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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
2
4 N account of the owner's intended departure to England. Property comprising 13 Acres of Rich Anchivial Land with frontage on three roads. Improvements include a house with rooms a sculpture stable and other outbuildings. Suitable for residential development or market gardening.
Reports note the sale of sections 74 and 72a Wills Street East from Messrs 1) and J Leddy to Buckley and Widd. November rains total 85 points at Ashburton, with last year 77 points. Meyenberg brothers, former Ashburton boys, run land and estate agency in Taumarunui. W.T. Kingston property sale to S. Millar at a favorable price. Local fishing yields rise modestly while season remains uneven. Ashburton Orchestra leaders urge public support as finances remain challenging. Dry weather affects cereal crops along railway route. crops vary by land type and area. farmers seek rain.
For sale goodwill of a large general store business offering combined store and travelling goodwill with stock in trade. The district is large and growing, presenting a practical opportunity that should not be ignored.
District Judge Haselden grants probate of William Croy senior’s will to Isabella Croy ex executrix. Immigrants and workers bound for Canterbury arrive by sea while a petition in Allenton seeks to raise the side school status. Local legal matters include libel proceedings adjournment and police court fines amid election-day incidents.
The Ashimirton Horticultural Society prepares to hold its annual rose show tomorrow at Oddfellows Hall. Last year storms damaged roses and lowered quality, but this season has been favorable with full bloom plants, promising one of Ashburton’s finest displays.
After a parade a large muster elected Captain W Childs unanimously to lead the Ashburton Volunteer Rifles replacing Captain Hefford who resigns after about twenty years in the corps. Major Dolman presented Captain Hefford with silver pipes and a salaboard for Mrs Hefford.
The Ashburton High School hosted the breaking up for Technical Classes with prizes and certificates awarded to successful students. The Mayor presided as the show highlighted progress in cookery dressmaking woodwork and wool sorting while plans for a larger technical school faced funding hurdles.
Correspondent defends allowing breweries near Ashburton boundary arguing public sentiment favors licenses. He criticizes prohibitionists for seeking ministerial intervention to block a brewery and warns of impropriety in forced No license expansion south of Rangitata. Restoration. December 1, 1998.
December 1 Willington crowds bid farewell to the Hon. W Hall-Jones at a public hall gathering. Premier, Mayor T W Hislop, J A Millar and others spoke as the new High Commissioner pledged to back New Zealand’s interests, expand exports, and project products to Britain.
In Auckland an elderly woman Mrs Andrews aged 67 died after a room fire likely caused by a toppled candle. Christchurch reports Mrs Horne sustaining two broken ankles at Rangiora station. Pleasant Point inquest finds William Fenwick drowned in a creek. Dunedin inquest into Patrick McDonald’s death after a cart wheel injury returns accidental death verdict.
The Free Public Library in Moray Place was officially opened by the Mayor this afternoon marking the first Carnegie library ceremony in Dunedin. This event celebrates a gift from Mr Andrew Carnegie and the library's public access.
Anglers report abundant trout this season with resorts noting high catches. R D Johnston has just landed new stock of tackle at low prices from Tongariro for those seeking the latest gear.
London reports the Metropolitan Hospitals Sunday Fund expected to raise 600000 to 700000 pounds under George Herring's will. Roosevelt escapes unharmed after a motorcar near church in Washington. The Pope rests a week due to feverish cold. German expedition investigates gigantic antediluvian remains with a 114 foot hind limb and longer spine. Obituary notes Harry Hartiano of Barnata Bros. Trade talks show push for free lumber steel and oils. Paris fog causes deadly level-crossing crash at Poissy. Berlin notes population increase by 882000.
International crisis updates report renewed racial riots in Prague with gendarmerie clearing streets at bayonet point. A Hungarian telegram cites a 34th Infantry detachment moving to Beania losing four men to a Servian ambush, though unconfirmed.
Reports from Constantinople say Austria shows greater conciliatory tone and has postponed the departure of Martinis Pallavicini the Austrian ambassador.
Capetown report says the South African Conference unanimously supports unification of the Canadian plan as discussed in Capetown.
In the House of Commons the first clause of the Education Bill, restricting state aid to publicly controlled schools and making Cowper Temple teaching compulsory, passed 288 to 144. Asquith accused Balfour of wrecking the measure while Balfour challenged the gag. Catholics sought broader terms as Nonconformists pressed for safeguards on entry and contracting out.
England reports 867,197 applications, Ireland 193,138, Scotland 67,794, and Wales 23,950 for old age pensions. The initial estimate for the total was about 500,000 applications.
The House of Lords approved the Children's Bill adopting from the Licensing Bill a clause prohibiting a child from entering the bar of licensed premises.
H W Bottomler MP faced a summons at Guildhall over alleged conspiracy to defraud the public linked to the Joint Stock Trust Finance Corporation. The matter centers on accusations of deceptive financing practices and public harm.
Turks vote solidly across Constantinople as Jews allies support the Turks. Greeks allege irregularities amid the ongoing polls. Jerusalem reports a quiet proceeding.
Mr W C Steadman reports after visiting Germany that German workers toil longer for lower wages yet are better cared for and gain more from the work than English workers who are said to drink and gamble more.
The Tongariro, damaged in a collision with the steamer Drumlanrig and beached at Dover, has been refloated and arrived in London. A cable from Christchurch reports first class passengers will sail on the Ionic and Tarakina, with others to await the Tongariro. Some third class passengers depart December 6 aboard the Whata Tane.
Cabled report from Hobart says the RMS Arawa, which lost a propeller crossing the Southern Ocean, resumed her London to Wellington voyage at 30 p.m. yesterday and will reach Wellington Saturday evening. The Waiwera will meet the Arawa at Parryville Spit and escort her to Wellington, then Auckland, with final repairs at Calliope Dock.
Australian government statist estimates a wheat yield of 24 164 000 bushels with 12.91 bushels per acre creating an export surplus of 16 000 000 bushels valued at £3 000 000. In Brisbane Billy Wilson's confession links to the murder of Miss Duffy as he is committed for trial.
Joseph Normen charged with attempted murder of gaoler Alexander Armstrong at Wellington Police Court. Armstrong testified Normen struck him in the carpenter shop on November 20. wound deemed serious, could have been fatal. Normen committed for trial.
An advertisement from Christchurch promotes George Davies offering three made to measure suits at fixed prices with a Keep-Shape front design and a money back guarantee. The firm sells cash only to avoid bad debts and offers samples and simple measurement forms by mail.
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