escape and The Capture of a Wild Cat for abundant humour, plus an instructive Florida celery industry picture.
An advertisement touts Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a cure for skin diseases. It attributes eruptions to impurities in the blood and claims the pills cleanse the system by stimulating the liver and kidneys, removing impurities through normal channels.
In a fixed evening match between Foresters and Druids lodges, Foresters scored 630 points with 9 shooters while Druids managed lower totals. Top Foresters included G Parsons 68 and J Woolf 85, winning by 112 points.
The Picton Press notes three more whales were captured last week, bringing the season total to 19. Whaling parties remain on alert for the appearance of the famed right whales and larger prizes ahead.
A Star correspondent notes New Zealand liquor issues despite a near no license zone with many sly-grog convictions and deaths from alcohol poisoning near Taumarunui. The piece also describes dilation of the stomach symptoms and promotes RENZIE PEP BO, sold by chemists and grocers at 2s 6d, as a cure.
A promotional note urges careful purchase on credit, warning bad debts affect all sellers and pledging money back if unsatisfied. It advertises a price list with items like 56 lb bags sugar for 9s 6d, Thistle Brand Oatmeal 3s 9d, kerosene 9s 6d per case, large potatoes and onions with fixed prices.
Local shop offers Van Houten and Nestle cocoa tins, Fry’s Cocoa, Rowntree’s powder, and Bendorp’s Bahia. prices listed per pound and per tin. Clearing out sale applies to all items except certain raspberries. various baking powders custard creams and jellies also offered with bulk packet deals.
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