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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 12, 1905
Page
2
Private sale offers 230 acres subdivided into 15 paddocks with fences water and a 6 room dwelling on concrete foundation windmill watertank and dairy outbuildings. Property features orchard large implement shed farm buildings near railway and school with favorable terms. Also 6 acres five paddocks 20 acres crop land 7 room dwelling and farm improvements near creamery. Apply to R Ferguson Land and Estate Agent Waimate District.
Acreage subdivided into five paddocks with well watered land. 170 acres in oats, 80 acres in rape and grass, 60 acres for turnips, remainder in young grass. Includes dwelling with six rooms plus outbuildings, stable and grain store. Dwellings recently valued at £750. Close to rail and school, 12 miles from Christchurch.
For Private Sale.9 ACRE FAA divided into 9 paddocks, well fenced and watered, near railway station and school at Oonerea in Wheat, balance Grass. Crop at valuation or vendor harvest. Land for wheat cropping and pasturage. Dwelling hut and shed. 9 bargains. £12 per acre. Terms easy.
En divided 380 acres of first class down land in general rotation of crops and grass. Includes a six room dwelling with stables and dairy. Seven miles from the railway, near a school and post office, all in good order.
A large property listing describes 116 acres divided into 10 pad docks with sheep, 140 acres with cats, 60 acres for rape and grave, 100 acres of turnipa, and balance English grasses and clover. Includes a four room dwelling, a stable, sheep yard and other amenities with easy terms.
A cautious forecast notes growing unrest across Russia as strikes mutinies and agrarian riots intensify. Authorities struggle to maintain control while armies in Manchuria and St. Petersburg show disaffection. A hoped for leader and possible January clash loom large.
Tanp Purchase Board and Crown Lands Commissioner Mr T Humphries along with Mr A Brown visited Ashburton to inspect the Lagmbor and Springfield estates. The report notes weather impacts on Otatuan district flocks and a Christchurch Council discussion on selling the Canterbury Hall complex.
Stock sale at Ashburton Drug Co. cameras on promotion. Train plans for sanctions and sports on the 16th and 17th advertised. Council water loan £7000 fully subscribed by Citizens Assurance Co. Ruapuna householders to meet on Saturday for school business. Ashburton Permanent Building and Investment Society offices closed Monday December 18. McBR Ferguson offers private sale of farm and town properties. McBert Amoe Drapery offers 10 percent cash discount for three weeks. Tuapeka Times notes rabbit destruction meeting at Lawrence and call for general poisoning after the 13th. South Canterbury Caledonian Society offers £5 debentures at 6 percent to raise £150 for a 1000-seat grandstand. 21-year lease on grounds with over £3000 spent.
The Borough School Committee met last evening with members including W. J. Silveski, W. G. Hilier, Thor Hayes, and others. They approved a week holiday starting December 21, praised the Christchurch School Sports Cadets, and discussed fencing repairs, baths plank installation, and prize fund subscriptions.
The Hawke's Bay Cricket Association says it cannot guarantee the funds needed for a match against the Australian cricket era touring the colony next year.
Obituary reports Lady Rawesa wife of the Governor of New South Wales dies at sea on her return to Sydney. Liverpool editor Sir E Runsell is acquitted of libel in a Licensing Committee case. Gore Malhourne wins first prize in a Salvation Army music contest in Gore. Bread riots erupt in Ancona over rising food prices amid broader unrest. Arrests in the Lienchan missionary murders case include a Buddhist monk and 24 Chinese men.
A hundred soldiers from the Kexebolm regiment led a revolutionary procession in Warsaw. The Krochowski infantry regiment refused orders to fire and let the procession pass. General Maximovitch ordered Cossacks to shoot rebels freely, stating harsher suppression will please the Czar.
The government maintains press restrictions while editors threaten to suspend publishing. Kronstaloff’s arrest triggers talk of a general strike. Troops fear winter with scarce food push soldiers to stay, prompting mass street rot. In Vladivestock assailants raid stores, loot drinks, machine guns, rifles, and munitions. Harbin is sacked as mutineers rampage.
