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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 11, 1909
Page
4
Mr Ager will visit Ashburton on Tuesdays and Saturdays and may be seen from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The visits occur at 7 Royal Exchange Buildings in Cathedral Square Christchurch.
A fragment notes a soothing cooling healing preparation priced at sixpence and four shillings. It is prepared by R Totty, chemist, on South Street, Ashburton.
The advertisement touts a Playfair Cycle or Edison Phonograph as ideal Christmas presents. It promotes Edison phonographs and records, notes a monthly Special Rednedone offer, and lists cycle prices from £9 to £18 10s and phonines from £3 10s to £88 10s with record prices and a bonus gift of Nickel Aquap on purchases of 15s or more.
local agents listed include The Globe Delivery Company of New Zealand Limited and various carriers and removers such as Pate J H Matheson, Express Agents General Carriers Customs and Shipping Agents, Kournilurs Removers, Quica and Stores, Dendas SP, ChristChurch NZ, with Pollock Ashburton also noted as a local agent.
The Ashburton Technical Classes Board of Managers met and faced subsidy questions. Hugo Wriedlander and W. Hodgkins joined after resignations, with a £30 balance and capitation issues. Debate covered Education Board representation, advertising reforms, and district status before adjourning after £21 18s 9d in accounts.
The Coldstream Road Board met with chairman M G Rich and members W Jewell and W McKeaguen. They considered Ashburton County Council’s note on Rangitata Road District seeking separate representation and agreed to form a new riding including Rangitata and Coldstream, to be represented by one member from the next general election.
ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS. Two nineteen year old men, RB Burn and Charles Swale, drowned after immersion at Kapuni while aiding Burn. Tomi Swale escaped exhausted. Bodies recovered. In Wanganui Tidward Hackett, older resident and former well known gasman, drowned after attempting to cross a river near Parapara. Body not recovered.
In the Idehart Supreme Court Mrs Lapham widow of a man Ro killed on the Mount Lyell mine in February sued the Mount Lyell Company for 2000 pounds. She obtained 4 majority verdict for 1000 pounds. The Jubilee Agricultural Show at Perth West Australia made a profit of 1740 pounds from gross takings of 4400 pounds.
At Christchurch the Supreme Court refused leave to appeal from the Ashburton Magistrate's decision in McClarg v Crosbie. Judge Sim noted no special circumstances and cited the small monetary amount, dismissing the application with £23 costs. The case involved a pony shying at the sudden start of a motor car.
At the Supreme Court Ad miralty Division Justice Edyards awarded £75 8s Ad to A C Benfield first mate of Carracola for balance of wages and wrongful dismissal. Allegations of incompetency and insubordination were not proved. In Christchurch the Supreme Court granted a decree nisi in Samuel Anderson v Lillian Anderson divorce case.
Commercial market notes no new wheat developments with nominal prices. Tuscan and Pearl 43 2d, Hunters 4s to da Id. Demand steady for good heavy oats. only a few available. Oats close firm at last week's quotations with A grade 1s 7d to 1s 8d, B grade 1s 7d to 1s 7d 4d, Danish 1s 5d to 1s 6d.
Wheat markets show a few good lines with sellers asking from ds 5d to 4s fd f.o.b. Oats see limited demand and small offers. Barley crop reports from Kaituna and Motukarara praise early sowings as rust appears in late crops, with fine dry weather aiding relief.
A Dalgety and Company cable from London, dated December 8 9, notes tallow prices at par to 6d higher, and outlines the frozen mutton market as unchanged while New Zealand lamb weak due to Australian imports. It lists bid prices for crossbred lamb and mutton, and quotes Australian lamb and mutton values, with beef markets weak and buyer-favorable prospects if price shifts occur.
At the Police Court in Invercargill on December 10 Frank Poff was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for sly grog selling. He had four prior convictions. Rose Poff, his wife, received a stay until the end of January to leave the town. Two charges against Samuel Neave were adjourned to January 21.
Mr A I Wilding, returning from Sydney, reports widespread industrial strife in New South Wales. Miners idle, tramways and ferries reduced, gas supplies uneasy, and ships laid up as manufacturing and economic activity slow. Observers note public services disrupted and an undercurrent of economic distress across the region.
Wellington December 10 The Council met this afternoon and passed the Designation of Districts Bill. The Shipping and Seamen's Amendment Bill was amended to include a patrol report for accidents in port or at sea. The Death Duties Bill had its second reading amid a lengthy explanation of its provisions and criticism of details before adjournment.
In Wellington the House debated railway staffing under the supply vote. Messrs Massey and Millar clashed over casual versus permanent staff, Arbitration Act coverage, and wages. Millar noted 380 affected, 250 trenched. discussion covered costs, electrification limits, and Government railway policy before adjournment.
George Davies, Suit Specialist at Ashburton Arcade, advertises cash trading for suits to measure. He claims lower prices by avoiding clerical debt, guarantees tailored suits at any price, offers extensive stock patterns, and will refund purchases if not satisfied. He invites visits and requests patterns from his stock.
Fragmentary ad lists quantities and pricing for footwear polish and related products. Reads like a storefront display with bold figures and product names, though details are garbled.
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