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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 14, 1909
Page
2
An advertisement announces drastic meat price cuts for cash with delivery across town and suburbs. Ewe mutton sides and hind quarters are listed at low pence and shillings, with further cuts on wethers. The note promises a 24 discount on accounts paid within the following month and invites trial orders.
HY chooses costly timber from suppliers while readers can buy high quality building timber at our mills for about a lower price. The note highlights affordability and value for construction needs.
A quirky fragment describes a youth with a card on his chest and mocks Woods Peppermint Cure. It warns not to neglect breathing and implies the remedy restores breath and health, ending with a caution about cold exposure.
The piece cites Colonel Compton on road decay under rain and dust from macadam surfacing. It argues for tar or bituminous matter to waterproof and bind stones, reducing mud and dust, and urges councilors and engineers to apply the tar method for lasting roads.
Farmers in the Canterbury Industrial District receive letters from the Farm Labourers' Union secretary urging compliance with the Arbitration Court recommendation that all day labourers paid in money receive not less than seven shillings per day. The union threatens action to enforce the court's guidance, though officials note the recommendations lack binding force.
Fifteen degrees of frost were logged at the Domain weather station on Tuesday night, the season's harshest. The thaw leaves Domain lakelets unsafe for skating while local notices address public safety and civic concerns.
The Hon H F Wigram MLC was a southbound express passenger. Winds forecast Westerly moderate to strong with frost tonight. Christchurch insurers report no word on a 10 percent rate rise. Council of Underwriters to meet in Wellington. A letter from England praises good weather and meetings with friends. A young Kiwi abroad found Queensland job markets slack with three men per job. cane-cutting delays. Ashburton Friendly Societies eucre tournament results: Hakatere Oddfellows beat Foresters by 6, Hibernians beat Druids by 27. Hibernians lead the season with 3 wins. EF Elliott won the progressive entire match. C Fowke receives praise in a railway workers’ presentation with long-standing colleagues.
The article notes lime application on grain, root crops, or pasture as a highly profitable practice. It mentions special terms and provides contact for Blackburne, Smith and Co. at 192 Manchester Street, Christchurch for full details.
Australia posted 445 before stumps with Bardsley scoring a second century and Hartigan delivering sharp fielding. Gloucestershire’s innings saw Armstrong and Hopkins share key wickets as Whitsky and Noble bowled well, ending at 446 for eight after rain delayed play.
An industrial award filed in Christchurch fixes forty four hours per week with journeyman wages at 6d per hour and overtime rates of 1 ¼ and 1 ½, holiday double time after 5 pm Saturdays. It includes under rate permits and a union membership dismissal clause. The soldiers’ award runs from July 19 to December 31, 1909 with similar terms and a 1s per hour min wage.
The Temperance Committee of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand passes a resolution in Auckland denouncing wholesale licenses for Heenges MINE in the King Country. It condemns the decision as a treaty breach and criticizes the Stipendiary Magistrate for his tie breaking vote and tasting. The church calls on the Government to end the wholesale licenses to prevent moral deterioration of the native population.
United Press reports a boiler burst on the U S cruiser North Carolina off Naples, killing an officer named Stewart. Other items note politics, Congo, mining strikes, tax reform, and European affairs in July dispatches.
Cholera reports from the Russian provinces indicate increasing spread across regions. Dispatches from London dated July 13 note rising cases and concern about national health impact.
The Shah is negotiating with Nationalist leaders west of Teheran amid foreign legations' views on the settlements as the talks move forward toward a feasible solution.
Teheran reports Nationalists have entered the city with street fighting under way. The Shah is expected to resist demands. Nationalists occupy Central Square and Parliament Buildings after dawn advances at five o clock. Royalists resist. some soldiers and Cossacks defect. Europeans reportedly unharmed per private telegram.
In Constantinople the Deutsche Bank director travels and reports Abdul pledged to transfer 500000 to the Minister of ary. The note reflects a formal press association record of financial promise involving Turkish affairs.
Calcutta July 12 Arabingda hose galia celebrate boycott on August 7 as seditious printing has practically ceased in India. The press notes that warnings have been sent to Viscount Morler about dangerous pamphlets issued from India Hawss (Condon) and similar trouble spots.
The British Chamber of Commerce in Paris plans to open an Australian information office providing official data, bills of lading, and certificates. It will seek French duty reductions and distribute handbooks. Initial annual cost to the States is capped at £500, discussed by New South Wales Agent-General Mr Coghlin and Queensland Agent-General Sir Horace Tozer.
The Press Association notes a standout Newmarket sale of Sir Daniel Cooper's brood mares and foals. Thirteen lots grossed 48,140 guineas, with Flair selling for 3,000 and Burness setting a brood mare record, while Lesbin fetched 9,000 guineas.
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