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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
2
Post office hours and holiday closures announced for Ashburton on December 20, 1909. Christmas Day Boxing Day and New Year observances affect branches telegraph and telephone services with altered opening and closing times.
On December 21 at Wlesmere Nursing Home Mr J F G Brown and Mrs Brown of Ashburton welcomed a son. On December 22 at Ellesmere Nursing Home Mr A E and Mrs Grant of Pagoda East welcomed a daughter.
The article discusses dust nuisance in New Zealand and introduces the tar spray machine Tarspray as a solution. It outlines a tar tank boiler and wheel-driven pump, delivering high pressure spray that penetrates surfaces, reducing dust, saving time and tar, with Melbourne council funding and praise for the device.
The Ashburton Guardian will not publish on Christmas Day but will appear on Boxing Day. Reports cover county collection for birds eggs, Chertsey School excursion to Timaru, housing demand in Ashburton, education board decisions, school swimming accommodations, farmers’ wheat prospects, river and liquor shipments, and Christmas cycle offers from R D Johnston in Burnett Street.
Reports of property sale and dwelling transfer, postal deliveries, accidents severing fingers, nurses and officials moving abroad, railway passes cost, illegible signatures remark by a judge, visiting scullers and local sports, widow condolence funds, express trains and departing legislators, education board tender awards, land auctions, school prizes, donations to hospital wards, notable deaths, market sales, shorthand championship, road and bridge updates, weather and local events across Canterbury and Otago.
The town plans coordinated closures from Christmas Eve to January 4 with banks, building society, solicitors and traders adopting extended breaks. Retailers will observe Christmas Boxing Day and New Year holidays. A large influx of visitors for the Ashburton Tennis Club tournament and Presbyterian Summer Conference is expected, with 700 to 800 visitors anticipated.
Farmers prepare for stripping ryegrass amid heat, hoping for rain to aid wheat and oats. Local crops include Algerian oats of John Stringfellow and wheat of George Dixon. Shearing ends at Chertsey with 28 500 total. W Weiss sets 216 sheep in a day. Leonard White hosts a large cattle mob. Chertsey Sports and Racing Club met in the Library with Stringfellow in the chair. athletic and horse events show a small year surplus but require rain to boost future meetings. A follow up meeting will be advertised in the Guardian.
The article argues many constipation cases become chronic from improper treatment. It claims Chamberlain's Tablets restore natural bowel action by stimulating the bowels rather than doing their work, providing a permanent cure.
London reports Sir Albert Spicer praising Australia’s conciliatory methods and strong production, noting better government support for early-stage industry and the cosmopolitan demand for British goods. He warns of limited personal willingness to spend in exchange for preferences. Heavy death duties from late Arthur Wilson and others swell the Hull shipowner estate.
Mr A. Jackson, Collector at Nassak in the Bombay Presidency, who recently sentenced a man to life penal servitude, was shot dead by a native while in a theatre in Calcutta on December 22.
A workman fired three shots at M. Bratianu the Premier of Roumania in Bucharest. He was seriously wounded as authorities reported on December 22. The incident occurred early in the morning and prompted an emergency response.
Seoul correspondent reports Korean Premier Yi Wan Tan was fatally stabbed in Seoul. The incident occurred December 22 and was confirmed by London dispatches dated December 23.
The Kiel scandal sequel notes Herr Roggensack, chief engineer of the cruiser Danzig, sentenced to three months imprisonment and cashiered, later killed himself. The report was received under copyright on December 23, 8:80 and references events in Berlin in December 1922.
In St Petersburg on December 22 a flat blast killed Colonel Karpoff chief of detectives and wounded his servant. Vosskressensky a youth said to be visiting his uncle arranged the flat and planned with revolutionaries while possibly in Karpoff’s pay. The fleeing servant was later arrested.
London dispatch reports T P OConnor recalling subscriptions totaling £10000 from Irish-Americans. He credits Asquiths Home Rule endorsement with loosening Irish purse strings in the United States.
In London on December 22 five bodies were found in the GlaPham ruins as distressing scenes unfolded during the roll call. The head of the firm broke down while announcing the firm would dismiss its assistants with a week's wages due to circumstantial pressures.
London December 22. Statements from Richard Beil and other union leaders discuss the Lords judgment on trade union levies for Labour representation. They claim the ruling strengthens parliamentary advocacy, while debating voluntary subscriptions and potential refunds or transfers of funds.
An ad touts RHEUMO as a fast effective remedy for rheumatism sciatica and lumbago, claiming many sufferers discouraged by failed cures have been swiftly cured. The text notes chemists and stores carry the product priced at 25 4¢.
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