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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
2
Attractive crepe dress range featuring plain grounds and delicate floral touches. Dress length seven yards, price 3 shillings 9 pence. Colors include Saxe, Brown, Champagne, Cream.
A local ad offers a large selection of daintily designed Autograph Cards Autograph Stationery and Booklets of Quotations from leading poets and authors. The items come in dainty boxes and include a splendid selection of post cards local views and view albums designed to convey Christmas greetings.
Parents and school committees are invited to view a new large selection of Healthy STORY BOOKS for children from Jiendon Houses. Prices start at 8d and books last longer than toys. Gifts for Christmas or rewards are strong sellers, with books suitable for every kind of child.
A farewell gathering of Ashburton business men and friends honored G A Greenwood, manager of the Bank of New South Wales. They presented him a silver tea service as he departs for Masterton after four years in Ashburton.
Wellington dispatch lists casualties and discharges from New Zealand units. Died of dysentery Lieut. J. H. Stewart Otago Blounted Rifles. Wounded and admitted in Cairo include Lieut. A. Hewitt and Trooper F. N. Pleming. Capt. R. Sharp embarked from Malta. Several Private and Trooper names appear as wounded, ill, or discharged convalescent at Alexandria and Malta. Further names include Private J. Davidson, Private F. Stevens, and others from Auckland, Canterbury, Otago, Wellington units with hospital ships Galeka and various postings in Cairo, Alexandria, and Cottonera.
The Wellington registrar reports 969 marriages in the year ending November 1914 and 171 by yesterday, with births and deaths nearly unchanged. National registration boosted marriages from November 1 to 9, when 63 were registered, then 78 for the rest of the month. The registrar notes most newly married were young men aged 21 to 23, and staff shortages eased after final collection.
The Christchurch registration district reports November 1915 vital statistics with year earlier figures for comparison. Data cover births, marriages, and deaths within the district.
In Dunedin the November 1914 vital statistics show births 146 deaths 70 marriages 29. The registrar notes an increase in marriages this year by 16 compared with 1913, and asserts no rush by eligible young men to marry to avoid service, many khaki lads marrying before departure.
If your child is fretful with poor appetite and restless sleep, the stomach is out of order. A few doses of Chamberlain's Tablets will quickly set it right. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.
An antique health note urges mothers to keep Baxter's Lung Preserver for children. It claims relief for bronchial troubles and lung fortification, noting long use by New Zealand parents for over 60 years and a 10d price for a large bottle.
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