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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 09, 1903
Page
2
At the Homebush sales there were small yardings and dull competition. Prices were slightly weaker with best wethers around 17s, extras to 21s, good stock about 15s 6d. Cattle show an improving tendency with best bullocks £12, extras to £14 17s 6d, cows to £3 10s, good £7 16s, beef sections £08 to £13 6d per 100 lbs.
Mr D Thomas held a clearing sale at Seafield Road with spirited bidding and good attendance. Prices included potatoes per bag, pig £1 14s, hay £4 1s 6d, mare £8, harness £1, gig £2 5s 3d, trap £11. Friedlander Bros held another sale at Willowby for W Davison with a brisk sale. items ranged from plough fittings to oats and livestock with prices listed for P ria Inprevenza and other lots.
Ashburton Agency of the New Zealand Farmers' Co operative Association of Canterbury quotes wheat varieties with prices current paid to farmers on trucks at Ashburton. Danish and New Canadians prices are listed, along with Sparrowbills and Ryegraas samples, dated June 8th 1903.
Mr Wm Stonyer notes horses sold at Tattersall's from 13 to 25 pounds, a 3-year-old draught mare bid to 60 pounds but not sold. Large entry of cows sold from 6 16s to 10 pounds 53, fowls 3s 4d to 4s, ducks 3s 3d to 3s 9d, potatoes five shillings per sack, apples in large cases.
The Ashburton Branch of the No license party abandons plans for a July 9 demonstration after public misgivings. The council notes the campaign effort and funds spent, clarifies no triumph over opponents, and says the move will gain general approval while urging fair treatment of all party members.
Reading smatter will be found on the first and fourth pages. Weather forecast: strong winds between north and east and southeast with possible rain after 12 hours. The Papanui departure from Lyttelton fixed for Saturday the 13th. The Industrial Building Society draw awarded to Mrs Dina Gox. The Husterton Estate near Dun sandal 12 000 acres sold as going concern to James Copland of Chertsey. Mr Andrews had a dislocated shoulder after a fall but is recovering well. Government plans a visit to New Zealand by US water power expert Mr Hancock likely leaving America in September. Woods Great Peppertini Cure advertised.
The Railway Department is erecting a plant at Springburn to supply footwarmers for trains. The Hon W Hall Jones MP was a passenger by the express to Timaru today. Sir W J Steward returned to Ashburton by the express from the Cook Islands with the Parliamentary party. The Anglican vestries split Longbeach parish into two sections including Tinwald Westerfield Lagra dor and Long Beach Coldstream Waterton Loweiffe. An icy atmosphere filled the Borough Council Chambers as a warming stove and ice concerns were raised for skating. No license Council met in Baring Square Church vestry with routine business and resolutions on the July 9th demonstration rescinded. Annual meeting postponed to July 6th.
A six member jury under Coroner Mr Robert Alcorn found Margaret Cairns aged 47 died from congestion of the lungs due to a pulmonary embolism likely from a large varicose vein in the leg. Evidence linked the fatal clot to a knee injury days earlier.
The nineteenth century progress praised the British and Foreign Bible Society for expanding in 1993 to over 6.4 million publications and 187 million copies in 867 languages. It notes its role as backbone of missionary work and broad charitable impact, urging keen interest in Wednesday meetings.
Ashburton Borough Council discusses revisiting the County plan for a traffic bridge and approves a proposed rifle range site. A public meeting on high pressure water is ordered, and a skating club delegation seeks ice area control with funding. The special committee reports on Charitable Aid, elections, and fire insurance limitations.
A long night in connection with the Primrose Assembly is advertised for Thursday. London’s oldest inhabitant is Mr James Macnalty who celebrated a South birthday and recalls luggage for troops at Waterloo. Belfast tramcars bear a rule The fifeboat rule is women and children first. A shooting party at Lake Ellesmere ended with 250 LEAS spent. The Early Settlers Association Carnival at Dunedin netted £1699 for a hall. New Zealand Farmers Co operative Association to auction timber on Thursday the 8th at the Canterbury Mille. Skating Club subscriptions of 2s 6d are payable to H A Mackay or committee. The N Z Farmers Co operative Aggodiau tion with D Thomas will auction Mr James Copland’s Rakaja farm of 584 acres.
United Press reports Lord Salisbury improving after a severe chill and royal attendances at charity events. Loubet visits London while Victoria's King Emmanuel travels England. A South African combine threatens markets. War Office to inscribe flags for colonial engagements. Floods near St Louis prompt martial law and looter sentences. Collision off Marseilles sinks Liban. Tasolaire collision blamed on Liban captain. Riots in Bologna and martial law changes in Salonika. Snow falls near Kinara. Victoria discusses local option temperance policy akin to New Zealand. Federal politics notes High Court Bill moving in the House.
June reports from New York describe fires along six hundred miles of coast with dense smoke hindering navigation. Millionaires including William Rockefeller and Robert Pruyn fund three thousand firefighters to Adirondacks as hundreds of farmers flee. Sherman and Crystal Lake in Maine are destroyed leaving thousands homeless. Rain later slows fires. damage estimated at twenty million pounds. seven towns destroyed with Hopewell largest. Public prayers for rain rise across affected regions.
A cloudburst in Spartanburg South Carolina destroys a dam and floods the town. The flood devastates cotton mills and many buildings, with deaths and missing residents. Estimated damage reaches two million dollars.
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