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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 21, 1902
Page
2
The ephemeris lists Sun rise at 7.35 and set at 4.47 with lunar data including new moon on July 6, first quarter around 0.17 a.m., perigee on the 5th at 1.30 a.m., full moon on the 21st at 4.15 a.m., and last quarter on the 28th at 4.45 p.m. Apogee and perigee details appear in the same sequence.
Notices fix mail closing times for Northern Ports and Westport by Rotomahana at 6 p.m. on July 25 and July 22 for the Australian States via Warvimoo with a 10.30 p.m. add. An alteration in the closing of rails states from July 1 express mails for the North close at 6 p.m. and pillar boxes in Fast and Burnett streets clear at 5.30 p.m. due to railway timetable changes.
A dated mining page lists coal and metal lots with prices and weights. Locations include Duncnin, Coal Creek Flat, Riley's Beach, Mataura, Notowa, Nelson Creek, Monte Christo, Alexandra Lead, Alpine Consolidated, Bendigo, Manuherika and Royal Maori Island. Prices are given in shillings and pence, with various ounce and dw t measures.
The New Zealand Farmers' Co operative Association of Canterbury Limited reports from London dated the 18th inst that Smithfield market shows Canterbury mutton at 3d per lb and lamb at 4d per lb with the market steady to hardening and an improving tendency.
The cablegram from London dated July 18 reports no change in the mutton market since last week. Prices shown include Canterbury ewes 24, lamb steady. Fantarteiry 43.4, other brands 4d. beef and veal firm with New Zealand hinds 53d and foresh 3d. Hemup firm. Wellington shipments July-September £26 108. cocksfoot NZ 17th standard 49s. wool firm.
Henry Stephenson reports a Saturday cattle yarding with fair competition. Prices realized include cows up to 8 pounds, pigs on par with last week, and various yarding prices for weaners stores and baconers. Fowls ducks geese and turkeys sold as listed. produce prices show poor potato demand with small fruit and veg values also noted.
The local notices report Captain Edwin's forecast of winds from southeast to southwest with glass rise. The Winslow Sports and Racing Club committee meeting is postponed to Thursday the 24th. At Ashburton, Messrs Booth MacDonald and Co plan an exhibit of a new oil engine at the Saleyards. A dairy farmer in Matsura district earned £320 from the local dairy factory this season. McManus beats Lord in a pedestrian contest for £200 purse. The Salamis steamer and Trooper updates from Capetown and Howick are noted. An anarchist arrest, a river drowning, a potato export tender, and a large stockrake sale at Strange and Co. are listed with various local notices and ads.
Magisterial W J Silevsk faced a charge for insulting language toward A H Shury on July 16. He sought a one week adjournment to instruct his solicitor. Shury objected, citing more in the case. The case was adjourned for a week as Silevsk wished to call witnesses. Shury applied for expenses but the Chairman ruled no provision allowed.
United Press dispatch reports James Burns and Joseph Foggan inmates at Lyttelton gaol assaulted Warder Ching in the yard. Burns, serving 14 years for armed robbery at Wanganui, had just been sentenced to three days confinement for threatening Ching when the attack occurred. Heatley aided the disruption and was locked up. Burns and Foggan surrendered with warders assisting.
In Londoun on July 19 the weather was threatening and the wicket hard. Somersetshire were 81ée in their second innings when the match ended in a draw with Australia at 16 for one after 242 runs were needed in the remaining time.
Saxon journalist Mr Willy Schwiegershausen arrives in Ashburton after five o'clock on Sunday, greeted by a large crowd at the Traffic Bridge. His credentials include letters from Australian governors and premiers. Tonight he will exhibit certificates, carins, and photographs from a 36000 mile world tour and recount his adventures to a large audience.
Mr A. Ager invites tenders for the erection of the new Orange Hall with a closing date of Thursday August 7. The Ashburton Poultry Society hires the County Band for their forthcoming show Friday and Saturday. Various racing entries and local notices follow.
Hampstead Town Board held its monthly meeting on Friday evening with Chairman G W Andrews and members present. Correspondence included Ashburton Borough Council’s notice on N E Town Hall work and a proposal to fund half the cost, which the Board rejected until current liability is cleared. The Chair discussed Reserve 3540 with County Engineer and Mr Chalmera as objector. A government survey for the reserve was authorized. Accounts totaling £10 183 100 were approved for payment.
A letter criticizes a forthcoming Fire Insurance Bill as coercive and costly for local authorities. It highlights duties on councils, funding for polls, fire brigade expenses, and policy roll implications, urging amendments before enactment.
A letter from the Colonial Secretary confirms that trout fishing licenses in the Southern Acclimatisation district, including Ashburton, must be paid under The Fisheries Conservation Act regulations. Adults 20s, ladies 5s8d, boys under 16 10s8d. The Ashburton Acclimatisation Society laments loss of the 5s schoolboy license.
A despatch dated June 1 lauds Imperial and Colonial troops for patience and heroism in the final war stages. It cites Lance-Corporal Gregory of the Seventh New Zealanders for February 24 Harrismith actions, and Sergeant-Major Keeble of the Victorian Mounted Contingent for a May 1901 Boer capture. The handkerchief flag of truce signed by the King and Queen at Pretoria surrender is noted, with other royals and generals signing.
At Bisley the best eight Australians under Kolapore Cup rules averaged 04 percent. New Zealanders won the fifth prize in the Mappin Brothers Challenge Cup at 400 and 500 yards with 176, Canada 1368, Rhodesia 1267, England 1265. Scotland and New Zealand withdrew after a time limit dispute in the Mackinnon Cup for 800 yards velIy firing.
London July 19 at the Imperial Conference Mr Chamberlain presided with Lord Onslow Montagu Ommaney and other officials in attendance. The session discussed commercial trade relations fiscal questions and preferential tariffs among the Motherland and colonies. Sir Edmund Barton Sir Francis Hopwood and others spoke as Mr Chamberlain signaled cautious moves and non binding future policy. The conference adjourned until Tuesday.
Telegraph copy from July 18 notes Sir Barton pleased with Australian approval of Imperial Conference attitude. Public opinion, Parliament consult, no forced policy. Sir Edmund Barton sails for Canada August 16, dependent on Mrs Seddon health. Premiers attend Hafield Hall garden fete.
The king continues to make satisfactory progress and benefits from the change. He sleeps well and spends most of the day on a couch on the open deck. The next bulletin will be issued Monday morning.
The directors of the Prussian Mortgage Bank were sentenced in Berlin for issuing false balance sheets. Imprisonment ranges from nine months to six years with fines from one thousand to fifteen thousand marks.
Constable Guilfoyle and Constable Maher confronted two men trying to pass counterfeit coins in Darlington. Guilfoyle was fatally shot in the chest and Maher was wounded in the arm and chin as the desperadoes fled. One assailant is named a notorious desperado released after fourteen years for coining.
Advert says Impeys May Apple is a family laxative offering prompt relief from dyspepsia and indigestion. Describes the herbal compound as gentle and non shocking, suitable for all ages, with a price of 2s 6d per bottle and mail order options through Sharland and Co.
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