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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 22, 1921
Page
4
Local seed supplier Nimmo and Blair advertise extensive stocks of vegetable seeds ready for planting. The list includes beans such as Potter Beans Canadian Wonder and Scarlet Runner, greens like cabbage and lettuce, roots like carrot and parsnip, and herbs including parsley and dill, with many garden varieties named.
A dense list showcases 3d per packet coupons on all purchases and heavy discounts on cups jugs teapots kettles basins dishes and cutlery. The ad touts brand names Adcock Johnston Ashberrys Leasbys Rexona Beechams pills and more with large variety of enamel steel and aluminum items and household goods. It promises 5 percent coupon savings and asserts prices are unbeatable.
Local business notice lists Botson and Son with phone line 24 and P O Box 18 for contact. No additional context or event details are provided in the fragment.
The ad notes spring demand for new suits and promotes substantial reductions in English Suitings. It highlights head-tailored, durable spring suits from M. and D with tailoring service, urging readers to visit for affordable, lasting quality without commitment.
Tomorrow auction sales list stock sale at Tinwald Yards and Shurday stock sale Methven Yards followed by Friday National Mortgage Horse Fair with details limited to the items and venues readable in the notice.
Tonight listings include His Majesty's Theatre 8 pictures and matinee 3 at Hit Majesty's Theatre. Rosemary Rees' Comedy Co. performs at Theatre Royal. Lundy's Shop hosts Tinwald meeting at Benedicts Hall 7 30 p.m. Panic tonoks Hall hosts dance 8 p.m.
The article recounts the 1903 Belgrade palace assault that toppled King Alexander and Queen Draga. Conspirators, warned by gossip, dynamited doors, killed guards, and indiscriminately fired as they stormed the royal quarters, wounding or killing occupants.
Historical note recounts King Peter I of Serbia and his son Alexander shaping a Balkan era. From assassination upheavals in Belgrade to coronations and wars, it traces dynastic shifts, exile experiences, and Serbia’s military rise under Peter and his heirs, ending with a wartime leadership arc and postwar restoration. Local items cover weather, theatre, school matters, public notices, and community events.
A Japanese firm plans to raft timber from British Columbia to Japan using the Davis raft structure with the outside row of logs faced with cable. The first raft is scheduled to depart the coast this month. It will feature a piled log superstructure with strong facing.
Ashburton residents welcome a new upholstering and furniture business by H. Davis. Formerly Foreman Upholsterer at Strange and Co Christchurch he brings life long experience to recover and renovate old furniture. Open for inspection at 85 Victoria Street Triangle.
A four year old in New York touched a lit match to a toy gas balloon tied to his waist causing a loud explosion and a street panic. Neighbors and parents rushed to the scene as police, firemen, and ambulances were summoned. The mother fought a blaze in a nearby apartment as bystanders puzzled over the incident.
A readable snippet notes that U.S. telephone wires total 28,827,108 miles, an extent that could circle the Earth at the equator 1153 times.
Samuel Harris confessed he was hired to kill Mrs. Stillman by a rich New Yorker who promised 5000 pounds upon her death. Harris claimed the plot faltered when confederates were drawn into a minor crime.
Katherine Jackman daughter of the village blacksmith marries the Master of Kinloss grandson of the last Duke of Buckingham at Stowe Parish Church. The couple recalls childhood meetings when he brought broken toys to the smithy at Stowe House gates. Kinloss calls it a normal union in democratic times.
London August 21 report of the first X ray confirmed case of swallowed stolen rings. A woman arrested for stealing rings from a jeweller’s shop in Thurrock Essex had ingested the loot to hide it. The chief constable ordered X ray exam revealing rings in the stomach. an emetic recovered them.
The body of a man about 40 was found in the Avon River between Fendalton Road and Helmore's Road bridges. Frederick Simmons reported the discovery after it had likely been in the water about ten days. The deceased wore a blue serge suit a green overcoat a blue and white striped shirt and size six boots. A handkerchief marked FS was recovered. No ID had been made by early morning.
F Young, found in the Botanical Gardens suffering a cerebral seizure, died in the hospital today.
In Chicago on August 19 Japan defeated India 3-2 to reach the final with Shimidai and Kamagao beating Sleem and Fyzee 6 1 6 1 3 6 2 6 6 0. The Indians surged to tie in the fourth set but could not sustain. The Japanese displayed sharp play and seized the last set.
In New York on August 0, Mr. Mallory won the national women’s tennis title by defeating Miss Mary Browne of California in three sets 4-6 6-4 6-2.
Miss Rosemary Rees whose theatrical company is visiting Ashburton is the niece of Mr W G Rees who held a government appointment in Ashburton several years ago.
The Saturday hockey match saw the High School girls defeat the Ashburton Ladies' Club by three goals to nil. Referee was Mar H. A. Humphreys.
The idea emerged in 1869 to build a tunnel linking Calais and Dover. Proponents argued for a shorter sea crossing and strategic connectivity between Britain and continental Europe.
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