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Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Aug 26, 1902

Page

2

Ashburton Agency Price Quotes for Farm Produce

The Ashburton Agency of the New Zealand Farmers Co operative Association of Canterbury quotes current prices paid to farmers on trucks at Ashburton dated Aug 25. Wheat Tuscan 389d to 391d. oats Duna 293d. Danish 2d to 2d 4d. Canadian 284d to 284d 8d. barley prime 239d to 384d. peas Prussian Blues 58d. grass seed Farmers 3s to 3s 6d. Prices shown for pears oats and other items.

Ashburton New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Ltd

Dunedin Markets Signal Strong Food Grain Demand

The Australian outlook keeps fodder needs high with New South Wales estimating weekly demand around £100000, boosting Dunedin markets. Melbourne buyers moved about 20000 bags of fowl feed from northern districts, while demand targets better samples of sprouted acrid wheat for milling and chick wheat rose by 1d to 2 1/2d.

New South Wales andMelbourne Otago Daily Times

Sydney Wheat Market Shows Tight Supplies and High Prices

The Daily Telegraph notes grain markets in Sydney are at severe shortages with buyers active at high prices. Bids reach 49 8d though holders refuse to sell, expecting a 5s market. Trade shifts toward San Francisco for future supplies as drought harms prospects and famine prices seem lasting.

Sydney Daily Telegraph San Francisco

Fire and accidents and local concerns in Ashburton region

News notes report porch fire at Miss Barrett’s school Cameron Street west with neighbours extinguishing flames. A telegraph messenger Brophy injured in cyclist collision with TH Daly on East Street. Ranging items include labour council plea on Australian shearers, new steamship line from Seattle to Australia, and local weather and public notices.

Tun Grup Wakenui Euav Miss Barrett Cameron Street Barrett Timaru Brophy East Street TH. Daly Toth Tom Steaners Seattle Australia Tyserine

Geraldine Racing Club Spring Meeting and Local Notes

News in Brief covers the Geraldine Racing Club Spring Meeting on September 25 and 26 with nominations due August 28. It lists local bids in elections, a Dunedin football takings report, and notices about wall papers, candidacy, cycling clubs, and lighthouse activities. It mentions King of Italy, horticulture tips from Lady Ranfurly, and a Warrnambool to Melbourne Road Race with NZ entrants Ralston and Calder.

Messrs Strange and Co Geraldine Racing Club Dunedin J. L. Higgs Maslin Geraldine Waimate Times John Campbell Fernhill St Andrews Waitaki Campbell Prohibition Party New Zealand Times Trades and Labour Councils New Zealand Moerski Italy Rome Auckland Herald Ranfurly Doy Wellington Riversdale Dunlop Company Melbourne

Great Canadian Seaweed Cure Promises Relief for Rheumatic Pain

Do not despond when hit by rheumatic or gouty pain. The Great Canadian Seaweed Cure expels uric acid, dissolves deposits, and claims a permanent cure. Sold by Geo. W. Wilton and all chemists. Also promotes POSSICURA for throat and bronchial issues as thoroughly reliable.

Geo. W. Wilton

Prisoners seize warder in Lyttel ton library escape thwarted

Two inmates Joseph Mason Foggan and Herbert Allandale seized Warder Manning in the Lyttel ton library and took his keys. Warder Parker, coming to the scene, was attacked but officers overpowered the pair and locked them in cells. Foggan may have forged the knife in his cell.

Currercourcy Lyttelton Gael Joseph Mason Foggan Warder Herbert Allandale Wellington Warder Manning Warder Parker Fogean Warder Lodge Foggan

Stabbing Case Leaves Victim Critical in Masterton

Gunther, the stabbing victim from Saturday night in Masterton, remains in critical condition. Mahoney, the prisoner, has been remanded until Thursday.

United Press Association Electric Telegraph Masterton Gunther Mahoney

Russian ship construction move and colonial twist

Summary of a dated dispatch noting Russia mandates exclusive use of materials of Russian origin for shipbuilding, a leaked report of a cavalry squadron drowning fifty at St. Petersburg maneuver, and additional brief items from Paris London and Washington on politics, labor, and obituaries.

Su Pererssure Minister of Marines Russia St. Petersburg

Boer leader harangue on colonial land scheme woes

A report from Courtrai cites Mr. Reitz addressing the Netherlands Literary Congress. He condemns the Rand district settle­ment scheme, claims oversea colonists face complaints and land scarcity, and accuses England of causing Boer women and children's suffering.

United Press Association Electric Telegraph London Rand Reitz Netherland Courtrai Ageinet Encland

Smuggling Case Unveils Swords Hidden in Saddlery Shipment

A Durban port blaze exposed a British to Transvaal shipment labeled saddlery as containing swords. The incident ties to a smuggling case linked to an arms movement into South Africa, reported by Electris Telegraph from Osretown on August 28.

Miss Rees South Africa Gisborne Britain Tinted Prasa Association Electris Telegraph Osretown Saddlery Transvaal Durban

Alpine Fatalities in Grindelwald Clash of Brothers

In August 25 reports name Tearon two brothers killed on the Alps. One was a London curate and the other a Government Factory Inspector. A fierce storm struck Tuesday night and Thursday, sending three climbers over a precipice while search parties found the curate and a guide at the summit. The parents and sisters of the tourists were staying at Grindelwald.

United Press Association Electric Telegraph Lorpod Alps Tearon London Grindelwald

Sailors Seized After Removal Order Sparks Incident

In Odessa the German gunboat Loreley had two sailors removed by the military command on a Sunday, leading to arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. The Loreley’s commander protested to Berlin after failing to secure an apology.

Sa Percrssure Odessa Admiralty Berlin

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