27 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 27, 1905
Page
1
280 acres divided into 13 paddocks with good fences and water, rotating crops and pasture. House built eight years ago with concrete foundation, six rooms, windmill, washhouse, copper and tubs, dairy, barn, implement shed, two horse stables, 2 acres orchard bearing fruit, near railway and school, terms arranged. Apply to
Listing details a 20 acre farm with divided paddocks, cottage with three rooms, large rooms and roll barns, trap house, chaff house, cow sheds, piggeries, near a creamery and good wheat land or dairy arm. 16 minutes from railway, well watered, low downs and flats. For full particulars apply to.
An estate at Christchurch offers 7 acres of Oats 80 acres of Rape and Grass 60 acres prepared for turnips with remaining for Gyrold Grass. Includes 10 room dwelling with modern conveniences stable grain store and other buildings all well fenced watered and in good order near school and gar 12 miles from Christchurch.
2 acres offered divided into 9 watered plots near railway station and school. 90 acres in Wheat with balance grass. Land valued for crops or verdor will harvest. Cropping and grazing rights with 6 room dwelling hut and shed. Bargain at £12 per acre, terms easy.
For Private Sale a tract of 33 acres subdivided into 7 pad docke with first-class down land. In general rotation of crops and grain. Includes a six room dwelling, stables, dairy and other improvements, all in good order. Seven miles from railway, near school and post office.
Property offers 116 acres divided into 10 pad docks with fields of rye and clover and 69 acres of crop spaces. Includes dwelling, stable, sheep yards, English grass balance, and roomed buildings. Easy terms arranged.
Prices listed for sheep and lamb categories across Canterbury Dunedin Southland and North Island show light medium and heavy classes with varied pence per head. Notable figures include Canterbury light sheep 24d Canterbury lambs 44d light 4d and 83d to 3rd for North Island with other sorts unchanged.
Long column records a miscellany of local items. Weather forecasts from Captain Edwin warn of strong southerly winds and rain. river reports list some rivers as clear. A theatre of civic notices includes a court fine for drunkenness, hospital visits by schoolchildren, rifle matches, and a serious stabbing at His Lordship’s Hotel. Community events cover church services, Christmas concerts, and school treats. Agricultural notes discuss rain impact on crops and shearing, with local school activities and farewells.
A horse hitched to a van bolted from Hast Street and overturned the van at Bon Accord Carriage Works. No one was inside.
The Temperance Band toured town on Christmas Eve playing carols raising funds to about £15. Terris's Band provided music at the Temake Sporta Ball last night and reportedly satisfied all attendees. E tries for the South Canterbury sports events on New Year’s Day close at daybreak. The Presbyterian Bible classes summer school opened at Timaru with around three hundred attendees and will run through wool season. London Daily Telegraph notes a Cardiff plan to start a steamship line to the colonies. Fires in Cootamundra district NSW burn large grass and crop areas and fencing. Belgian papers claim King Leopold morganatically married the caretaker’s daughter at Louvain a year ago. A child was born.
A reader urges the Government to install an overway or subway at Ashburton railway station to prevent accidents. The letter recalls prior appeals to the Minister of Railways and asks Sir Joseph Ward to act, proposing penalties for unsafe crossings at the busy Post Office to Domain route.
The Canterbury Otago match began at Lancaster Park Christchurch on Xmas Day. Otago first innings 155 with Siedeburg Graham CO Austin Wilson Howden among top scorers. Otago second innings 208 led by Liedeberg 90 and Graham 47. Canterbury Callaway Bennett shared bowling honors. Giantmecury first innings 122 with Callaway 81 and Bennett 29 top scorers. Downes for Otago took seven wickets.
Fifteen thousand spectators watched a dull weather match at Newport where Baspert began poorly but Harper bagged a try. Wallace failed the conversion but added a penalty goal as New Fenland led 6 nil at half time. Griffiths struck a fine penalty for Newport and the visitors defended stoutly. no further scoring before the whistle.
New Zealand beat Cardiff by ten points to eight with two goals one try and a goal. Nicholson and Thompson each scored a try. O Sullivan suffered a broken collarbone in the first half.
