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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 03, 1901
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows December moon phases with near times and phase names. Entries mention Last Quarter on 8 20am and Apogee 8 12 with an 300 m fired quarter and various time stamps, plus scattered digits and words.
Fragmented OCR notes list time specific port and rail like schedules for Northern Portia West Conab Northern Ports Westport Zonalandia and Rotomahana with 6 20 pm 10 30 am and 10 304 periods unclear. Mentions Sydney Deirth and South Africa Monowal and Australian States.
United Press reports from Dunepvix on December 2 show 52 dredsea deliveries totaling 1238 2iwt. Returns list multiple vessels and owners with weights and parcels including Endeavour, Speddena Kreehold, Upper Waiport, Mopeka, Reliance, Happy Valley, Lawrences, Aufield, Geld King, and others. Eight parcels at 296 9d Meviah are noted.
Official quotations from the New Zealand Meat Trade Association cover mutton and beef prices. Fair average quality mutton, lamb, and beef quotations are listed with references to regional markets and sale conditions. Hides withdrawn in anticipation of price advances. Poor legible details of Australian wheat cargoes noted.
A moderate crowd attended the Tinwald yards for Ashburton stock. Entries totaled 22 head with mixed quality cattle and limited store sheep, prices posted for cows, steers and pigs amid scarce top quality sheep and fat stock.
Desember 2 1801 Ashburton Agency of the New Zealand Farmers Cooperative Association of Canterbury lists prices paid to farmers. Items include Wheat prime missl g Pearl 4 2a Scarce Hunter oats Danish geld Sparrowbilla Canadian Sl Borley Malting Prussian Partridge and Chaff-Good oats. prices range from 2d to 64 64 for seed and farm goods on tracks at Ashburton.
Ashburton held a skin and bag wool sale with brisk trade. Prices ranged from 19d for lower grade crosabred skins to 39s 34d for better quality, marines at 1s 0d to 1s 3d, felts 3d to 9d, and bap wool from 1d up to 4s 1d per lb.
In a sharp editorial, the Haliburton Guardian questions Mr Lauren s on proposed attack on the Farmers Union. It accuses him of avoiding a farmers day in Ashburton and insists he fears addressing a farming audience. The piece notes his land tax stance and opposition to farmer unity.
In a heated exchange the Farmers Union is accused of being dragged into party politics as industrial groups rally to defend their interests against alleged government indifference. The debate centers on whether the Union is a political body or a guardian of farmers’ economic needs amid broader Conservative opposition.
Reports from Ashburton and nearby areas note Mr and Mrs Wright returning from Rotorua in good spirits, Frisco Matu The Ventura mail reaching Auckland, and 423 entries for the United School Sports on December 16. Rainfall is praised for its timing, while Newlands School plans a December gathering with music and dance. Public notices cover lodge meetings, school events, and shop updates on cycles and accessories.
A string of brief items outlines shocks from Cheviot to Ratizine. colonial civil servants face retirement notices. weather cautions from Captain Edwin. Laurenson urges farmers to join a meeting on the Farmers Union. Other notes mention court fines, the Ashburton Poultry Society Cup, and real estate sales by National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand.
The New Zealand Loan Company announces Me ES Leversedga takes charge of the Rekaia Branch and Mr Catouts will visit Rakais weekly for important client matters The Star of the Hast Lodge postpones its Open Lodge social to next Wednesday Applications for verger are invited by the Stephen's Church churchwarden at 84 Stephen's Church until Monday the 9th A duties schedule may be seen at Mr Shrimpton's Burnett Street office.
The Tinwald Town Board met with Chairman Mesera QO Doherty and members J A Clothier and T Williams. Councillor correspondence from the County Council includes Bowrd's licensing expenses. a pipe crossing Fried lander Bros' footpath was approved under Surveyor supervision. The chair arranged dog collars for the year and set a registrar to handle dog registration sales. Accounts totaling £27 14s 6d were approved for payment.
Mayfield Public Library fundraiser ends in a success as the Mayfield Charity Minstrel Troupe debuts in the schoolroom. Acts include Ryan on bones and D Sewell on tambo with dances and songs. The second part features a farce and thanks are offered to Mre Nell and others for organizing the lively entertainment.
AAG and B G l ub announce bicycle events with multiple racers listed for the Ladies Bracelet and Blab Handicap. Names include Tynekey and Anderson among many riders with distances and lanes noted.
December gardening tips cover hoeing after rain, soil purifying, celery bed care, trenching for main crops, water needs, and thinning crops. It advises moisture loving plants, asparagus, radish, onions, gooseberries, rhubarb harvest timing, sowing turnips, cucumber frames, potting, lily and shrub care, bulb transplanting, and selective fruit thinning for strawberries.
