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Newspaper

Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Jun 11, 1903

Page

3

Trade policy notes and foreign replies in London and Berlin

A London dispatch reports Chamberlain opposing a tax on German machinery unless a bounty is involved. The Berlin Post suggests England backs his scheme and urges Germany to seek a peaceful vivendi. South Australian agents push for gradual preferential trade with Britain emphasizing Australian wines and Indian and Ceylon goods.

Lonpes Lord Hampden Daily News Chamberlain Standard Britain Ceylon London Berlin “Post England Mr Chamberlain Germany

Debate in the Commons on corn tax and imperial policy

In the House of Commons Sir H Chaplin leads a amend ment to repeal the corn tax while Sir M Hicks Beach urges tax repeal and tea duty reduction. The clash signals cabinet dissension and renewed pressure over imperial preference and fiscal policy impacting the Unionist party.

United Press Association Electric Telegraph London House of Commons H. Chaplin M. Hicks-Beach Hitchie House of Commone Ritchie Chamberlain Salfour Trish Gladstens AH. Chaplin H. H. Fowler Foreign and Colonial Offices House of Lords Imperial Court of Appeal Privy Council Mr Chamberlain

Inhuman Monster Remanded Over Infant Smothering Case

Patrick Knowles a ten year old match seller was remanded at Stockton on Lees for decoying and murdering a fifteen months old baby. He confessed to digging a sand grave and smothering the crying child with a pinafore and sand, then piling bricks and stones over the spot. He was caught while transporting a second infant to the same location.

London Patrick Knowles Stockton-on-lees

Exciting Experience at Sea On Stower Tow to Sydney

The steamer St. Louis left Neuman with the ship Camille carrying 8000 tons of ore. Amid fierce gales the tow ropes broke twice, and rough weather forced the St. Louis to separate from the Camille. They reached Sydney with the Camille still ashore at Noumea. damage deemed not serious.

Stower St. Louis Neuman Admiral Cauille Camille Sydney Heads Sydney Noumea

Missing Abbey Palmer Sought After Stormy Passage

A steamer is dispatched to search for the barque Abbey Palmer sighted off Newcastle during late gales and then missing. Also notes on telegraph rate changes lowering revenue and health board concerns at Melbourne cemetery.

Abbey Palmer Newcastle Australia Meupourns Commonwealth Board of Health Melbourne General Battlefeld Prem Ellen Zanzibar

Death of W. Blake Town Clerk of New Brighton

My W Blake town Clerk of New Brighton died this morning. He came to this province in 1843 and worked in road construction on the West Coast during the gold rush. He later served in telegraph and railway projects under the provincial and general governments.

Civi Touuren W. Blake New Brighton

Provincial Farmers' Union Conference at Richmond

Nelson June 1 The Provincial Conference of the Farmers' Union was held at Richmond with Mr T Hume presiding. Resolutions urged government road and rail upgrades, early opening of Crown lands, repeal of landowner liability under the Noxious Weeds Act, tax relief, and cheaper essentials. Elections: Mr Turner president Mr Ghisnall vice president Mr Haycock auditor Mr Chianall delegate to the Colonial Conference.

Nelson The Farmers’ Union Richmond T. Hume Takaka Hanmer Springs Palmerston North Union Auckland Turner Ghisnall Haycock Chianall

Unclear historic sale list includes consignments and prices

Fragmentary OCR lists items with prices such as Fourteen Mile 3s 3d to 939d New Alpine Consols 193 8d New Halfway Housa 8s 9d 9s No Town 265 Gd Unity 18s. Specific entities and context are broken. no clear event or date beyond June 11.

United Press Association Electric Telegraph Denrain Halfway Housa Unity

White Rose Brand 84 Gallons to Casa

Local ad touts White Rose Brand best quality 84 gallons to casa with a claim our price cannot be beaten. Shoppers are urged to inquire at other stores for price comparisons and shares of stock in the offering.

Worka C. Cawley Aving Andrew Orr Bane Ant & Moore Somerset H. C. Barrett East Street Bagrerti’s Akaroa Chesee Peninsula Tha Standard Oil Company Canterbury Carson & Co Tancred Street

Local Grocery Prices Include Cured Fish and Butter

A fragmented list shows various grocery items with per pound and per tin pricing. Items include finest fern leaf butter per pound, lard per pound, preserved eggs per dozen, eye powder, herrings in multiple preparations, Red Alaska salmon per tin, and sardines and oysters with assorted weights and prices.

Fern Leaf Factory Akaroa Frourcuse Bros Aoe Alaska

Untitled OCR fragment with unclear sporting weights

Fragmentary OCR text appears to list bag weights and rollers with scattered numbers and words. No coherent event, entity, or date is readable to form a proper news item.

Price's Candles and Staples in 19th Century Catalog

A fragment lists items such as Price's Candle brands and piano candles priced per box, alongside various foods and staples like sago rice tapioca pearl barley and haricot beans. The OCR shows prices and packaging notes with multiple shorthand markers.

Japan

Dried Fruits Price List for Various Items

A fragmented price list shows dried fruits including currants sultanas raisins figs peaches apricots and dates. It notes per pound pricing and packet options with occasional obscured values.

Patent medicines and remedies listed in 19th century ad fragment

A fragmented advertisement cites Holloway s and Cockle s Beechum s and Siegel s products and Pink Pills Pain Killer Siegel s Syrup Steediman s Powders Scott s Emulsion and Sarsaparilla Tricopherongan Quin oe Wahooeae Bile Beans Peppermint Extract Malt Eno s Fruit Salt Eucalyptus Lung Preserver Irish Moss Embrocation Cuticura Dean s Backache Pills Moko Cough Syrup and other tonics with prices per unit or bottle.

Holloway Cockle Seigel William Siegel Steediman Scott Eno Dean

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