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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jul 29, 1905
Page
2
Dentist MR A L Zouch operates from Fast Street Ashburton serving dental patients in the town. The entry notes his address at 640 and identifies his practice location for local residents seeking dental care.
The next best despatch for the United Kingdom departs Ashburton August 1st and is due in London September 2nd. The route goes via San Francisco.
A large turnout attended Mr D Thomas sale of horses in the Arcade with about a hundred entries. Demand ran for sound horses and prices ranged with many items selling well including a bay yearling colt £32 and other yearlings £15 to £32. Trotting gelding Rutherglen brought £44, bay geldings and mares with values from £12 to £66 and several entries cashing £25 to £52 in a brisk sale.
Brown Wape Mr James Maxwell officiated at a wedding in Sheffield North Canterbury October 19 190% unverified. groom Robnert James eldest son of Robert Brown Hororata to Susan Jang Timaru. Ainsworth Nursing Home Ashburton reports birth of a daughter to the wife of Robert Jama Brown Mayfield.
Various local items outline a busy Ashburton period with Council sessions and licensing benches adjourning or meeting, a lighthouse destruction near Gisborne, a railways statement by Sir Joseph Ward, a Dunedin arbitration for a butcher case, and Dorcas Society annual reports detailing relief to 27 families and 494 garments.
Moderate to strong winds from southeast to southwest turn cold with rising glass. Report mentions farming at Russtan Gunwest and 69 acres valued at £360. Historic items include H.M.S. Challenger target practice with Russian forces and Wellington Education Board chair J Robarts on salary concerns.
Messrs ey and News in Brief report bargains at Messiah Hefford & Coy drapers and Oates Lowry Co mudguards for bicycles. A £1000 Canon Farrar legacy to Wesleyan Fund. National Mortgage Co offers lines of ewe sheep. Mount Hutt Road Board invites tenders to repair about 1.5 miles. Eureka concert at Mr Murdock’s Mayfield woolshed next Wednesday. New South Wales drink bill for 1904 tallies £4,458,540. Kaispara grazed a coral patch near Ascension. Mayor notes prize donated at Poultry Club supper. three guineas added to prize fund for Ashburton exhibitors.
The Ashburton County Brass Band filled Oddfellows Hall for a second popular concert of the season. The varied program delighted audiences with encores for Lionel Broad and others, including a banjo duet, songs by F. M. Collins, and a violin solo. Glenellyn Owen conducted with several standout numbers and a number of encores.
Tinwald Town Board held its monthly meeting with Mr Williams chairing in the absence of the chair. The board approved bank cheques, noted nuisance fines for bicycle footpath riding, referred Thompson Street footpath work to the Works Committee, and considered Johnston Street reform and Angle Road reopening with Long Beach Load Board action and necessary funds.
A local correspondent argues against coercive Prohibition measures and wagers moderation with moderate drinkers. He questions the extremity of prohibitionists, asks if leaders sought to improve drink effects, and notes medical opinions vary while urging readers not to abandon No-Licence supporters.
Parliament notes July 28 29 session in Wentineron with the Fire Brigades Bill passing its second reading 37 to 18 and an extended Impress Supply Bill debate. Ministers faced criticism over ministerial travel costs and Telegraph Department use. Seddon denied improper use. Sessions extended into early morning hours.
Frank Rose attempted suicide at the Thames Hotel by shooting himself in the forehead and died in hospital. An inquest into Nellie Curtayne’s death from the Haglie’s Hotel fire found the remains belonged to Curtayne and that the fire began in the bar parlour near the gas meter with insufficient evidence to determine the origin.
A telegram to solicitor H D Acland states that Shaw a rabbiter at Mount Peel Station in the Lyon stream about a mile from the station was killed yesterday evening. Shaw had driven Archdescon Harper Dr Acland and H D Acland to Raugitata railway station earlier and on returning to Mount Peel the fatality occurred. No further particulars are available. The vehicle was found in the stream with the body beside it.
A Liverpool to Southport electric express at Hall Road collided with an empty train at fifty mph. Twenty people were killed and several injured in the crash reported by United Press Association.
The fourth trial of Herbert Pearson, a livery stable employee, for alleged assault on a married woman L A Booth at Cambridge concluded in the Supreme Court. After four hours deliberation the jury found Pearson not guilty. applause erupted and three cheers followed as the court adjourned.
The Wellington Acclimatisation Society conference reaffirmed last year’s ban on excessive or unsportsmanlike destruction of game and added a clause on decoy and cylinder shooting. A 7 pm to 6 am shooting ban was supported, with sanctuary plans for deer and entry rules for guns. Canterbury and Ashburton delegates urged limits on freezing companies and imports, with consent clauses. a third year close season for imported game was recommended.
A festive and orderly gathering in the Kiosk last evening celebrated the Senior Banner winners. Rev Whitehouse chaired with Mr Donsey as captain and Mr Hodgking present. Toasts honored The Rugby Union and Old Boys, praising New Zealand football and regional contributions.
Mrs J Bennett of 274 Castle Street Dunedin NZ reports relief from sick headaches and dizziness after using Bile Beans. She credits the product with curing her daughter's windy spasms and endorses it as a safe family medicine for biliousness indigestion and numerous ailments.
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