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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 08, 1908
Page
4
Harold E Curtis sells blacksmith and coach-building business
Harold E Curtis Estate and Commission Agent advertises sale of the Blacksmith and Coach Building Business in Sper son County with 72 acres, a four-room house, smithy, sheds, and dwelling outbuildings. Also offers leasehold farms and houses for sale, plus agency listings for insurances and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sperson
Large Colonial Lots Near Christchurch Described for Sale
A listing from Devereux King & Co of Christchurch describes multiple parcels of farmland. 779 acres near Christchurch with house and outbuildings, good subdivision and water, near railway and school priced at £6. 1000 acres with 300 ploughed, good sheep runs at £6 per acre. 1668 acres well fenced with 30 acres ploughed, water supplied at £4 10s per acre. 3369 acres near the Main Line near a school, well watered, subdivided, and with a good house at £5 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christchurch
Wakanui Road Board District Holds Adjourned Meeting
The adjourned annual meeting of ratepayers in the Wakanui Road Board district met at 1 p.m. Saturday with fair attendance. Mr Leadley chaired. The annual balance sheet was read and adopted, and with no further business the meeting closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakanui Road Board
Leadley
Road Board Meeting Notes Actions and Decisions
At the post annual meeting the Road Board chaired by G W Leadley approved minor repairs on Riverside reserve and considered a lease bid for two shingle pit reserves with a temporary deferment. Other items included plough permission to clear arse on Seafield road frontage, supplementary valuation roll corrections, stone crusher queries, and limits on statue crusher use for Ashburton by Council. Monthly meeting date fixed. rate levy proposal and 2165 10d accounts approved before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Road Board
Messrs
G. W. Leadley
J. Allen
G. 3. Deak
T. Doig
James Bruce
W. Anderson
Riverside
J. W. Shmmings
J. Trethewey
Seafield
Denshire
Templeton Road
Ashburton
May Weather Reports from Kyle and Alford Forest
Weather observations show Kyle with 0.82 points rainfall in May across seven days, greatest fall 0.21 on the 17th, aiding farming and stock. Alford Forest records 4in 75 points for May with sharp frosts noted during the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle
D. Lambie
Alford Forest
Henry Bates
May Rain Totals and Record Spreads Across Local Areas
Rain fell on 11 days in the month with a maximum 0.78 inches on the 5th and a total 2.85 inches reported by Mr W G Gallagher. Carew recorded 2 inches 16 points for May with showers on the 6th 66 points on the 8th 6 points on the 9th 9 points 10th and 66? points on the 17th 54 points on the 28th 40 points on the 27th and 80th 112 points on the 7th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Gallagher
Carew
Why Wool Went Down Slump Causes in Private Letter
In a private letter to a woolgrower, London buyers Williams and Overbury discuss March wool price declines. They cite lack of industry confidence, monetary troubles in America and Europe, and cautious buying by manufacturers amid ample supply. They see possible bottoming as exports recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs Williams and Overbury
Rom London Sone
Dominion
America
Europe
Germany
Genuine Sander and Sons Eucalyptus Extract Stands Superior
A Victorian court and experts confirm Sander and Sons' Genuine Pure Volatile Eucalyptus Extract as the valid medicine. The ad warns against inferior imposters sold as as good and cites a death and cruel irritation from rival products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sander and Sons
Supreme Court of Victoria
Overworked judges in Wellington district urged more sittings
In Wanganui June 6 the Supreme Court heard senior counsel Barnicoat urge longer or more frequent sittings due to civil cases piling up amid a lack of criminal business. Justice Cooper acknowledged the strain and warned that Wellington’s two judges face overwhelming work, with calls to abolish district courts and add District Court judges to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanganui
Supreme Coll
Barnicoat
Justice Cooper
Wellington
Geome
Supreme Court
Rail timetable options for Auckland to Dunedin express
The Minister for Railways and officers study timetable options for an express service linking Auckland with Dunedin or Invercargill after Main Trunk completion in December. Two main plans: all night Invercargill to Auckland with mail and passenger flow versus daylight Dunedin to Auckland at lower cost, plus a through Dunedin to Auckland timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hall-Jones
Auckland
Dunedin
Invercargill
Woul Ft
Dominion
Christchurch
Lyttelton
Wellington
Taumarunui
Marton
Southland
Napier
New Plymouth
Palmerston North
Dust Trails From Brooklands Cars Revealed by Trials
