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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
8
Sydney markets on December 11 show wheat at 64s 6d, flour at £8 10s, with feed components and grains varying from 2s to 3s 9d per unit. Adelaide figures list wheat at 4s 6d to 4s 9d, flour £7 5s to £8, bran and pollard 14d, and other commodities including butter and cheese in listed ranges.
A small yarding of sheep and a fair number of cattle were penned at the Methven sale held Thursday. Sales included 135 sound-mouth ewes and 141 lambs at 14s 4d, 10 merino wethers at 10s 1d, 10 fat lambs at 14s 6d, 25 head mixed cattle at £3 5s, and 6 pigs at 16s.
The New Zealand Farmers Cooperative Association offered by public auction a Marawiti farm of 880 acres TL.P. in seven paddocks, well fenced and watered with shelter plantings. Cultivation includes wheat 50 acres oats 30 barley 20 rape 20 turnips 20 and pasture. Buildings: four-room house wash-house woodhouse out house five-stall stable loose-box trap shed shearing shed implement shed. No bid received.
The Christchurch Supreme Court heard James Walker versus Joseph William Leggett over a farm purchase at Sandy Knolls for £8. The judge found a misrepresentation claimed to involve a permanent water supply and ordered judgment for the defendant with costs. Witnesses testified about water availability and the parties discussed price.
A weather and farming report notes full swing hoeing in Abburton County with crops reported good though rain may not help pastures and sheep fattening. It mentions rust attacks in Makarewa and Aparima districts and a stock compensation amendment raising cap from £8 to £12 for condemned cattle.
Trustees of the late Thomas Wilson direct the New Zealand Farmers Co operative Association of Canterbury to sell by public auction at their Ashburton auction mart a 2 acre estate with lawns, orchard, kitchen garden, a 8 room house, outbuildings, and adjoining 1 acre with a two stall stable. The block will be sold as one lot with further sale terms available from the auctioneers AE 392.
Property notes offer 6 to 7 acre parcels with dwellings for term leasing and purchase options. Listings include 7 acre and 3 acre properties on Alford Forest Road and Grey Street opposite the High School, each with multiple rooms, water, and electric service. Possible private boarding house use emphasized for the Grey Street site.
Auction notice indicates disposal at Ashburton Friedlander Bros 3 Ltd 8 Siding Ashburton with sales dates to be held in Christchurch.
An Ashburton newspaper notice adverts lending money on approved freehold securities. It lists loan sums of 2000, 1000, 300, 2 and 200 pounds. The notice is printed for the Ashburton Mail and Guardian Company, Limited, with office in Barnett Street, Ashburton, dated Friday December 12, 1913.
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