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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
3
South Africa cable news notes Messrs Fisher and Wowlds were entertained at luncheon by the Mayor and Mayoress in East London on November 30.
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught arrived in Johannesburg for a full day of ceremonies. Large crowds welcomed them as lavish decorations and addresses were presented. They laid the foundation for a Town Hall and opened a Christian Association building and Art Gallery.
Lisbon reports growing unrest as Labour dominates politics and daily strikes paralyze government and employers. Authorities struggle to intervene amid a state described as nearing anarchy in November.
The recruitment of Angola natives for the Saoshome cocoa plantations will be handled by the Government administration rather than private agents. This shift centralizes labor management under official authority.
A party of sailors from a Portuguese gunboat joined by soldiers marched to Government House in Macao and demanded higher pay and the expulsion of religious orders and suppression of local newspapers, which were granted.
Judge Warrington in Chancery grants judgment for the amalgamated railway men. Osborne had sought a declaration that his expulsion and the branch’s dissolution were illegal. The court held the joining agreement as an illegal restraint of trade.
Melbourne reports employers have agreed to grant bricklayers 1s 6d per hour for forty four hours weekly for the next two years. The agreement was reached on December 1 at 9 30 a.m. in Melbourne.
Melbourne reports the new Commonwealth bank notes go into circulation. Parliament prorogued to February, but will not meet until September. About 160000 women expected to apply for pensions, increasing payments by £70000. Advertising spend set at £150000. Victorian butter accounts for over 60 percent of exports with a 2000 ton rise. The steamer Papanui under Nicaraguan flag deemed unseaworthy. owners decline location of repairs.
The House of Representatives adjourned at 2.10 am after the Speaker reminded Mr Kaihau of his high position and noted impropriety in his conduct. The Speaker cited language and Standing Orders not printed in Maori as a possible factor in Kaihau’s error.
An animated sale in London reports good wools selling strongly while stiffer and inferior qualities fetch slightly better prices.
Forty years of use with no reported case of cold progressing to pneumonia when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was taken, according to manufacturers. The claim appeals to chemists and storekeepers as proof of its protective powers against a dangerous disease.
In a correspondence letter John Grigg of the Ashburton Dairy Company responds to a milk supplier’s letter. He notes directors will welcome suppliers at the Butter Factory opening at 2 p.m. next Saturday with afternoon tea and a lunch for distant visitors.
A young man named J. A. Knowles, employed in the stock department at Dalgery's, was thrown from his trap near Saltwater Creek and killed today.
Obituary from Invercargill dated December 1 reports the death of Mr J A Mitchell a well known auctioneer aged 63. He was identified with Southland’s earliest settlers and with agricultural and pastoral affairs and served fifteen years as mayor of East Tavercargill. He is survived by a widow and a grown up family.
Nineteen book makers licensed to operate as the York Stakes results list Tull Rate winning, with Quitas second and Tanekaha third. In the Nikau Hack Race, Vibration takes first, Merry Frank second, Ngatirnanui third.
Ashburton invites the visiting naval contingent from Admiral Sir Richard Poore's ship Power ful to arrive with a field gun for a Saturday display. The party of fifty men and petty officers will be hosted at the Somerset Hotel and shown gun drill and naval exercises in the Domain, followed by local sports and afternoon tea.
A poll on Ashburton Borough Council's plan to borrow £630 for public baths in the Ashburton Domain drew activity from the Ashburton Amateur Swimming Club and opponents. By midday 130 votes had been cast, reaching 226 by press time, with polling continuing until 7 pm and results due by 6 pm.
The report notes a high barometer of 30.26 on November 16 and a low of 29.50 on November 13. Maximum thermometer peaked at 90.5 on November 13, with a low of 55 on November 16. Minimum thermometer ranged 53 to 31, with frost on ten mornings. Rainfall totaled 2.04 inches across six days, heavy 1.48 inches on the 15th.
Examinations started this morning for the Education Department's Junior National Scholarships at the Technical School. Seven entrants took part, five from the Borough School, with Mr C D Hardie supervising as an Education Board inspector.
An Australian New Zealand collection led by Walter P Sanford features valuable color and sepia pastels and watercolors. The sale includes No 1 The Uncoming Illow and No 2 The Coming Night and Low Tide with note on sea tones, plus numerous scenes from Auckland Wellington Coromandel and Milford Sound. Framed pieces by R A Gill Horace Moore Jones Naylor Gill and others appear alongside unframed sketches and coastal landscapes from New Zealand Australia and Tasmania.
COOPERS promotes its Powder Dip as universally satisfying while WHITE S Dips are praised as a lethal liquid dip by a chemist expert. CALVERLE S CO-OP DLP is a carbelic dip produced to order at about half the price yet efficient. Writers urge readers to request selections for the coming season.
Auction advertisement states viewing until sale day with pictures offered without reserve. Sale at 2 PM on Saturday December 4th features a fine collection of high class artists works, promising owners an opportunity to acquire valuable pictures. Auctioneer Ll B47 notes the event as a standout for Ashburton.
A fragmented OCR line lists sugar types and packaging codes including Brown Sugar dark Demerara Crystals Finest Loaf Sugar Silk dressed Icing Sugar and Sugar of Milk with unclear quantities and unit marks.
One acre properties with dwelling six rooms four bathrooms and facilities on William Street and East Belt. Also multiple sections on Aitken Street Princes Street Wills Street Belt Road Winter's Road and N E Belt with prices from £175. Several cheap building sites available and broker offers to show properties to interested buyers.
A fragment lists common pantry and cleaning items with prices such as Cream of Tartar Baking Soda Acid Tartareic products Borax Sulphur Washing Soda Whiting Lily Washing Tablets Alum Saltpetre and Norton's Eye Preserve in vague amounts and per unit pricing. The OCR yields scattered figures like 1 2 and 12bs for 1 10.
Advertises low prices for pie fruit by the gallon and tin including peaches quinces apples greengages apricots and pears with a claim why buy at auction when these prices are available.
A mixed prices list shows tins of plum jam peach jam raspberry and apple jam and raspberry jam with weights 7lb or 3 lb and per tin costs. Also listed are sago pearl or flake tapioca prices per pound and larger bags of pearl barley split peas macaroni and vermicelli with unit prices.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association and Colonial Mutual Life Assurance invite tenders for tents collected loans negotiated and money to London across all classes of security from five pounds upward.
A fragmented price list shows numerous canned fish products from Fresh Herrings to Whitebait and Sardines with varied tin sizes and prices. It mentions per tin and per weight rates, upcoming continuation in tomorrow’s paper, and delivery schedules including Tinwald and local cart deliveries with fixed times.
Local dealer Thomas Bros offers oatsheaf chaty and table potatoes for immediate delivery on Havelock Street. Purchase and delivery details implied in the ad.
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