The Brooklands dust trial report shows 180 photos of vehicles at 20 to 60 mph, detailing dust wakes. It notes horizontal dust eddies with low bodies but good under clearance, and finds steam cars generate less dust than petrol ones, possibly due to higher clearance in most cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teyat Automobile Club
Brooklands
Claysea
Scratched Favorite Horse Inspires Betting Line
A punter muses while at the course, remarking that punting may allure but he would rather back Woorl's Great Peppermint Cure than the scratched favourite horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woorls
County Plantations Show Ashburton Council’s Forest Policy
The Ashburton County Council has long planted and managed reserves across the county to replace denuded native forest. Over fifteen years of funding has yielded timber and shelter values, with pinus insignis first and now oak, larch, and beech. Fire damage affected a few plots near the railway, but losses were limited. The council plans to spend £700 next year on continued planting and thinning, valuing the assets to people and stock alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburton
Counci
New Zealand
Ashburton County
Supreme Court Sessions Opens With Few Criminals
Palmerston North reports the session opens with two criminal cases perjury and assault. Two divorce cases and four civil actions follow, including a £501 libel claim by former Mayor R Essex against BE Hoben of the Manawatu Daily Times. Another proprietor, J K Hornblow of the Foxton Herald, faces £501 libel suit from W Hamer. D Ross of Wellington sues the Manawatu Racing Club for £1000 over alleged damage to his character regarding a betting license denial during the Mana watu races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmerston North
Supreme Court
R. Essex
Palmerston
BE. D. Hoben
Manawatu
Foxton Herald
W. Hamer
Foxton
D. Ross
Wellington
Manawatu Racing Club
Cab Driver George Wm Taylor Arrested on Assault Charge
Police remanded cab driver George Wm Taylor to Monday after he was arrested this morning for criminal assault at 1 am at the stables where he worked. Bail set at 200 with two sureties of 100 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmerston North
George Wm. Taylor
Taylor
Conference studies pest control for small birds in Canterbury
Delegates from Levels Waimate and Mackenzie discuss reducing small bird damage to crops. Larks remain hard to trap while trap nets show limited success. last year over £2000 was spent on poisoned grain and heads and eggs. Proposals include stopping free poisoned grain, buying heads May to September at 1s per dozen for several species and 3d per dozen for heads and eggs rest of year, and consulting government on introducing small owls if advisable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Canterbury
Levels
Mel Orbell
Waimate
Mackenzie
Geraldine
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Promote Kidney Health
A Christchurch user testifies to relief from backache and kidney pain after taking Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. The ad claims kidney focus, improved efficiency, and long lasting relief, with pricing 3s per box or 16s 6d for six boxes from Foster McClellan Co. Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Christchurch
Howards
Manchester Street
Devan
Doan
Howarde
Tyoan
Foster-McClellan Co
Pitt Street
Sydney
Doan’s
U N Motor Cycles Dominate Christchurch Reliability Trial
U N motor cycles swept the Christchurch reliability trial securing first second and fourth in the amateur riders section. B D Johnston is listed as the official agent for these machines. Also mentions Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds priced at 1s 6d and 29 6d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N
Christchurch
B. D. Johnston
Plunket nurses debate milk control and rural health
A reader condemns Plunket nurses urging mothers to rear one or two infants and calls for milk traffic to be municipal or state controlled. He argues infant death rates are low and stresses pure milk, cleanliness, and sleep, urging more rural outreach and nationwide milk reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plunket
New Zealand
Ashburton
Phinket
St. Helen’s
Financial notices and rental offering from T Bullock
TO LEND on, approved Freehold securities. Special Sum of £800 at 5 percent, also £2000 and £4500. Apply to T Bullock. TO LET, ATEW COTTAGE of 5 Rooms and Verandah, detached washhouse, etc., together with about 14 ACRES of LAND.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Bullock
William Street
Land for Sale Four Properties in Hinds Lauriston near rail station
Four land parcels offered for prompt sale with prices as best value in district. 1200 acres in Hinds well subdivided with cattle and grain potential near Ashburton works and stock markets. One mile from Lauriston station with school and telephone. Educational leasehold seven years to run and compensation for improvements offered. Other properties in county on our books, inspection arrangements available. Correspondence invited.
