Ashburton Labour Market November Report Summary
The Ashburton county labour report notes election influence with little overall change since the last period. Builders and trades show mixed activity, carpentry slow for new filings, bricklayers and plasterers busier, wood trades constrained by competition, tailoring and dressmaking busy, woollen milling steady, and retail and miscellaneous trades largely stable. Unskilled labour applicants total only two.
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Ashburton
Department of Labour
Phintise
Hess
Dunedin Livestock Sale Rates Solid as Prices Firm
December sale in Dunedin shows higher yarding and firmer values across cattle sheep and pigs. Best bullocks reach £12 10s, cows £7, mediums £5, lambs £9 10s to £12 10s, wethers 17s 6d to 22s 6d, ewes 19s 6d, and store stock and hogs selling at last week's rates or higher.
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Dunedin
A.menin
Latitus
Morltani
Future of Britain Reflects on Unemployment and Decline
Sir Theodore Martin, nearing ninety six, warns in a Daily Mail interview that unemployment persists despite Parliament. He critiques demagogues and argues Britain may decline unless work is valued, noting changing Victorian manners and rising urban hustle as signs of a troubled era.
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Sir Theodore Martin
Theodore
Queen Victoria
Princes Consort
Daily Mail
Victor Graysons
Keir Hardies
John Burnees
Britain
Piccadilly
London
Warsaw
German Dreadnoughts Compared With British Counterparts
A Berlin dispatch outlines details of the German Dreadnoughts Nassau Westfalen and Rheinland. The ships displace about 17 760 tons with 12 inch main guns and a dozen 6 7 inch secondary guns. German hulls are slower but boast lighter 11 inch main guns and heavier secondary armament than British designs.
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Berlin
Niel
Nassau
Westfalen
Rheinland
London Daily Telegraph
Admiralty
Dunedin Grain Market Report Holds Limited Supplies
In Dunedin on December 16 consignments are few and stock is light. Exporters struggle to fill orders as buyers resist current quotations. Demand centers on A and B grade Gartons and Sparrowhills with milling wheat scarce and priced at about 4s 7d to 4s 9d per bushel. other grades and damaged stock listed with various rates.
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Dunedin
Drileya
Gartons
Sparrowhills
Assault and Theft Cases Move to Trial in Wellington
Wellington December 16 William Neil alias Thompson and John McCormick alias Scanlon faced charges for assault and robbery on December 7 of a watch chain a sovereign and 20s in money plus other items valued at £4 10s 6d. McCormick faced three more robberies on December 4 and 7. Joseph Boriase admitted stealing a watch and chain from Michael Clancy and was sent to the Supreme Court. Herbert Stanley Bill pleaded guilty to breaking and entering December 10 at Walter Baskiville and was sent to the Supreme Court.
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Wellington
William Neil
Thompson
John McCormick
Scanlon
Riddell
S.M
Christian Jorgensen
McCormick
John Carrick
Arthur James Black
George Reid
Joseph Boriase
Michael Clancy
Supreme Court
Herbert Stanley Bill
Walter Joseph Baskiville
Doan's Ointment Praised For Skin Irritation Cure
Miss S Harris of Linwood Christchurch recounts two years of chronic skin disease relief after using Doan's Ointment. The ad urges readers to obtain the remedy from chemists or Foster McLellan Co Sydney, price 3s per pot.
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Dean
S. Harris
Armagh Street
Linwood
Christchurch
Doan
Tge
Foster McLellan Co
Pint Street
Sydney
Doan’s
Man with Three Wives Arrested on Bigamy Charge
Thomas Flynt, about 38, a carpenter from Launceston now in Dunedin, was arrested on a warrant alleging he is a married man with three wives. He allegedly married a single woman in Arrowtown and later another under the name Gilway, while keeping two homes, with a dramatic confrontation prompting the charge.
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Dunedin
Thomas Flynt
Northeast Valley
Manny
Launceston
Hay
Arrowtown
Gilway
Barriéae
Flynn
Westland Election Presentation to Mr Michel
Mr H L Michel, who contested the last Westland election, was honored with an elaborate Hokitika function attended by a large crowd from across the constituency. He received a 300 guinea purse plus 100 guineas at Kumara, and gifts included a silver entree dish and a silver mounted writing desk.
