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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
2
The owner announces relinquishment of business in favor of sons Measra J and H Smith effective August 1. Gratitude is expressed to friends and the public for thirty years of liberal support and to farmer friends for fat stock convenience. Requests continuation of the same arrangement with the new partners.
Public notice under the Public Reserves Act sets Ashburton Domain aside for the Rugby Union annual Seven-a-Side Tournament on Thursday August 27. Admission charges include free for under ten, sixpence for ages ten to fourteen, one shilling for fifteen and over, one shilling for each horse, and one shilling for each trap.
Phase details for August show first quarter on the 4th at 9 10 PM full moon on the 12th 4 89 PM last quarter on the 19th 3 58 AM new moon on the 27th 10 29 AM perigee 12 20 PM apogee 36 60 PM. White Henry at Milton November 14th aged 74 obituary notes Elizabeth Jane Ashton White wife and Chertsey relation Miss White Westerfield and H White son.
We offer many town and suburban properties for sale with easy terms to suit buyers. Fifteen acres of land in Allenton with a nearly new nine room house and all conveniences including water and outbuildings. A fine opportunity for a farmer near town. Houses to let.
A catalog-style list describes budget and premium phonograph records and a wide range of horn systems. Items named include Edison Gem 38 pounds, Edison Standard 6 pounds, Edison Home 9 pounds, and Edison Triumph JE. Also featured are carrying cases and stands in the Big Selection of Horns.
Splendid farm of 291 acres near Edendale offered at 18 pounds per acre. Land is well improved with 40 acres turnips 60 acres young grass 30 acres oats and grass for feeding off 20 acres 1-year pasture 40 acres 2-year pasture 40 acres old pasture and 70 acres ploughed. Buildings include a 7 room dwelling a 5 stall stable a 23 stall cow byre and outbuildings. Subdivision possible into two farms of 123 and 167 acres. Herd of 86 Dairy Down may be taken at valuation. Interested buyers contact J W Raymond Co Wyndham Invercargill or Wright Stephenson Co Invercargill Gore Dunedin.
A Darfield case on August 2 in Broken River saw blacksmith Thomas Whittington charged with attempted sexual assault on a married woman. Five Justices found force insufficient for conviction, but concerns over bias and impropriety in the proceedings prompt calls for a full, impartial inquiry.
The author expresses heartfelt gratitude to customers friends and the public for liberal support over the past decade and requests continued or even improved backing in the future.
Everything for fancy needlework available at Thomas Art Needlework Depot Ashburton. Knitting silk in all colors filloselle flannel silk brilliant cotton beads arrasene embroidery silks art canvas ribbons honilon braid for lace work. Contact Tel. TO.
Myr John Armsden argues about a Jersey experiment where contractors were paid with notes accepted by the state for rates and dues. The notes circulated for about twenty years, repaid the debt, and produced no interest, but the English government ended the system. He questions if a similar state banking model could work again and suggests study by supporters.
Frost reached 134 degrees at Ashburton Domain weather station. A Thursday elocution class begins at the Technical School taught by Mr de Spong. Dressmaking classes sanctioned by Education Department to start Thursday and Friday under the Ashburton Technical Classes Association at Methven and Itakaia. Woods Great Peppermint Cure offered at 6d and 2s 6d for children's hacking cough.
Letters for publication will appear on Monday. Dalgety and Co sell Loweliffa 500 acres to Mr Little of North Canterbury. Dunedin Chamber backs immigrant policy. Loyal Ashburton Lodge reports, one initiation, one membership proposed, sick pay approved. Maori fruit grower near Rata Rangitikei plantings expand with 300 trees and 100 acres planned. Anglican Diocese approves Mount Somers vicarage addition and £50 loan. W. H. Dunstan reports settlers ploughing 40 acres each. Rakaia Social Club hosts car tournament with Telegraph Dept. crew. next Ashburton Guardian read. Stratford bush fire case verdict £47 10s and costs. Sir Joseph Ward and MPs depart Auckland for Wellington. Allenton Presbyterian concert well attended. Dust nuisance and water cart repairs announced. Lovelife Band of Hope event highlights. Ashburton labour market and July department notes show mixed activity across trades with temporary downturn due to rain.
