Large Private Sale Listings Across Ashburton District
A broad set of land and property listings from Ashburton and surrounding districts outlines 3 acres subdivided into paddocks with a four room dwelling, 6 stalls, and farm outbuildings. 6 acres with 7 rooms and dairy facilities. and extensive acreage up to 720 acres with various improvements. R Ferguson advertises properties in Ashburton Timaru Temuka Geraldine and nearby regions with numerous large holdings, including grazing runs and farms for lease or sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobeo
Oranmery
Ashburton
Tinwald
Allenton
Ephemeris notes and Moon phases for December
The page lists moon phase timings and celestial events for December with first quarter full moon last quarter and new moon times. It includes references to Desamber and Perigss with specific hours and fractions indicating illumination and positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SBS Aporea
Perigss
Wool sales report shows firm Mochinos and buyer support
United Press notes animated wool sales with Mochinos firm and low crossbreds leaning to buyers. Average price realized for the balance portion of the fleece gear clips was 12a.
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United Press Association
Electric Telegraph
London
Farmers' Co-operative Horse Fairs Brisk Bid at NZ Auction
The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association held a horse fair with about seventy to eighty entries. Roughly half sold or were privately disposed. demand stayed strong for good stock. Prices included unbroken draughts two year old fillies at £24 to £36, bay filly £17 10s, three year old colt £11 20s, mares £12 10s to £17, gelding £17, and various hacks and broken draughts with values from £7 5s to £42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association
Death of Mrs Extuy Francis Wilcox at Hanmer Springs
Extuy Francis Wilcox died December 8 at Hanmer Springs. She was the beloved wife of William Wilcox and eldest daughter of Mrs D Cox of Racecourse Road Ashburton, aged 41. Deeply regretted.
Resignation Ends Long Conservative Rule in Britain
The long expected resignation of the Conservative Government brings Mr Balfour's leadership to a close. Liberals face the winter with a policy plan as distress grows in major centres and the Home Rule and unemployed issues loom large ahead of January elections. Campbell-Bannerman seeks to shape the poll with Asquith, Morley, and Spencer among potential successors.
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Balfour
Onea
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
South Africa
House of Commons
Mr Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Duke of Devonshire
Walfour
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
H. ©. Bannerman
Asquith
Tharu
Earl Spencer
John Morley
Lord Rosabery
Weather, river notes, and local notices from Ashburton area
Strong northerly winds forecast with likely rain. River reports show discoloured Bakaia but clear Ashburton upper Reugitata Opihi. Hugo Friedlander re-elected chair of North Canterbury Charitable Aid Board. Telephone poles going up between Kakaia Barrhill and Highbank. Ashburton Cycling Club inaugural meeting in the Domain next Thursday with excursion fares and delayed outbound trains. New postal rules require stamps on the front right corner. back stamps not recognized. A third class passenger from London arriving Wellington was refused land and detained for possible phthisis, to be sent back. No discount tickets sold December 23. Cash Supply stores and other ads.
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Wearane Forrcast
Edwin Wires
Post Office
Bakaia
Ashburton
Pzxsonan
Hugo Friedlander
North Canterbury Charitable Aid Board
Telephone Exrzension
Kakaia
Barrhill
Highbank
Casa Crete Meyring
Ashburton Cash
Wellington
London
Tonio
England
Tasrangi Old Men's Home gets hot water system
Toapanar The Charitable Aid Board accepts Mrs Kilworth tender for installing hot water service at Tasrangi Old Men's Home.
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Toapanar
Charitable Aid Board
Kilworth
Tasrangi
Agarcudonan
Professor Black
Otago University
Gove
Ashburton
Huhar
Applications for clerk and overseer at Mount Hart Road Board
Notices invite applications for a clerk and overseer at Mount Hart Road Board. Auction planned by Moessra Pyne and Co. in autumn at Ashburton for 6909 scores of Lagmbor Estate. London’s exchequer bond redemptions boost money.
