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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 27, 1909
Page
4
Classified item notes range of boys and men suits including all wool Tweed Norfolk and 8/6 A line merino vests and drawers. Reading fragment lists sartorial pieces with sizes and fabric types for a sale or display.
An advertisement extols Lane's Emulsion as a powerful builder of blood and flesh. It cites a testimonial from a user who improved from fatigue and poor appetite to full health after a month of use. It claims benefits for digestion nerves and sleep and notes two sizes 4/6 and 2/6 sold nationwide.
Type for 1909 11 sizes. Se cure one before they are sold. Subscribers wanted for flo Motor Autocar Motoring New Zealand Farmer Bulletin Scientific American etc OHAS THOMAS Bookseller Stationer and Newsagent East Street Ashburton Telephone 120.
The Ashburton Borough Council met last evening with the Mayor and nine councillors present. They approved library funding of 40 pounds for new books, considered building alterations, and deferred drainage plans. Tenders for council chamber renovation and domain rental were discussed, with a 100 pound Domain rental agreed in principle for the coming year.
At a council meeting in Ashburton Borough the manager of Rand of Australia Ltd advised the 15000 loan at 4 4 percent was unsuitable for London buyers. The mayor argued for public disclosure of steps taken while Dr Nicoll urged keeping the letter private to aid future financing. An offer of 3500 toward the loan was rejected and the matter was dropped.
The Curator Mr John Readhead reported on Domain work since the last meeting and the report was adopted as satisfactory. The board discussed rental payments of seven shillings and highlighted the need to trim straggling trees around the hockey ground, referring the matter to the Domain Committee chairman.
The chairman reported a credit balance of £862 189 1d and revenue since last meeting of £4. One small matter was dealt with and after passing accounts amounting to £13 1s 7d the Board adjourned at 8 55 pdl.
The Ashburton Rugby Union met with presiding Mr B Whitehouse. A photographer from Christchurch offered to photograph a representative Ashburton team. Permission was granted for Ashburton High School First Fifteen to play Christchurch High School from Ashburton on Thursday. Officials for the seven-a-side tournament were appointed including referees Robillard FP Pritchard Turtill Casells Frank Pritchard Wood Rudkin and others.
A Sydney mother reports her child Ethel Melvor with a twenty foot tape worm after using Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets. She cites rapid removal of thread worms in other children and endorses the remedy, offering orders from W. B. H. Comstock Co. Ltd. in Pitt Street, Sydney.
The Matilda, bound for New Zealand in 1818, anchored eleven days in Otago Harbour. Captain Fowler praised Chief Papaee for aid, provisioning, and selfless work, including guiding a fish party and crafting flax cordage to replace torn rigging. The chief visited at sunrise, showed kindness, and expressed hope for future contact.
The Upper Ashburton Road Board met with chair C J Harper and members J Farrell A Horsey J Tucker present. Minutes note apologies for M Stitt and James Allen, various correspondence, roll alterations, a scarlet fever case, and a £106 5s Ad accounts payment. The meeting adjourned with cemetery matters deferred.
William Stubbs was charged at Grey Mouth Magistrate Court with assaulting Salvation Army officer Thomas H Allison during an open air meeting. He was also accused of using obscene language and damaging a band instrument. the judge converted the assault to common assault and ordered fourteen days hard labour plus seven days for the other counts, all cumulative.
A short public notice advertises Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure as a reliable influenza remedy. The text references a price or issue notation “1a 6d and 2e éd” without additional context or details.
During a Monday meeting Mayor H Davis spoke on rising unemployment and relief demands. Councillors debated relief programs urging the County Council to provide work for itinerant and local jobless, with a plan to send a joint letter to seek cooperation.
A Christchurch meeting in Cathedral Square decides to assemble at 10 am to form a procession to Latimer Square and march through the city to show there are unemployed. Mr Kilgour notes permit is late and by laws may be broken, while Mr Russell urges quiet demonstrations or more drastic action if work remains unavailable.
In Wellington on July 26 the unemployed fund reports 530 men registered while many more are refused registration for non-residency or other reasons. About 200 men work alternating weeks on city jobs funded by relief, with gangs at Victoria College Mount Victoria and Wadestown upcoming. Additional carpenters painters and labourers will line Victorian College, ten sent to Trelmont for firewood, and six to the State Experimental Farm for bush clearing. Donations from unions total 51 15s, with several unions aiding unemployed relief and wage allowances already dispensed.
Mr Justice Cooper ruled on an originating summons under the Declaratory Judgments Act. The Buller Licensing Committee has jurisdiction to grant a license within one mile of Walter's old license but has no authority to grant a license at Mine Creek or Ngakawan.
An estimate states the London smoke cloud weighs about 800 tons with 50 tons solid carbon and 250 tons hydrocarbon. The yearly smoke is valued at two million sterling.
An odd fragment describes Lane’s Medo Line marketed for rough sunburned cracked skin. The note mentions a product or remedy named Queen of Skin and a reference to Citearists, likely a misread place or group.
Readable fragment shows references to vinegar types for table use and pickling. Mentions English made vinegar and a colonial imitation. Local agents listed include Manchester Bhob, Buston and Thomas, Kerr Bros, Shearman Bros.
LLEWELLYN OWEN A MUS DOM A MUS M I D announces service as a teacher of music in all branches and offers exam preparation. A financial offer advertises special loan sums for investments on town or country securities at low current rates through G H BUCHANAN barrister and solicitor.
An advertisement-like text extols Dr Fellows Pile Cones promising cure for piles and related complications. It cites letters of users claiming itching and bleeding stopped after using the product and notes a father’s recommendation. The message urges readers to try the cones in boxes.
A M Loasby operates as the sole prescribing chemist at 147 Colombo Street Christchurch. The business sources wholesale supplies from H F Stevens wholesale deruggist in Christchurch.
Canterbury Co operative Egg Poultry and Produce Company Ltd lists address at 165 Tuam Street Christchurch with operations in poultry fruit and produce, general auctioneers, land estate and commission agents. The text notes subsequent involvement of R Wilson and others.
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