At a No-License meeting in the Oddfellows Hall Ashburton, G W Leidley presented Mr and Mrs Alcorn with an illuminated address praising their 25 years of temperance work and JP service. Mr Alcorn thanked supporters and urged continued hotel closures and a strong No-License victory.
A Highbank meeting in a school room discussed re opening the public library closed for years. H Bond chaired, Graham outlined a plan for a library reading room, 18 subscribers joined, and a library committee was elected with Mrs Callaghan and Mr Graham among members. A fundraising committee was formed and £20 was pledged in the room.
In a match at London, A Harding tallies 153 in the first innings and 124 in the second for Kent against Essex, per Par Press Association.
Mr John McLachlan M P for Aghburton arrived in Auckland by the Parliamentary train to welcome the American fleet. He has been seriously ill since arrival and now lies in a critical condition at the hospital suffering from pneumonia. Enquiries report his condition unchanged.
The American battleship unit Sperry and crew departed Auckland after a week of festivities and meetings. Mayor and Admiral Sperry praised the hospitality and comradeship. a farewell message spoke of stronger ties in the Pacific. A drunken sailor incident was contained by police along the waterfront.
In Invercargill the adjourned hearing found Frank Poff guilty of assisting unlawful whisky sales and he was sentenced to three months in gaol. Rose Poff, convicted last week of sly grogelling, received one month. John Fahey was fined thirty shillings for conveying liquor for sale in connection with the case.
I N motor cycles stood out in the Christchurch reliability trial with first second and fourth in the amateur riders section. Dh Johnston is the local agent for these machines priced at 6 00.
Reports from Belgrade deny government or court ties to M. Nastic amid an alleged plot. Other items note Russia seeking Japan's help to back a seal fisheries pact with Britain and the U S. Unemployment figures in England show 90 057 relief applicants, with London bearing the bulk. Cunard ships may use Plymouth as mail port in 1909, Burgess abandons Channel swim, and a fatal airship explosion at the Franco British Exhibition kills two and injures several.
In Pretoria on August 14 Indians gathered as a protest against a bill legalising Asiatic status, seen as a breach of the constitutional promise. The action followed an earlier South Africa policy debate, with the event noted by Pop Press Associations-Copyright received at 8.10 a.m.
Durban August 14 Miss Colenso protests to Premier Moore over 31 floggings during recent operations at Vryheid. Among those flogged were several women and girls including a case where a victim died.
The Shah spoke at a durbar in Teheran on Tuesday praising the expulsion of the constitutionalists as a relief from the alleged curse of infidels.
The State of Turkey report notes Russia will suspend its reform program if the Sultan's reforms progress sufficiently in Macedonia. Britain is shown as also easing pressure while the Powers warn the Sultan not to end reforms.
Mehemet Pasha and Zekki Pasha ex Ministers in Turkey will be liberated upon repaying 200000 pounds and 6000 pounds respectively that were allegedly wrongfully acquired during their offices. The notice is dated August 14 from Constantinople.
Authorities at St Pauls Cathedral will allow a memorial to Mr Seddon to be erected next to Sir George Grey. Sculptor Mr Frampton has been commissioned to create the memorial for the cathedral pageant.
A Melbourne dispatch notes a mysterious paralysis outbreak among children with about 50 cases in Methourna. Doctors have not determined a definite cause and treatment remains unsatisfactory.
Press Association reports the Christchurch Grand National meeting closed in superb weather with attendance near average. Urnorbiet Torthien Star won the heavyweights race by four lengths in 5m 55.8s. Heathcota Handicap saw Wailethe first, Simplex second, Landwern Pe Wen third by two lengths in 4m 29.?s. Sydenham Hurdles were won by Top Rose ahead of Oasis and Farley Grove. Sen Sen and Top Rose were scratched. Lincoln Steeplechase went to Andex with Me tere second and Le Beau third in 6m 56.5s.
The Board resumed after noon when Mr Lane refused to withdraw his remarks. Commissioner of Crown Lands Mr J Trent ordered the secretary to remove him. The secretary, aided by the chief clerk, escorted Mr Lane from the room without resistance.
Fragmentary text describes a shipwrecked sailor on a reef captured by a cannibal chief. The sailor offers a remedy named Woods' Great Penicillin that allegedly saves the savage. The passage is garbled, with unclear names and outcomes.
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