Bakery and Shop at 710 Set at Low Rental
Triangle Bakery and Shop near the Railway Station seeks new tenant. Apply to T Bulock for details on the low rental and viewing arrangements.
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 07, 1900
Page
2
Triangle Bakery and Shop near the Railway Station seeks new tenant. Apply to T Bulock for details on the low rental and viewing arrangements.
A Dunedin telegram in yesterday’s issue questions whether rats are the sole spreaders of the plague in Otago towns. It argues that if inland mortality stems from local rats, the plague may originate there and not be imported, urging continued rat extermination and better sanitary conditions to minimize human risk.
A diverse column lists frost reports, land sales, and community notices. Town sections for sale from Mr Sparrow appear, with entry deadlines for Mr Stephens flica in Tancred Street. Parliament candidates in Waihemo, and large land sales in Argentina are noted, plus several local incidents, marriages, and social events in Ashburton and surrounding towns.
The record lists Moon phase readings for July 7 to July 9 including first quarter at 11 44 am and 15 0 52 am Laat quarter at 19 5 1 pm and New moon at 13 am. It also shows times and numeric codes 433 434 436 26 4 a7 439 6.40.
The Ashburton Agency of the New Zealand Farmers Co operative Association of Canterbury quotes current prices paid to farmers on July 6 1900 for wheat oats barley peas chaff and seed including prime milling wheat at 20 d 23 4 d to 1 s 6 d and paras of Danish Canadian and Sparcows bills with ranges for different grades and livestock feed.
Jury returns verdict of death by own action while temporally insane after a non jury retiring trial. Also reports on London born racer beating Wadsley at Wolverhampton in a 100 yards dash. High School boys travel to Timzin for athletic conclussion with local team. Mentions Me J Tennant headmaster and supporters. Also advert for Wosdam Great Pappermint Cure for Coughs and Colds.
Sensational bidding at Newmarket for the late Duke of Westminster yearlings. Twelve sold for 43,300. Mr Sutton Sevier bid 10,000 for a filly by Pereimmon Roboteat, and 5,800 and 6,000 for two others.
The council debated mowing grasses on water race slips and authorized forwarding an engineer's opinion. They discussed fencing materials, approved payments totalling £924 0s 0d, and considered a steam road roller costing £745 with estimated annual costs. Tender calls and transfers, loan matters, and licensing notes were also recorded.
The Chambers of Commerce and Mines Registration and Young Person Protection were read for first time. The Shorthand Reporters Bill followed before the council rose at 3 30.
The Wetumeton House met at 2 30 pm on July 5, granting leaves of absence for illness and public business. Members debated second readings on several acts including District Courts, Rabbit Proof Fences, Ratepayers Disabilities, Bicycle Dealers Registration, and Deceased Husband's Brother Marriage, with votes cast and adjournment at 5 50 pm.
Debates on the Public Contracts Bill feature Mr Seddon urging a standard wage form for government and local body contracts, while Mr McLachlan criticizes a fixed minimum wage. Disagreement over impacts on unemployment and contractor numbers follows, with the motion passing 47 to 12 before 12:20 a.m. adjournment.
The Hawkesbury River region endures its greatest flood in 38 years with widespread property loss as houses and farms are washed away. Special relief trains with boats are dispatched while a Bathurst snowbound train blocks passengers in a cave overnight. Four feet of snow worsens the isolation between Bathurst and the mountains.
The Ashburton High School Board met Friday with chair Mr Ore and members Chapman Deashire Hugo Friedlander Stitt and D Williamson. Debits show a £292 balance. a rebate request was denied. A £1 winter term bonus was approved for the caretaker and the boys wing work for technical drawing was authorized. The headmaster’s report was adopted and salary questions for the two united schools reviewed with no changes. A fence dispute with Mr W J Silcock was referred to the board committee for action. Rents of £256 3d are due. accounts totaling £9 0d were approved for payment.
Robert Robertson a 69 year old bootmaker died suddenly early morning after telling Thomas Pickering that his wife Elisabeth Robertson had returned home and was found dead. He collapsed in the street and died en route to hospital where Dr Downes attributed death to chronic bronchitis. Mrs Robertson aged 72 had been married twice. a son Richard Wright lives at Durham Street, Sydenham, and another son resides in Auckland.
United Press Association dispatch reports the Czar issued a ukase largely ending banishment to Siberia amid political shakeups in Russia and resignations among Finish senators and officials. A Mexican war veteran and editor endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy citing its pension-related benefit.
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