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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
2
Eight acre property subdivided into 19 two acre paddocks, well fenced and watered with a dwelling on concrete foundation built nine years ago. Includes windmill, dairy amenities, men’s hut, stables, implement shed, 40 by 14 foot outbuilding, two horse stalls, 2 acre orchard, near railway and school. Terms arranged. Apply to R Y Ferguson, Land and Estate Agent.
A jumble of properties for sale or lease across Ashburton district and nearby towns. Listings include 9720 acres of grazing land, 6 acres with buildings and farm improvements, multiple leasehold and freehold blocks, town sections, and dwellings in Geraldine, Timaru, Fairlie, Winchester, Washdyke, and Cannington.
Ephemera notes show December 1 4.17 TZ with moon phases including First Quarter at 4 48 am Bull Moon at 16.56 nam Last Quarter 4. 19 21.89 pam New Moon 86 Bedtam Apogee 8 9.30 am Perigee 2 )a 249.80 a.m.
The next best despatch for the United Kingdom leaves Rabburton on Dac bth and is due in London January 7 1908.
At London wool sales December 2 buyers competed actively with all classes firm. Average prices realised for the fleece portions named Kaiwarra 11d Gore 13d. Receipts note brisk demand and strong market conditions across the clips sold.
Ashburton Garacdian 7 PREVALEED on Saturday December 2 1905 at Ashburton venue with event details sparse and unclear.
Correspondence will be found on page four. The river report lists Rakaia Ashburton Rangitata and Opihi as clear. A writ for £310 damages served on Wharlea Saunders over sly grog conviction in Gore. Various business notices and estate tallies follow, plus Masonic lodge installation details and officers listed.
Brief notices show the Ashburton Trotting Club accepting closes on Tuesday 5th. D Thomas offers at Rakaia Saleyards on Thursday next for horse, pigs, calves on John Adams estate. S Crooks jeweller advertises New Year gifts. D Thomas to auction G Meddin property on Alford Forest Road. L B McClung sells jewellery for Christmas. Canterbury and Westland Anglican churches to fund Maori Mealop Fund. Megara Wright Stephenson & Co to raise 800 by end of March. Dunedin Horse Saleyard on Dec 8 to sell 40 draught mares and geldings.
United Press bulletin notes entries for the Auckland Raving Club Summer Meeting. The list includes weights and horse names such as Mahutonga Set, Quarryman, Paritutu, Gladstone, Putty, Melodeon, Armistice, Zuleike Gab, Jewel lery Gat, Apologue, Heroism, Master Velaval, Puhipwhi, with various st weights and alive entries.
An advertising page promotes Rheuma as a blood purifier to treat rheumatism gout lumbago sciatica and related ailments. It claims relief by neutralizing acids and cites price 28 6d per bottle. The page also notes sales items from Christchurch shops including laundry fluids and winter goods and reports business branch closures and second hand cycles offered by John Orr and Co with deposits and terms.
A large crowd gathered at Wakanui Main School on Tuesday to honor Mr and Mrs Brown who are leaving after many years in the district. D Thomas of Ashburton presided, presenting a drawing room suite and gifts to the Browns and family.
Mr Studholme addressed electors at Hampstead School Ath December and Oddfellows Hall on the 5th. Mr J C N Grigg chaired a Longbeach meeting with applause and thanks. Mr McLachlan spoke at Allenton, praising Ashburton efforts. Mr Ivess Liberal spoke at Rakaia Hall contrasting 15 years of progress.
A correspondence note clarifies that the newspaper does not assume responsibility for opinions expressed by correspondents. It invites readers to distinguish between staff positions and individual viewpoints.
The writer argues that farmers must cultivate land and reseed after breaking tussock or grass for sheep feed. He notes sustained good prices for years and supports well‑being of settlers with 200 plus acres who can cultivate. He condemns large grazing blocks rented cheaply as unfair to freeholders and questions those opposing redistribution.
A May 6 note from Tam Ouazon urges Borough Council to curb any “fun” actions during the section Day. He warns authorities will suppress throwing flour and other acts likely to breach peace. He hopes Ashburton will show orderliness and true British Democrat conduct.
A damaged item notes a horse fair on Friday by the New Zealand Warmers' Corn Op. Association, referencing a £29,962 fire loss at a Christchurch tannery and Royal Standard Pills in demand from Ashburton chemists.
The Ashburton High School Board held its monthly session with chair Rev G B Inglis and trustees present. They reviewed finances, boundary fence repairs at Reserve 1549, and agreed Kellock must repair non legal fences. Board approved fencing the private road to Mrs Burr’s and pursued school land, rates, and contract extensions. The headmaster reported five week attendance at 794 with 85 on rolls and discussed future classes in sericultural chemistry and agricultural chemistry advice, plus a cadet corps and uniforms. Water supply options with the Gas Company were proposed.
