Thanks for Settled Accounts After the Fire
The writer thanks those who have settled their accounts since the fire and expresses appreciation for the sympathy shown.
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
4
Ulster Boot Stores Doors Open for New Stock
Large stock of ladies gentas and children's goots shirts shoes and slippers arrived from the manufacturera. Children’s sandals and stop and button shoes are specialties at T. Young Ulster Boot Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Young
Ulster Boot Stores
Cupid's Busy Season Offers Special Gift Scents
A chemist notes that delicate perfumes make ideal Christmas gifts and promises a superb stock of scents from top makers. The shop invites customers to visit and view affordable gift articles for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nupid
Jonng
A Condiment Above Suspicion Keen's Mustard
Tia recognises the world over as the ideal of Purity in Condiments. Meats of all kinds including mutton bacon fish and eggs are improved to taste immensely by the addition of keen mustard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tia
Mellor's Shoes Holiday Footwear Sale Ad
Holiday shoppers can find light durable footwear at Mellor's Shoes during the alteration sale. Prices are said to be the most economical in the district with goods offered at prices that cannot be duplicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellor’s
Prise
Correspondence Not Responsibility for Correspondent Opinions
A standard notice from the paper states that the opinions in correspondence are those of the writers and not the publication. It emphasizes the paper does not assume responsibility for the views expressed.
Water Supply: Pros and Cons Debate in Town
Letter to the editor urges careful evaluation of high‑pressure water service versus windmill options. It cites recent supply cutbacks, insurance implications, fire prevention costs, and the Rangitata river scheme as a potential county‑wide solution, urging informed public input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicoll
Sumner
Waimate
Insurancs
County Council
Rangitata
Bogue
Remonstrance Urges Review of Proprietary Medicines
At a Sydney meeting of the Manufacturing Chemists and Proprietors Association a remonstrance was adopted urging federal leaders to review Mr Beale's report on secret drugs foods and cures. The association alleges bias and excludes evidence, protests against accepting a single prejudiced view, and calls for an impartial commission and fair hearings. Members support legislation to curb useless fraudulent or dangerous preparations and welcome a broad inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manufacturing Chemists’ and Proprietors’ Association
Sydney
House of Representatives
Senate
C. G. Beale
Beale
Court of Justice
Sander and Sons Eucalyptus Extract Promoted as Safe Cure
The advert proclaims Genuine Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract as uniquely curative for influenza fevers diarrhea stomach and kidney complaints with quick neuralgic and rheumatic relief. It offers throat and lung cures as steam inhalations and a mouth wash, plus Sander and Sons Superba Skin Food for skin and cosmetic benefits. It warns against inferior oils and notes local bicycle firms Royal Enfield Rudge Whitworth New Hudson with R D Johnston as agent in Burnett Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sander and Sons
Supreme Court of Victoria
Royal Enfield
Rudge- Whitworth
New Hudson
R. D. Johnston
Burnett Street
Mediterranean fruit fly reaches Auckland in Devonport outbreak
A Devonport resident reported maggots in nectarines signaling the Mediterranean fruit fly in Auckland. Inspection found infection in a Stanley Point garden and a heavily infested nectarine tree. Authorities will inspect Chelsea, Devonport, Northcote and Birkenhead, with infected fruit and trees destroyed to prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
