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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
2
Property listing in North-East Town Belt Ashburton for a ground with a house of four or six rooms including a washhouse copper and washing trough. Interest on the purchase after deposit would be 4s per week. Seller F Ferriman.
Mails close on various dates for Northern Ports Westport and Australian States with departures by Rotomahana and Monowai. San Francisco mail to Northern Ports West Coast Samoa Hawaii Philippines Japan and Europe via London August 16 is altered by new closing times and 1 July express mails for North close 6 p.m. pillar boxes clear 5 30 p.m. due to timetable changes.
London markets report June imports down by £1 046 000 and exports down by £1 192 000 from June last year. The fourth colonial wool sale opened with prices largely unchanged, some weakness in coarse crossbreds. Merinos firm with modest gains for fine crossbreds, and New Zealand crossbreds slightly weaker than last series.
The United Presa Association reports a July 9 yarding of 155 cattle with prime beef to 18s6d 48 and stores up to £9 5s to £10 12s 6d. Fat sheep 3500 penned with heavy ewes and merino wethers traded for export and domestic demand. store sheep 800 penned and lambs around 0s6d to 14s3d for best lines. Fresh fat stock and baconers sold, while stores remained light with mixed dairy demand.
Fat cattle yarded 200 priced easier bulls to 29 pounds 10 shillings cows and heifers to 7 pounds 128 shillings 6 pence medium 4 to 5 pounds 15s 128 6d lower than last week lambs 450 yarded price level with best 9s 8d to 11s 3d mediums 5s to 9s 4d pigs porkers 24 5 to 33s bacon pigs 36 3 to 54 3 heavy pigs 7s per 1. None other details provided.
A Geraldine livestock sale drew solid attendance with a fairly steady market. Sheep entries reached about 4000 with prices from 4s to 13s for sheep and lambs, cattle sold well with springing cows at 7 to 8 pounds and fat cows up to 5 pounds, while pigs showed a fair entry and small stores around 9s to 12s.
The grain market remains dull with merchants and agents hoping for demand. Wheat stays firm while velvet prices rise. mills sought prime velvet, offered at 43s f.o.b Timaru, though holders resist below 4s, amid San Francisco flour supply stoppage news.
The advertisement touts Ampeys May Apple as a reliable medicine for constipation indigestion biliousness and related ailments. It claims broad health benefits from a vegetable compound and promotes sales through chemists and Sharland and Co. Woellingtas. Also includes a testimonial from Bill Martin praising Ideal Tyre Company and a note about a coughs and colds remedy.
In Ashburton the State Bank proposal draws attention as Mr G. W. Hu and supporters push for discussion in Parliament. The piece surveys safety of depositor funds, government control, and risks from war or revolution, contrasting private banking with a State Bank and noting Post Office Savings Bank deposits backing public finance.
The Kyle rainfall for June totaled 2.79 inches across ten wet days, peaking with one inch on the 13th. In Methven, A8 W Burkett’s hotel license renewal was granted after repairs. In Christchurch, wheat market optimism dominates suppliers, with prices possibly rising next year if yields improve. Local club activity in Kyle features a quiet meeting and social plans, while Ashburton advertises local goods and health products amid routine business.
The Borough Council invites tenders for yearly lease of reserves 98 894 903 904. An L C I L 23 supper and dance commemorating the Battle of the Boyne will be held at Oddfellows Hall on Friday July 11. Mesers J Ballantyne and Co The Drapers Christchurch issue an illustrated circular about their Winter Sale starting Friday July 11. A correspondent at Enfield Wash owns two chickens one white one black from the same egg. A man must swim row and telegraph to become a Vienna policeman. Association lists properties for sale by private treaty. Wirth Bros circus lost a performing black bear for which £200 was refused. the bear was put under chloroform, removed growth over one eye, but died.
In the second round senior competition at Domain Oval this afternoon Timaru and the Pirates drew 3 to 3. Hassall Bowie and O Leary combined for Timaru in the first spell. Woods crossed for the Pirates with Culverhouse D Friedlander and D Wilson involved. Friedlander Bros. supported home efforts but infringements marred play with Lyn sky and Pritchard noted for solid work. Referee Mr Cassels presided.
Donsoin on July 9 notes dredging results for Waikaka United 2302 10dwt and Patterson's Freehold 4002. Undaunted Sluicing Co washed up to 78oz. Dunedin July 10 records today’s sales for Alexandra Lead 6d Royal Maori 4s 4d 8d Teviot 3s Unity 188 178 $d.
An Auckland inquest returned a verdict that journalist George Main died by his own action amid evidence of poor health and low spirits. The proceedings were brief with the jury not retiring.
The Mount Somers Road Board held its monthly meeting with all members present chaired by Mr Chapman. Plans and tenders for road improvements at the Village Settlement Forest and Lake Heron were discussed with next meeting set for August 4th. repairs to several roads were authorized and a general rate of din the £ to be moved at the next session.
Cable News notes the contractors refuse to cancel the two battleships order requested by M. Pelletan, Minister of Marine, with obituaries and other dispatches mentioning Lord Arundel death and various colonial and colonial-administration items.
In the House of Commons Lord Brassey urged a robust auxiliary reserve to allow Britain to build more battleships. He noted only seven of twenty eight fast steamers were British and recommended subsidies for swift reserves and mail steamers to train engineers and officers. Lord Selborne said merchant cruisers have wartime use but cannot replace naval cruisers and Britain must avoid being squeezed from Atlantic trade due to the Morgan combine.
Commandant Ben Viljoon, now a prisoner at St Helens, agrees to sign the oath of allegiance. Other Boer prisoners likely to follow. Reports from Johannesburg state ex irregular troopers settle in groups under superintendents and share half profits from Government farms. 50 to 70 New Zealanders already in Himelo district.
In the House of Commons the second reading of the Education Bill continued. Mr Balfour accepted an amendment prohibiting teaching of catechism or similar formulary in publicly funded schools colleges or institutions. Lords Hugh Cecil and Percy protested against the concession. The House rejected by 181 to 155 an amendment barring compelled religious declarations by teachers as a condition of employment.
In Wettineron on July 9 the Council met at 2 30 pm and adjourned to allow the Speaker and supporters to present the Address in Reply to the Governor. On resumption the Chair of Committees election gave a majority for Hon W C Smith. He thanked the council and suggested the role be a rolling one. The Council rose at 5 30 pm.
The House met in July to discuss Imperial matters and local bills. Notices covered electoral privileges, a Libel Bill, Hawera Betterment schemes, and a National Maori Museum. Ministers outlined land settlement, Blue Star Line cargoes, and stalled railway works. A Rings and Combines Suppression Bill faced heated debate on trusts and tied houses with opposition from Ward and others. The session adjourned after late-night debate on the bill’s scope.
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