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Mount Hart Road
Moessra Pyne and Co
Ashburton
London
A.M.P. Society
Britain
South Africa
West Street
Friedlander Broz., Ltd
Lagmhor Estate Put Up For Sale In New Zealand Deal
Mr John McLachlan wired the Prime Minister to state the Lagmhor estate is in the market for sale and urged government acquisition for closer settlement. Mr Seddon replied that he instructed the Land Purchase Board to enter negotiations. The government once passed on Hatate due to price, now hoping no hitches arise.
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John McLachlan
Lagmhor
Seddon
Gand Purchase Board
Correspondence Expresses Opinions Not Endorsed Here
A brief note states that opinions expressed by the corrispondente are not endorsed by the publication. It clarifies the paper does not assume responsibility for the correspondents views.
Landowner Challenge Letters Fire at Editor
A reader denounces Frank Cheat for personal attacks and grammar claims and defends landholding rights. He challenges Cheat to prove non ownership or donate to the Tuarangi Home, then offers to show deeds and host a drive over the estate if Cheat pays the £1 1s.
Ashburton branch closed. New Zealand Farmers Co operative to act
Morrow Bassett & Co of Christchurch closes its Ashburton Branch and transfers agency rights to the NZ Farmers Cooperative Association. They will handle McCormick Harvesting Machinery and Honica Dise Plougha in the Ashburton District as well as Royal Standard Pille products now widely demanded through local dealers and grocers.
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Morrow, Bassett & Co
Christchurch
Ashburton
Ashburton Scottish Society Annual Meeting Report
The Ashburton Scottish Society held a year end meeting in the Masonic Hall with a small attendance. P Stewart chaired. progress noted with ninety members and a pipe band forming, funds raised from a bazaar and pipe purchases. Officers elected include Chief P Stewart and Chieftains C Reid and G Lamb. Discussion on admitting ladies to membership and rule changes to be approved at a later general meeting.
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P. Stewart
Mesera Ferguson
McAlister
Ferguson
J. Lambia
C. Reid
G. Lamb
Donald McLean
Messie G. Smith
R. ¥. Ferguson
BR. M. Dunlop
W. G. McDonald
W. McAlister
W. Pearson
A. Lane
J.D. Stewart
Masara L. McDonald
W. Anderson
Reid
Pearson
Savecal
Charitable Aid Board Address Summary
North Canterbury Charitable Aid Board chairman Hugo Friedlander reflects on a year of duties and communication with the secretary. He notes concerns about outside relief, committee selection, and public funding burdens, and reports on improvements to homes and facilities including Ta Arangi, Ashburton, Woolston, and the Lyttelton to Waltham orphanage move.
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North Canterbury Charitable Aid Board
Hugo Friedlander
Kaikoura
Rangitata
Westland
Ffevurst
Taarangi
Ashburton
Woolston
Lyttelton
Waltham
Rheumo praised by Kilbirnie shopper for easing rheumatic gout
A Wellington reader reports relief from years of rheumatic gout after two bottles of Rheumo. Numerous letters claim cures for rheumatism, lumbago, and related ailments. Advertisers push 2s 6d and 4s 6d bottles and boast Moljor footwear at Mellor’s Yeplundia Loftstern.
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Kilbirnie
Wellington
Joffrey
Turbulent Reform Movements Sultan Russia Across Regions
Reports from the era describe peasant terrorism in Livonia forcing relocations, land subdivision in Astrakhan with four acre allotments, and forest seizures. Troops occupy Astrakhan and Kazan. insurrection spreads through Kiev, Novorossiysk, and Ekaterinodar with barricades and military districts. Father Gapon fled to Paris after Elisabetpol uprising.
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St. Pererssure
Dae
Livonia
Astrakan
Aires
Thora
Kazan
Kiev
Peckersky
Novorossiysk
Ekaterinadas
Gapon
Paris
Elisabathpol
The Railway and Telegraph Strikes and Government Losses
The Government loses four million pounds in passenger traffic due to the railway strike and forty thousand pounds from the telegraphic and postal strike.
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Railway and Telegraph
Sv. Pettksnors
Deo
Slump on the Bourse and Count de Witte’s Supporters Despair
On Wednesday 4 per cent bonds fell to 74 as a liquidity drain of 600000 roubles daily hit the banks. Count de Witte’s lack of inventive measures fuels despair among his backers and fear grows that Moscow troops may rise.
