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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 07, 1908
Page
3
A prolonged blizzard and heavy rain flood Ashburton Mount Somers areas with backed drainage and snow on Mount Somers, Springburn, and Waipawa. Snow disrupts lines, stock, and school while rivers rise in Christchurch and Timaru with widespread street flooding and bridged damage.
Wistport reports a baker John Ballan found drowned in the Westport Coal Company dam at Denniston. In Christchurch a woman Mary Ann Cope Groves dies suddenly at 5 am leaving eight children. morgue and inquest arranged. Invercargill notes a missing fisherman seen at Bluff after two weeks, search on Stewart Island. James Dean, aged 72, dies at Waikaia from heart failure after a period of illness.
The Frozen Meat Trades Association reports Smithfield quotations based on bulk sales, covering New Zealand mutton and lamb and River Plate beef. Canterbury and Southland prices are listed for various weights and cuts, with wool arrivals totaling 224,542 bales and 271,000 bales available for upcoming sales.
Wretched weather limited attendance and entries at the weekly Tinwald yards sale. Yardings totaled about 4000 mixed stock with fat and store cattle, plus over 2000 sheep including lambs, ewes, and wethers. Prime small lots sold well but larger lines declined as export buyers were absent. Fat cattle saw fair competition with several animals priced from £5 to £6 2s 6d and a few entries toward £6 10s.
In Brisbane on July 7 the Commonwealth Labour Conference rejected several reform proposals. It resolved to foster Australian sentiment based on national purity and self-reliance, aiming for collective ownership of monopolies and expanded state and municipal economic functions to ensure producer benefit.
In Dunedin July 7, Joseph H. Patten John Ward and John Belford were fined ten shillings each for drunkenness at a theatre. Belford and Patten received 40 shillings and a month in default for causing a disturbance. a third offender slept and was discharged on the second offense. The cockneys claimed it was a drink in theatre custom.
Private Gale won 38 points with 82 and a 9 handicap for 1st prize while Private Dalley and Private Killogh shared near second place. Several others were counted out. In other news Mr Maslin criticized land taxation, questioning Liberal principles and support for farmers and workers.
Mrs P Naylor leaves the district and will sell on Park Street next to the Domain her household furnishings. The sale includes an organ suite of furniture sewing machine chairs tables dressers wardrobes beds chests wardrobes beds mattresses and various kitchen utensils and sundries.
A public sale on a Saturday next July 41st under instructions from Myre and Martha Young offers three parcels. Winter's Road Allenton features a 3 acre neat cottage with lots 89 and 90 in a healthy dry sub urban area. Princess Street includes 3 acres and a 6 room dwelling Lot 7 DP 985. Glendinning disposes a 4 acre property with a four room dwelling.
Promotes available luncheon rooms and tobacco and hairdressing businesses with affordable rents. Lists multiple properties for sale around Treverton Tinwald Allenton and Cameron Street West with cottages, dwellings, rooms, and land, urging working man buyers to call for particulars and deposits. Large inventory of town and suburban properties offered.
The notice lists 120 forward 4 and 6 tooth wethers at 100 fat and forward lambs 50 fat and invites additional entries. This original call seeks more consignments and details for upcoming sale.
Alr J G Talley directs a complete clearing sale at Abbis Homestead featuring 160 bred ewes in lamb 402 bred ewes in lamb 3 rams two Eng Leic one Shrop horses gildings 2 to 7 years mare stinted to Sir Rodger 2 yearlings harness mare by Black Wood stinted to General Mac.
An 18 by 8 structure described as a Travelling Hut powered by a McLaren Engine. It converts to a road roller with 160 pressure and three speeds, mounted on springs. Waggon credited to Duncan.
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