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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 25, 1920
Page
4
Ibbotson and Son offer a range of silverware glassware enamelware and lamps. Items include spoons butter knives bread Yorks earthenware jugs teapots enamel pie dishes cake dishes and hanging lamps with prices from 8d to 30s and 1s 11d to 30s for various pieces.
A reader note shows a grocery price list for the season with items by tin and gallon. Fruits include apples peaches pears plums nectarines and apricots with prices in old currency units. The fragment mentions fruit tins and gallon quantities but lacks full context.
A historical price list of various patent foods and tonics with retail prices. Items include Glaxo foods, Neave’s Food, Benger’s Food, Mellin’s Food, Horlick’s Malted Milk, Robinson’s products, sugar of milk, lime water, teething powders, Fuller's Earth, Magnesia, Rusks, sponges, Bathe, Steedman’s teething powder, Calves’ Spot Jelly, Granose biscuits, Malt Extract, Scott’s Emulsion, Lane’s Emulsion, Kipler’s Malt and Oil, Kovril, Ex-Ox, C M C Meat Extract, Clement’s Tonic, and Malted Milk Tablets.
Garden store announces arrival of new season seeds with guarantees on quality and variety. Names like New Season’s Nimma and Plair’s Standard appear in promotional copy.
A catalog of patent remedies by various named brands including Bonnington, Woods, Baxter Nazvol Heenzo PFluenzol Chamberlain and Hucalyp with prices in shillings and pence. Prices range from 6d to 2s 6d, noting small variations per product and pack size.
An obituaryless pamphlet offers transfer and mortgage arrangements for a 20 acre property with a fine dwelling and easy terms. It lists Will drafting custody, executor and trustee services, administration of estates, and agent powers for NZ residents, claiming assets over £20,000,000 with branches nationwide.
The notice outlines various auctions and sales including home furniture and stock at Methven Yards, D Friedlander clearing, and National Mortgage clearing sale. Also advertised are horse fairs at Farmers Co-op, theatre shows at His Majesty's Theatre Hampstead, a Dromore school dance, and a schoolroom sale of work with times from noon to 9:30 a.m.
A sales pitch touts a tailor made suit at seven pounds ten shillings, arguing cost saving through handwork and on premises sewing. Emphasizes Dominion all wool fabrics and contrasts with factory made chart suits, inviting customers to compare and learn why the price equals quality.
The New Zealand Insurance Company Limited declares capital of £1,500,000 while naming Premier as its wealthiest colonial partner. The notice highlights strong equity backing and expansive capital base in the insurance market.
A药 bottle labeled Honia promises to treat anemia in women and girls. The ad cites Bonnins tona Pharmier as the source. The text is unclear and fragmented.
Local voices urge prompt aid to starving families across Central and Eastern Europe. Reference to Goode and Spectator calls as millions face famine, tuberculosis and malnutrition. appeal stresses moral duty and government leadership.
The note calls Britain to support a famine fund in May, detailing widespread suffering from under nourishment and disease. Typhus and shortages of coal raw materials clothing and medical supplies loom, with voluntary relief urged as governments hesitate. The Borough Council earns praise for publicizing the appeal and urging generous response.
A history of Warsaw’s rise as a commercial hub and political prize. The piece traces its role as capital, its strategic river location, railway links, and diverse industries. It recounts medieval origins, dynastic rulers, sieges by Sweden and Russia, uprisings, and its persistence through partitions and wars, culminating in its postwar status as Poland’s seat of government.
An article notes the billion dollar drive for an inter church world movement has been abandoned. It mentions rain vision wueilds and an Ospeco Wind Shield Attachment for Ford cars enabling the driver to open the screen when vision is obstructed by rain. The Ospeco fittings fit 1918 50 model Fords and cost £1 17s 6d. Available for inspection at G H Carsons Garage Tancred Street near the HM Theatre with G E Carson offering Ford parts and repairs.
A Friday matinee at His Majesty's Theatre is planned to raise funds for Hampstead School as part of local and general arrangements. Weather forecasts predict variable winds and clouds with rain possible, while coal shortages affect Huntly and other collieries.
Sidney Claymore Lyre a settler from Pukekawa near Tuakau, 36 miles south of Auckland, was found murdered in his bed last night by a gunshot fired through an open window. Eyre, a widower with five children, slept beside his wife. the couple had retired at 9 p.m. Lyre served five years in the late war and was described as kindly and respected.
A Wellington report notes expanding public service operations after the war. It cites 1914 staff of 4577 with salaries totaling £847,613 rising to 5443 officers and £1,271,848 in 1919, excluding Post and Telegraph and teaching salaries. It argues better handling of returned soldiers’ pay and purchases to improve efficiency and economy.
Reports from Mexico City and New York indicate Zamora threatened to shoot captives but later released all except one American and an Englishman held for ransom. British legation staff moved to aid release while other details described a party examining mining properties in Jalisco.
The official classification of points for the Games lists Finland leading with 95 points followed by Sweden France and Italy among others. South Africa Canada Norway Estonia Belgium New Zealand Australia Czech Slovakia and others show smaller totals.
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