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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
2
Five acre property with a comfortable family home near the Public School and Wooden Mills. Immediate occupation available and easy payment terms offered by BF Ferriman Land and Estate Agent.
The page lists August moon phases including First Quarter, Full Moon, Last Quarter and perigee/apogee timings. Observers note rise times and positions for each phase with dates and lunar moments.
The report lists mineral dredge outputs and sales figures from multiple districts including Alpine, Cromwell, Waimumu, Central Mataura, Teviot, and West Coast. It records amounts in dwt and oz with prices and hours worked for Kohinoor dredge and Kohikohi, noting August 22 to 23 dates and various named mines and creeks.
At Studholme stock sale today between six and seven thousand sheep and eighty cattle were yarded. There was strong buyer attendance and robust prices with forward lambs and store stock achieving solid figures. Cattle with store steers, fat cows and calves to market also showed healthy demand and prices.
Messrs Friedlander Brow with Mr D Thomas report selling 138 acres at Mayfield Saleyards on behalf of the late W Rutherford estate. Land sold for £10 10s per acre to Mr John Tretheway. Farm implements and stock also sold at satisfactory prices.
At the Mayfield sale yesterday a large crowd attended and the entry included up to 1001 sheep. Young crossbred ewes with lambs at foot sold for 3d, hoggets averaged 98 5d, and fat sheep reached as high as 1s 9d. Prices outsold all round were very satisfactory.
The paper critiques peers for proposing a clause penalising bank employees on holidays and questions state interference with private matters. It notes Seddon’s imperial tariff stance and surveys local weather, horse parade plans, a compensation case, and various regional notices and ads.
The South Island Coursing Club, Oamaru, concluded its season with St Paul as winner, St Qoam runner up, and Barney O’Hea third. Community notices include donations to the Hand fund, an address by Mr Harrison Lee on the liquor question, and varied local events.
Ashburton Agency quotes on Aug 22 902 for wheat oats barley peas and chaff with current farm truck prices. Market notes improved sentiment yet limited volume and better miller demand for prime wheat while sprouted grain sells at very low rates and discoloured samples seek Australia outlets.
Timara grain market notes improved demand and firm prices for wheat with prime Velvet drawing higher bids. Secondary wheats and poultry grades steady with ready sales. Oats remain firm though rain and drought concerns in Australia loom. Potatoes rise sharply with strong Sydney demand and offers around £3 per ton. Growers urged to speak their price.
From Cartercouncy August 23 a local market surge lifts grain and produce with firmer prices. Wheat demand grows from North Island and southern mills and Pearaya Banters shows strongest appeal while oats firm due to Auckland and Australia demand though holders await higher prices. Worms undermine Children s Constitutions Use Wade s Worm Figs 1s boxes.
A reader rebuts local bakers for charging 7d a loaf, contrasting Christchurch prices, and proposes a town cooperative bakery to lower costs. He calculates flour costs and profits, urging a community meeting and seeking public support through the newspaper.
A letter from Svea complains about the Full Weight ad favoring Christchurch bakers and explains a planned bread price change after month end. The writer notes not being in a town association worsens their position and vows to sell at a lower fid price if all bakers agree.
A large Seafield schoolroom gathering welcomed Trooper Reginald Pocock back from South Africa with speeches by John Lambie and Mulligan. A vocal and instrumental program followed, with Mrs P Jones Miss Portar DeBeer Jamison and others, then a lively dance into the early morning.
Public reminded to check Monday issue for the Ashburton County Brass Band concert program. A drag will take passengers from the Post Office to the Elgin School concert at 7 15 Thursday. Various sales and auctions are noted, including 4500 ewes in lamb and 120 fat sheep at Tinwald Yards, and 150 acres sale at Rakais saleyards.
Frederick Lund and Edward Robinson were charged with stealing a watch medals and money from a Crimean veteran. Robinson was dismissed on evidence issues, Lund pleaded guilty to stealing the watch and later to stealing blankets from a quarantine camp, remanded for sentence.
The speech by Bishop Selwyn at Manchester 1874 defends Maine's liquor laws. He contrasts English temptations with Maine enforcement, warns of private drinking, and argues for laws to curb vice when moral suasion fails. He urges MPs to adopt Maine and Forbes Mackenzie laws to restrain liberty turned to licentiousness.
Ex governors from Iowa and Kansas write to Canadian voters praising Prohibition and recounting experiences. They claim Iowa’s law closed thousands of saloons, reduced crime, and boosted banks and trade, while Kansas shows population and church growth under prohibition. Critics and reform prospects are noted as well.
A fragment promotes Wade's Worm Figs as universally infallible and effective, claiming the product works for every person and in every circumstance, with references to “Ig boxes” and extraordinary certainty.
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