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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 05, 1920
Page
3
A. H Ibbetson and son announce household hardware items and saleable wares at cut prices for those contemplating marriage or newly married. Extensive list covers aluminium ware, teas, coffees, foods, soaps, washes, canned fish, biscuits, and English tea sets just landed.
Advertises family games including PIT and Ludo at 1s 6d to 1s 9d, draught boards and Scallywag at 18s 6d, and a Pearl’s Cyclopaedia plus Bibby’s Annual 1919 20 for desks. New fiction titles from World Wide Authors with prices ranging 5s to 6s. Look in window at Booursell er and Stationer, Man Street.
Advertisement extols M and D hand tailored suits for quality fit and dependability over machine made or ready to wear. It claims superior value, durability, timeless style, and notable new single suit lengths, urging readers to investigate soon.
East Street shop McDonald and Dunlop Tailors and Mercers advertises services with phone 201 for inquiries and orders.
Henry Stephenson auctioneer advertises private treaty sale of a Cox Street dwelling with seven rooms and outbuildings, water, gas, and garden, near station and post office. Also offers a 4 acre property with dwelling near railway at £630. A 550 acre farm with dwelling and outbuildings near the railway is priced at £24 105 per acre. Agents for Norwich Union Fire Insurance and Norwich and London Life and Accident.
Daily memoranda catalogs auctions and events at Tinwald Yards and local theatres. Includes His Majesty's Theatre 8 pictures, Mayfield Hall meetings, church services, Pavills Street venues, Inieston Hall services, Cass Street services, and Atheltic Club gatherings with times across Sunday and Monday.
Ashburton Guardian criticizes the Ashburton County Council steps to replant reserves and urges immediate action on Sir David Hutchins' forestry report. It argues scientific forestry could save native kauri and other timbers, warns nine tenths of kauri forests are gone, and calls for government land planting on economically justified sites to halt denudation.
Report on the two day tour of County reserves found very few rabbits, suggesting pests were effectively dealt with. Canterbury Education Board appointed several staff with resignations accepted, while a court liaison tale and railway dispute discussions were noted. County considers universal Saturday half holiday and Mount Somers tramway extension heard by deputation amid coal shortages. Post and Telegraph unrest and pay issues discussed by the Postmaster General. A Prince visit memorial photo offer advertised.
H M Jones questions Borough Council plan to send two delegates to a Canterbury Progress League conference in Christchurch and to vote for Port Christchurch. He argues for examining all schemes, highlights cost, benefit to Canterbury and the South Island, and urges council to seek popular wishes before taking a position.
Classified notice seeking a cash buyer for a bungalow on the west side. Listed under W F Halliburton land and commission agent.
Advertises rental and sale of roomed cottages and houses with washhouses on acre sections near Glasgow and Allentia. Includes 9 acre bungalow with outbuildings, dairy farm options, and a suburban land sale. Agencies for Commercial Union and Provincial Assurance Co. promote varied policies and insured risks.
An OCR fragment lists W2F and Halliburton with a P.O. Box 75 address and a phone on West Street. The text provides limited contact details and lacks a clear event or context.
David Friedlander, auctioneer and commission agent, advertises a large stock of properties for sale by private treaty and invites bona fide buyers to inquire and arrange inspections. Fat stock drafted for sale through yards or works. Skin sales held every alternate Monday in his rooms.
Public Trustee Office Lloyds Building West Street offers administration of estates for dying without a will, executorships under wills, marriage settlements, trust deeds, as attorney for property management, investment of funds, lending on first mortgage, custody of wills, and regular accounts. District Manager Robert Triggs is the contact.
At the Auckland Supreme Court Hans Herewini was convicted of manslaughter for the death of another Native at Awanui in February. He received three years reformative treatment at Invercargill.
A correspondent urges the government to end the practice of awarding distinctive badges and orders for perceived distinguished services. The letter cites Mr T H Y Seddon and questions the value of such honours earned abroad, arguing many so called heroes are recognised for minimal or distant acts. The writer condemns souvenir decorations and calls the real honor to those who deserve it.
A Sydney Bulletin report reprints critique of Field Marshal Haig over field executions and death sentences in France. The piece notes British officers’ harsh discipline and Australian reactions, describing executions as widespread and met with disgust among Australians.
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