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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
3
At the annual Canterbury Jockey Club meeting in Christchurch on May 31 the chairman reported revenue declines with nominations £700, race receipts £1000, and privileges £300 lower than last year. Nett racing profits stood at £1484 and will be allocated to war funds for 2016-17.
London May 31 The Dan ish bacon market eased after a 10s per cwt cut in maximum price. Today buyers paid 14s less per cwt as prices declined across the market.
Charles William Rene Nicholls Broglie, a local figure, was arrested as an enemy alien. He was taken Wednesday night by detectives to Wellington for internment by military authorities, with his wife accompanying him to the capital.
In Auckland on May 31 a civil action settled where Hon Arthur Myers M P sued the Bank of New South Wales to recover £2000 allegedly paid into the trust of the late William Coleman solicitor. Terms were accepted after prior negotiations and the judge expressed satisfaction at the settlement.
May 31 market notes from Sydney Adelaide and Melbourne detail oats prices in 2s Bd to 7d for Algerian fed oats and Tasmanian oats 8s 1d to 3s 5d, maize 2s dd to as dd, Tasmanian potatoes £5 153 to £6 15s, onions £6 15s to £7. In Melbourne butter policy notes Senator Russell approves the Butter Committee recommendation to export excess butter while ensuring local supply. season exports reached a record value.
Dunedin on May 3 reports butter prices set to rise tomorrow. Retail price will reach 1s 8d per pound. Wholesale price rises from 1s 5d to 1s 6d in pats.
At Dunedin on May 31 the South Island Dairy Association urged government support to keep timber workers for butter and cheese cases next season. Directors to share £50, incoming chair £50, directors paid 21s daily plus expenses. A rule to seek best offers before sale of output and a future Christchurch meeting planned.
A 1916 testimonial from Mr Harris of Adelaide praises Mother Seigel's Syrup for severe liverish symptoms. He reports improvement in appetite, bilious attacks, headaches, heaviness in the right side, and dullness after using several bottles.
Colds dissipate with Nazol as a proven popular remedy for sore throats. The ad promotes Nazol with a price note of 6d for 60 doses.
Hokitika May 31 reports an amalgamation of the Guardian evening edition and the West Coast Times morning edition. The Times will suspend publication from tomorrow due to paper shortages and supply difficulties. The paper has circulated 5% years and is the oldest West Coast daily. The suspension is expected to last only for the war period.
The Gazette prints regulations modifying awards and industrial agreements for apprentices who join the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Employers may, after a month in camp or departure from New Zealand, hire a new apprentice in place of the original and continue the full apprenticeship. If the replacement apprentice later joins the Force, the same provisions apply. Upon leaving the Force, the former apprentice may be re employed by the same or another employer with consent and finish the apprenticeship, even if it increases apprentice numbers beyond usual limits.
A Wellington movement aims to set 6 o clock as the closing hour on four weeknights replacing 8 PM. War pressures and staff shortages drive the plan. To prevent public hardship a night pharmacy would handle prescriptions after hours. A Labour Department petition from chemists may push the change, as Christchurch has already adopted a similar system.
The City Council tonight approved a two part plan to cut tram traffic on Sundays due to labour shortages and to introduce a minimum fare of 3 cents. The move aims to reduce operating costs while maintaining essential service.
The president of the Methodist Conference Rev W A Sinclair announced an anonymous Auckland resident donated £500 to the Foreign Mission Fund with a goal of £10,000 for the year. Southern circuit reports are encouraging and the donor's cheque is on the way to the Missions Board in Sydney.
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