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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
4
Wanted fresh laid eggs at 9d per dozen for guaranteed new laid eggs. Also purchasing preserved eggs at 9d per dozen. Bids available for any quantity.
Full selection of lamp chimneys burners wicks and globes in sizes from C to 14 inch plus 4 inch duplex globes. Night lamps hand lamps wall lamps table lamps and hanging lamps offered in various prices. Hurricane lamps listed with specific price points.
In June we offer a 25 percent discount on all table and dessert cutlery from Johnstone and Lockwood Dickson s Nickel Silver Spoons and forks from 3s 9d per half dozen. Goods landed after the war started, prices reflect current landing costs, and stock is being reduced.
An advert urges buyers to act now for discounts on plated ware including teapots cruets and jam dishes. Prices shown in tins with small medium and large sizes, noting miscount and a special pound per item off. Offer claims limited time before price increases.
Experts tested a milk product that can be fed to calves from birth as a complete substitute for mother's milk. It is cheaper and requires no additional food.
Cozy and comfortable winter blouses attractively priced in VIYEL LA DELAINE and FLANNEL ETTE. Includes dark flannelette, all wool VIYELLA, striped and spotted, cotton DELAINE, flannelette and striped wool blends, plus silk and crepe de chine models in assorted colors. High quality material and workmanship with new season styles.
Daily memoranda lists an auction sale at Rakaia Yards and a clearing sale at Hinds starting at 12 noon. Also notes meetings and amusements including a farewell social and dance at Orange Hall at 9 p.m. and eight pictures at His Majesty's Theatre.
The piece argues that South America’s rise could outpace Australasia with a federation of South American states potentially more powerful than the United States. It warns Australasia must consider South America’s wealth, population, and strategic routes like the Panama Canal as rivals modernize and trade follows the flag.
Moore's House for Good Wal on Cast and Moore Streets in Ashburton appears in the public notice. The entry identifies location details for the property or street naming in the local area.
M Supply offers North British Rubber Company Qnique bottles ready for winter and preserved at last year prices. Bottles last three or four years with proper care. Repairs available for leaks or punctures and spare washers and stoppers supplied.
H C Parody announces the arrival of AR Oscar Fair a renowned hairdresser from leading salons in America and Australasia now in Ashburton. Fair brings a first class reputation and specializes in lady hair work transformations and switches, reputedly the most efficient and highly paid in New Zealand.
The passage praises South America's support for humanity and hopes for growing friendship between Latin and British peoples. It notes past enmities driven by trade rivalries and anticipates cordial relations between the two continents similar to those now enjoyed between Britons of the North and the United States.
The Hospital Board reports scarlet fever cases in Beach Road Wakanui and the East Belt. Defence Minister notes troops en route to Europe receiving a welcoming reception. Inspector Frizzelle reviews Ashburton offices and factories for heating compliance. Hunger strike case Owen McKee to face court martial. Racing Club elections in Canterbury elect Lowry Upton. Friedlander defunct candidate. Banking fraud coins and spurious Rolf crowns circulate in Auckland. Ashburton Racing Club nominations listed. A horseshoe embedded in timber found at Smith and Smith Sawmill. Hoarders use unlikely hiding places for valuables. Ford Canada 1937 model features updated design and specs. Woods peppermint cough remedy advertised.
A Farmers Union delegate at Marton warned that members would buy property if it served their aims and pocketbooks. A Wellington report notes a Gazette extraordinary granting local authorities and companies power to curb wasteful coal gas or electric use. Violations carry penalties. A Hampstead Red Cross shipment to Ashburton depot in May listed clothing gifts from several donors. A Canterbury Military Board hearing in Christchurch heard Arthur Read appeal for public necessity to support his farm in Liffelton with 680 acres, 700 ewes, and wheat plans. time and conditions were discussed for crop planting and harvest near August 20.
Personal messages from Fairton to Ashburton recall Corporal Lysaght and Private Lysaght returning home soon, Private Gowan due back to New Zealand, and an Ashburton Forks accident patient not yet regained consciousness. Nurse Cameron shows health improvement while Mr Isitt cannot speak at the hotel bars meeting. Daily of Hinds leaves with the Twenty seventh Reinforcements and a farewell social honors him.
Wellington June 5 The Acting Minister of Finance Mr Myers releases figures for April 1917 showing Post Office Savings Bank deposits of 1 446 812 in 1916 pounds and withdrawals of 992 965 989 836 excess deposits of 453 045 256 721 The minister notes the higher excess vs last year and expects war loan issuance to prompt public saving for subscription.
Mr J A Frostick of the National Efficiency Board for Canterbury announced a prepared list of luxury articles to be dispensed with, with an annual value of three quarters of a million pounds. He said a line should be drawn between necessities and extravagances, despite extra customs work, for beneficial results.
The day opened with pleasant conditions as a bright sun shone under a cloudless sky and the high reached 53 degrees. This morning nine degrees of frost was recorded at the Hoare weather station with a forecast calling for fresh northerly breezes, increasing haze and cloudiness and a falling barometer.
Dunedin meeting reads a letter from the Acting Prime Minister on the bar closing movement. Rev. A W Einmont calls the letter intensely disappointing, noting two absent MPs as dictators in a democratic country. The group urges public meetings to voice urgency on quick bar closing.
Wellington June report says Edwin Dalby a fitter at Petone Railway Workshops died from heart failure after a fall while changing his clothes. He was married and 56 years old when the incident occurred this morning.
Melbourne dispatch notes Caulfield entries total 234 with Kilboy and De Gama. The Australian Hurdles field totals 71 with Merrimax. Australian Steeplechase entries reach 76 including Tin Doolan, who is also listed for the National Steeplechase.
The Auckland Racing Club held day three in fine weather with good attendance. Races included the Tamakau Steeplechase won by four lengths, Orakei Hurdles won by a length, York Welter led by Parisian Diamond with Kanari King second, and the Winter Steeplechase won by three lengths. Scratches noted: Bedford Troublesome Styrax To Onga and Diavolo.
The Tinwald yards report 4997 sheep yarded, up from 3755 last week, including 851 rams and 569 wethers with ewes and lambs. Prices were recorded for various classes such as 2-tooth and 6-tooth ewes in lamb, 4-bred ewes in lamb, and mixed sex lambs, with auction sales and passes noted.
A promotional notice touts Nazol Inhaler as providing immediate relief from nasal catarrh symptoms. The ad urges testing Nazol today as a remedy for the stuffy nasal feeling and dull heaviness.
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