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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 11, 1907
Page
4
A historical ad fragment advertises five percent discount for cash buyers and lists bulk prices for sugar and almonds. It notes the store address at Wills and Cass Streets and mentions goods at lowest prices.
In Wellington on December 9 Honour Mr Justice Button and a special jury heard Richard Eliott a baker sue the City Council for 600 pounds over injuries from a Brooklyn line tram crash last May. The council had paid 68 pounds in satisfaction. The jury awarded 250 pounds and a new trial may be moved claiming damages were excessive.
A letter to the editor revisits a Borough Council discussion on Baring Square showing tension between band use and mayoral authority. It argues the square belongs to the people and questions the Mayor and councillors' claimed right to restrict access, while noting citizens have right of passage with municipal sanction.
The Anama Road Board met at Hekono on Monday with W Nosworthy chairing and Geo Murdock and Geo Harris present. It advised Mr Graham that gates and fences on the public Downes road should be settled by mutual agreement with neighbours while the County Council plans storm-water diversion. Tenders were invited for Trout Cavendish Bros. road and Irvine's road work was deferred due to high quotes after roadside clearance. Work on the McRae run road to start at once and J Burgess's crushed metal shingle contract for North Hinds road above Harvey's was accepted. The board will seek a legal opinion on a roads matter, accounts total £8 5s and the meeting adjourned.
A proposal calls for annual meetings of frozen meat exporters to share cost-saving ideas and improve coordination. The plan, discussed after the Manawatu show, aims to boost efficiency in meat, skins, and tinning, while possibly raising local beef prices.
Melbourne December 9 Thomas Stanford brother of Leland Stanford plans a will endowment of 50000 pounds to fund six to eight Australian students yearly at Stanford University. Details to be left with the University Trustees.
Prince Bulow’s expropriation proposals for Polish lands were rejected by the Prussian Diet. The policy would seize land from Polish owners and suppress Polish language in schools while promising to keep nationality and use bilingual public records. Anecdotes from Kolische Zeitung and Cologne Journal condemn German mistreatment of Poles and non German peoples.
An advertisement extolls the Supreme Court of Victoria backed Sandler and Sons Eucalypti Extract as safe effective and superior to crude oils. It claims cure all for colds fevers diarrhoea stomach and kidney issues and relief for neuralgic and rheumatic pains. It markets its use as inhalation throat remedy mouthwash facial care and a beauty product claiming permanent skin improvement.
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