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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 07, 1906
Page
2
The next UK mail via San Francisco will not depart Ashburton until July. The first UK mail via San Francisco is due in Ashburton on June 71st. The page also lists moon phases for June and related ephemeris data for the month.
ER, H. Bennett draws a sale of his residential property in Waitaki Settlement. The description notes a one acre section with a dwelling house. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
Commercial note from Narres Julio and The C.C. and D. Company lists frozen meat quotes. Canterbury mutton at 33d. Napier Wellington and North Island Ltd. Lamb first quality 4%d, second 42d. Beef hinds 3d, fores 23d.
Large turnout of buyers at the Geraldine Liva Stock sale with about 6 000 to 7 000 entries. Lambs and forward wethers sold well. fat ewes and lambs reached high prices, with cattle and pigs also showing solid demand and price gains across several classes.
Building and stock details offered by B Ferguson for a going concern sale. 6 acres first class land with nursery stock plus 10 acres with a 2 room cottage and outbuildings, and 74 acres near Allenton School suited to cropping or subdivision. Contact for particulars and price.
A Fergus ons land and estate agent advertises low rate insurance options. Live stock fire accident and sickness personal risk employers liability mortgage indemnity and related risks are offered.
Clearing sale held yesterday at Allenton on account of Mrs John Hepburn drew good attendance and strong demand for items. Prices listed include implements and livestock such as strippar £3 7s 6d, dise barrows £2 4s, plough £5, roller £16 5s, hay rick £5, sheep 400 lambs £1 4s, 39 ewes £9 8d, draught horse Chestnut foal £9 5s 8d, two year olds many prices, and various cattle values.
A Timara sale by Messrs Daleoty and Co on behalf of the North Island Timber Co drew many buyers from Ashburton and beyond. Bidding was brisk though prices were below ruling rates. nevertheless the stock cleared at satisfactory figures given the market conditions.
Ashburton residents condemn Colonel Pitt and Sir Joseph Ward over a subway request to link eastern and western town sections cut by the railway yard. They argue access is blocked by crossings at Cameron and Wills Streets and seek a direct plan to be sent to the Minister while awaiting Ward’s return. The council urges clear communication and insists the town is justified in opposing the current obstacle to convenient town access.
The article argues a minister should inspect Ashburton locality to grasp the case’s strength and justify a safer access method. It notes a possible timing chance with街 traffic between Domain and eastern town areas and stresses a direct visit to critical parts to prove the need for a concession for Ashburton’s access rights.
Weather winds and dust give way to local happenings. Education boards appoints reps, sales and auctions across farms, a Winter Show report with 900 entries, a fire brigade detail, vandalism in Tinwald, shipping line changes, and club social in Dortz.
The report lists the adjourned annual meeting of the Dissecton Acclimatisation Society to be held tomorrow and notes public meetings in Muthven and Ashburton on upcoming dates. It also mentions McGill and sons winning a tender for the Bank of Australasia project at £14,300 and local court remarks on a man with home made wine during a drunken incident.
Correspondence from Jcony Studholie argues Ashburton should not accept a permanent south river district attachment. He urges increasing local support for a curate within Ashburton’s old boundaries and postponing permanent funds until Lowcliffe is ready. He warns severing Tinwald and Westfield would force wide boundary changes across the Rangitata rivers.
A misrouted telegraph from Ashburton to Lauriston caused a late arrival to Lauriston postal service. The Methven relay waited until 1.40 pm after the 9.30 am dispatch, with the postmaster stating no blame for the delay due to limited daily transmissions.
A letter from A Travertnen criticizes the Lyndaurst-Methven area road condition. The writer quotes a farmer blaming Road Board members for neglect as they are outside users and landholders unwilling to raise rates. The author hopes for political change to force better maintenance.
At the Waikousiti Licensing Committee annual meeting, following electors' verdict to reduce licenses, three licenses were refused Dame's Golden Fleece Watkousit Gilman's Hotel Dunback and an accommodation house at Waiangkarua. Seven renewal applications at Ta sin were adjourned with three to be refused per local option poll results.
A summary of census return figures for Southland Rotorua meranga Wallace Fiord Stewart Island Cook Hudson with counts and increases. Counties listed include 1901 to 1936 figures showing year over year growth for each area.
