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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 29, 1913
Page
2
Season greetings to patrons with a selection of gift items for 1913 1914 including embroidered crash cushion covers cosy covers table centres runners embroidered linen tray cloths and centres presentation handkerchiefs leather handbags gloves and trinket boxes offered for call in viewing and purchase.
The stock of millinery is reduced 25 to 50 percent to boost clearance before the season ends. Weather has slowed sales, so the shop marks goods very low and invites shoppers to visit the showroom for holiday outfits.
In Sydney December reports the Australian press criticizes New Zealand plans for a naval navy. It argues New Zealand and Australia should pursue a Pacific fleet as equals, with Canada and Britain sharing governance to avoid Australian ascendancy.
The piece reports on Indian laborers in Natal and their protests against an eight pound tax, Gandhi leading passive resistance, crossings into the Transvaal curtailed by law, mass arrests of trekkers, Gandhi fined or imprisoned, and allied actions by Kallenbach and Polak with widespread Indian community mourning and meetings.
An advertisement touts Baxter's Lung Preserver as a reliable remedy for coughs and colds. It claims three years of use in New Zealand, with a 4 shilling 10 pence bottle enough to cure several family members, and notes high grocer sales as proof of its effectiveness.
Tak City topics for debate at the Christchurch Easter University tournament was to be democracy as typified in the Labour movement is detrimental to national character. A New Zealand Federated Boot Trade Unions conference in Christchurch Saturday handled preliminary business and will resume today. A Christchurch Magistrate's Court Friday dealt with drunkenness cases, four arrestees had no cash and four others had modest means. An elderly milk-cart driver fell from his cart on Lincoln Road, prompting police assistance. The Christchurch Fire Brigade was formed after a 1858 brewery fire at the Normal School site, following a jury presentment and citizens’ meeting.
At the Annual Presbytery an American publication notes more than two thousand Presbyterian churches in America lack pastors. Ex Governor Hoch of Kansas urges rural denominations to consolidate and turn small worship sites into shared venues with a single pastor, funded adequately.
Public notice urges prompt treatment for piles linking fistula ulcers fissures to early signs. It cites Mrs G F Scott of Christchurch praising Doan's Ointment for lasting relief after two years without itching. The ad claims one pot cures in simple cases, urges purchase from chemists for 3s or by post from Foster McClellan Co.
Preparations are underway for the British Association for the Advancement of Science to visit the Commonwealth next year. A cable from Dr. A C D Rivett says the party may exceed 300 people and travel will be by Australian State railways. Rivett also urges government approval for a Cambridge party including Professor Haddon, his daughter, and an assistant for a coast trip in Papua.
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