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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 09, 1902
Page
2
Wheat markets show quiet activity with reduced orders as crop prospects improve in Continens and Smeérion. Australian and Viototian shipments edge lower while Sydney cargoes add limited volume. U S wheat supply estimated around 87.676 million bushels.
Mr D Thomas offered seven horses at the Arcade on Saturday with a draught gelding selling for 26 pounds. Wast Street Mart and Moessie Friedlander Bros Ltd sold a bay mare for 33 pounds and a bay gelding for 32 pounds at their West Street Mart on the same day.
Mr Henry Stepheneun notes a large crowd and brisk bidding at Havelock Street Mart on Saturday. Pigs and other livestock sold, with prices listed and multiple sacks of produce such as potatoes wheat and carrots, plus bicycles and drapery auctioned.
A poignant note laments ongoing losses that take loved ones from homes yet keep them in the heart, reflecting enduring sorrow and remembrance.
A deep critique argues for strict enforcement of drunkard laws, urging magistrates to treat youthful intoxication as a crime and to publicize penalties. The piece links social scandal to widespread drinking and calls for immediate action in Ashburton and across the colony.
The extreme temperance party seeks to unite with the community to enforce the liquor traffic law and its anti drunkenness provisions. They pledge to back reforms with broader support to achieve more lasting results than the present approach.
Local notices cover weather forecasts and ship telegraph rumors. Reports mention Flemington Presbyterian Church vacancy and Rev Inglis preaching, a new venomous snake story in Queensland, and a plan to recruit a medicsrian for Methvan with a yearly guarantee. Also notes on the Natal Mercury health report about sleeping sickness and a Christchurch hospital death from a groin injury. A military funeral for Trooper Treneary is described along with Canterbury sheep owners joining an association and road board concerns over shingle contracts. A Dunedin Christchurch train time save due to Westinghouse brakes is outlined.
A mixed brief noting vegetable prices from Cape Town via Napier, strong rabbit catches at a station in Worth Wairarapa, and a report of homing pigeons shot by some. It mentions Henry Stephenson advertising dropery hours, a Christchurch charity board debating penalties for fathers failing to register children, and a Strange and Company circular with winter goods and bargains for Ashburton readers.
Our special correspondent surveys Buxton Lime Works near Mount Somers, detailing the continuous burn kilns, kiln construction, output of 76 to 80 tons monthly, and plans to crush lime for agricultural use. He notes surrounding stone quarries, Woolshed Creek deposits, and the hard building stone used in Christchurch structures, with transport and future railway potential.
Photographers under the Royal patronage of the Prince and Princess of Walne advertise a wonder remedy called Worm Worairns in boxes claimed to be safe and everywhere available.
British Parliament votes 386 to 44 to grant 50000 pounds to Lord Kitchener and approves further grants for soldiers. Lord Salisbury lauds colonial support, while opposition criticizes the war’s impact on women and children. Lord Kitchener praised by government and peers amid postwar recovery notes.
United Press reports a plague case today with a patient dead. At the zoo several animals have died from plague, signaling a broader outbreak in New Vaons.
A full Ashburton assembly heard Rev B Whitehouse preach on Galatians 3 14 15 stressing peace and unity among nations. Evening sermon cited Psalm 116 15 urging gratitude for wartime deliverance and a pledge to foster amity with former enemies.
At 11 o clock Mass in the Church of the Holy Name the Rev Dr Kennedy presided and announced a 7e Dewin would be sung to thank God for the peace just declared in South Africa. He spoke of blessings of peace and the horrors of war praising the Boer bravery and urging prayers for the fallen and for the future unity of British colonies.
At Syndar Street Baptist Church Rev W Lamb cites Jeremiah 29 7 urging prayer for peace after a long war. He notes sacrifices of soldiers and civilians and the mixed joy of victory with mourning for lost loved ones across the British dominions. The sermon honors those who endured and mourned.
The Rev Thomas Fee at Baring Square Wesleyan Church last night spoke on the Boer War, noting the Horpire and Bosra struggles in South Africa and the timeline of British actions under Kitchener as the Transvaal conflict continued.
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