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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
2
A survey of new chocolate gift boxes and tins from Cadbury Fry Rownatree Pascall Hay Bros and Scotch Con fectionery highlighting Sweets Jubes and colonial manufacturers.
A correspondent questions the handling of protests at the Ashburton Show. He asks who supplied the committee with facts and urges W Wille to explain in print why the protest process did not give him a chance to present evidence.
Willowby defeats Wakanui by 68 runs on first innings at Domain Oval in a friendly cricket match. Willowby players Griffith Sinclair Stoddart Wiggins Corbett Nightingale Timms Stoddart Giffith Chapman Permin Crosman and Chapman contributed while Wakanui's Frampton, Bramley, Hampton and Hanes faced disciplined bowling and fielding.
Mount Somers Road Board meets with chair Mesers Gates and members Cullen Matheson and Sharplin. They praise Mr Lambie for excellent Gorge road control and propose a thanks to him and his wife for hospitality. They discuss subsidy disputes, ford construction near Macfarlane Creek, boundary changes, ragwort action, flood damage repair, baths water divisions, and Ward Newton road extension tender accepted.
The second wool sale of the current season is scheduled for Thursday in Christ Church. A table lists the sale order and bale submissions by firms including N Z Farmers Co op Dalgety and Co Ltd Poetic Bros Co Mateon and Co Ba Loan and Mercantile Agency Kerang G Pyne and Co National Mortgage and Agency Co with bale totals and yearly figures for December 1904 to December 1907. River reports note trout plentitude this season, and local angling stores advertise tackle from R D Dalinton.
The No license party celebrated a thanksgiving service at the Oddfellows Fall after their local option victory. Leaders included G W Leadley and several clergy, with remarks on unity, press influence, and the political path ahead for No license in Ashburton and New Zealand.
The Auckland Presbytery hears that Eden and Ohinemuri backed No-License and reduction wins spread to Auckland City and adjacent electorates. Speakers note rising No-License support but warn temperance progress is tied to beer price policies and miner opposition. The motion praising temperance advances is carried.
A made to measure summer suit line priced at £2 0s 2d to £3 8s with the Keep-Shape front claim. George Davies of 178 Colombo Street Christchurch offers cash sales, samples, and self measurement forms with a full money back guarantee if not fully satisfied.
William White and Company timber and coal merchants thank their coal customers for years of support and announce the disposal of their coal business to Messrs Thomas Brown Ltd. They solicit continued patronage from the public for the long established firm.
An advertisement extols Sanders and Sons Eucalyptus Extract as superior to rivals, stressing a controlled manufacturing process, safety, and effectiveness. It warns against unsafe imitations linked to a death and cruel irritation from inferior products sold as genuine extracts.
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