A correspondence note disclaims responsibility for opinions of correspondents. The item states the paper does not assume responsibility for views expressed by writers.
A letter to the editor mocks a defined land policy stance and argues for practical farming reform. The writer criticizes a named public figure, suggests adding landholding tests, and contemplates placing the critic on a smallholding to prove points about farming knowledge.
Calda News reports hazards from strong winds and loose stones troubling town streets. Rivers Rakaia Rangitate Ashburton Opihi show discolouration while weather remains cold and wet. Wool shipments to San Francisco begin from Auckland aboard the Ventura. Timara Club reports fast pigeon flights and a 160 mile race. Rheumatism remedy claims to purify blood and cure ailments, sold by chemists and stores.
About forty ladies attended the Ashburton branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union at Templar Hall for its annual meeting. Mrs J Mefywad, president, opened with a brief review of the year. Miss Watt read the annual report and balance sheet, both adopted. Twenty one new members were initiated. Officers elected included Mrs McJieod as president and Mrs Claridge as treasurer. Mr Ferriman was thanked for hall use. Afternoon tea followed before the Benediction ended the meeting.
Owing to business pressure no discount tickets will be received from December 1 to 23 inclusive. An advertisement praises Sanpen and Sons PURE-YOUA TILE EUCALYPTUS products for dental decay fever prevention and various ailments, and extols Mount Somers Coal Company coal as economical for households and large buyers.
Ashburton County Cricket Association plans a Boxing Day match against Ashley County at Christchurch if ground arrangements and transport suit. The committee discusses Westland and Australian tours with cautions on guarantees, affirms rotating fixtures, and votes to affiliate with South Canterbury.
The Czar thanks the Cossacks and Sr Perenastre as Turnove proclaims a bid for Post and Telegraph employees to form Unione. 250,00 to be paid to those resuming work. The Riga railway workers meeting is disrupted by machine noises. a murder case is noted with a violent shooting.
The Times notes anxiety over John Burne’s Local Government Board presidency with focus on Cabinet balance and foreign and colonial office appointments. Lloyd George’s Elgin record is described as free of partisan speeches.
A South Wales report notes a death from anthrax in Cootamundra caused by a fly, rabbits rapidly breeding in western districts with stations losing stock, and a trapper capturing 17 thousand rabbits in three nights. Aboriginal births reportedly outnumber deaths for the first time in years.
The New Zealand Rugby Union cabled manager Mc Dixon proposing the team return by the United States for exhibition matches. The English Union will be consulted on the plan.
The Arbitration Court decided that a waterman was covered by the May 23 1903 threshing mills award and fined George Sanders ten pounds for underpaying. A second charge of underpaying a bagman was dismissed. An industrial painting dispute agreement was filed, setting a minimum wage of 1s 3d per hour for journeymen with union preference.
In Palmer aton bitterness over the general election runs high even among children at a local school luncheon on Thursday. Cheers for Messrs Mackenzie and Clark sparked counter cheers, ending with a stand up clash between party leaders.
Official returns show Mapspen Hor continuance 2208 reduction 2136 no license 2792 no proposal carried. Onova continuance 1807 reduction 1455 no license 2534 total 4376 no proposal carried. Oamaru recount: continuance 1818 reduction 2716 no licence 9143 total voters 4988 majority no license 149. Bruce no license lost by 9 votes reduction by 29. valid votes 4043 contingence 1914 reduction 1992 no license 2427.
The 82nd week of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club egg laying contest at Lincoln College shows 786 eggs laid, 20.7 per pen, totaling 20 819 eggs to date. Weekly leaders include A Bristed Christchurch Bug Orpingtons 30 and H Hawke Graytown North Silver Wyandottes 861 as the all time high.
Mrs Elizabeth Lavett of Liverpool New York testifies Rheumatism left her bed sickness after using Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills and Comstock’s Nerve and Bone Liniment. She attributes relief to the combination, noting improved appetite and renewed mobility with continued use. The advertisement promotes these remedies as a cure for Rheumatism Lumbago Sciatica and Neuralgia with details on pricing and availability in Sydney.
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