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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 01, 1915
Page
4
Fletcher Brothers offer 30 presents to their 30 best customers in December plus the usual cash discount. December Discount Tickets in red ink on green paper must be returned by January 12, 1916. Prizes include TEA and assorted Cordials.
The store announces 10 cases of Baby's Food from QLA xX with prices per tin set at 1s and 2s or 5s, and per dozen at 11s 6d, 22s 6d, and 67s. This advert highlights accessible pricing for families purchasing infant nourishment.
The ad promotes a collapsible meat safe claiming it is the strongest and cheapest on the market. It notes a 1¢ enamelled finish with perforations and suggests the unit saves its cost quickly.
SAYVEO claims to cut coal bills by fifty percent with a sixpenny treatment packet for coal coke or slack. One packet improves fires reduces ash smoke soot and eliminates smell. Prices listed as 6d per packet or 2/6 for six packets.
A compact historic advertisement lists FLI KEELO as a pest killer for flies fleas lice bugs moths and beetles. It offers 1 tin per unit 6 tins for 5/6 and blower tools at 10d each.
Advert describes Rose Brand Dessert Fruit as the best line of its kind with large juicy fruit in thick heavy syrup praised for delicious flavour.
Fragmentary OCR lists various jam products and weights. Notable items include XIRKPATRICK S JAMS Tih and multiple jars of assorted pastes and canned fish products with unclear quantities. The text resembles a messy product inventory or advertisement from a historical newspaper page.
Boys who completed their aero planes to the supplied plans must be in by Wednesday December 1. W. u. Moore conducts the house for value.
The sole proprietor stresses long English training in dispensing and strict drug handling rules. He notes no poisons kept on shelves and claims minimal dispensing charges despite rising drug costs. He invites patients to place trust in his service as their chosen dispenser.
Tomorrow stock sale at Rakala. Arcade hosts 12 Horse Fair and 1 Horse Sale. Tonight His Majesty's Theatre presents pictures. Baring Square Church Messiah practice. Fairfield School Grounds hosts a Newlands Carnival and a Farewell Social. Salvation Army Hall fairs and patriotic Troubadours at Fairfield Grounds.
A critical editorial contrasts Ford's peace mission to Europe with Allied unity and Britain's wartime aims. It argues Americans misjudge national honor and Prussian ambitions, warns that peace at any price risks future wars, and asserts that lasting peace requires disarming Germany and destroying its fleet.
Melbourne notes announce bread to drop from 9d to 1d per loaf from Thursday. Imperial cheese supply plan praised by the Prime Minister in Wellington with one third of output requisitioned at a fixed price. Ashburton district vital statistics show births, deaths, and marriages for the month. dairy outlook warns of hard feeding and delayed factory cheese plant opening. A French soldier recounts escape from German camp. a Auckland telephone mystery is solved by a pen switch. Local notices include vehicle purchases and a convent school excursion to Timaru.
An ad from Swanson's on Burnett Street promotes a fresh batch of boots at low job prices. The note praises the firm for finding bargains and passing savings to customers.
Mr Rudolph Friedlander recovers from illness. Alex Harris M P Waitemata is accepted for Samoa relief force as a wireless operator. Lochhead and Tripp are elected unopposed to Lincoln College boards. Rev John Steven of North Otago dies at 72 after 35 years in southern pastorate. Dr McRath travels to Temuka for a crating address. Dr McNab cites mid campaign recruiting progress in Centerburo amid holidays. Lt Col G O Stewart of Tapanui dies in service after torpedoed transport ordeal. he had led Otago Mounted Rifles and served with Canterbury Mounted Rifles in Lemnos.
The Ashburton Domain staff and the Chiweh af Christ eesembled to honor Mr J Steadhead with money gift and field glasses as he departs to join Ambulance Forces. The mayor praised his service while the congregation wished him safe return to his wife and family. A chapel farewell noted Captain Wefford’s tribute and the town’s regard for his future battlefield work en route to Palmerston North.
The text appears as an unreadable OCR fragment mentioning dates and a purchase of items or doses, with garbled references to a council and a Tuesday. The legible portion suggests a ledger or notice but lacks coherent names or events.
In Temore, Douglas Hastie quarreled with his daughter and fired a revolver missing her. The girl fainted in fright and the father, believing he had killed her, then fatally shot himself.
Wellington reports a man named Donald McNeill crushed between tramcars while crossing Willis Street and died after being extricated. Christchurch inquest into Walter Hartnell dies at 70 from pneumonia and heart disease. elderly Andrew Wilron breaks leg when rope entangles while leading a cow.
The death is announced today of Mr H P Pyne of Pyne and Co. Valioneers. Mr Pyne was well known in racing circles and was associated with Chimst Church Detembier. He was a notable figure in the sport.
The second day at Feilding Jockey Club summer meeting opened in fine weather. York Handicap saw Seddelbahr win by a length with Playoff second and Avon Park third after Botanist scratch. Time 1 min 35.2 sec. Nikau Handicap featured Tirana 2 and Multiplication 2 with Pomeroy third. winner by a neck in 1 min 20 sec. All starters finished.
Government meteorologist predicted southerly winds with fair to cloudy skies and a cold night. Barometer shows a rising tendency.
Former French premier M Louis Barthon reflects on the Cernabbier conference and stresses that Allies must prepare now for postwar challenges. He warns Germany may exploit hesitation and urges commercial diplomacy and united effort to secure victory profits.
A short note urges readers to take Nazol to combat a cold. It warns that neglecting treatment worsens symptoms and that a bottle costing eighteen pence can relieve the worst cold with a few doses.
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