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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 19, 1902
Page
2
Ephemeris notes show Sun rises around 4.41 7 al and 7.30 442? each day, with Moon phases listed for July. New Moon at 0.29 am, First Quarter 0.17 am, Full Moon 4.15 am, Last Quarter 4.40 pm, with apogee around 10 pm.
Alterations in mail closing times announced with changes to express mail for North closing 6 p.m. from July 1 and pillar boxes in East and Burnett streets cleared at 5 3 p.m. due to railway timetable changes.
United Press reports Teviot dredging yields 4 ounces for 133 hours and First Chance 147 ounces with other stations listing ounces and dwts. At Alexandra Lead and Bendigo sales rise, with Great Woodstock and Pactolus among notable returns as of July 19 and July 18, across multiple mining districts and stores.
The Ashburton Agency of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association quotes prices for wheat oats and related grains as of July 18 1902. It notes mills holding back stock yet farmers ready to sell and provides current quotations for Tuscan Hopfers Pearl whole fowl wheat oats and Danish seed oats with remarks on quality and supply.
From our correspondent in Timaru July 18 the market shows weakness with little activity. Wheat remains at 4s, fowl feed quoted 26 8d to 25 100, oats unchanged, barley in no demand, potatoes selling in small lines at 2 108.
In Christchurch on July 18 the wheat market shows a firmer tone as local millers seek to restock but resist current asking prices. Quotations hold for Tuscan, Paarl and Hunters. Barley is quiet while oats grow scarce. Sydney inquiries exist but cannot be filled at quoted levels. Milling 2s 8d. Short feed 28 4d to 2s 5d. Dung 2s 6d, Danish 25 3d.
A firmer feel in the Southland Grain Market at Invencanavia on July 18 with outside enquiries. No major deals reported yet though a few small sales occurred at equal to 26 yd sacks extra on trucks.
The wheat market remains unchanged with millers purchasing sparingly. Wheat prices range from 4ard to 43rd in store in Dunedin and flour sales are dull, limiting millers' fortunes.
The Australian meat market drives attempts to export sheep to Australia with experimental shipments from Sydney. About 660 to 600 prime fat sheep have been sent to Dunedin and similar numbers are moving from Lyttelton and Wellington. A Whengape service was planned to ship 5900 to 6000 sheep, but Sydney advisories have delayed plans. Shipments face high costs and uncertain demand as Sydney buyers favour light merinos over New Zealand crossbreds. If mortality is low, the trade could return about 30s per head, but prospects remain not encouraging.
The Ashburton community presses for relief from high rail freight between Lyttelton and Ashburton. Merchants plan traction engine service Christchurch to Ashburton to keep freight money local, while yearned for lower carriage rates and local economic relief. The article also notes events such as the guard’s military ball and Sesfield Band of Hope meeting with performances and speeches.
In Christchurch the widow cites undue tax anxiety as the cause of her husband Mr Chainey’s death by self harm. Telegrams claim suicides tied to unimproved values rating. The Press laments opportunistic coverage while Lyttelton Times defends its stance and accuracy amid a charged public dispute. Ell provokes strong city reaction.
A collage of town items including weather notes from Weraroa and Lauriston Sports Club registration hints, cycling tourer W Schwiegerhausen arriving in Ashburton and lecturing, church social dates, new Woollen Mills ownership plans, a South African peace conference report via Lt Wilkie, bicycle ad recommendations, and local shop critiques urging support for Ashburton industries with a salve for coughs and colds.
Tenders are invited for carting coal and wool from the railway station to the woollen factory. Details appear in advertising columns. Also notes Sandow in Australia earning £180 a week plus travel expenses for a twelve week engagement. A steamer Woolwich crewman Richard Henry fractured leg at Oamaru. A trench statistician cites 4,250,000 armed men, and 44,250,000 would be ready if universal war broke out, with soldiers circling the globe eight times.
A reader asks the editor if the Ashburton Horticultural Society still exists and notes no annual meeting has been held. The writer urges the committee to set show schedules and resume activity after a long torpor.