Appeal for Jewish Relief in Russia Crisis
London leaders including Baron Rothschild and eight top Jews urge aid for Russian outrages victims. They call suspending colonisation efforts and say most Russian Jews must seek salvation within Russia under a new liberty justice and equal rights regime.
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London
Dean Baron Rothschild
Russia
Civil War Threat Warning Over Demands Issued
The Zematvoy Congress delegation warned Count de Witte that civil war will follow unless their demands are met. The warning was received December 9 at 8 36 a m from Sv Paterssuna dated December 8.
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Sr Patersrune
Dee 7
Kisii
Black Hundred
Tha
Bankera
Warsaw
Guaunt de Witte
Paterssuna
Zematvoy Congress
Count de Witte
Tragic Wounding and Local Accidents Reported in Auckland
Clara Williams Bradly died in hospital from a temple bullet wound after a failed surgical attempt in Melbourne and an attempted to remove the bullet. Three other accident cases arrived at the hospital from rural districts including George Monro with extensive bruising, Patrick Mogan burned in a hut fire, and an elderly man named Jackson with a horn injury to his right hand.
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Auckland
Clara Williams Bradly
Melbourne
George Monro
Longbeach
Patrick Mogan
Chertsey
Jackson
Pest Forest
Aledge
Railway Collision Injures 25 Near Omaha
United Press dispatch from New York reports a train collision near Omaha Nebraska injuring 25 passengers. Dea Ton post office and railway officials were filled. investigations to determine cause are underway.
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New York
Omaha
Nebraska
Fatal car crash in Gore claims Mrs Winslow
Distressing accident in Gore as Mrs John Winslow of North Canterbury dies after a motor car collision near Gore A and P Show. Her husband and six children survived the incident though she was knocked unconscious when a horse veered into the car, suffering a fractured skull and dying within half an hour.
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Gore
John Winslos
North Canterbury
Chiaton
Tet Milea
Mia Winslow
Gore A. and
McNeil
Mia Winsloe
Harare
Christchurch Housekeepers Embrace Paiini Fluid For Whites
Local readers report Paiini Fluid as a new cleaning craze in Christchurch enabling white clothes with a cupful per dollar of water, no rubbing required and longer lasting fabric. Advertised alongside this claim are various household goods and coal from Mount Somers Coal Company, with notes on quality and suitability for steam use.
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Christchurch
Joma Onn.& Co
Annasala
Mount Somers Coal Company
New Seam
Howe and foreign report on British revenue and trade
United Press dispatch notes revenue in the prior year at £130,420,254 with expenditure £144,021,098 and an estimated deficit of £1.5 million. Import duties total £52,412,106. Rio de Janeiro reports protests over the Panther gunboat landing and a German deserter kidnapping. London Board of Trade shows November imports up £2,477,088 and exports up £3,494,861.
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Wasminton
Shaw
Treasury
Rio de Janeiro
Des
London
Board of Trade
Campbell Bannerman Declines Translation to the Lords
The Times reports Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman plans to remain in the House of Commons and lead Parliament while health permits. He abandons forming a Liberal cabinet and implies Lord Rosebery only as available talent. Edward Grey refuses office, predicting Elgin as Colonial Secretary. Grey’s unavailability complicates finding a Foreign Minister acceptable to the public.
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London
Des
The
Times
Henry Campbell Bannerman
House of Commons
Lord Rosebery
Edward Grey
Lord Elgin
Edward Gray
House of Lords
Asquith
By Election Returns For New Forest Seat
The bye election in New Forest after Hon J W Montagua’s peerage win saw Mr H Compton (Unionist) elected with 4359 votes, defeating Mr Hobart (Liberal) who received 4240 votes.
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New Forest
J. W. Montagua
H. Compton
Hobart
Dublin Convention thanks Ireland supporters in Australia and New Zealand
The Dublin Convention expresses gratitude for Irish generosity abroad during the past three years. It especially thanks Cardinal Moran for arranging the Home Rule tribute at the request of Mr T. P. O Connor and notes the Commonwealth Parliament's address to the Crown in support of Home Rule.
