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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 21, 1910
Page
4
Commercial stock sale reports in Timaru show 10711 bales catalogued with prices easing from prior sale. Prices listed include super halfbred from 1 ½ d to 1 1/2 d, medium 10d to 11d, inferior 6d to 10d. super three quarter bred 9 4d to 9 2d, super crossbred 8 1d to 6 1d, inferior from 5d to 4 1d.
Mount Somers stock sale drew fair attendance with satisfactory stock entries across departments. Sheep sold include two-tooth crossbred wethers and fat ewes with prices ranging from 5s to 19s 9d. cattle and calves fetched notably varied sums, while horses and other lots closed miscellaneous.
Town Clerk sued cinema proprietor Alexander McDonald for exhibiting a life of Christ sequence on a Sunday without approval. Magistrate fined £1 and costs despite the council’s refusal of permission. Defence argued council remedy lay in license suspension under section 309, not section 806.
Sir Joseph Ward arranged advance payment of old age pensions in Rotorua to December 31 to avoid a January wait. Normally funds are issued on the 1st of each month. This change lets pensioners receive their benefits during the holiday period.
An analysis of the Licensing Amend ment Act passed last session outlines clauses on storing liquor in No license districts. It defines occupier liability, penalties for breaches, and police powers to enter premises. clause 38 imposes fines up to fifty pounds and possible imprisonment. section 39 allows warrants for inspection. sections 47 and 48 bar brewery licenses within five miles of No license districts.
The most successful medicine for bowel complaints in children is Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It cures Diarrhoea and Dysentery and has been trusted for nearly 40 years with uniform success. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.
The December ephemeris notes moon phases from December 23 to 31 with entries for Full Moon and Last Quarter. It lists perigee and apogee timings around 3 pm and 3 am, with observations of moon positions and phase shifts for the period.
The Miss McMees private girls school held a prize distribution at Burnett Street with Genardett party and games. The pupils showed strong progress over the year. notable winners were Gibson Sullivan, Christian, Wood, Belthouse, McLean, Hunter, Brown, Danser, and others across arithmetic, geography, spelling, composition, reading, and French.
Speakers at a Tuesday gathering of threshing mill owners and farmers warned that switching to hourly wages would cause chaos and undermine contracts. They argued workers would strike for higher rates during slow threshing, risking mill operations and seasonal labor shortages. The chair urged fairness while maintaining pay for effort.
Two five sheep properties offered by Farmers' Co-op Assn Ltd. Each comprises about 250 acres suitable for ploughing, with excellent crops and lambing. Within several miles of railway and post office. Buildings are new and in first-rate condition. Price 10 pounds 16 shillings per acre. Fuller particulars from N.27 Land Salesman.
Instructions from Edward Benbow to hold a complete clearing sale featuring live stock. Items include horses mares a bay gelding harness mare and foal sired by Burnside Chief and Lord Erskine, several useful geldings and a flock of thirty fat ewes with lambs at foot.
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