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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 10, 1909
Page
4
Ashburton NZ farmers turnout at the New Zealand Farmers Co operative Association horse fair at the auction mart. About 86 mixed horse classes presented with prices ranging from £10 to £138 for draughts and hacks. Entry quality noted as good and sales included several additional transactions beyond listed figures.
Week ended July 9 shows scarce wheat demand despite occasional 4d per bushel rises as millers seek supplies. Oats deliveries for home shipments rise but overall business is light due to grain scarcity and emptied stores. Quotation: heavy Gartons 7d, 0 price 1s 6d, Duns 1s 54d to 1s 6d, anish 4d to 1s 5d.
Christchurch reports show Department of Industries and Commerce leaflets undervalue wheat exports. Local firm records indicate wheat shipped to end of June near 830,547 bushels, with oats also overstated. June quarter exports total 1,620,242 bushels amid steady demand and dull potato sales despite large Southland shipments to Auckland.
Up to June 80th of this season 152,626 bags of wheat and 89,761 bags of oats were shipped from Timaru with more consignments expected. Small lines of wheat traded at 4s 5d 1.0d recently. The Chamber of Commerce sent standard samples of grain by steamer. A cablegram reports the samples arrived unsealed and damaged by rats, requesting duplicates.
The Dunedin grain market reports firmer wheat with top prices for Velvet and strong demand for Jomp-berried for shipment. Milling wheat ranges 4s 2d to 4s 3d, with mixed and inferior grades quoted from 2s 6d to 8s 9d. oats firm on shipment with prices rising from 6d to 1s 7d for Sparrowbills, and 7d to land for prime milling.
From London on July 9 The Times reports a preliminary view of British crops noting persistent unfavourable weather could lower high district estimates. Overall prospects appear encouraging with crop conditions: wheat 95.3 barley 92.8 oats 94.1.
The death of Marquis De Gallifet, French General, announced from Paris. Born 1830, he joined the army in 1848 and served in the Crimea, Italy, Mexico, Algeria, and the Franco Prussian War, where he was captured at Sedan. He served as Minister of War in 1858.
In Sydney on July 9 the death is announced of The Right Rev James Murray Roman Catholic Bishop of Maitland He was born in 1828 and consecrated bishop of Maitland in 1804 Note dates appear inconsistent in the source.
A July report from German Berlen notes that the compromise linked to Imperial fineness concentrates taxation on alcohol, tobacco and related goods. It allocates sixteen of twenty five millions to beer spirits tobacco matches lighting wine coffee, four millions to railway tickets sugar tax and matricular contribution, and five millions from stock and financial imposts.
An advert promotes Wood's Great Peppermint Cure for influenza claiming it never fails. Available at 1s 6d and 2s 6d. The copy emphasizes proven effectiveness and suggests readers purchase promptly.
The Ashburton Technical Classes Association held an ordinary meeting. They appointed G Webber as printer instructor for 12 pupils, considered starting a plumbing class with Howell, and approved use of the technical school as sleeping quarters for a December January conference. Raises for caretaker Miss Jackson were debated while a new agricultural chemistry class was proposed with possible instructor Watters if six pupils enroll.
A Trades Hall meeting on June 30 endorses forming a labour paper to educate wage earners on union aims. Proposals call for a trust-owned publication titled The New Zealand Worker and a seven-member provisional committee to secure support, with fundraising letters to unions in Canterbury and nationwide.
Reports show Auckland has about five hundred unemployed amid persistent rain and hardship. A public meeting will invite Auckland MPs as a relief effort forms under a new committee.
The Coldstream Road Board met with M G Rich as chairman and messrs W Jewell D AleKensie and W Stevens present. W Beach sought water access on his land and the board agreed the chairman would inspect. The Mount Hutt Bond Board asked for the board’s view on a by law requiring vehicle lights at night but enforcement concerns were raised. G West Leweliffe sought pipes for a crossing into Waipaoa road paddocks and the board agreed to supply pipes. The Hinds cemetery issue saw the county ready to supplement half the cost for an oral alow. W dewill proposed a general rate of three sixteenths of a penny in the pound. seconded by D Ale Keayne. J McDowell was appointed caretaker of Hingls cemetery and Hich and Jewell were to sign the new rote bank. Accounts totaling £25 10d were approved for payment.
A Melbourne reader extols Bile Beans as a remedy for piles and gravel after years of suffering. The testimonial claims relief after using the product and urges keeping a box at home to prevent ailments. The ad-style piece touts digestion, constipation, biliousness, and liver troubles as addressed by the remedy.
Woods offers Great Peppermint Cure priced at 1s 6d and 2s 6d for relief from coughing at night in children. The ad highlights a specific remedy claim and provides two price points for purchase.
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