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Loxpon
Dublin
Australia
New Zealand
Ireland
Cardinal Moran
T. P. O'Connor
Commonwealth
Prince Bulow Speech Sparks British Navy Debate
London papers condemn Prince Bulow for casting Britain as a threat to push German naval spending. They stress Berlin has offered no turnaround on British naval cuts, which Berlin calls an olive branch.
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London
Duc
Prince You Bulow
England
Great Britain
Warning to Britain A Quid Pro Quo Wanted
In the Reichstag on December 8 Socialist leader Herr Bebel accused the navy buildup of being aimed only at Britain and warned that rising taxes could push workers to question defending the Fatherland. Finance Minister Herr von Rheinbaden rejected Bebel’s claim that individual workers should decide whether to heed the Kaiser’s call.
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Brain
Herr Bebel
Reichstag
Britain
Herr von Rheinbaden
Chinese in the Transvaal Blue-book report on Band area care
A Blue-book describes Chinese workers in the Band area as well treated housed and allowed to roam large veldt areas. Lord Selborne notes inspection of sixteen mines with eleven more checked by his aide. Mr Evans previously allowed managers to inflict minor corporal punishment after inquiries. Lord Milner did not object yet authority was abused. Sir Lyttelton regrets lack of legal safeguards now added in the amended ordinance.
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Lowpon
Dee
Lord Selborne
Evans
England
Lord Milner
Lytteltam
New Zealand Team to Play All British Match in London
The New Zealand football team will face a Great Britain side in London for the unemployed fund. The match is likely on January 6 with expected attendance by the King and Queen. Proceeds go to aid the unemployed.
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Lonnon, Dec
New
Grape Crop Destroyed By Brisbane Floods
Flood waters in Brisbane destroyed the entire grape crop nearby. The flood began subsiding and rainfall reached nine inches. Many residents were rescued from flooded homes as the community coped with damage and rising water.
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Barezanr
Dee
Brisbane
Tragic Bendigo Shooting Ends in Arrest
A young Bendigo man named Scanlon shot his sister after a quarrel. He claimed it was her fault while intending to harm himself. the sister intervened and was killed. Scanlon has been arrested as the family gains attention from a sizable estate.
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Merzounny
Dee
Scanion
Bendigo
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Perguson
North Canterbury District
Bi Y
Waimate District
Ashburton District
R. ¥. Vergquson
Timaru, Temuka, and
Ceraldine Districts
Lorso
Fairlie
Seadown
Winchester
Hangitata
Temuka
Cricklewood
Geraldine
Temata
Washdyka
Makikihi
Raincliffi
Opuha
Levels
Woodside
Washdyke
Timaru
Cannington
Fergu
H. Gresham
Sunction & Mechanical Dentist
Purnett Street
Ata
Pau Peivata Revidenne
Havelock Straat West
Alcorn’s
Smargest
America
Totlile & Clark
Baddler Nyro
East Street
Cridren
Frank Curtis
Norton
Ie Os
Wing
MR Lowry
Zealandia Bicycles
Atalanta Bicycles
Late
Zealandia Cycle & Motor Works
Burneth Street
Commercial
Wool Sales
Farmers’ Co-operative Association
Celrestrias
Aving
Huyera
Alao
Madrid
Rotterdam
Somerset Buildings
Burnett Street
Ashburton Buncdian Maana Ust
Imperial Politics
Johnston
Arhburton
Reynold
Aghburton
GEO. Meddins
the People’s Ironmonger
Colony
W.Z
Andrew Orr & CO
Strange
G. L. Landrey
Strange & Co
Farmers’ Union Advocate
New Zealand Times” Company
Farmers’ Union
Dunedin
I. E. Bone
Forster Streat
Belleknowen
Danedin
F. J. LeCrew
Storcroft
Kingadown
Mr LeCrew
Timara “ Post
Fuercure Bros
Lagmhor Estate
Frank
Cheat
Tuarangi
Cegaines
Fante
Ian
Ashburton Scottish Society
Moljor
Moellor
Yeplundia
Mellor
Father Gapon
Elacteio Telegraph —Covoright
Bankers
United Prose Association
Bylleatra Telegraph
Howe and Foreign
Electric ‘Velograph
United States Revenue
United Press
Rome
United Prase Association
United Prees Association
Per Electric Telegraph
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