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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
7
When you buy a bicycle you get a machine you can depend on for good service. The Arnst Special promises durability and smooth running with affordable high grade quality.
A Napier resident and his wife faced a dangerous flood incident when their car caught fire twice near Papakura. Wet rugs quenched the flames, but the benzine line burned, risking an explosion. Two men helped evacuate the marooned woman and push the car to shallower water before returning to Napier. Repair costs exceed £100.
Warns that disease bacilli spread via soiled bank notes. Proposes a guard against infection by sniffing or holding nostrils with a gauze guard for protection.
The Lady Liverpool Society thanks contributors for gifts including knitting from Mesdames Bucktin Holmes Breeze Dixon Thomas Evans Misses Hosken Rundle Chalmers Dixon Gibson Roberts Menzies Borough School girls sewing from Mrs Flet ake Miss White and Convent pupils.
A list details contributions from multiple Red Cross branches including Winchmore Greenstreet Thankston Flemington Mount Somers Staveley Alford Forest Hinds and Westerfield. Donated garments knitted articles scarves bandages handkerchiefs and related items valued in pounds shillings pence with names of donors and workers.
Attendance was strong at His Majesty's Theatre for chapter nine of Gloria's Romance. The program also featured The Female of the Species with Howard Hickman and Enid Markey, a story of memory loss and a sculptress, plus a Pathe Gazette with topical pictures. The same programme repeats this evening.
Eng land launches a large scale effort to address the agricultural labor shortage. About 2000 motor tractors are brought into service for the ploughing season, with relays of drivers needed. Pay is set at 4s per eight hour shift plus a 6d per acre bonus and weekend work is requested from motorists.
A preliminary gathering in Mr W Little’s room convened by H M Jones discussed forming a Second Division League in Ashburton. Timaru Second Division president Cuthbert East offered support and outlined a four plank platform including non politics and military pensions. A public meeting to be chaired by the Mayor next Thursday was approved with East and others to address.
Christchurch June 1 The Canterbury Jockey Club approved the annual report and balance sheet amid wartime criticism of racing volume. President Buckley said government control limits racing and a Racing Conference committee may advise reductions. Treasurer Gould noted 1916-17 receipts fell but the club remains solvent with over £25,000 in liquid securities and valued premises and improvements.
The fragment cites a marketing line praising NAZOL as the fastest effective cure for coughs and colds and warns against imitation and imitations of the genuine product. The text appears as an advertisement or promotional slogan.
A dated health notice urges avoiding sedatives in cough medicines and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe and effective. It claims the remedy cleans germs, prevents pneumonia from colds, and contains no morphine or sedatives, noting wide sales.
A Melbourne suburb tale of fear as burglaries and assaults surge in St Kilda and surrounding areas. Residents demand extra police protection amid nightly terror and vigilante patrols after handkerchiefs with chloroform surface in break ins.
An old advertisement touts Baxter's Lung Preserver as a remedy for coughing and bronchial complaints. It claims to soothe throat irritation, reduce tickling and coughing, and promote lung health, urging readers to buy a large bottle for 10d.
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