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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
4
Farmers advertised Fletcher Bros Cowslip Calf Milk as the only practical substitute for Mother's Milk with last year’s users reporting satisfaction. The notice lists prices for various bag sizes and assorted poultry, grit, tonic and feed products, plus hardware like wide oiled coils, urging readers that it is now time for winter spraying.
Exterminator ad for Woolly Aphis Peach Aphis Red Brown San Jose Mussel Seale, promoting Red Spraying Oil with mix notes and price list. Also features Belgian Lamps by Fletcher Bros as sole agents, claiming no smoke or smell and practical contract draught lamp options.
Fletcher Bros June saving price list showcases bulk pricing on dried fruits and staples. Includes Muscatel Sultanas Sultanas Raisins Dried Apples Dates Figs Prunes Sago Tapioca Rice Peas Haricot beans red lentils white rice and various sugars with reduced per pound rates.
A label sample lists Frimley and Kirkepatrick jam products from Hirms, naming multiple flavors and jar counts including Yellowgage Greenage Peach Gooseberry Nectarine Raspberry Apricot Black Currant Marmalade and a Strawberry Conserve. Also includes a chemicals section with common pantry items like Cream of Tartar Baking Soda Tartaric Acid Citric Acid Washing Soda Saltpetre Whiting Borax and Sulphur.
Ashburton listing by Ferriman and Co. shows Methven township three 7 acre sections for sale separately or as a whole. Also available: excellent town residence with 10 rooms, hot and cold water gas service, large garden and land. a splendid modern residence with gas water supply, stable and yard on three quarters acre. a comfortable six room house with bath and washhouse on half acre.
In the estate of the late Mrs Kilworth a seven room house with outbuildings and eleven quarter acre sections will be sold to close the estate with a fixed price. The 34 acre fronting on three streets includes a five room house, fowl house, orchard, stable, shed, and storage. An excellent suburban residence offers five acres with an eight room house, water supply, and outbuildings. Farmers seeking cheap property should consider this turnkey package close to town.
Describes a plastered modern dwelling with six rooms a bathroom pantry scullery wash-house and toilet. Promises full modern conveniences and urges inspection as a genuine bargain. Also notes a 654 acre residential property with seven room house and outbuildings and invites inquiries and viewing with flexible terms.
H L Barker on Burnett Street invites buyers to inspect farm and town properties offered for disposal. He states he has a buyer for a small farm of 10 to 20 acres and inquiries for 200 to 400 acre farms of fair land, asking owners to provide particulars if they wish to sell.
Daily memorandum lists auctions for tomorrow including Methven and Dorie clearing sales. Also weekly produce and poultry sales at Farmers Co operative Association and Henry Stephenson mart, plus a 1 30 horse sale and Cameron Street wast 1 80 clearing sale.
Tonight listings show Royal Theatre at 7 skating, His Majesty's 8 pictures, Orange Hall 8 dancing, Grand Concert at Tinwald 7 10, Elgin Schoolroom 8 farewell social, Hinds Hall 10 Ball, Ashburton County Council 21, His Majesty's 8 pictures Ardamine hall 8 dance.
The article argues against sending troops abroad, noting Ministerial denial of any such proposal. It stresses readiness with war material and voluntary personnel only, warns of militarism and Imperial overreach, and favors boosting naval contributions or per capita taxes instead of a force. It cites Boer War experience and the need to defend home shores.
The Seddon Memorial Technical College in Auckland is formally opened by Education Minister James Allen as the building is now occupied by students and staff. The report notes recent scarlet fever outbreaks in Ashburton and surrounding districts and a possible smallpox case at Onehunga, with precautions in place.
FruAbuens wishing to ship meat to London on their own account must consign through the British New Zealand Meat and Produce Company Limited, a Germany existing for farmers’ own interest. Past returns show this company cannot be excelled. The undermentioned agents will handle skins by sale at top market value or by shipping home as the shipper desires. Full particulars obtainable from the local agents.
Ir Butea forecasts westerly winds veering to south after 24 hours with cloudy unsettled skies and a very cold period ahead. Hobson Street fire case notes a landlady fined for supplying liquor to a doomed victim. Ashburton County land transfers top the year’s activity, with estate values listed including John Reid of Dunedin at £10218. A motor cyclist rescues a near miss on a gate step, sparking warnings about riding with passengers. The Ashburton Temperance Brass Band shows continued enthusiasm, moving its bandroom for better access and marching forward to upcoming competitions.
Mr John Stadholmis arrived at Ashburton as the first express from the EH today. Wase M. Muntan, chief auctioneer for the Southland Farmers Association, and a former head of Messrs H. Matson, were in Ashburton today.
Captain Geo Hardy of Rakaia received a silver-mounted mirror from the Ashburton Mounted Rifles officers and men in gratitude for his lifelong support of artillery and mounted matters. The event recalled the squadron's 18 year history under Captain Buckley and noted continued esprit de corps.
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