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Per Press Association
Hokitika
H.L. Michel
Westland
Michel
Kumara
Private Sale Listings Highlight Broad Property Inventory
The notice outlines numerous private sale properties available through our listings. Prospective buyers are invited to request further particulars to learn about individual properties, terms, and viewing arrangements.
Auckland Council notes quarter building value at £60 000
Auckland City Council records show the mayor Mr A M Myers stating that buildings completed in the last quarter were valued at £60 000. Reports from Williamstown Victoria note 110 bags of new season wheat reaching the railway pier yards. A German donor funds scientific and agricultural work with £1.5 million. Wheat and flour exports from Australia total 18 667 635 bushels or 500 026 tons since December 14 07, valued around £3 670 000. The common elm borer may be killed by carbon bisulphide injected into its cavity. A Donald Victoria Society deputation urges storekeepers to stop wax matches until March 1. Kingston Victoria builds a 25 ton wheat wagon with 33 tons weight. William Wallace of Tarrawarea praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Sale by Ashburton Drug Company.
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Auckland
A. M. Myers
Australia
Commonwealth
Donald
Victoria
Kingston
Mallee
William Wallace
Tarrawarea
Rato
Hillston
N.sjw
Calendar Fragments From December 1908 to February 1808
Readable date fragments show a sequence of days across late 1908 into early 1808. The items mix weekday names with month names and dates, suggesting a clipped calendar or timeline excerpt without complete context or events.
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Burnblue
NEW Zealand Shipping Company
Royal Mail
Monte Video
Teneriffe
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Clayton
Haapeh P
Kaipuna
Pianta Lke
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Turskina
Tosail
Twin Perew
Triedlander Bros., Led
Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., Limited
Vasset, Irene
Tate
Maori
Lytelton Deo
Arawa
Det
Vainni
Ian
Tonict
Wellingtor
Rio ‘de Janiero
Nicoll Bros
NEW Zealand Insurance Company, Ltd
Mhegll Bros
Aslington
Eslington
Islington
Kaye and Carter
Grain and Seed Merchants
Sterling
Colman
Ballantynes
Will
J. Ballantyne & Co
the Drapers
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the New Age
Tiger
HENRY
Hereford Street
Robinson
Kirkpatrick & Co., Lv
Nelson
Barningham & Cq., Ltd
Fon Rss Steamsac
Timber and Coal
West Street
Warrah and
Oregon
Ellor
Ashburton County
Tancred Street
Manchester Bros
New Zealand
Greenwich Watches
Greenwich
Gent
the Manufacturing Jewellers
High Street
Ty Oey
Manchester
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HN Rozie
Columbeille Convent
KE. Brook
Milton
W. Seaman
Morven
E. A. Wiritch
Waimate
H. Paumnr
E. Adanbur
Gernot
T. Davies
Barrytown
A. N. Westport
B. Flannery
Ophir
Greymouth
I. T. Jones
M. Stephenson
Si. Andrews
H. I. Adams
Lovell’s Flat
Bidsdali
Otira
I. H. Smith
F. Thorn
J. Currin
Maungatua
K. Moensie
Tinwald
M. A. Oribemin
Moana
Ke Lister
Gishorne
J. Wafer
J. Adams
J. Vass
Monigatei
Airs I
Crammond
J. Morris
Albert Town
J. Carris
J, Campbell
Bar Press Association
National Mortgage & Agencs Company
Abburton
Acre
Goo
Fairfield
Agricul
National Mortgage and Agency Co. of N.Z. Ltd
Williamstown
America
Young & Old
Ammas
T. H. Myrill & Cos
Ganterbury
Soriree
Andrill
Argade
T. A. Andrill & 60
Fancred Street
SuPire Society
Barrett’s
East Street
Ttia
N.B
Berth &Go., Ltd
Christg Hurgh
West & Sor
Tiriedlander Bros
Alaburton
Tin Wald
Cirlerenaege
Piper Free
WCOL
Brown and Son's
Addington
Timaru
Timard
Uding
Ets
Lowesl Prichs
Aultioneers
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