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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 28, 1901
Page
1
The document lists August moon phases with times for Last Quarter First Quarter Full Moon and Apogee. It includes various numbers and codes, likely cataloging phase dates and specific local times for observation.
Timings show trains and express services between Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Dunedin, Springburn, and Tiaw with morning and afternoon departures and arrivals. Notable departures include Christchurch to Ashburton at 7.20 am and 7.6 pm, and Ashburton to Christchurch at 10.45 pm and 12.48 pm.
The next best despatch leaves Christchurch on September 4 bound for the United Kingdom via San Francisco. London Ortsher Sth appears in routing notes.
August 37 dispatch from Peterssurnd via Eleutera Telegraph says harvests are largely failing. Only potential gains lie in southern and southwestern provinces while food reserves run low and stocks dwindle.
A long读 column compares New Zealand and Australian meat prices with Britain noting beef and mutton cost disparities. It accuses frozen meat traders of keeping prices high and praises reforms, while outlining recent court actions, rail and local notices, and public events amid a broad colonial news roundup.
The notice lauds a royal endorsement for an international exhibition diploma and promotes Sender & Sons' Pure Volatile Eucalypts Extract. It claims tests by universities prove efficacy against croup bronchitis diphtheria and dysentery and warns against substitutes. It also touts Wann's Worm Fins as effective and child friendly.
The McAdoo Jubilee Singers drew a larger audience at Odd Fellows Hall where the Minstrela received a capital reception. The group featured performances by Miss Underwood and Mr McAdoo's standout pieces with Prof White accompanying, plus a notable Local Brass Band highlight.
The Wanganui Herald reports bank and mercantile clerks across the colony endure twelve to sixteen hour days with no overtime pay. Clerks lack union solidarity and fear London arrivals. shareholders demand fat dividends while protections against overwork are timidly signed away.
Me A T Dobson engineer to the Christchurch City Council forwarded a report to Timaru Borough Council detailing a Pareora River storage scheme. It proposes a storage dam in the Pareora gorge to supply an unlimited, clean water supply to Timaru water race, with twelve acres per annum yield considered minimum and site surveys required.
A conference with six members explored a plan for a Board of Commerce to control exports and absorb the Department of Commerce and Industries. The idea would include government nominees and labour, farming, and trading reps, but details were deemed vague and decision postponed.
The Dunedin Jockey Club committee voted to pay dividends on the grid and second horses. A petition to reconsider the cage of R Derrett and a request in care of McGinnons were received and the matter adjourned to the next meeting.
John Gregory sues employer Peter McArdle for injuries blamed on a jibbing horse. The Supreme Court heard the case and a jury awarded £93 142 to the plaintiff. a stay of execution was granted for fourteen days.
Obituary reports John Creasy died at Bayswater London aged 100 on August 15. The death is announced with brief biographical note.
A health product named Waves Trersixa Powpuns for Babies is claimed to soothe fever reduce fever and prevent klatches in Smoke New Venus with price details not clearly provided. Local outlets caution about product reliability and safety.
Reports from South Africa describe two Boer sympathisers jailed for secreting enemy entertainment. About a hundred burghers are disenfranchised for treasonable conduct. Steyn and De Wet are rumored near Basutol. Captured letters show Hassbrook received Steyn dynamite and ammunition. British units faced and released after encirclement with one dead and four wounded. Uniondale clash noted. Commandant Lotter and Scheeper clash with forces in Sneenberg Range. Prolonged pursuit continues as invaders in Cape Colony split into fragments.
News briefs report the Canadian government installing wireless telegraphy apparatus at Belle Isle light station for shipping use. Other items note treasury bills issued in Britain, France demanding yen from Corea over riots, Queensland Bank report of improving property demand, and half year gates profit of £13,080.
Details show the barque Alexa drifted onto a roof in a hurricane on Surprise Island. The crew made a difficult landing, one boat survived, and part of the crew reached New Caledonia. After nine days at sea they were rescued by a steamer sent to find them. The mate stayed to look after the owners and the captain reported to Sydney underwriters.
Holbein, once a cycling champion, tried to swim the English Channel from Grizoez to Dover. After thirteen hours in the water he quit, exhausted, reaching within five miles of Dover.
The Yang-tan river flood on August 27 caused great havoc to life and property, foreshadowing intense distress across the region.
The Kiata Treasurer presented the August Budget with revenue of 28,097,000, £360,000 returned to the Commonwealth, and receipts £605,000 above estimates while outlays reached 27,709,000, £226,000 over. A projected year end credit of £146,000 was forecast as Royal visit and Federal celebrations weigh on totals. The report also notes textile loom advances, including a Northrop loom and a Burnley weaver’s device likely to boost Britain’s weaving efficiency.
In St Stephen's schoolroom last evening Rev Canon Pascoe gave a lecture on Reminiscences of a Colonial Parson. He described his arrival in Christchurch and travels as rivers had to be forded and sheep and dogs accompanied journeys. The talk included West Coast experiences, jail visits, matrimonial tales, and humor from his coastal sojourns.
The Upper Ashburton Road Board held its ordinary monthly meeting at Want Strest Ashburton with Chairman Mr OJ Garper and members present. Correspondence covered payment of £34 3s 1d from the Department of Grants and Survey, forwarding valuation roll checks, and a Government bill on road district amalgamation and powers. The Board considered objections and recommendations on the Counties Bill, approved the Chairman's reply, and discussed a workers compensation policy. A general rate of three farthings in the pound and a separate rate for No 5 Allenton subdivision were proposed and pegged to April 1 1901. Estimates for Creek, Racecourse, Alien’s, and Alford Forest Roads were approved. Accounts were passed. meeting adjourned.
Mr Ernest M Sandateln DEO Ai FR MO has returned after six years study in England and the Continent and offers conduct for all kind of defective eyesight. Daylight no artificial light needed. Doctors prescriptions prepared. Fees moderate. Consulting room Cashel Street W over M Sandstein jeweller Christchurch. Hours 9 to 11 daily.
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