Australia
Devonport
Stanley Point
Boucher
Chelsea
Northcote
Birkenhead
Napier
The Shearers' Dispute Conference Arranged
Palmerston North reports the Defence Committee of the Farmers Union and delegates from Wanganui Hawke's Bay and the Wairarapa meeting to consider shearers demands and responses to circulars. J G Wilson chaired as proposals were reviewed and a case prepared for delegates. A conference with the shearers is set for February 4 after February 1 was deemed unsuitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmerston North
Defence Committee
The
Farmers’ Union
Wanganei
Hawke’s Bay
Wairarapa
J. G. Wilson
Shearers
Tammates
Trade backs wine industry support despite McNab claim
A leading Auckland trades figure rejects Mr. McNab's assertion that the Government should not engage in wine making. He says the trade would welcome either government or private wine production and believes promoting light pure wine serves temperance by popularising moderate drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
R. McNab
Cadets’ Class Firing Prize Winners Named
Wellington January 80 cadets report 1907 close firing results with prize medals awarded to J. Priestley Onehunga 76 points A Sangster Stratford 76 G Pettigrew Wanganui 76 W Sievers Carterton 74 H Tyerman Woodville 62 T Newton C Otsten Picton 73 B H Eden Wakefield 69 I Smith Greymouth 66 J Manrahan Hokitika 73 C Josling Rangiora 72 H Shiers Geraldine 76 W Harvey North East Valley Dunedin 74 A Martin Gore 83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
J. Priestley
Onehunga
A. Sangster
Stratford
G. Pettigrew
Wanganui
W. Sievers
Carterton
H. Tyerman
New Zealand Institute Sets Ownership Review and Memorial Medal
Wellington January 30 A committee will audit Institute books determine ownership insure museum volumes up to 2000 pounds The Publications Committee proposes summaries of scientific papers for circulation The Hutton fund report shows 663 pounds credited A memorial medal arrangements committee appointed The research fund to be transferred to the Institute and memorial committee discharged New officers named President G M Thomson Treasurer G Chapman K G Secretary T King Transactions editor G W Thomson Librarian A Hamilton Publishing committee G M Thomson Benham Chilton Farr A resolution regrets the death of Sir James Hector and honors his service to science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Scientife
Hutton Research Fund
New Zealand Institute
G. M. Thomson
G. Chapman
K.G
T. King
G. W. Thomson
A. Hamilton
Ram Fair Opens With Record Entry at Hastings
The Napier ram fair at Hastings drew a large crowd with a record entry of stud rams, shearlings, and two-shear Lincolns and Romney dock rams. Prices topped at 8 guineas for Lincolns, with notable sales by W Raynor Masterton and others. bidders included T Tanner, W Perry, Bland Rayner, and B d Riddiford. Flock Lincolns reached 11 guineas. Romney and Hampshire breeds sold to 9 and 82 guineas respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napier
Tanuary
Hastings
Lincoln and
Romney Dock
Lincoln
W. Raynor
Masterton
New Zealand and Australian Land Company
T. ‘Tanner
W. Perry
Bland Rayner
A Modern Maiden Miss Silas Eudora Von Blark
A humorous sketch describes Miss Silas Eudora Von Blark who speaks fluent Spanish and Greek but cannot tell chicken from turkey. She mocks pretense with a quirky portrait of education, stars, geology, and quirky mispronunciations in a light verse style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Eudora von Blark
Turkey
Fresh Air and Its Effects on Air Quality
Inhalation exchanges involve oxygen intake and carbon dioxide output, with carbonic acid gas forming part of the atmosphere. The key danger lies in fine organic particles from unhealthy bodies, which contaminate air in crowded spaces and misty halls. Fresh air dilutes these emanations and vitalizes the blood to resist their effects.
