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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 14, 1900
Page
2
A fragment lists moon phase labels and numeric values with four quarter notes and a sequence of figures. It appears as an excerpt from an astronomical or almanac table showing first quarter full moon last quarter new moon and related numbers.
Postal notices list sailing times for Northern Ports Westport and related routes. Key departures include July 14 at 6 30 p m to Northern Ports and Westport, July 16 at 10 30 a m, and July 17 to various colonies with connections to Talune. Additional sailings noted for July 22 23 and late July from Melbourne and London.
The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company to day sent quotations via United Press Association telegraph. Frozen meat prices include Canterbury to Wellington 484, Napier and North Island 424 for lamb first quality 6d, second 441.
The Ashburton Agency of the New Zealand Farmers Co operatives Association lists current prices paid to farmers on trucks at Ashburton dated May 14 1800. Wheat Tuscan and Sparrowhill alts show prime milling grades with assorted weights and shillings per bushel. Peas Partridge and Grasa Seed for pasture priced at various rates. prices include denominations like 3d 4d 1s 6d and 24d.
The listing shows wholesale prices for wheat, barley, oats, beans, peas, potatoes, hay, dairy cheese and butter, bacon, onions, and bran. Items include prime milling wheat at Canadian price ranges, oatmeal, cow clover, white clover, and dairy produce with farm to factory rates. Prices given are f.o.b. Lyttelton, Australia.
The writer condemns Ward's bill allowing government control over chambers and forcing admission criteria for agricultural, pastoral, and commercial bodies. It argues the measure undermines finance independence, risks autocratic governance, and seeks Senate rejection to prevent New Zealand becoming a laughing stock of the Empire.
A mixed list of notices from Ashburton items to church services, concerts, and a carnival forecast. Reports mention 92 000 rats destroyed in New South Wales incinerator, wattle trees blooming signaling early spring, May output of gasworks, and upcoming lectures and church services. Local community events include a temperance anecdote, a carnival plan change, and a recruitment drill with football match plans.
The report covers parliamentary humor and lively remarks in the Ashburton district, including anecdotes about M Lachlan and Mr Wilford, plus observations on court contempt and the judge’s powers. It also promotes local menswear by Craigaman and BakrRYMAN highlighting new rainproof beavers and covert coats.
Hampstead Town Board held its monthly meeting with Chairman MicElrea and members Andrews Taylor and Keeley present. Correspondence included Arbor Day notice and culvert concerns on McLean Street. a request to remove a name from the reserve list. appointment inquiry for a pound ranger. and street condition replies. Works Committee reported 300 yards of shingle arranged. two Trevorton auction sections offered with price consideration. rates debated with recovery of arrears. accounts totalling £16 1s 5d approved. health board heard sanitation status and noted the district’s improvement.
The Postmaster General at Capetown reports delays in delivering letters and newspapers to Colonist Contingenza members during the march through the Free State. Transport strains amid troop movements hindered mail, with food and forage priorities taking precedence. New Zealand postal authorities have been notified.
Werrington reports July 13 telegrams from Mr Seddon stating no new cases since three weeks and the colony is clean. The Venice Convention allows a clean bill after ten plague-free days, with new cases not reestablishing an epidemic if they occur later.
United Press reports Mr Crick sees tender calls for the Pacific cable easing urgency while more Assembly resolutions loom. He believes the Eastern Extension Company aims to block the Pacific cable and expects renewed negotiations once tenders clear a stumbling block.
The House met in the afternoon and read first the Government Valuations Act Amendment and other bills. A breach of privilege involving a Premier speech was deemed committed after evidence by Hansard editor Mr Gray. Second readings were given to Native Interpreters Classification and Noxious Weeds Bills. debates continued on Slaughtering and Inspection and other measures as adjournment brought the session to midnight.
The auxiliary schooner Toros carries 120000 feet of timber from Mokau to Sydney on Tuesday night as the pioneer of a larger trade, with Mr Greenaway already ordering a million and a half feet of timber. The Union Company hulk Arawatta was floated off Kaiwarra after grounding, apparently undamaged. A deputation urged the Premier to delay the Trading Stamps and Coupons Abolition Bill until a reform chemist could be found to address the system.
A brief news snippet notes a new Ashburton Drapery Company advertisement appearing in the issue. The page also mentions statistics on Russian egg imports and a small baby from Wabash, Indiana, with several scattered items including cholera versus plague and a cycling notice from Oates Lowry & Co.
Telegraph dispatch notes sixty five Australian troops freed as Lord Roberts advances. Delagoa Bay sees shiploads of goods arriving for anticipated postwar trade. Poem fund aids British prisoners at Nooitgedacht with a second thousand warm kits funded.
Wellington reports a cable from Colonel Somerville saying the Fifth Contingent arrived in Bulawayo yesterday after a 300 mile march. All men are in good health and spirits. Lieutenant Colonel Newall will be.
The last New Zealanders are set to travel to Tortulia tomorrow before continuing to Petersburg. Lieutenant Ross of Oamaru will return to Lostmorrow.
Five hundred spies forming part of the British Central Africa military force are ordered to leave Beckers and move toward Ashanti as part of unfolding colonial maneuvers.
Major-General French urges Australia to form a 10 000 strong reserve of mounted troops, mainly former defence personnel, to be ready for wartime service. He argues imperial troops cannot be kept in peacetime garrisons at imperial wages and proposes pay arrangements with the Imperial Government.
The Sydney Morning Herald argues Federation transforms New Zealand from a colony into a key federating element within Britain’s Pacific influence. It notes New Zealand may join the Commonwealth, changing negotiations over Pacific control while the Daily Telegraph claims Chamberlain’s decision blocks a rapid island federation and limits New Zealand leverage for trade with Australia.
Paris reports that the Commonwealth Bill marks a new era for Australia with a forecast of absolute independence. In Sydney the Legislative Assembly discusses a measure to prevent dual service in Federal and State parliaments while preparations at Government House proceed. Electoral certificates draw strong female interest.
A cable from the Premier of New South Wales thanks the Commonwealth for congratulatory wishes and prosperity hopes. It notes optimism that New Zealand may soon join or form part of broader arrangements.
Football notes report Pirates' Club arranging matches with Weihs and Gereldine Clubs. Three Ashburton players, E McTeague from Pirates and LJ Hobbs with M J Lynskey from Ratburton, are named in the South Canterbury representative team to play Canterbury in Christchurch on July 26. The squad includes W Grant Mihaka O Malley Palmer Lyme Mendelson Austin Fraser Kennedy Hague Benjamin Henry W Scott Heobbe and Roddicks.
Several detainees at Brentford Pallas Court on May 10 pleaded relief over Mafeking as their excuse for drunkenness in Ealing England. Magistrate Mr Montgomery warned them not to celebrate. they faced digorgement and cautions about Pretoria.
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