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Newspaper

Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Aug 31, 1920

Page

5

Plastered House Listings Near Ashburton by Cunningham and Topping

A collection of property notices from Cunningham and Topping, land agents in Ashburton, describing multiple houses with acres, rooms, sheds, electric light, and convenient features. Listings include 7 large rooms on Walnut Avenue, 4 rooms on Eton Street, 5 rooms on Moore Street, 4 roots on Peter Street West, and a 6 room house with 20 acres within 14 miles of Postman oma.

Walnut Avenue Eton Street Moore Street Peter Street Postman Oma

Clearing sales net strong bids at Westerfield and Highbank

The New Zealand Farmers Co operative Association held successful clearing sales at Westerfield for Mr J. and Stringer with top prices for sheep horses and cattle. The National Mortgage and Agency Company also reported spirited bidding at Highbank for Mr P. Quinn with significant sales across sheep cattle and horses and a range of Implements and sundries at full market values.

New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Association, Ltd Westerfield J. & Stringer Christchurch Timaru National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd Highbank P. Quinn

Olympic Swimming and Track Results From Antwerp and London

Reports from Antwerp and London detail top finishes in swimming sprints and the modern pentathlon with Sweden leading early. Norway defeats England 8–1 in football amid injuries to English players. Denmark and England contest the ladies diving title, while the American Kelly wins single sculls and the U S crew dominates rowing finals.

Per Press. Association Copyright Antwerp Malmooth Sweden Stedman i America Britain Norway England Miss Fryland Denmark Miss Armstrong Kelly Hadfield New Zealand London Italy France Beresford Switzerland Australia Beaurepaire Stedman Herald Hay Paris Brussels

Cattle Fair at Tinwald Reports Mixed Lot Sales

The National Mortgage and Agency Company and partners held a cattle fair at Tinwald with a moderate entry. Sales featured a range of fat cattle and stores including several heifers and steers with prices from £2 15s to £20 5s and numerous cows and calves in the market.

National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd

Baxter's Lung Preserver Promoted For Coughs And Colds

An advertorial piece urges Baxter's Lung Preserver as a preventive tonic for children during winter. It claims relief after the first dose and prices large bottles at 26 shillings 64 pence, touting health benefits over ordinary cough mixtures.

Baxter

Range Finder Aids Navigation On Merchant Vessels

Range finders, once a naval tool, are now used on merchant ships to measure distance to lighthouses rocks buoys and other objects within three percent accuracy at 3000 yards. They help plot courses speed and tides and enable rapid readings in rough conditions.

Admiralty

Official Heartbreak as War Office Declares Man Dead

Herman Philips of Berdan Illinois believed dead after War Department confirms burial from Chateau Thierry. He had telegraphed that his death was exaggerated and visited officials to prove he lives, but the department persisted and sent his body. Only four of 225 in his company survived the July 28 1918 engagement.

Herman Philips Berdan Ilinoia Chicago and Alton Railway War Department Chatéau-Thierry France London“Times New York Philips 66Th Infantry

Refuse substitutes or remedies for cough and cade

A terse instruction insists on NA OL as the scientific remedy and calls for a rehire of cough and cade, noting BO 3 d. The wording suggests a pharmacologic or procedural demand within a dated, cryptic note.

Seed and tea sale offers from Yates and Cadbury Cocoa

Advertises Yates seeds with annual seed renewal claim and a catalog offer. Also promotes Tea bargains from Packers and a wide range of cocoa coffees and pantry items with special rates, half-chest discounts, and sample requests. Includes numerous canned fish, meats, preserves, soaps, polishes, and household goods with varying prices.

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Tomlinson Methven Emporium Frank Gurtis Opt.d. Consulting Optician East Street Ashburton Maxwell Andrews Andrew J. G. Andrews Havelock Street Ea Fae Grubb & Co Cunningham and Topping Jazz W. Osman & CO Burnett St Plymouth Municipal Bank of New Zealand F. T. Bellringer New Plymouth the Olympic. Sports Herald, Hay Heenzo Hhan Westminster Abbey Dunlop Firestone Burnett Street A. E. Prosser Temuka Jacobsen Sydenham Tancred Street Motor Car E. Jones & CO War Office L. H. Tozer Hatley House East Street Yates Yatés’s Coloa Cadbury Bournville Vari Houten Fry Strang’s N.Z Carranza Sultanas Victory Hudson's Benny Jean Klean Clever Mary Brown Windsor Lever’s Hotel Velma Burford Oxford Cambridge Glass Jara Wades St. “Ives Crosse Blackwell S. Bloater Nap Saot Sd. Johnston Club Universal Fley Nobel Spencer-Moulton Bennington’s John Orr & CO. Produce and Provision Merchants
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