An ad explains rheumatism arises from cold and damp skin failing to expel uric acid, leading to joint pain. It touts a remedy sold by chemists and grocers at 23 or 42 a bottle, promising quick relief by eliminating acid build up. It also advertises cough drops and Lozenges in small coin amounts.
The Daily Telegraph reports London officials will require future concessions to come only from British colonies, provoking fears of a shift toward imperial preference. Observers note moves to regulate sanitation referees in Shivago parking facilities.
A New Zealand Times interview with F Moore alleges widespread uninspected slaughter across Miramar Ngahauranga Petone Taita and Porirua. He claims bribes to inspectors secrecy in big works unborn calves used in sausage meat diseased pigs fed on muck and post mortem gaps.
The Acting Premier Wellington says inspectors of stock are appointed by the Government and funded by Parliament. He rejects bribery accusations and notes compulsory meat inspections only began in 1900, with fees collected by the Department rather than paid to inspectors. He doubts a Royal Commission is needed and cites agricultural reports showing stock condemned for human consumption.
A lunatic with a gun was secured at Yaldhurst today by two constables after a two days chase. A boy named Pearson rushed the man as he climbed a gate and a constable seized the weapon turning it to the ground. The lunatic pulled both triggers but the charge tore up the ground near the officer. He was finally captured.
The Supreme Court in Panugrston Norra on June 6 addressed the Grand Jury noting two murder cases in a district the size of Falmerston North. Chief Justice outlined life-preserving measures and warned of a decadent social stage if otherwise. True bills were found for William Marigold charged with assault Maria Harris charged with murder and Harry Pedley and W Tidyman charged with assault.
At the annual meeting the Farmers' Union Fire Insurance Company reports starting risks of £2700 ending at £79 478 with 278 policies. Net profit £112 4 3d goes to reserve, equivalent to a dividend of about 23 10d per cent on insured amount. Also mentioned are Brown's boots sale and a medicinal cure advertisement for Woods' Peppermint Cure.
A note records the June 7 receipt of THik DAMS with the entry labeled 849 S00 for Frayse and Morocco, indicating a transaction or delivery reference.
Police report conclusive evidence names Morai as the author of the outrage during King Alfonso's visit to Pirie. Madrid and Barcelona are cited as locations connected to the investigation. The claim situates Morai at the center of the incident and its fallout.
Cartwright June Sir West Ridgeway says progress on a constitution acceptable to all parties remains satisfactory as Johannesburg to Bloemfontein. Sir J. P. Fitzpatrick of the British party claims Boer proposals give them a majority and threaten British supremacy. Imperial inaction brings hardship and fear of further exodus. Fitzpatrick calls for appeal to colonists and to English sentiment to save British sacrifices.
June 6 at the bottom of Adonga Captain Clark's squadron faced a heavy ambush. Three hundred attackers charged through Eardpeasa, surrounding and forcing a retreat. Captain Clark was wounded but urged defense as Trooper Robarteau, an Australian, was killed and another Australian trooper wounded before Royston's Horse arrived.
A garbled OCR note mentions a movement starting around June with phrases about a big enveloping action and someone hidden in a long line. Details are unclear and names or places are not identifiable.
The Duma refused to hear the ministrial explanation on agrarian proposals, greeting it with shouts of disruption. The incident signals a defiant stance by the Duma against ministry policy during proceedings.
About fifty detainees at Radom have been imprisoned since January without trials. They refuse food to press for government interpellation while relatives urge action. Some prisoners are delirious and unrest grows.
Grand Jury cites three negroes as innocent in Springfield Missouri case. Sheriff and police blamed for the mob violence as a crowd of 3,000 hangs two men from the Goddess of Liberty statue, burns their bodies, and a third man is lynched for murder.
Mr Chamberlain at a nine garden party in Highbury warned Unionists the Education Bill would not pass and urged preparation for a General Election in the Spring.
London hosts 116 delegates representing 1.28 million workers at the International Congress of Miners. The gathering urged state paid working men inspectors employed by miners, and backed legislation to abolish the employment of women in mining.
Observatory warns that a pronounced anti cyclone over Tasmania will bring heavy gales in the Tasman Sea. The forecast notes storm conditions may affect shipping and coastal areas.
The Government has accepted tenders for railway construction work. A patent remedy named Woods' Great Peppermint Cure is advertised at 64 rad 2s 6d per bottle, with no clear relevance to the contracts.
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