The Ashburton Poultry Pigeon and Canary Society reports 477 entries for its next show, 31 fewer than last year. Poultry entries rise while pigeons and canaries fall, with participants from Wellington Christchurch Rangiora Timaru and Dunedin. Committee expects average exhibit quality to exceed prior shows.
The steamer Quiraing sails for Wellington tomorrow to search for the Quiraing. The Karra Katta will search 500 miles of coast on Monday, and the Admiral may order Ringarooma to conduct a similar search off New Zealand if needed.
Rakaia beat the Pirates 6 to 3 at Rakaia Domain after a balanced first half. Harvey at full back and G May stood out for Rakaia while Ashburton’s McTeague Lynskey and Pritchard impressed for the Pirates who were two men short.
Australia chasing 274 for victory after Somerset 274 corrected wides. Key contributions include Lewis 38 for Somerset and Sounders 5 for 109, Jones 3 for 48, Trumble 1 for 27. In first Australia innings Trumper 5 and Duff 75 show brisk batting before stumps with 128/2.
Fire in Burnett Street last night gutted the oyster saloon owned by Mr J H Jewitt. Firefighters faced a delayed start with eight minutes before water and a steamer followed by two jets soon contained the blaze to the building. Insurance stood at £175 on the building and £75 on contents. About £80 in cash upstairs partly recovered. £50 in notes destroyed.
Messrs Watkins Bros of Tinwald and partners in Ashburton intend to run a traction engine line from Christchurch to Ashburton starting about September. They claim freight savings of 3s to 8s per ton, faster transit, and three weekly trips using a McLaren engine. A storage site at West and Havelock streets is under consideration.
The Rangitata Road Board met July 3 with C J Harper chairing. They announced boundary road control now sits with Rangitata and will repair at once, call tenders for Mayfield Bridge road, and urge railway authorities to fix Ealing Station Road. Minor repairs authorised at several local roads and rates from 1900-01 to be recovered by legal action.
In Temuka on July 18 Mr Hay for the defence argued witnesses gave only negative corroboration not meeting the Criminal Code standard. Care’s tale may be true and witnesses for the licensee were described as asleep. The S.M. rejected the suggestion and remanded Carr for trial. Bail with two sureties of £50 each was allowed and forthcoming.
New Merinoola fabric for ladies blouses showcases soft warmth and durable comfort. Made from pure New Zealand merino wool, the Kaiapoi Woollen Factory offers a wide range of patterns and colours, with ready made blouses in the line.
Wasaierox reports the Vatican refuses to withdraw the Spanish amid American talks. Secretary of State John Hay suspends negotiations and orders Taft to return to the Philippines. Also noted are Lord Hopetoun’s farewell letter, Chamberlain’s fifty guinea cheque, subsidies debate, admiralty boat contracts, a boating fatality, acting governor sworn in, tariff work, and plague rats found in Darling Harbour.
United Press Association reports steady improvement for the King. His diet loosens, wound healing well, and he sleeps long hours. Medical journals note better overall health and optimistic signs from rest and Solent air.
At Lord On slow's garden fete in Clandon the Premiers attended while Sir Ey Barton asserted Canada as the Empire's granary and Australia as the Empire's butcher. Mr Seddon urged commercial unity and New Zealand as the butter and cheese supplier, urging mutual preference within the Motherland's terms.
South Africa dispatch notes the Montrose sailing on the 2nd with the Tenth New Zealand Regiment and details of various Australian contingents. Major H Jackson of the Ninth New Zealand Contingent, who has been invalided, is also aboard.
In the Commons Earl Grey notes it is unfair to publish the Spionkop documents alone and calls for a possible special tribunal to reinterpret the heliogram. He defends General Buller, recalls November 20 provisions for seventy days, and argues the Colenso attack was ill conceived. Lord Hugh Cecil and others condemn War Office ineptitude as the debate closes with Grey’s amendments defeated 236 to 98.
A lunatic seized control of a constable trained on a south eastern line carriage and leapt from a window. The constable and another prisoner clamped his legs as a desperate fight ensued. The man swung free for miles until line workers signalled the driver who halted the train near a station.
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