Catherine Parris of Bare Hill sued Ellen Saunders of Highbank for specific performance of a lease transfer and £100 damages arising from an April 27 agreement to sell and transfer a Land Board lease. The court ordered the defendant to perform the contract and awarded £60 damages against any separate property.
Patents applied for include an improved cooking utensil by W J Wood Christchurch and a vaporiser by A A Stephenson Western Australia. Others cover wheel improvements for road vehicles Rutland and Hardwick West Australia, a metallic cycle inflater, beer pumps, stump extraction device, an improved game, and a tea fuser. Also listed is a new illustrated monthly journal on invention and science.
Reuter reports arrest of Yellow Cuirassiers and Imperial Guard in Tsarskoe Selo for demanding not to serve as police. Mutineers reportedly regain control at Tsarskoe Selo. Panic hits St Petersburg stock market as four percents drop to 79 and officials fear government policy aids revolutionaries. Vienna reports mutineers at Batoum seizing an Austrian Lloyd steamer for ransom.
Mutineers seized the torpedoer Svireroij and three other vessels stalling under red flags. Loyal forces replied with artillery as ships exchanged fire in the Southern harbor. Svireroij and two other torpedoers were put out of action and mutineers raised a white flag after heavy fighting. officers were arrested and wounded were ferried to safety.
Postal employees across Russia are on strike. Naval battalions in St Petersburg have been disarmed due to disaffection. Artillerymen at the fortress of St Peter and Paul forced the release of recently arrested military school members. the fortress commander granted the demand.
The Peasants Union spreads influence across provinces as villagers back resolutions from the Peasants Congress. Agrarian riots erupt near Moscow with factory closures causing mass layoffs. 110,000 workers locked out or on strike in St Petersburg and 58,700 idle in Moscow.
Reporting from Sevastopol the Brest regiment stormed the naval barracks after a mutiny. Captain Slavotghinski of the 7th Naval Corps was killed in action. The tug Otchakoff was sunk with 300 torpedoes aboard. Field artillery bombarded the naval barracks and 1500 reservists with nine quickfirers surrendered to the Brest regiment. The mutineers were captured, the regiment cheered, and orders were issued to forgive the unit.
A manifesto declares the abolition of martial law in Poland. A constitutional senate is appointed in Finland, including figures exiled by the late General Bobrikoff. The notices reference December dates and time specifics.
Reports indicate a full mobilisation of 450 000 Cossacks planned amid mutiny at Sevastopol demanding a constituent assembly. Mail delivery stopped in St Petersburg as clashes over reforms unfold. Telegraphists expelled women using chemical fumes, signaling escalating tensions.
In open air meeting Mrs Harrison Lee attended, William Smith aged seventy nine suddenly collapsed and died. An inquest identified a drowned man as Duncan McPherson a Sydney born compositor who came to Moa Wiat about a year ago, with a bruise on the brow suggesting a fall or prior injury. Police search Victoria wharf for McDonald a fireman on the steamer Wekanui believed drowned after a night intoxication near forty minutes past last night.
The Mount Somers Coal Company reminds householders that their coal is among the best and most economical on the market. Large steam users will also find the coal suitable for their needs.
Paris reports President Loubet will retire in February. An influential charities meeting backs M Falheres as presidency candidate. Four men acquitted in the Jung attack on King Alfonso and Loubet. jury cites Spanish police theory. French shipping bounties total sixteen million pounds since 1881 with port efficiency declines. New York judges attacked by Jerome. London reports on the Queen's Unemployed Fund drawing hundreds of tramps.
United Press Association reports that tomorrow’s rugby fixtures are cancelled across the country to allow players to attend the England versus New Zealand test match at home. The notice notes widespread associations delaying schedules to witness the England NZ event.
A city solicitor and another man were arrested on charges of conspiring to defraud solicitor Wilson of £40. A forged will allegedly left £20,000 to a beneficiary, witnessed by a woman. A nephew in New Zealand disputed the previous will. Wilson produced a confession after the forged document was exposed.
The Dalley divorce case, after 19 days, returns to court with a deadlock from the jury on adultery among eleven issues. The jury, after 12 hours locked in, finds the petitioner committed adultery with Catherine Cowell in England and France. Justice Walker notes the regrettable result and discharge follows.
A disastrous blaze at Bowron Bros Woolston Tannery on Canisteraren Deck 4 gut six acre buildings. Leather hides and machinery destroyed. only the cucrista shad survived badly damaged. About 150 workers affected as firefighting efforts failed to save the wooden iron complex. Investigations into the cause continue with insurance uncertain.
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