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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 22, 1902
Page
2
Ephemeris data lists sunrise and sunset for Tahiti and nearby dates. Notes include new moon first quarter and full moon phases with perigee and apogee times, providing lunar position details for July with times in hours and minutes.
Mails close on Tuesday July 22 and Friday July 25 for Northern Ports Westport and Australia with ships Rotomahana and Warrimoo. An alteration also notes express mails for North close at 6 p.m. and pillar boxes in East and Burnett streets clear at 5.30 p.m. from July 1 due to railway timetable changes.
United Press reports for the week ended today total gold from 73 dredges at 2634 ounces 2dwt légra, averaging 3602 per dredge. Additional district returns include Coal Creek Flat Waikaka United Monte Christo Upper Waipori Evans Flat and others with varied ounces and weights. Today's sales list Alpine Consols parcels Gibston Monte Christo Risa and Shine unity and others with prices and quantities.
At Loxton markets July 20 frozen mutton New Zealand sorts advanced by 1 1 6d while lamb and River Plate muttons remained unchanged. New Zealand beef 180d to 220d per quarter with ox fores 23d hind 63d. Wool sale moderate to splendid with strong competition. Agolopa Gear Ben Chau Hall clips varied and 134,668 bales catalogued 122,022 sold.
The fat sheep sale at Syoner shows supply below requirements while prices edge higher than the last sale. Prime watchers ranged from 21s 6d to 27s with top margins to 31s 9d and overall sales totaling 685.
The Ashburton Agency of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canterbury Ltd quotes current prices paid to farmers on trucks at Ashburton on July 21. Wheat types range around 1s 88d to 33 9d, oats from 2s 4d to 3d, peas 6d to 6s, and grass seed at 3s 6d to 75s.
Ashburton Yards saw light attendance and modest entries with a subdued sale. Cattle sections were stronger than sheep, with fat cattle and store cattle selling to £7 17s 6d and £6 10s respectively. Dairy cows ranged from £2 17s 6d to £6 10s, while fat sheep and store sheep fetched modest prices across Merino and crossbred stock.
Francis Isaac Fang Trevurza of Wakanut, fifth son of Thomas and Sophia Trevurza, died after a short illness at the residence of Wm. T. Corbett in Ashburton on July 21. He was 31 years old.
The article outlines Mr McNab’s Absolute Majority Vote Bill as a refinement of the existing system allowing a second count when no candidate wins a true majority. Voters rank candidates on a single ballot, and if no one exceeds half the votes, the lowest is redistributed per ranking until a candidate gains a majority.
The article explains a multi round counting method where second and subsequent counts transfer votes from lower candidates to establish an absolute majority. It uses a hypothetical Ashburton seat contest among Brown Jones Smith and Robinson to illustrate how redistribution could elect the true majority choice and reduce wasted votes. The piece argues for McNab's simple bill as a fairer, low cost reform to parliamentary representation.
Juz New Homen arrangements advance for the Old Men's Home with master Morrissey instructed to push ahead the opening around coronation time. The article also notes the Ashburton Guards ball tomorrow at Oddfellows Hall with Scrivenor's Band and H. P. Madden catering and uniforms permitted for volunteers.
News in Brief notes a possible move by Dunedin City Council members to lower gas prices. Influenza is spreading among horses in Masterton, some cases virulent. Timaru Borough plans a £10000 loan for kerbing and channelling and hires an expert to study underground drainage feasibility.
The Christchurch mayor telegraphed the Acting Premier and other large centres suggesting the Coronation be held on Monday August 11 instead of Saturday the 9th as the 9th is inconvenient. He notes New Zealand will not hold celebrations during the ceremony.
London reports six special trams carried Lord Salisbury's guests to Hatfield for the Garden Fete. The attendees included prominent figures from Parliament public services church science art and literature. New York notes John William Mackay dies at seventy one a cable company president and mine owner. A major fire in Guayaquil destroys the railway station customs houses and ninety blocks with five million dollars in damage and many lives lost. Sydney offers two hundred pounds for the murderers of constable Guilfoyle amid a police pursuit.
The King’s health progresses, with physicians surprised by his recovery from the wound. A Coronation naval review is planned for August 16, with Indian troops reviewed early after the Coronation. King Leopold, while yachting on the Solent, visited the royal patient.
Johannesburg correspondent reports a native labour shortage with mining firms employing unskilled white workers at five shillings a day and meals. Employers hope to make this permanent by separating white and black workers, finding whites cheaper due to reliability.
A fragmentary report notes the Martinique disaster is estimated at eight million sterling. Descriptions mention a volcanic eruption in St Vincent with collapsed craters and earthquakes causing panic and business suspensions in Kingstown.
The Ashburton Borough Council met with Mayor in chair and six councillors present. The session approved balance sheet actions, discussed lighting and road works, inspected nuisances, granted licenses, and considered Charitable Aid Board representation and billiard room regulation.
Accounts totaling £210 19s were passed for payment and the Council adjourned. The Council then sat as the domain board with all members present except Mr Jones. The balance sheet for the past year was received and adopted on Dr. Clark's motion. This concluded the business.
Fire discovered at 4.30 pm in an upstairs room of the Wesleyan Parsonage on Havelock Street. The brigade arrived quickly and confined the blaze to two rooms, with water damage. Estimated repair cost £30. Origin suspected as chimney spark on a shingle roof. Church property insured for £300 and furniture risk £160. Rev. Fee’s private effects uninsured but undamaged.
The Lyndhurst sale to-morrow presents a full farm auction by Hriedlander Bros on Max Friedlander’s Ardagh property. Livestock and implements, including purebred sheep breeds and top draught horses, trotting descendants, racing ponies Heliades Princess Perkin and Princess Royal, and thoroughbreds Double Event Perkin Warbeck Artillery, will go to the highest bidder with no reserve. Luncheon at 11 and sale at 11:30. a drag from Claridge's stables departs 8:30 for the event.
The North versus South Canterbury hockey clash at Domain Oval on Thursday draws strong local attention. Christchurch clubs field 29 teams, with Ashburton and Rakaia teams underscoring southern quality led by Rev Mathias Millichamp Bros Watt. Fast, strategic play expected from North Canterbury and South Canterbury lineups featuring Bull, Suckling, Millichamp, Mathias, Watt, and Fitzgerald among others.
The Highbank Domain Board met in the schoolroom with Waterworth Callaghan Smith A Richards and Driscoll as chair pro tem. Chairman election postponed to next meeting. Secretary to prepare fence specifications and invite tenders once materials supply. A temperance meeting at the Highbank show yielded a Good Templar Lodge with fifteen new members.
About fifty attendees heard Willy Schwiegershausen cycle around the world describe desert passages and dangers among Turks and Arabs. He recounted thrilling adventures and humour with locals including the Host people and noted the high life insurance implied by such travel. Applause grew as he spoke of Western Australia’s burning desert and untraversed regions.
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