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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 08, 1915
Page
4
Latest arrivals at Fletcher Bros Selair feature British war cartoons reproduced on china items such as tumblers dishes and vases with captions Bravo Belgium well met and unconquerable. Prices start from 1/3 to 4/9 with sizes varying and more stock promised as current lot sells out.
An old advertisement lists Kenrick’s Tinned Hollow-Ware 500 gallon tank and assorted items. Includes gaues pans kettles boilers and covers with various prices in shillings and pence. The quirky product line emphasizes quality for domestic use and kitchenware.
Advertisement listing hand lamps table lamps hanging lamps wall lamps and accessories. Includes pricing for hand lamps table lamps wall lamps lamp chimneys burners wicks globes and shades white opal varieties and hurricane lanterns noted as wind resistant with illuminators also offered.
An itemized listing of galvanised steel hollow-ware and kitchen tins with numerous measurements and prices. Includes buck ets, pails, dipper quarts, miles buckets, billies, washups, ginger cake tins, sponge cake tins, pudding steamers, fish slices, gravy strainers, kettles, and flour sugar bread tins with price per unit.
Dr Tinby King deems the Edendale milk sugar superior to the imported article. Advertises price 7 per jb or BI for BE. The Eden dale Southland product is highlighted for quality and value.
A fragmented price note lists substitutes and fruit preserves including KY Plum Jam Gooseberry Jam Yellowgage Nectarine Damson St George Apricot Conserve. It reads like a market or shop price card with varied tin sizes and product names.
A compact advertisement promotes all wool blankets and outerwear. It highlights men's double breasted overcoats ladies jackets and boys coats with prices ranging from 15s to 50s. The Woollen Company notes quality and notes recent price protection due to earlier orders.
Auction sales data from the second edition shows prices and items listed for Thursday in Methven. The fragment notes stock offerings and sale times but lacks complete details.
The Clotha Leader notes the Finegand Freezing Works reopen with a full butcher board and expect steady killing for months. The Wellington Post reports Mellish’s Comet visible from 8 pm, rising in the eastern sky. Feilding church shifts to Gift Sunday raising funds, Ashburton Presbytery offers sympathy for troops and wounded, and Christchurch Labour Bureau reports 54 unemployed, with Trentham carpenters needed. Waiapu concert story ends with natives using boxes as seating and taking seats to the interval.
Revelations by Mr Dickie at the Ashburton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board meeting expose alleged mismanagement at the Tuarangi Old Men’s Home. Critics urge transferring control to the Ashburton Board to speed admissions and reduce red tape, noting a fatal outcome while decisions stalled.
The advertisement hails the BUICK as superior for power reliability and fuel economy. It notes 2000 BUICK cars in Dominion use, a Timaru agent reports a 10000 mile example, and the Red Cross and South African Government favor BUICK chassis. It warns buyers to seek written proof the car is not assembled and offers pricing for 2 and 4 seater models with Delco self starting and lighting.
Personal items report Mr Charles Dixon listed as seriously indisposed. Rev Father O'Donnell leaves for Timaru for the Privats Conference. Mr H Long’s son Private G T Long wounded and being sent via Malta to England. Prime Minister announces extension of New Zealand High Commissioner term. Sir Francis Bell receives congratulations on a honour. Ian Campbell of the Cameron Highlanders killed in action with details of his family.
The Ashburton Presbytery bi monthly sederant met at St Andrew s Church with Rev G Miller and others present. A Sun School Teachers Association was formed and W T Todd elected Presbytery representative. Reports praised Methven Charge, noted improving finances, and discussed selling the manse for a nearer home. The Temperance Committee urged total abstinence during the war and a 6 pm liquor ban proposal, while mission volunteers were encouraged and pledges pledged to support Board initiatives. The meeting adjourned after a lengthy Book of Order discussion.
In London on June 6 the Stanhope Brent case returned an open verdict after the April 24 deaths of Herbert Horsfall Stanhope and Constance Julia Brent by narcotic poisoning. Mrs Brent had neurasthenia and warning history. In Auckland, Rev. William Schofield died from injuries after being struck by a train on May 29 near the Parnell Tunnel.
A farmer named Davie was fatally shot in the back as he approached his house in a mysterious tragedy reported from Dindabyné. No clues have emerged and the case remains unsolved.
The morning registered eight and a half degrees of frost while the day had clear skies and relatively warm conditions. Telegraphed indications predict fresh northerly winds, strong gale potential, with west to south winds. weather expected to be cloudy and unsettled with rain. Barometer falling.
Adelaide report states Carl Adolphe Graf killed his wife and four children aged eight to fifteen then shot himself. Jealousy cited as motive. A note on Graf’s table hinted he suspected his wife and believed they and the children were better dead.
Entertainments page notes Heart Blood a powerful drama of love jealousy war and vengeance with realistic battle scenes opening this evening at His Majesty's Theatre. The bill includes The Latest Gaumont Graphic Beneath the Sea The Awakening of Barbara Dare Bird Life in Springtime Bill Squares it With His Boss and When Aunty Bounced as supporting acts.
Canterbury Petroleum Pros report 14 inch pipe at Chertsey reach 522 feet depth. The firm began operations in November last year and has ordered 1000 feet of 12 inch pipe to extend the project.
From north to south I tour the world with tireless west, through tropic heat or Arctic snow my health to simple means I owe. One faithful friend aids me in storm and stress, fortifying me to endure.
The article urges buying Canadian made products to support the British Empire. It cites Germany’s rise through a made in Germany movement and notes Ford cars are built in Canada with stylish, well finished models. It mentions U Z Government purchases for Expeditionary Forces and invites inquiries from Mr Carson.
Very small attendance at the Tinwald weekly stock sale saw a modest yarding of fat sheep totaling 799, with 164 fat ewes, 16 fat wethers and 99 lambs. Fat ewes were fair quality, a prime line of wethers sold at 2s 6d and lambs at 19s 3d. Store sheep reached 430 yarding, including 180 hoggets and 19 wethers, with demand fairly good and only one line of fat ewes passed. Cattle sale available at current rates with steers to £5 12s 14d and cows at £12 14s.
June 5 market report from the High Commissioner notes strong price climbs in London markets across meat, cheese, and wool. Mutton and beef supply tight with government stock limited, while cheese demand remains firm and wool prices rise as stock levels shrink. Grain and oats markets show weakness or dullness tied to crop reports.
Owing to Dr Robert McNabses inability to come south this week the Mayor has postponed the recruiting meeting planned for Thursday evening at the Theatre Royal to a date to be fixed.
Two day enlistments at the Defence Office in Ashburton register men for the Expeditionary Infantry. Names include Martin Fairfield Banks Ashburton R Kingsbury Rakaia Ambulance H M Lucas Spreadeagle Ashburton C Whiting Lismore W P Simall Tinwald and Timaru reinforcements William Dwyer Ashburton George Leighton Tinwald Harry Small Ashburton James D Shannon Ashburton. Influenza and peppermint cure references appear in the fragmentary text.
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