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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 03, 1921
Page
4
Ibbotson and Son advertise their cash supply stores with new season jars and pieserving jars. They list Mason quart Atlas quart Mason 4 gallons jars and prices per dozen, including 6d per dozen rates. The ad emphasizes low prices and seasonal offerings.
The Heavon Dairy Co Ltd announces motor wagon collection of cream in Ashburton district. Farmers not yet visited should send name and full address to Christ Church or to Mr H French, Ashburton, in coming days. Highest price for 1920-21 season is 25 sid per lb butter fat. average season price 2s 74d per lb. We ask a trial.
Monday edition lists events for Lowcliffe and Tinwald yards including a national mortgage clearing sale at 12.50 p.m. and a stock sale. Also notes Tonight's His Majesty's Theatre program and various church services and meetings across sites such as Wills Street Mission Hall and Pearing Square.
A 1906 parliamentary anecdote recalls F. E. Smith gaining his political fortune after a sharp maiden speech. The piece notes his audacity and calculation, arguing bold action helped him rise from obscurity to influence.
The profile portrays Lord Birkenhead as an ambitious, fearless adversary whose career blends Disraeli style superiority with cold reasoned purpose. It lauds his stagecraft and restraint, notes his roles as AttorneyGeneral and press chief, and questions his suitability to lead amid Irish问题 without moral earnestness.
In the House of Representatives Mr Parry asked if the Prime Minister had seen the Auckland papers reporting a large fall in wheat and flour prices in Australia. Mr Massey replied briefly that he had seen the papers.
The forecast indicates land and sea breezes with southerly winds backing to east then freshening, cloudy unsettled weather and rain. barometer unsteady. Motor Cycling Club events at Timwald Domain attracted a fair turnout with large entries and competitive finishes. Government and local matters cover school swimming funding, incinerator feasibility, farmers union activity in Greenstreet, and a judge citing the Bible in a turkey theft case.
Delhi dispatch reports the Prince of Wales leading a pig-sticking party five miles from Jodhpur with the Mararajah and ladies present. He killed the first pig and then a second car. The prince later reviewed the Jodhpur Lancers after their France service and attended a State banquet before tomorrow’s departure to Bikaner.
A Sydney message notes Dame Clara Butt as a passenger aboard the Tahiti which departed yesterday for Wellington. The death of Hon P J Nerheny MLC of Auckland is reported, with Nerheny noted for his extensive public service. Captain John Glossop promoted to Rear-Admiral. his career included command of HMAS Sydney and service in the 1889 Samoa hurricane. The Governor-General sent a birthday congratulation to Queen Alexandra, and replies were exchanged. Forbes Eadie of Auckland named national organiser for a new Labour party, with a background in science and public service including soldier settlement work.
Nominations to date for Ashburton Electric Power Board representation close at 12 noon on Monday December 9. The December 14 election will determine three borough seats and five county seats with nominators listed in parentheses for each candidate.
John McKay, store man for 18 years at the Farmers' Co operative Association in Ashburton, died at 10 pm after an accident while moving a pulley in the grain store. He was 63, survived by a widow and large family, with flags at half mast as an inquest is planned.
A 60 year old man named James Swan, with unknown relatives, sat on the Port Ahurirt wharf this afternoon and suddenly fell backward into the water. He was recovered dead. officials believe a heart attack preceded the drowning.
Dunedin reports a 23 year old boy named William Alexander Dudney was struck by a motor lorry. He was knocked down and died almost immediately.
Joseph Anderson a 56 year old man suffered a badly crushed foot when a fish plate broke causing a derailment and buffer movement in the Otira Tunnel. He was treated by Dr. Gibson and flown by special train to Christchurch Public Hospital. He is married with two children and has worked at the tunnel since it began.
In San Francisco on December 1 the Arbuckle defense says nurse Miss Anne Morgan who testified about Miss Rappe’s illness is dying from poison. The defense asserts the State pressured her to fear testifying and jeopardize her career.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm is described as an antiseptic that speeds healing of cuts bruises wounds or burns without bandaging and reduces maturation time by about one third. It is claimed to destroy germs causing blood poisoning and lockjaw and is sold by chemists and storekeepers.
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