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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
2
Instructed by Mrs Ledgerwood to sell the goodw ile of her lots 55 and 56 highbank comprising 20 acres. Includes a four room cottage scullery stable loft chaffhouse and trap shed. A very comfortable home for a worker. Price and terms available on application.
David Thomas announces the sale of his Qand and Stock Auctioneer Woolbroker and General Merchant business to The National Mortgage and Agency Co of NZ Ltd. He thanks supporters of 36 years and asks clients to continue with his successors, praising the new company’s reputation and fair treatment.
The company announces acquisition of the Ashburton business formerly run by Mr David Thomas and invites farmer settler and public support. Mr T F Gibson will join as Manager of the Ashburton Branch, bringing extensive experience to the firm and its customers.
A company will continue the business as hitherto with Mr David Thomas at end September. It operates as Livestock Auctioneers, Stock and Station Agents, Grain Seeds and General Merchants, and Shipping Agents. Agents span the Colony and Australia with branches in Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Gore and Invercargill. The firm runs Wool sales at fixed centres and operates a Wool Store at Addington noted for lighting and modern design. It also offers land sales by public auction or private treaty and estate supervision.
First class land of 0 acres with all buildings, well subdivided and watered. Located in a general rotation of Wheat Oats and Grass, close to town rail and school. Recommended as a farm and offered at the desired price.
The firm promotes a large stock of pest quality seeds at low rates and acts as agents for Sup ton s and Hurst s Celebrated Seeds. They bought Me Thomas s Grass Seed Cleaning Plant and offer seed dressing on Juniors Account. An up to date plant at Addington Stores handles clover dressing.
The notice declares cash buyers for oats barley grass and clover seeds and offers to conduct sales on owners account on commission.
A notice describes liberal cash advances against stock such as wool, mutton, lamb, grain and similar goods placed in hand for sale locally or for shipment overseas to the United Kingdom or other markets.
A dense trade display lists IN G WIRE and standards, Farmers Requisites and Supplies in stock, Shaw Savill Albion Co line between London and New Zealand, MacCormick and Deering Harvesting Machinery, Australian Widows and Life Assurance products, garden and field tools, vacuum oil, Madougal Sheep Dip, National Fire and Marine Insurance, London and Lancashire Fire Insurance, and the National Mortgage Bank of New Zealand Ltd.
The Sanitary Committee backs granting a building adjoining Hast Street for a women and girls restroom at a peppercorn rent. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union would provide a caretaker and maintain order, with the Mayor expressing sympathy for the project.
Local and general notes record 2 points of rain at Domain station and a sale of Mr Polson’s Grey street property to Mr Nealon for 400. Reports cover a Braemar clearing sale of 109 crossbred ewes fetching 10s per head, and a large stock movement through Oamaru on a heavy train. Other items note farm labour demand, rail progress toward Wellington, butter and cheese factory trends, and various local notices and advertisements.
Vacancy on the County Council after J G Grigg resignation was filled yesterday. In 800 votes cast at Hiffelton and Finds polling places the tally showed Mr John Studholme receiving 149 votes and Mr James Small 37, with 186 informal votes, giving Studholme a majority of 23. The result was declared in Ashburton at 9 o'clock.
A brief notice states the publication does not accept responsibility for opinions expressed by correspondents. It serves as a disclaimer of endorsement and accountability for reader letters and column submissions.
Letters to the editor argue for setting aside one state poultry farm to run on commercial lines with audited books and a published balance sheet. The aim is a public demonstration that poultry farming can be profitable, boosting the industry and validating the department's value. JOHN STUDIOLME.
London reports the Court of Appeal at Boma quashed Rev. Edgar Stannard’s conviction for libeling Major Hargstrom, Belgian police commandant at Bassankusa, after a July 1906 verdict ordered a fine of 1000 francs.
A pro renata meeting of Christ Church Presbytery considered a call from the Macag congregation to Rev J Paterson M A of Flemington. Flemington reps praised his five years there. the Presbytery agreed to sustain the call and release him on September 22. A home missionary for Hinds was urged.
At the Supreme Court in Christchurch on a Wednesday, August 28, Donald Cameron of Ashburton Yorks sought £56 damages and an injunction against Robert Waugh of Ashburton Forks and Charles Eid of Tinwald. He alleged defendants built an artificial drain through their land discharging swamp water onto his, while defendants claimed the drain is a natural watercourse. Evidence from several witnesses described a draining pattern and impact on two to three acres, with a 1902 land possession and 1904 trench cutting agreement cited. The case was adjourned to next day at 4:30 pm.
In Parliament the Manukau member asked the Premier if the sheep tax would be payable this year. The Premier said the tax due on September 1 must be paid, many farmers had paid, and guidance issued to follow the ordinary process. The tax would not be payable again as legislation would abolish it.
A chilling, odd verse describes a microbe born of cold that grows bold and defeats all remedies until Woods' Peppermint Cure is applied, causing it to collapse and die. The fragment hints at a medical anecdote or poetic note on a cure's efficacy.
South Africa reports the murder of Sitstiteli, a loyal Akindhla chief, by a Kolwa rebel. Other loyal chiefs grow wary as authorities note the incident. Separate dispatches from Pretoria say J B Robinson settles disputes with Wetwatersrand Native Labour Association leaders. he rejoins the Association and the Chamber of Mines.
In the House of Lords Guard Milner charged the government with backing the Boers against Britain. He claimed five million pounds had been raised to cover a defective policy marked by meddling and interference in Transvaal affairs.
Pretoria August 28 The Transvaal Government has appointed a Commission to inquire into the conditions of the country industries and what protection they require. It will also examine the operation of the customs Union and the extent of state labour as compared with coloured labour.
Under the Constabulary Act of William the Fourth proclamations declare Clare Galway Leitrim Longford Roscommon and King's County in a state of disturbanea and require additional passes. The 1908 triennial force distribution was reduced as no agrarian disturbances were anticipated with the Land Act of 1903.
The Times questions reliance on legal antiquities in Ireland amid the Constabulary Proclamation and Belfast events. The Daily News notes Belfast unrest and the Clanricarde Lords triumph as signs that current precautions may be prudent.
In London on August 28, Mr Parrett a House of Commons member and 15 others were committed for trial at Longford on riot cattle driving in the Newton Forbes district and assaulting police. Bail was accepted. Mr Farrell challenged jurisdiction urging the case be moved from Newton Worthes as the current court was a Star Chamber.
A terse health ad touts RHEUMO as a remedy believed to cure rheumatism. It claims others have found relief after failures with other treatments and urges readers to try the product.
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