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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
3
Several Timaru merchants reported a near standstill in the grain market with no buyers or sellers. Officials cite Australia flour imports, filling North Island oat orders in Southland, and a general indifferent mood from sellers as the cause of the inactivity.
The firm held a well attended weekly livestock and produce sale with a varied entry. Poultry and roosters fetched prices such as hens 1s 6d to 1s 9d per pair, purebred hens 6s 6d per pair, ducks 4s 6d per pair, pigs £2 13s 6d to £4 7s 6d each, potatoes 6s to 8s, carrots 3s to 3s 6d per sack, apples 14d to 12d per lb, pears 2d per lb, oranges 10s to 10s 3d per case. A large number of fruit trees were sold on account of Messrs Millichamp and Sons.
Mr H Stephenson held an ordinary weekly sale with strong attendance and a good clearance of a large entry. Poultry prices ranged from 1s 1d to 3s 4d per pair, roosters 2s 8d to 8s 6d, pigs to 14s, onions 1d per lb, potatoes to 7s, carrots 0s 9d to 5s per sack, apples 2d per lb, bananas 6s per case, lamb 3 4d per lb, mutton 2d to 24d per lb.
A crowded Havelock street sale saw multiple town and suburban properties auctioned by Mr Stephenson for various owners including Mrs Martha Young and Mrs Fifield. Bids ranged from £225 to £405 before withdrawals or sales as properties in Allenton Cox Street Hampstead and Oxford Street Hampstead plus Ashburton Forks deeds were offered to buyers such as Mrs Llewelyn Johns Mr W Growthers and Mr John McMur yan amid mortgagee instructions and high interest.
Perfect weather conditions greet the Anglo-Welsh side at Wanganui as play opens. End of first spell shows Britain five points, Wanganui three, with the match in a tight contest.
In Invercargill at a Southland Rugby Union meeting 27 Pirates and Britannia Club players were suspended for the season for refusing to play in bad weather. Named suspended players include Hughes and Hamilton, Newealand representatives likely to join the New Zealand squad for the Anglo-Welsh third test.
An elderly man named Matthews died at his residence on Wellington street Linwood after ingesting a liquid mistaken for medicine. Police and coroner investigations are expected to determine the exact substance and circumstances of the fatal error.
The Longbeach Road Board met this morning with chair J C N Grigg and members J Small T McLay T W Lill W J Anderson. They reviewed a stormwater drain dispute on Flemington road and decisions to remedy overflows. A petition for a road opening near Hinds river was debated with cautions about land hardship and possible transfer to river banks. A blockage in a creek near Huntingdon school was referred to the surveyor for next meeting.
The Longbeach school committee sought a footbridge over a race on Thompson's road and got approval. The Waterton Cemetery received £18 odd in cash, Mr Blair was named caretaker and sexton. Road repairs, shingling, and channel work at Lagmbhor creek were discussed along with minor washouts. Accounts of £102 15s 6d were approved. A saleroom dispute saw a property sale upheld by title deeds. The Greenstreet Mutual Improvement Society elected W. Gilmour as chairman with debates on Single life v Married life and Gambling v Drinking. the latter option drew more votes.
Public notices announce church services at Stephen's Church with a.m. and p.m. timings, baptisms, and evensong. Enrolment for classes by Miss M Rennie of Christchurch at Rakaia and Methven, fees ten shillings per term, notify secretary J McLeod. Also a public demonstration and dressmaking classes return, with secretary J McLeod and coal offered by Pilbrow with quoted prices.
Complete clearing sale advertised for Mr J G Lilley at Fleming ton Homestead. Items include 1602 bred ewes in lamb 40 bred ewes in lamb one ram sheep 4 springers 1 yearling heifer pigs three sows due July 16 porkers one boar and various farm implements and equipment with sale at 12 noon. Luncheon provided. Farat ers' Co op.
The hold WT the Bill of Sale directs an Auction Mart sale on the above date featuring two bay geldings named Duke and Jack, a six year old light draught gelding Prince, a light draught mare Jenny, a single furrow plough, a tip dray, gig, two McCormick binders, two cets swingle trees and chains, a stock of harnesses and covers, timber and related farm items.
II Persons having Work Finished kindly leave same at Brigade Rooms or Captain Barber's Residence by Tuesday NNIT 14th inst. Also List of Unfinished Work. A Meeting of Ladies Stallholders and Assistants will be held in the Brigade Rooms on Tuesday next July 14 at 7 p.m.
The Mount Somers Coal Company Limited applies under The Tramways Act 1894 for a private tramway license for 21 years if Governor in Council consents, otherwise 10 years, along a route from Mount Somers tramway to a coal mine. Plans may be inspected at Bar ny Square offices until August 18, 1908. Objections to be heard August 18, 1908 at 1 am.
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