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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 11, 1906
Page
4
A representative meeting of citizens was held in Denedin to organise a public reception for Sir J. G. Ward before his departure to the Colonial Conference. A committee was appointed to arrange the event.
The market shows scarce lamb supply with no New Zealand mutton or lamb offered. Prices listed include North Island mutton at 94d and River Plate at 11 shillings 6d, while overall meat availability remains thin.
The December wool market shows strong demand with 118 800 bales catalogued and 60 000 bales to Home buyers 47 000 to the Continent 8000 to the United States, while private contracts total 2000. Prices firm for greasy wools but opening values not fully maintained and American buyers easing. Scoured merino and crossbred goods rise 5 to 15 percent, with private and series sales continuing into next cataloguing.
In the second innings Queensland made 219 with Garnsey taking six for 71. In the follow on Queensland were seven wickets down at 167 with Simpson 68 and Frances 31 among the top scores.
Boungcom reports the Otago rugby team for the match with Canterbury in Dunedin during Christmas week. Ackroyd Austin Baker Downer Eckhoff Fisher Graham Howden Siedeborg Williame and Wilson are selected for the XIII.
The racehorse Rosette Dawn sold in London for 2200 guineas with several Australian buyers present but outbid. The event occurred on December 9 in the British capital.
The text urges inventors to use a skilled Patent Agent to ensure broad, enforceable protection under the Patent Act. It highlights Henry Hughes of Christchurch, with P. Climie as Christchurch manager, as a leading firm. Free pamphlet “Advice to Inventors” offered.
Jas Medoz markets up to date Boots and Shoes as best value in Ashburton. Craighead and Berryman launch New Summer quit tings with latest British and Colonial tweed patterns and Tweed suits to measure from 45s. Hudson Cycles on view at Johnston's cycle depot with lawn mowers sharpened by competent workmen and pickup service offered. DEFECTIVE HYBHSIGHY.
An old promotional piece extols liver disorders as the root of many ailments and touts a vegetable remedy named Bite Beans. It promises a free trial sample via a penny stamp to Bile Bean Manufacturing Co. in Sydney and urges readers to apply with the paragraph.
Mr RB D Oldham reports that wave motion from earthquakes reveals earth’s interior structure. The outer crust shows uniform materials with two wave types. central four tenths of the radius differ radically, with slower or absent second phase waves, indicating a distinct core region.
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