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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
2
A half acre residential Lot 2 on D 2 261 with a six room dwelling and outbuildings. Owner Mr Jas Henderson seeks a prompt sale to capitalize on rising suburb values. Full particulars on application with PF Ferriman.
Oceanic notes recount South Reknis and Mount Somers races held yesterday with local crowd turnout. Community events include St Andrew's Tinwald Christmas service, Mount Somers entertainment at McClymonts Hall, and fire brigade efforts saving Ashburton Bridge from scrub fires.
By order of the mortgages a pur chaser is sought for a property on Pater Street in Town Section 787 quarter secre. The dwelling has six rooms and a verandah with a detached washhouse. The property is in good order and a low price will be accepted. Full particulars available on application.
An alarm sounded near one o clock today after a fire outbreak in the Domain hedge along Winter Street. Mr Young, the curator, led a bucket brigade to extinguish the blaze after about a chain of hedge was destroyed. Cause of the outbreak remains unknown. Belle Reid, daughter of the late Robert Reid of Melbourne, passed veterinary exams with second class honours becoming a veterinary surgeon in Australia. Strange's offers deep discounts on remaining stock at Burnett Street, promising low prices. Temuka Caledonian Society sports results highlight J McTigue, Fochnoey, W Fitzgerald, and others in events ranging from 120 yard hurdles to long jump. Waimate sports saw J D Gabbe dead heat in the one mile bicycle handicap.
The brief items report 24 052 attendees at yesterday's Exhibition, pushing total since opening to 616 500. Other notes cover theft case remands, military stores divestment, band proceeds, race disruptions, land bill campaign stops, and municipal profits in gasworks and trams.
South Canterbury volunteers staged government prize matches at Timaru range. Match One produced many 12s and several 14s led by Seret Waugh and Cpl Clayton of Ashburton Rifles. Match Two saw Robertson and Moore top scores with numerous 29s and 30s. Match Three tallied 17 prizes across 700 yards with Currie and Higgins among top scorers. Match Four date noted as February 24 for Defence Cadets.
In a Supreme Court action at Melbourne Judge J Madden hears evidence of misuse of SANDER & SONS name by imitators. Prosecution claims genuine extract is highly refined antiseptic, heart safe, free of harmful ingredients and trusted for 80 years. Ads note stock and local business in Ashburton.
Under university auspices in Chicago meat packers fund a comprehensive veterinary college to train competent inspectors for stock yards.
United Press reports a potential long constitutional crisis in Germany as Dr Barth warns of reaction or true constitutionalism. In London, Clyde shipbuilding hits a record with 372 vessels totaling 598000 tons launched, while Irish Party faces charges over meat losses and spoiled goods from War Stores. A New Guineas Cottage Hospital appeal gathers 2500 signatures from Bad Beauchamp Lord Tennyson and others.
A Times summary reports that Admiral Niebogatof’s sentence may be seen abroad as vindictive and a scapegoat for higher officials who failed the broader war effort though they never commanded fleets or sailed near Japan.
A Moscow student named Fidler is identified as Ignatiefs assassin. He was implicated in an insurrection and bound over for 10000 roubles to maintain good behaviour. The bond has since been estreated.
Moscow dispatch reports the Oznor decree abolishing peasant communal land ownership draws sharp criticism. Eighty million peasants affected. few will prosper. Local authorities’ favorites may gain freehold on prime land, while many villagers lose ownership becoming proletariat and at risk of peasant uprisings.
In St. Petersburg, the majority of Admiral Niebopatou's officers are acquitted after enduring ignominy and privation. Early accounts of mutinies and compelled surrender have been disproved, marking a reversal in the case and a distant echo of tardy justice.
London reports Commodore Galloway praises improved appearance and readiness of new Portsmouth forces. He seeks universal protection and equal treatment for bluejackets stokers and marines, aiming to make Portsmouth barracks the world’s first naval depot. The memo urges unity and swift action for defense and war readiness.
United Press reports that an estimated 1,500 infants have been cremated at a Paris maternity home, prompting questions about practices and oversight in the facility.
A large heist near Antwerp nets forty thousand pounds in bonds and twenty thousand pounds in cash from the Black Sisters Rufel moude. The chief burglar fled. four supposed accomplices have been arrested.
An advertisement proclaims a remedy for rheumatic gout sciatica and lumbago promising cure. It cites addresses Allstores 206d and 486d and asserts a money back guarantee against streaking.
The Commonwealth Government announces that Mr Playford will resign next week and Mr Deakin will temporarily administer the Defence Department. The report references a Commonwealth Rifle Match and notes December 27 as a key date.
A string of misfortunes reports multiple deaths and injuries across New Zealand towns. In Auckland a hospital event ends with a child dying from clothing catching fire. In Timaru two drownings occur one from a heated farm incident and another in a yacht accident. A coroner’s inquiry follows a bush-felling death, and a farm settler dies in a trap collision.
An express from the south narrowly derailed near Blueskin while approaching cliffs. The Baldwin engine wheels left the rails for 180 yards but the train halted with little damage. Had it continued 30 yards further, a plunge into the sea seemed likely. arrival to Christchurch was delayed to after one new o'clock.
A two day intercolonial military tournament linked to the Exhibition opened with about 650 competitors from Waikato to Bluff. Melbourne Garrison Artillery and South Australian Field Military Corps competed alongside local forces in bugle calls, firing drills, and gun flying. The Bluff Guards won the dismounted event, while the Premier visited. contests continue tomorrow with ambushes, telegraphing tests, and other Volunteer service tests.
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