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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 03, 1915
Page
4
Christmas price list from Fletcher Bros offering Cordials Lemon Raspberry Raspberry Vinegar and various essences with prices per bottle and concentrates. Delivery terms include twice daily town deliveries and morning afternoon cutoffs with special Christmas week changes for Tinwald.
Notice to ale boys who have completed aero planes to take plans supplied.Wednesday December 1. Location for viewing or exchange not stated. Property listed as one house for value by Wi d Moore.
An advertisement states the sole proprietorship of the Ashburton Drug Company. The chemist touts English dispensing methods with New Zealand certification, emphasizes care, accuracy, and experience, and notes reduced dispensing charges though some drugs have risen in price. promises strict controls on poisons and seeks customer trust.
Daily memorandum lists weekly produce and poultry sales to morrow at Farmers Co operative Assa sannts and Mr Henry Stephenson's arts. The item notes auctions and associated sales actions to be conducted by the listed parties.
The notice lists events tonight and tomorrow at His Majesty's Theatre Tinwald Oddfellows Hall Seafield School Staveley Hall with farewell socials and multiple showings. Highlights include 8 oclock farewells and 2.30 matinee at His Majesty's Theatre with two pictures.
Guardian opinion notes repeated British forecasts of a German collapse failed as the Russian army, though unprepared, diverted German strength. A McKenzie analysis argues Russia’s eastern pushes saved Paris and altered the western war balance amid battles from Liege to Przemyśl.
The second wool sale at Christ Church lists 19 101 bales up 19 compared with last year. Reports from the Raknin River describe 56 fine fish caught by Denby and Young over two days. An Ashburton Domain clash features a black swan and a fox-terrier. A Maori contingent to Gallipoli is anticipated and a Masterton sermon lambasts wowser talk. Nelson lighthouse to be replaced by an automatic acetylene lamp with no keepers. mothybdenite discovered near Thames for steel hardening. Shipments from England now take 12 months. new Ford delivery vans arrive in Methven.
Mr McKenzie credits Russia with delaying Austro German forces and enabling France and Britain to mobilise and rearm. He argues historians will credit Russia for saving western armies from disaster and sustaining large combatant efforts despite shortages and winter stalemate.
The river report notes the Rakaia fishable, Rangitata dirty, and Ashburton clear. At Canterbury Land Board, transfers were recorded including seven acres in Wighbank and seven acres eight poles three quarters from Saramael Switzer to George Wleet.
Abburton County endures a hot nor westerly wind raising farm anxieties about yields. Rainfall hoped for in hilly areas would aid plains. Government meteorologist forecasts westerly winds, strengthening heat haze, and cloudiness with a falling barometer.
The magistrate records fines for drunkenness watering gardens on Sundays and speeding on the Ashburton Traffic Bridge. Defendants include Christopher Moore Gabriel Hodges Thomas Stuart Albert Goodwin and James Cameron David Ryan and others. Civil actions list sums in favour of Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Export Company and various defendants with costs and judgments.
Correspondence asks Hugo Friedlander and E F J Grigg and their seconds F W Watt and T F Gibson to settle unpaid sums of £1000 and £100 in the Belgian Fund. The wager arose in April last amid Belgian distress and ongoing wireless reports, urging immediate resolution.
Melbourne December 3 Messrs Lyall and Sons produce store burned down incurring damage estimated at £15,060 The fire report notes Pires damage £12,600 and the incident received by the Press Association. The cause is under investigation and no injuries are reported.
Wellington December 3 The Hospital Progress List shows names of wounded and recovering soldiers from the Army Service Corps and various regiments. Several are listed as seriously ill or improving with notes on duties and discharges, including officers and privates from Canterbury Auckland Otago Wellington Maori Contingents and Allied units.
A damaged ad style snippet touts Golds with Nazol cough remedies and claims soothing sore throats. The fragment mentions household use and a price or cost reference, but specifics are unclear.
The half yearly meeting in Wellington heard Chairman Gyr Harold Beauchamp outline war priorities and resource conservation. He noted improved export values for wool and meat under government control, discussed imperial funding, and warned prices may fall after the war. Revenue exceeded budget though deficits loom. taxes and duties rise to cover war costs.
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