Smuggling Village At The Dutch German Frontier
An account from Düsseldorf describes a crowded Saturday morning station and long trains of travelers moving toward the frontier. Smugglers trek through marshland to a frontier village where cottages serve as temporary lodgings while a fixed price market supplies Dutch goods to Westphalian visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaily
Charles
Ipoutier
Montag Age
Dusseldorf
Germany
Westphdlia
England
Holland
Smingelers
Verdun
Somme
Just
Farewell for Private W Gould in Dorier Community
Large crowd gathered at Mr G Butler Doric residence on Saturday night to bid farewell to Private W Gould departing with the Twenty first Reinforcements. Butler presented Gould with a gold medal from Doric friends and spoke of his good qualities. The evening featured musical items and songs followed by a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Butler
Dorie
W. Gould
Butler
Mayfield Promotes Faster Harvest Twine Use
Mayfield urges farmers to switch to superior twine to avoid delays and stoppages in the harvest field where inferior twine causes loss of time and crop.
Loyal Ashburton Lodge Oddfellows Meet Install Officers
The quarterly Loyal Ashburton Lodge meeting at Theatre Royal presided by N.G. Bro. George Bolway saw seven brothers on sick funds with £17 in sick pay and £99 15s in quarterly accounts. Two candidates proposed for membership and new officers installed including N.G. D. G. McCallum and V.G. R. Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburton Lodge
Order of Oddfellows
Manchester Unity
Theatre Royal
N.G
George Bolway
Pgs
I. J. Kennedy
E. Coker
D. G. McCallum
Bro. R
Page
V.G
Bro. D. Rngseil
George Solway
G.M
B.S
Bro
A. McClure
Culbert
J. Wilson
J. Phelps
W.G
R. Baker
FE Coker
Guardian
A. McCallum
Commandeering of Wool Clip Under 1916 17 Scheme
Land and General New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Limited outlines the Imperial Government plan to commandeer the 1916 17 wool clip at 1913 14 prices plus 55 percent. It lists price ranges for Merino Hal y bred crossbred Lincoln and Leicester and lambs, notes all wool must pass through brokers stores in New Zealand for valuation, and states government charges including handling storage insurance and commission will be paid by the Government. The agency offers its stores for display and evaluation and mentions final Supervisor decisions in disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nausave
Baronry
Department of Agriculture
New Zealand
For sale and rent notices from Ferriman and Co and N Johnstone
Local classified items advertise up to date rentals and sales. Ferriman and Co list a Moore Street home with 3 acres and four rooms with modern conveniences, and a comfortable eight room residence near the Technical College. N Johnstone offers for sale Lots 28 29 30 and part of 27 totaling 1 acre 3 roods 13 perches with a six room house detached washhouse and dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Forest Road
Ferriman and CO
Piper
England
Moore Street
Abe. Vadaessenee
N. John.ston
Taihape
Auctioneer and Valuator Promotes Farm Supplies
An auctioneer and merchant urges buyers to place orders for the new season of Eclipse Twine and farm supplies. He promotes high quality twine and fertilizers, including superphosphate and bones, with economical prices. He also touts the International Barvester Co tractors as a labor saver to halve ploughing and harvesting costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TI Am
Wool Trade Advertises Government Expert Appointments
An old market notice describes wool and farm produce valuation by government experts. It lists wheat barley oats woolpacks branding oils ploughshares fencing wire and mentions advances against grain and stock. It notes consignments and public sales at Tinwald Ashburton and Mej ven markets and references Cooper's Dip and Commercial Union Insurance.
For GALE South East Town Belt House for Sale or Let
A comfortable five room residence with offices on half an acre of good ground. Frontage on the South East Belt and rear on Eton Street. Offered for sale on very reasonable terms or available to let to a good tenant at a moderate price.
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Eton Street
Ferriman and CO
For Sale Burnett Street Cottage Listed
Sale notice details a Smale Gonitortsbil style cottage on Burnett Street. Property described with four rooms and Ferriman & Company listed as possible agents.
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Burnett Street
Smale
Ferriman A and. ‘Co
Winter's Road Allenton Comyvortable Family Residence Notice
Fragmented notice indicates a property sale or disposal related to a family in Allenton near Winter's Road. The readable text mentions a residence and a school, with unclear wording about keeping a cow and first class order. Further details are unreadable.
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Winter's Road
Allenton
War Funds Ruapuna Branch Red Cross Catering Sale
The Ruapuna Red Cross branch raises 25 pounds 6 pence today for the Red Cross. The funds were collected by the Ruapuna ladies with help from friends for catering at Mr Harvey's sale. The branch reopens at Mrs Allen's on the first Thursday in February with hope of new members joining.