Farmers and farmers letters clash in 1908 dispute
A letter from T Capon of Winchmore dated June 6 1908 criticizes a previous correspondent for misrepresenting him. He defends his own bluntness and resilience, mocks the other’s supposed gentleness, and suggests the exchange has drawn a hidden merit into the open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barclay
Burnside
Insurance Agent Seeks Kingo Tea Stock Note
An agency for Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Company lists stock of Kingo Tea, referencing address 116, 8 240. The terse notice implies a business listing or commodity inquiry within a historic newspaper fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Company OF New Zealand, Limited
Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Great Swedenborg Master Mind Transforming Body Debate
The London Daily Telegraph discusses transporting Emanuel Swedenborg’s remains from Wapping to Sweden as a symbol of reverence. Born 1688, died 1772, Swedenborg was a European figure of vast intellect, a physician to science and a prophet who formed a new religious system from the Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swedenborg
Wapping
Sweden
London Daily Telegraph
Eiveryone
The
Telegraph
Emanuel Swedenorg
Frangsengeng
Napoleon
Paris
Spain
Columbus
Havana
Seville
Cuba
United States
Paul Jones
Camoens
Europe
Royal College of Mines
Charles XII
Aristotle
Bacon
Spencer
Edison
Farthing pricing debates in the Drapers' Record editorial
An editorial soliloquy critiques the three-farthing pricing method used by shops. It argues that fractions of a penny affect customer perception and notes the shift in thinking from pounds and shillings to farthings, questioning price genuineness amid luxury shop presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drapers’ Record
Thies
London Bridge sovereigns offered in vain
A historical note recalls a man vainly offering sovereigns on London Bridge for nothing as an old tale faded. In a later twist, more than £21 worth of Abbey Prize money went unclaimed in the last distribution, reflecting idle funds and punctuating the era’s modest fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Bridge
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Chesterfield
Otto OF
Violets
London
Ashburton Drug Company
Nelson Moate & Go
Guelon
Tasmania
Harold E. Curtis
Cameron Street
Town Properties
Carter's Terrace
Tinwald
Yorkshire Fire Insurance Company
Quibell
Maling and Co., Limited
Rider-Ericsson Engine Company
Hotair Pumping Engines
Fitter and Sons, Limited
T. Young
Ulster Boot Stores
Devereux, King & Co., Ltd
Lichfield Street
Ashburtonermanent Building and ~ Investment Society
Albert Roberts
Wakanue Road Board
Ratepayers’ Annual Meeting
Per Press Association
Supreme Court Sessions
Battle OF Life
Correspondenge
National Mortgage.and Agency Co. of N.Z. Limited
Hinds
Lauriston
ATRES
L.i.p.’S
T. F. Gibson
National Mortgage & Agency
Lang and Estate Agente
H. Matson and
H. Matson & Co
PHI Arcade
Wooland Grain Brokers
Canterbury
Addington
Matson
Setae Bank
Esluea
EE . Ivatson
T. Capon
Winchmore
A. H. Field
Alcorn
Fidelity
West Street
T. A. Manning
A. BH. Field
McDonald
Tailors
Lane’s ‘Medoline
Thos. HY. Elliott
A. H& Field
Eliott
D. Thomas
Andrew Curr
Farrers
Anzeron and CO
Crown Roller Mills
Vestmen
Securitjen
H. Buchanan
Burnett Street
John Orr & Co
Maude and
Harman
Kennedy
Burnstt St
Llewellyn Owen
L.C.M
Haglish
Lane
Chemiets
Nore
the Draper's. Farthing
Thomson and Co
Methven District
RANDS
Timber and Coal Merchants
Methven
European Agency
Vvliam
Pvilson Sons
Abehurch Lane
E.é
Annuaire
Steedmans
Steedman
Kempthorne, Prosser and CO
Jones and Sons
Ilworth
Harpenter
Wasinet
Tancred Street
Pines
C. Herte
Benjamin
Kaye and Carter
Rain and Seed Merchants
Owen
Abermain
Thousehold
Ermain Colliery CO
LID
Thos. Brown
Hereford’ Street
Christel
Zealand
Wairongoa
He World
Robinson
Grand Combination
Kozie
Manchester
Bro. Ues
Lily
Thomas Hancox
Robert Bell
Burnett Btres
Orér
Axchange
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