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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
4
The speaker requests prompt payment of outstanding balances owed to the firm following a fire at premises owned by Mr VER y JYALAN who has kindly offered space for receiving payments. They thank others who have settled accounts and expressed sympathy.
Ady W. J. Kent, Bristol port emissary, tours Ashburton detailing dock advantages and municipal ownership. He cites 100 years of municipal docks, 10 million market reach, and low dock dues plus 28 days free storage for lambs and cheese. Kent says Birmingham offices will quote through rates from any NZ port to inland UK towns, challenging trade rings.
Readable letters from 1907 praise Mr Kent for securing a direct New Zealand line to Bristol. They note demand for pork, grain, seeds, fruit, honey, and lamb and commend the port’s facilities, storage, and railway links. Samples and handbook details were offered to merchants and shippers.
The Tinwald Town Board met last evening with members including Thos Williams chair and J A Clothier. They postponed the apportionment meeting to February 8 and approved Ashburton Borough Council as license fee collector from April 1 1908, while addressing a public health nuisance and authorising channel cleaning and minor works. Accounts of £19 4s 9d were passed and the meeting adjourned.
At the annual police examinations in Wellington on January 31, 28 candidates offered themselves and 14 passed. They were tested on the Gaming and Lotteries Act the Justices and Summary Jurisdiction Act the Licensing Act and police duties and regulations.
Sir Joseph Ward arrived from Wellington and will attend a social for city member Alfred Kidd this evening, returning to Wellington on Sunday. He plans a broad tour of the province later in February.
A labourer, John Harrington about fifty, was found in a creek on Percival Street Rangiora after drinking belladonna lotion in a despairing act. He was taken to the police station and hospital in critical condition and transferred to Christchurch Hospital by mid day.
In Wellinton on January 31 the Science Committee proposed suspending the Bachelor of Science B statute after criticism by Otago and Auckland boards. A new statute would require Group A languages, Group B sciences, and Group C social subjects with a two stage exam and a year of research, plus a registrar certificate and a dissertation. Professor Shand had moved to rescind the current statute, a motion he later withdrew.
The Conciliation Board met at Christ Church to hear the dispute between the Canterbury Timber Yards Saw Mills and Coal Yards Employees Union and employers. It decided to hold a sitting in Timaru to assess differing South Canterbury conditions and noted multiple awards with only part of Ashburton employers cited.
Christchurch January 31 The Canterbury Jockey Club Autumn meeting nominations for the Great Easter Handicap of 1000 assess seven furlongs include horses such as The Seer Souline Los Angeles Orloff Moscow Marguerite Clanchaten Goldbeater Hellanthes Zimmerman Dawn Penates Buckleuch Red and Black Balaclava Downfall Carissima Beckwell All Guns Cambrian Pas Seul Dusky Morn Golden Way Gold Braid Kitch_eumaid King Billy All Tried Strata gem Gwendolina Jack Ashore MKahoria Prim Astrakhan Mary of Argyle Tremulous Apollyon Bobrikoff Helen Portland Full Rate Paragon Idealist Euclid Ross Noble Restless Elevation Vasa Moriarty Gold Crest Grenculloch Probable Persuader Sir Tristram Petrovna Cross Battery Mon Anne Hilarity Hunsear Counter der William Mhdtifid Zetland Ivanoff Nancy Stair Rose Noble Gold Braid Tangimoana Glencuiloch Lapland Astra Khan Mullified Signor Hilarity and others.
Estate listing offers 1100 acres with good buildings and 14 sheep per acre, railway junction access, asking £85 per acre. Also 1200 acres of healthy sheep country near school and railway at £5 per acre. Full particulars and inspections arranged by the seller.
Readable fragments show acreages and places such as Westerfield Good Land 1500 acres and Riverside Good Land 100 acres in crop plus references to Newlands and Tiverside with various numeric figures. The text reads like an old land catalog item with multiple parcels and unspecified pricing.
The Grain and Seed Department announces readiness to execute risks on live stock and farm produce. Applicants receive particulars on request. They state they are cash buyers of wheat data barley and all farm produce at full market rates.
The Auckland Trotting Club stewards resumed the adjourned enquiry into the Grandstand Handicap on the summer meeting's final day. Witnesses claimed a jockey ring existed while others denied it. the chairman said owners are not to blame and urged full cooperation. Evidence, given as statutory declarations, will be sent to the Metropolitan committee.
The note asks if Abbey has been tried and suggests Th se as an alternative. The coupon is described as valuable for the money spent.
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