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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 09, 1911
Page
4
Land near Balcluths eighteen miles from Reilwayan School with 11 paddocks. Described as good quality soil producing heavy oat and potato crops. Lambing averages at 100 percent. Buildings available. Contact J. Wallace.
Saturday April 8 the Crownall Boxed Suits are advertised as value garments with one grade of work and trimmings. H O Segers promotes Crown Clothing Mfg Co Ltd as sole manufacturers in Christchurch with Ashburton agent. claims ready to wear dominates tailor made in price and quality.
A skintonic touted as a quick cure for chafing heat rash pimples sunburn cracks and irritation appears in a chemists notice. It markets itself as a universal remedy for skin woes and promises rapid relief.
London reports King George receiving Cuba's coronation gift of 100000 cigars while Westminster Abbey holds daily rehearsals. Junior Cadets prepare for parades on June 22 under local command, with Beards a debated royal tradition and Vatican notification questioned by Catholic circles.
A June 8 1911 letter to the editor urges that the wife of the local Member of Parliament perform the planting ceremony at the Coronation Oak. The writer argues the event affects the entire district and should be done by the representative’s wife, not a borough official.
Representatives of Primitive Methodists and Methodists of New Zealand meet in Wellington and arrive at a basis of union with perfect unanimity. Conference to consider details and prepare official report for publication.
Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide report varied grain prices with light trading. Wheat ranges from 3s 3d to 8s 5d, flour near £8, peas barley oats and maize show mixed levels, onions and potatoes priced up to £7 and £5 respectively, and butter bacon and cheese marginally traded.
Christchurch reports a Hawarden sale with 1500 sheep. 1000 fat. Fat lambs 12s to 1s per head, fat wethers 15s to 18s 7d, fat ewes 9s 6d to 13s 6d. Store lambs mixed sexes 6s 4d to 9s 11d, ewe lambs 11s 3d.
Mr Cant admitted an agreement between Kethel Company and Hughes Guthrie and Bowling during the strike to sell coal from Young Wallsend and Ebbw Main collieries. Purchasers paid a pound to gain disposal rights with a guaranteed output of at least a thousand tons daily and a profit split above nine shillings per ton. Termination possible by two days’ notice or price drops. Endorsements assigned interests to Hutton Burns Bowling, releasing the first trio from liability. Railway Commissioners later took possession and paid 7s 7d per ton.
Local drapers and storekeepers stock Roslyn Writing Pads, with demand rising as residents prepare for home use. Purchasers report availability at Gol and Taeach, 416 Por Chronic Chest Complicate, Woods' Niel Peppermint frre, 1s Fil a a.
A public meeting organized Coronation Day events with a monster procession from Methven school to the Triangle to lay foundation stones for recreation gates and cemetery gates. The Methven Band to lead. children will be catered for at the Domain with sports and refreshments. A local committee and fund efforts are noted.
In Christchurch the Supreme Court heard Watson and Watson v Wim Belcher over a Lagmhor land purchase of about 95 acres. The judge found a binding agreement existed but a variation had been made to the boundaries and the defence won. Costs and probate rules to be set by the Registrar.
A Gisborne telegram reports the swamer Opawa sailing from Tokomera Bay to London direct, first from that port. Meat shipments from Tokomara for the season total 142000 carcases. Massey foresees limited North Island seats in upcoming electoral boundary changes. Auckland Prohibition League records May police cases 216 with 15 women, 98 first offenders.
In Auckland on June 4 the inquest into Ruth Gorham's death, aged nineteen from Thames, found acute septic peritonitis caused by an illegal operation performed without antiseptics. The jury could not identify the operator. A separate report notes a missing Kaiapoi boat likely found near Kaikoura. local fisherman Frederick Hast was last seen near the Waimakariri River mouth.
The piece notes a throat tickle and chest tightness with a hacking cough and sneezing fit. It mentions taking Woods' Great Pepper mint Cure with water, claiming relief the next day. An ad line touts Defanco Men’s Ritts as stylish and durable from Roslyn Weallen Mitts proprietors.
A sharp statement warns against inflated claims for patent medicines like Mother Seigel's Syrup. The piece cites John Marshall of Clarendon reporting long indigestion improved after using the syrup, noting it toning the stomach liver and bowels and restoring health.
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