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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
4
A local grocer advertises a wide range of dried fruits and kitchen staples. Items include currants sultanas seedless raisins figs prunes almonds walnuts muscatels dates and assorted essences with per pound or per item pricing. Also listed are factory butter and cheese with unit prices.
The Tinwald Racing Club held its annual meeting with 80 attendees, £21 outside gates and £15 inside, nine bookmakers registered, and no totalisator. Officials including Heseltine as president and Doherty as vice president were elected. repairs cost £35. Races featured Grove Farm Handicap, Tinwald Cup Handicap, Hack Race, Domain Handicap, Tinwald Trot, and other events with Silent Member and Tom Tit among winners. a rider was uninjured after a fall.
Berlin dispatch reports 18 year old Anna Kunmer, a well regarded German girl, arrested in Lucerne with a male companion on burglary charges. She carried burglar tools, gold, bank notes and jewelry, fired six shots at gendarmes, and urged her companion to follow suit while he claimed to be her servant.
The Methven race meeting at Mount Harding drew about 1200 spectators despite no permanent buildings. Officials faced rough facilities with tents and a portable secretary’s room while a water cart kept the dusty track manageable. Seventeen bookmakers operated under licences of £2 2s each as a detailed account follows.
At Auckland Racing Club on January 1 the day’s events concluded with Ferguson in the Flandicap, Downfall and Rec Rain wins in the Derby and County events, Guidewife and Finery taking top placings, and multiple handicaps led by Zimmerman Carl Rosa Ulander Armlet and Advocate with Port Light Cachuca and King Billy among the notable result names.
In Oamaru the Police Court returns for the 18 months to June 30, 1906 and the 18 months to December 31, 1907 show 440 license and 142 no license cases. No license increases occur in failure to support common assault malicious injury to property offensive behaviours on railway trains sly grog selling and other items.
A longstanding advert claims skin ailments are dangerous if neglected and praises Doan's Ointment as safe and highly effective. It recounts Miss S Harris of Linwood Christchurch praising a two year itching condition cured after using the remedy and notes availability from VFosters McClellan Co. at 1s per pot with postage options.
A claimant asserts final sovereignty over the last Abbey distribution while Tin returns in exchange for coupons. The report notes the unusual swap raises questions about entitlement and trade practices among participants.
A correspondent urges the installation of a municipal electric fire alarm system a larger fire engine and a relocated brigade station to the public library site near the town centre. He argues these changes would save time improve response and place the station closer to business premises.
Indians in Durban appeal to Surat Congress delegates to protest British policy in South Africa. They claim Transvaal is only empowered to send Indians to the border and not place them there, leaving South African Indians helpless.
The coffin was opened for a photograph while dust and grime were visible. Doctors completed the exhumation, then the coffin was resealed and buried again. solicitor Mr Kimber Coburn says the case gains strength as the other side must prove the body belongs to Cruce.
In London on December 39, Mrs Smoellie addressing the Scottish Miners Federation Conference lamented unemployment in Glasgow and other industrial centers and urged government action. He opposed restoring stolen property as a solution and urged socialist reforms to control land and mines for public good.
Advert shows Freotoids touted for heartache, digestion and constipation relief with claims of rapid blood purification and liver improvement. It asserts quick relief where other aperients fail, urges use before dangerous conditions, and notes a 1s 6d price with 72 doses per bottle from W G Hearne Geelong and a Wellington depot.
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