London reports that the New Zealanders may cancel their scheduled rugby test against Britain due to their visit to France, casting doubt on the match proceeding as planned.
An advertisement urges readers to smash up the washboard and try Painui Fluid for washing. The short copy emphasizes the product’s cleaning power and calls to action with a casual, promotional tone.
Reuters reports a large strike in St Petersburg with about 125000 workers. It notes a two stage plan to grant universal suffrage and mentions unrest across Britain and Russia amid discussions of concessions and press messaging from official sources.
Moscow reports claim insurgents aim to establish a provisional government and sidestep the Dame. Hospitals overflow as wounded are treated at private homes. Civilians shelter to avoid Sunday cannon fire while insurgents seek to exhaust troops by selective firing. Baltic provincial contingents reportedly approaching. troop loyalty astonishes observers.
Telegrams from Berlin describe heavy combat in Moscow with barricades toppled and thousands arrested. A monument to Schaumann is planned in Helsigafors while Schaumann is hailed as the Finnish William Tell. At least four hundred insurgents five officers and thirteen troops killed in Moscow, with mass arrests across Moscow and St Petersburg.
Several thousand Lithuanians raid the Vitebsk province burning Russian and Polish properties. They aim to seize the St Petersburg War saw railway and annex districts of Betchitaa and Luteen to the Lithuanian Republic.
Fierce fighting erupts in Moscow as 500 rebels armed with bombs and rifles try to seize key targets including the Nicholas terminus and the State bank. Troops bombard the rebels after initial resistance, with many killed or wounded and dozens arrested. police offices are destroyed as authorities move to crush the uprising.
Strikers in Moscow erect barricades using telegraph poles and planks while troops hammer them with artillery. Snipers fire from St Bastor Monastery, and cavalry charge the barricades before renewed fighting on Sunday. Casualties rise as gendarmes are ambushed and houses shelled. French governesses seek protection as German officials weigh a naval safeguard.
The Czar told a military official that he has granted the people more liberties than the majority demanded and that, regardless of consequences, he will grant no further freedoms until the existing liberties are assimilated.
A collision between coastal vessels Kapanui and Claymore near Davenport wharf Auckland around 9.15 pm injuried and drowning occurred. Claymore rescued some, but at least four people including Peter Carter and James Fletcher were drowned while others remained missing or wounded in the dark rainstorm.
Dr Laing testified at the Auckland harbour fatal collision inquest that Frank Clarke had a large forehead wound and a fractured nose with other injuries indicating death before entering the water. The inquest was adjourned to January 10.
United Press reports a fishing party at Sorrento washed off rocks by a huge wave. Mr O'Donnell ex-councillor of Prebran his two sons a daughter and Miss Fraser drowned. another member narrowly escaped.
The Daily Telegraph’s St Petersburg correspondent reports up to 20 000 killed or wounded as fighting continues. Provisions are scarce and workers and peasants join rebels, barricades rise in suburbs, with a looming risk to commerce and industry while government aims to fulfill Russia’s financial obligations.
In Brispans on December 24 Constable Prisca was stabbed to death by Armstrong a Cingalese. A second constable was lightly wounded during the attack. Authorities pursue Armstrong who is at large.
Desperate attempt to kill Cardinal Casanas as he left Barcdion Cathedral ends with the assassin dying by poison in his cell. The attacker claimed anarchist motives while blaming Chemicats for recent city outrages.
The Mount Somers and Springburn Sports and Racing Club held its Boxing Day meeting with a large crowd from Ashburton Tinwald and Westerfield. Races featured Benzoline Wardland Tarawara and Casabianca with Silver King, Lady Thelma, and Water Lily in leading roles. Bets, hot pace, and a disputed finish marked the day as Benzoline and Casabianca each took wins amid steady crowd interest.
A letter claims Rheumo cured shoulder rheumatism after six months of suffering with two doses. The ad asserts Rheumo neutralizes uric acid in blood and lists prices and retailers. It also mentions other Christmas and meat listings.
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