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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 25, 1913
Page
4
A local supplier lists stock items including curtains quilts sheetings blankets towels and related fabrics for home use. The note emphasizes ready stock and quick availability through the retailer’s showroom and catalog.
Fragmentary listings show items such as Nestle’s Swiss Cocoa per pound Dried Milk per tin Glaxo Babies Food White’s Flaked Rice packet White’s Flaked Tapioca packet Pint Bottles Cod Liver Oil Quart Bottles Cod Liver Oil with unclear amounts and vendors. The text appears as a shopping list or advertisement excerpt with faded formatting.
It is easy to claim superior tailoring yet often empty. customers are urged to judge for themselves by viewing our new suitings. Call to see them or request patterns before buying elsewhere.
Yates and Co announce full stocks of new season vegetable and flower seeds. Fresh, reliable, tested seeds guarantee best quality. Includes onions to marrows and peas and beans. Also promotes Kill-All scale oil emulsion for fruit trees with ready to use mix.
A private residence notice from G. H. Buchanan solicitor Burnett Street Ashburton lists immediate investment amounts: £1000, £1000, £700, £500, £400, £400, and £300 at the lowest current rates. Includes stray phone references and address details.
Daily memoranda lists an Ashburton stock sale at Ashburton Yards to be held tomorrow by 780 Hampstead Town Board at 7.30. Also advertised tomorrow at His Majesty's Theatre and Theatre Royal with pictures and orchestral society concerts.
A parliamentary debate over alleged Indian coolie invasion in New Zealand reveals fears for racial purity and labor impact. Members describe indentured laborers in Fiji and Suva, with claims about wages, conditions, and potential Asian immigration effects on European families.
Llewellyn Owen appointed examiner for teachers certificates in music and related branches. He holds A.Mus and L.C.M. diplomas and is designated OCGAL examiner for the department.
Reliable watches for ladies and gents priced from 18/6 to 28/ , with silver options and a range of kitchen and dining room clocks. The latest Reliable Clocks are showcased at Somerset Building with plain figures, prices and a guarantee.
TO MEN ONLY. USENES MEN and Others whose time is valuable, can get and shave, that tiresome waiting. First Class Men Employed, and Three Support the Man who caters for your requirements in a business manner.
James Urquhart of Ashburton charged at the Police Court with drunken and disrdarky behavior on East Street Saturday midnight. He had six prior convictions for drunkenness, the last on May 2 1911. The Bench fined 10 shillings or 48 hours imprisonment.
The report notes the government's stance against sending a punitive expedition to Somaliland. It also covers varied world events including milk bottle claims in Holland, royalist agitation over ex King Manuel's marriage, and local incidents in Derry Auckland and Wellington with court updates and weather impacts on farming.
Mr C J Harper of Ashburton was elected one of two vice-presidents by the Counties Conference at the annual gathering last week. J L Fowke named assistant messenger to the Ashburton Post Office, replacing J Laurelson who moved to Lyttelton. W C Kettle of Christchurch appointed as letter carrier at the Ashburton Post Offices.
August records a sharp southerly blast at Rakaia following a bright spring day. The wind turned hurricane like and bitter cold persists with rain and no immediate change in prospect.
A south west gale and heavy rain raged through North Canterbury flooding low lying land. Reports suggest the situation could worsen if rain continues though has moderated. Lyttelton wharves work suspended with shipping delays. the Vineox and other steamers held up.
August 25 report from Dunedin notes slips at Waipari and Waipihara causing power outages and suspension of Outram Otago Central and Taieri Plain lines for days. Five feet of water blocks a bridge at Waihola Lake remains high but south line operates.
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