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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
2
Charles Streat Carter Acre garden well planted F House with 8 good rooms. Further description would be superfluous. Inspection only asked for if you are in search of a model cottage.
Notices state mail closes for Northern Ports and Westport on Saturday at 6 p.m. as per Rotomahana and again on Monday at 6 p.m. per Tarawaere with possible alterations noted.
Commercial London markets show Srisco wheat at 1874 cents and Australian shipments around 1108 for Jan-Feb. Bradford wool remains quiet with specific decile prices. Merino combings down 3d to 4d per lb. butter steady. Gothic shipment strong. Danish goods unchanged. colonial stock slow to move. grocer cautions buyers about aged stock with 26 000 old stored items noted.
The Ashburton Agency quotes December 4 1908 prices for Wheat Oats Chaff and Ryegraas. Wurst Enquiries show millers avoid large lines and Hunter's wheat sold at 2s per bushel on trucks. Oats markets show extensive sales and scarce milling oats with quotes for Drilling Canadians Short Feed Duns and Danish.
Workers recall pre-repeal poverty under Peel and reject Chamberlain’s preferential tariff plan. They doubt tariffs raise wages or create markets and view his shift toward Tory allies as a betrayal. Trades unions dismiss old age pensions promises and favor radical reforms aligned with labor interests.
Weather warns of gales and rain as rivers report poor fishing conditions. Ashburton court case Wheeler v Blake ends in favor of the defendant. Mayfield Sunday School picnic announced for New Year’s Day. Excursion scare on a crowded Ashburton train ends safely. County School Sports preparations and entries discussed. Stone triumphs at Auckland Show with merino and Leicester sheep.
From Timaru on December 4 a correspondent reports a sharp drop in wheat with prices quoted at 3d to 3s 6d. Growers delay sales as local demand collapses while coastwise shipments to Auckland remain sizable. Buyers prefer Oxmaru for timperial operations and the overall market mood is described as utterly sick.
The Jocal wheat market shows no improvement with sales only at low rates. A 500 bushel lot of pearl of fair quality sold at 3s delivered to the mill. Millers cut flour prices to £9 per ton as millers limits reduce and large holders hold back. Danish grain bought at 1s 1½d to 1s 6d delivered country, Canadians at 1s 4d to 1s 6d. Oatmeal price cut to £8 10s. Bacon market eases though prices hold.
At the Mayfield Stock Sale yesterday a small crowd gathered as about 1000 sheep were offered. Meears Friedlander Bros. submitted pigs that were passed in at auction. Mr D. Thomas sold fat ewes at 143 and shorn ewes and lambs at 103½.
The monthly Rakaia Sale on Thursday drew good attendance and brisk bidding. Messva Pyne and Co sold shorn crossbred ewes and lambs, moving ewes and lambs at 8 5d to 9s 3d, fat cows and yearlings in strong demand, plus pigs and horses at various prices.
A club committee directs the clubs affairs. Management of the A C and M S A concerns members only and outside interest has no public stake. The column will not open for matters to be discussed under club rules at meetings where all members may speak.
After Thursday nights boxing contest the South Canterbury Boxing Association officials hosted a supper at the Commercial Hotel where each competitor received a silver matchbox memento. A missing young woman Harriet May Harry is found in Woolston after disappearance from Broadfields causing concern among relatives. Mr A C Hardy misattributed to Hampstead School Timarn excursion report. Mr Brock led arrangements with Mulligan Fountain Doak Olliver named as school leaders.
Two or three men die after an open boat capsizes near the Rangitata bar. Survivor Morrison, 34, clings to life despite heavy surf and currents, recounting the fight to reach shore. Recovery of bodies Twigg and Robertson ends inquest prep as Timaru and Geraldine communities mourn.
A Fairton resident criticizes postal service delays and lack of telephonic links in the county. He notes high telegram costs and questions why Fairton remains underserved while larger towns get better communications. The letter expresses frustration and calls for improvements.
Mr Allen recounts his four month visit to Ireland describing rough sea voyage home from Wellington and striking poverty in London. He toured Dublin Belfast Londonderry Portadown, praised Belfast carriage horses, noted small Irish farm machinery, and observed rents halving since his youth. He compares New Zealand favorably for living conditions and wages, mentions Dunlop and Strabane shows, and describes a homecoming social in Dromore with gifts for local officials.
The visitors, led by Foster 105 and Hayward 87, posted 306 for 2 as Braund 42 not out joins Foster. Newcastle replied at six down for 74 with Ripon 25 and Hogue 27 not out the top scorers in a shaky start.
New South Wales and South Australia opened in fine weather on a superb pitch. Dui and Noble starred with a 290 run partnership as Dui reached a century and Duff fell on the last ball of the day. Score at close: four wickets for 472 with Duff 271 and Noble not out.
News in Brief notes sales and auctions in Dromore and nearby. Mesare Friedlander Bros. to conduct clearing sale for Mr James Alien on Thursday January 7 1904. J Thomas with T Bullock to offer three acres and dwelling at Allenton and two suburban allotments at Allenton on Saturday December 12. Parish gathering of the Church of Philip and James Waterton to host tea and a concert Thursday evening. Auction by Mr D Thomas of the goodwill perpetual lease of 20 acres near Fairfield plantation reserve South Road under the late Mr James Daly estate with further stock and implements offered.
London dispatch reports Mabel Countess Russell has filed for divorce from William Brown on grounds of cruelty and adultery. The item appears in a digest of home and foreign news with several brief notes from London and abroad.
Sir Grant Duff voices concern over Mr Chamberlain's proposal as a dangerous start to calamities while Mr Balfour's milder policy is seen as risky. Mr Bell, British commercial agent in America, cautions traders about a looming overproduction in America with rising exports to British possessions. American exports to South Africa rise 66 per cent since 1901.
St Petersburg reports Grand Duke Michelovitch seeking to draw the Czar into curbing Count Camarilla who secretly acquired Korean forests and aims to precipitate conflict with Japan for enormous profits. Tokyo reports say Russia remains unreconciled to Japan's peace proposals.
Workmen sealed the No 1 pit of the East Greta coal mine after a fire that had burned for some time. They faced heavy fumes that frequently stupefied them and required revival with oxygen.
A Friday sequence of sixteen distinct earthquakes was felt over thirty minutes, including at Waitapa prison around eight in the morning. Reports mention new geysers at Waimanga and a silent stream near Chrystall's pool, with eruptions reaching seventy feet every 45 minutes. A Hobart cable notes Thomas Pettit defeating W H Chellis for £66 in the World’s Chopping Championship on two feet standing blocks.
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