Fat stock powers Addington market sale in Christchurch
At Addington live stock market Christchurch on June 2 large entries of fat sheep and lambs with good public turnout and keen competition. Fat cattle yarding 204 head showed an all round advance of 28 per 100lbs. prime wethers and ewes sold close to previous sale rates. pigs demand slack with choppers and baconers achieving varied prices. Store sheep and hoggets remained strong with lines of three quarterbred wether hoggets selling around 19s to 9d and better ewes bringing 14s to 16s.
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Christchurch
Addington
Cherine Wethers
Weaznera
Justice A Beckett Delivers Wages Board Ruling
In the New South Wales wages board case the first Court of Industrial Appeals sitting, Justice A Beckett revises the board’s wage and hours orders for fellmongers. He declines broad living wage increases, fixes specific yard foremen and machine workers rates, and suggests further conference to refine terms while noting the act aims to aid workers but not justify widespread upheaval. The decision aligns with cost of living shifts but resists universal wage hikes across trades.
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State Court of Industrial Appeal
A’ Beckett
Fullmongers
Arthur
J. Wolfe
Mr Mann
Justice Hood
Supreme Court
Justice A’beckett
A’beckett
New South Wales
Justice Higgins
Harvester
Justice A’ Beckett
Justice Highina
Justice A.beckett
Parichat
Justice A. Deckatt
German Hatred of Great Britain Letters From 1870 71
A London Times letter cites a German publication Kriegsbriefe Aus Den Jahren 1870 71 with Major Hans von Bretschman describing England as prolonging the war to exhaust France. The writer argues German naval supremacy sentiments date back decades and warn such hostility requires future policy safeguards.
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London Times
Kriegsbriefe Aus
Hans von Bretschman
Third Army Corps
England
France
Meung
Loire
America
Crimea
Russia
German Balloon Spies Suspected After French Frontier Incursions
A balloon descent at Santeny Servou ends with a hostile crowd and suspicions of German officers posing as tourists. Investigations reveal a camera, films, and a notebook implying espionage, with balloonists fleeing to Metz after German passports check out.
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France
Brest
Santeny-Servou
Seine-et-Oise
M. Besancon
Marolles
Frankfort
Mme. Besancon
Chalons
Reims
Acronauts
Berlin
Cordeil
Metz
Doan's Ointment touted for skin troubles in Christchurch
A Christchurch reader from Linwood testifies to lasting relief from a chronic skin irritation after using Doan's Ointment for two years. The ad claims the remedy cures stubborn cases and can be shipped by post from Tester Mr lellan Co., 76 Pitt Street, Sydney, at 3s per pot.
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Berg
Dean
S. Harris
Armagh Street
Linwood
Christchurch
Doan
Railway Employee Dies From Fright in Freezing Belief
In Kyasnoiarek Russia Michael Staritsky slept in a luggage van on the Trans Siberian line. He awoke to motion and a locked door fearing freezing to death. Broken Russian phrases on the floor record his imagined torture and final words. He died at the next halt two hours later. the van’s temperature was above freezing.
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Kyasnoiarek
Russia
Michael Staritsky
Staritsky
Starrisk
JhralDine Live Stock Market Sales Report
Local market at Jhraldine showed average yarding around 4000 with fat stock steady. Fat lambs and ewes sold in mixed ranges while store lambs and sheep posted varying prices. cattle and pigs also listed with multiple bid levels.
Burnside Stock Market Goods and Prices Summary
Yardings at Burnside in June saw 2177 cattle and 1000 lambs with mixed demand. Wethers and ewes sold varied, best ewes 12s 6d to 18s 3d, extra 17s, lambs to 17s 6d, stores 7s 6d, cattle highs £10, heavy £12, pigs steady with porkers and baconers strongest at 36s to 40s.
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Dunedin
Dunedin Grain Market Report Shows Mixed Demand
June 2 Dunedin consignments rise for good to prime cartons and Sparrowbills with fair demand, while medium and inferior lines lag. Wheat markets hold largely steady with White Velvet and Tuscan in fair demand, prime milling at 4s 1d to 4s 2d and other grades ranging from 3s 8d to 4s 7d.
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Dunedin
Licensing committee action in Ellington renews licenses
At the annual meeting in Ellington the City Licensing Committee approved renewals for several licenses. Officials granted applications and closed the hearing on renewals.
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Ellington
Rainfall total at Kyle in May
May rainfall at Kyle totaled 9.25 inches across nine days. Most falls were light with the heaviest on May 21 reaching 0.625 inches.
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Kyle
Ineh
Lambie
Colds That Hang On Warns Against Slow Remedies
At first sign of a cold, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is recommended to prevent pneumonia or consumption by curing coughs quickly and removing the cause. For sale by all chemists and storekeepers.
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Rand
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