A compilation of international and domestic notices dated December 1 2 and 3 covers compulsory Armenian naturalisation near Lorpox. Gilmour jailed for life in Paris for a murderous assault. Anglo-German press on Anglophobia. Russian-Japanese audience with Ito. Prussian mistreatment of Polish children. a duel sequel in Vienna with Herr Wolfe’s withdrawal. New York mayor Seth Low toasting King Edward. Carnegie donates 100000 dollars for New York’s aged poor. San Francisco ferry boats collide with twenty drowned. Oclon switched to conservatives. Monta De Piete misappropriations of 16500 pounds. Mount Lyell Company dividend declared. General Hutton appointed Commandant in Australia. Parliament adjourns for Christmas. Sir Henry Berkeley travels via Warrimoo. amended Factories Bill sets minimum wage and safety/apprentice rules.
A Christchurch reporter visits the Ash Street wreck of Yee Bow and records heated local reactions. Patrons defend Yee Bow’s proprietor as loyal and respectable while blaming police for not arresting “hoodlums” and noting community tensions after the treachery attack.
James McAinch, calling himself an opal merchant, was charged in Wanganui with making a false declaration to undervalue imported items. A parcel sent by post contained opal rings and brooches valued at £17 but assessed at about £35 cost. The goods were seized and a £2100 fine imposed.
The inquiry into William Crawford’s death from the Oriental Hotel fire continued and was adjourned. Boarders who escaped testified they were unaware of exits. The Fire Brigade Superintendent condemned the building as dangerous and blamed owners for failing to install required exits, noting ropes are unsafe and railings with fixed iron ladders are needed.
An old advertisement urges women to avoid fatigue from household toil claiming indigestion harms health. It promotes Impay's May Apple to aid digestion and general vitality, plus Wade's Worm Figs as a children's worm remedy and affordable family medicine.
Sir Gordon Sprigg spoke at the Caledonian Society banquet and said Cape Colony’s army totaled 18 000, three quarters mounted, with weekly growth. He noted control of 31 districts including Transkeian territories to deter invaders, and that town guards’ costs were paid. He said Government and Lord Kitchener are in harmony and Parliament hinges on ending the war.
The Times Saint Petersburg correspondent reports that Manchurian negotiations concluded with Japan objecting. The Daily Telegraph in Washington says Russia seeks to control Korea and urges talks with Japan for the Philippines. Anedict accuses Prince Toan over Boxer troubles and dethrones his Heir-Apparent son.
Four million signatures have been appended to the Socialist petition opposing the Customs Bill in Lonpoy as Reuters foreshadows a highly violent Reichstag debate on the Quators Bill.
A letter dated 30 November 1901 from Gro. Lavaexson to Messrs Leadley and Leurencon Lyttelton announces a meeting at 8 pm on Wednesday night at Ashburton Oddfellows Hall. The Mayor has given consent for the event and the speaker vows to address them and the National Age.
A dispatch notes 1600 commandos in western Cape Colony with water scarce and General French moving south and east. Loyalist troops hold villages while a Sixth Contingent member from Volkerust October 11 says New Zealand papers wrongly claimed the Contingent wished to return. they are prepared to serve their year.
A 20 000 strong Hyde Park gathering adopted announced regulations regarding General Buller. A constable broke a processionnists gift effigy of Sir R Buller and a disturbance was narrowly averted. The crowd was mostly workers with a small minority shouting against Lord Roberts and Mr Chamberlain. Sir Redvers Buller's dignified reticence was seen as a rebuke to the demonstrators.
New South Wales bowled out South Australia for 428 with Noble 55 Gregory 30 Howell 44 Duff 80 and Sypnay Deo 2. South Australia were 6 for 95 at stumps as Hill 0 Reedman 14 led scoring, with Duff taking 4 for 121 and Trevers 3 for 129.
In Sypyex on December 2 the Englishmen faced Glen Innes. The boast team made 141 with Bice 37 and Bond 24 top scoring. Englishmen are 66 for two with Robaon 20 and Hayward at 28 not out.
London obituary notes cricketer George Lohmann died of consumption at Matjesfontein, South Africa, departing for a rest cure. The report lists Lohmann as a leading figure in English cricket with a lasting impact on the game.
Auckland reports a growing labour dispute on the North Island Trank Railway. About 560 to 600 workers are said to have been discharged without explanation, many before contracts ended. Only married men remain, with a drastic drop in workforce from six hundred to a few hundred on the line from Upgaruhe to beyond the Wanganui River.
The Mount Somers Road Board met Monday with members including Menara Ghapmang as chair and apologies for Harrison Herring. Officials discussed a river bed road option, funds for Lascelles road, and tender prices for Webber's and Ayrton's Road works.
William McRiwan was committed for trial today for assault and causing bodily harm after a drinking dispute led to a man having a broken leg. A pickpocket named Frederick Mathews appeared at the Police Court. counsels sought to reduce charges to common theft but later withdrew. The accused pleaded guilty to three charges and was remanded to the Anpyeme Court for sentence.
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