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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 16, 1913
Page
4
Daily memoranda lists auctions with a Monday clearing sale at Highbank and a Tuesday stock sale at Tinwald Yards. The note references El Howotea meetings.
The Ashburton Hospital Board report suggests a milk vendor may face legal action after a sample fell below standard. The town’s health authorities call for ongoing, rigorous inspection of food supplies, especially meat and milk, noting historical low death rates while warning against lax vigilance as population grows. In Wellington, a Dominion Analyst report shows widespread milk fraud with 31,280 gallons of water added to samples in a year, justifying persistent inspection and enforcement of the Food and Drugs Act 1907.
The inspector's stamp assures standard quality for disease control but summer use shows its value in large centres for daily shop inspections of meat. The Sale of Food and Drugs Act empowers Health Department or inspectors to conduct examinations, a provision few doubt.
Taihape reports C. J. Bolstad fined £20 plus costs for practising as a land agent without a license. Across New Zealand exams, 259 of 938 candidates passed the Machinery Department tests. In Christchurch the Chief Justice extended time to renew a chattels transfer agreement. A Wallington City Council committee began inspecting pork slaughter and inspection practices. A Kanaka charged with murder arrived in port from Malden Island, with interpreter absence complicating proceedings. The Supreme Court sentenced Herbert Porteous to six months for forgery and deceit, with other inmates receiving concurrent or probation terms. Divorces nisi granted in several cases. An Invercargill telegram notes a local railway crossing accident warning failure.
A Dunedin report mentions a High School Jubilee credit balance of £150 and a Sydney epidemic affecting theatre attendance. In Ashburton, flood washouts delayed the first express from Otago until 4.45 pm. Rail travel incidents include a drunken man dropping a whisky bottle at Ashburton station and a mint clarification about coins after a thermometer mercury spill.
A Sydney cable notes Sir Samuel Griffith may be offered the Law Lord post under the British Appellate Jurisdiction Act, though acceptance is unlikely. Wellington reports Mr Robert Noblé, NZ actor, signs with Mr Benson for Shakes at Stratford. Dean OShea consecration as Wellington Coadjutor-Archbishop attracts clergy leaders from across the Dominion.
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