Ghurka Destroyer Noted for Record Trials and Range
The Ghurka destroyer built for the Admiralty by Hawkins, Leslie and Co. completed trials on oil fuel with Parsons turbines. It achieved 83.91 knots over six hours, 34 knots in the fourth hour, and a measured 342 knots peak, with a 1715 nautical mile radius at 18.4 knots. It could reach 2500 knots with full tanks, enabling Pacific or Atlantic crossings, and features five oil-fired Yarrow boilers and turbine propulsion on three shafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghurka
Admiralty
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Hawkins, Leslie, and Co
North Atlantic
Canada
Tyne
Malta
Messrs
Hawthorn Leslie and Co
St. Peter's
Strange Finds in the Arctic and Lost City of Garda
Reports recount Peary’s Arctic discoveries including meteorites named the Dog the Woman and the Tent and a giant iron mass with Widmannstatten figures. It notes a colossally preserved mammoth carcass moved from Kolynsk to St Petersburg and mentions the oldest ice bed beneath Tai mur Peninsula rocks. It also tells of Garda Greenland’s lost city ruins and Musk oxen near the Arctic ice cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peary
Cape York
Melville Bay
Greenland
Arctic
United States
Kolynsk
Siberia
Irkutsk
St. Petersburg
Taimur Peninsula
Arctic Ocean
Gardo
Great Arctic Island
North American
Garda
Nanson
North America
Siberian
Lena
Évience
Money to Lend on Freehold Security
Advertisement offers loans secured by freehold property. Lenders quote sums from £100 to £10,000 at annual rates from 4 percent.
Money to Lend on Freehold Security Offered
Notice states Mr Walter Pickles will receive immediate attention regarding money to lend in any sum on freehold security at the lowest current rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Pickles
1600 Acres and Good Land Prominently Marketed
Property notes describe 1600 acres including Riverside and Newlands tracts with good land, 200 acres in cop, good buildings, and fine all round farm qualities. Mentions Kyle and Doria as well improved sheep country suitable for farming and future development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle
Premises for Rent in Somerset Buildings Burnett Street
Centrally situated premises in Somerset Buildings fronting Burnett Street now occupied by the National Mortgage and Agency Co. Apply to, seeking tenancy or transfer details from the landlord or agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wills Street West
E. Williams
Bullock
Somerset Buildings
Burnett Street
National Mortgage and Agency Co
Final Clearance Bargains at Stock's Blue Boot Store
After a sale, Stock's Blue Boot Store offers remaining women's shoes and men's boots at bargain prices. Single pairs across lines remain, with women's styles in limited quantities. Men's boots range from 4s 110 to 10s 6d and 88ld to 16s 6d, urging customers to act now.
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Donald
Merchant Tailors
Lane
Ferriman
Robt, Alcorn
British Empire
Nelson, Manioate & Co
New Zealand
Cupid
H. E. Bonnington
East Street
Napier Ram Fair
Masce
Eeegees
Emerson
G. H. Tisch
Wrest Street
Strange’s
Ashburton
Agency
SALE
Edison
Guinea
Christchurch
Credit
C. Brands
Timber and Coal Merchants
Methven
Violetts
Wioletta
H. C. Barrett
Manchester
Strange
Pollock
John Orr & Co
Moar Dzapuy
Perry, Perry & Kinnesney, Solicitors, Thnaru
Tancred Street
George L. Sandrey
Tcolman
Colman
G. H. Burhanan
Sunny Nelson
Dgougall and
Upham
West Street
Astburton
Zealandia
Abermain Coal
Abermain, Colliery Co., Led
Thos. Brown
Hereford Street
Newman's Livery Stables
Binind Somerset Hotel
DRAGC
Newman
Ros Baker
Undertakers
Health and
Aho
Loasey
A. & R.terris
Taacred -Street
Westerfield
Riverside
Newlands
Good’ Homestead
Seaview
Good Sheep Country
Doria
Ashton
Hinds
Tinwald
Lyndhurst
Ruapune
Lauriston
V. FB. Gibson
Famous School
Dalgety and Co., Limited
Ownera
Hailway
Live Stock Insurance
Grain and Seed Department
Patent and Co Pte
T. Bullock
Saunders
Commercial
Gether
Netherby
Havelock St
Ae Teed T.'Bullock
Shay
Arcade
ONDTV
Nathanal ‘Mortgage :& Agency CD., Of.n.z., Ltd
Manila
People’s
Ermanent
Building . and Investment Society
Albert Roberts
Ayers Bros
Manchesta
Sole Agenta
Thomas Hanecox
Reathie Printing Office
Ashburtér
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