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Galbraith
Ashburton
Red Cross
Ruapuna Red Cross
Harvey
Allen
For Sale A First Class Residential Property Tinwald
For sale a first class residential property at Tinwald comprising about 34 acres of good land with dwelling house and outbuildings.
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Tinwald
Modern 6 Room Residence on Havelock Street
A MODERN residence on Havelock Street West offers six rooms with all conveniences. Furnished by Ferriman and Co.
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Havelock Street
Ferriman And.co
Carrying Two Sheep to the Acre All the Year Round
A note on a farming practice describing year round use of two sheep carried to the acre for grazing. The report notes the method and potential productivity implications.
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Acre
Desirable New Zealand Farm Lands For Sale And Lease
Farmers Co op advertises 1000 acres near Ashburton with a house and outbuildings at £9 per acre and £500 cash, 400 acres dairying near a cheese factory with long lease and purchasing option, 150 acres mixed land near Ashburton, and 900 acres Rua Punah land with high carrying capacity and new homestead. Prices from £12 10s with terms.
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Ashburton
Brilliant Air Raid Details From Rauber Correspondent Paris
Details published of a large November 22 air raid aimed at severing German lines of communications. A British squadron of 16 bombers with 12 chasers, seven French, dropped four tons of bombs on a railway line and a major station, destroying a munitions train and alarming enemy forces. An ensuing battle saw two hostile planes shot down as the squadron returned to base intact.
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Rauber
Paris
Dalgety and Co Limited Wool Stock and Land Brokers
Dalgety and Co Limited promotes wool stock and land services across New Zealand. It invites consignments to Christchurch Wool Stores for Imperial Government valuation and disposal, with private sales of sheep and cattle and listings of properties offered to bona fide buyers nationwide.
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Christchurch
Imperial
Property Sales By Private Treaty in Ashburton District
Private treaty sales offer Mr Pearson departing district his 3 acre property with dwelling four rooms bath pantry scullery washhouse a pitched roof and concrete paths. Also for sale Mr W Williams property in Allenton six acres seventeen perches with up to date dwelling six living rooms bathroom pantry plastered walls water supply windmills tanks concrete paths stable motor car shed fronting Michie Road and Allen's Road. Call for particulars, price right. money awaiting investment on good freehold security at current interest rates. West Street Ashburton.
Premises for let in Tancred Street area
Central Tancred Street buildings recently occupied by Mr Carson ARCADE to let at low rents for offices and SROs 7s 6d 10s 6d and 12s 6d Saunders Buildings Shop premises at East and Wills Street opposite the Railway Station Cass Street cabinetmaker shop formerly of the late Mr H Bairstow Brick premises at the Tancred and Cass Streets corner suitable for implement sales Bullock area.
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Tancred Street
Mr Carson
Saunders’ Buildings
Wills Street
Tancred and
Cass Streets
Clincher Dreadnoughts MotorCycle Tyres Spotlight
A compact ad touts Clincher Dreadnoughts as superior motorcycle tyres with bold branding. It promises long wear on rough roads and highlights the tire line as durable beyond rivals.
Farm securities loan offer from T Bullock
A historic notice advertises lending up to £8000 on first class farm securities with smaller sums available at current interest rates. The lender signs as T Bullock.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Foon Far
News and Notes
Dorer
Land and General
National Mortgage and
FAPD
Methven
Rakaia
Andrews
TWINE
Rakata Stores
NEW Zealand, Ltd
M.A
C.F
NEW Zealand Loan .and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited
Lincoln and
Leicester
Lang
Ferriman and Coq
Ferriman
Havcock Street
HW. A. Lloyd
Eclipse Twine
Eclipse
Super and
H. A. Skoyo
West Street
Wes
Friedlander Bros
LTB
Tinwald, Ashburton
Lyndhurst
Ova Ashburton
Consign
Paterson and
Co. Ey Siding
New Sea
Woolpacks
Abe
Gooper’s Dip. Commercial Union
Ausuranse- Ras Limited
Friedlander’ Bros., LT
GRAIB
Insurange
Capitan
Lowes
Nicoll Bros
Koras
GALE
South East
RED Cross Fund
Ruapuna
National Mortgage: & Agency CO. OF New Zealand, Ltd
Ashburton County
National Mortgage & Agency Co., OF New Zealand, Ltd
Farmers’. Co.op
Dalgety and: Co., Limited
Wool, Stock, and Land Brokers
Quibell
Dalgety and Co., Limited
Pearson
Dobson Street
Splandi l
Slistriet
Kell
W. Williame
Michie Road
Allen's W Road
Henry Stephenson
Walter Pickles and CO
H. &. Barker
Beuda
Farm Siitus
Lowcot
Cass Street
Onan Aes
T, Bullock
N.Z. Farmers’ Co.op
Land Department
T. Bullock
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