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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 11, 1910
Page
1
The market shows a weekly swing in Wheat with prices dropping from 49s to about 33s per bushel for standard grain. Milling Velvet bids 3s 0d to 3s 2d, Tuscany and Hunters 2s 0d to 3s 0d, whole grain 2s 6d to 3s 9d. oats ease 1d to 2d per bushel as sales slow. chaff offered at £3 for prime quality amid softer oats.
London reports a looming Yorkshire woollen strike after employers refuse to meet Board of Trade official Mr G. H. R. Askwith at Huddersfield. Also: engagement of Mr Asquith’s son to Lord Eleho’s daughter. Lord Rosebery defends thrift. Admiralty orders fourteen Acorn-class destroyers and six more with relaxed design limits. King George’s first court at St James’s. Fall River mills to shut on alternate weeks. Earl of Yarmouth’s dowry dispute in New York. Hughes veto of primary elections bill. strange death of Mrs Stelle. Kaiser’s civil list. Dernberg honored. mining institute to meet in New Zealand. Harper acquitted in conspiracy case. butter trade grading debate.
In Christchurch on June 10 the local wheat market is very dull with Good Pearl wheat most in demand yet scarce. Oats are quiet and potatoes show slight firmness with more sellers at £5 4s, the lowest price accepted.
A testimonial from Mr V W J Wright of Ballarat East endorses Warner's Safe Cure for liver complaints with relief after one bottle and full recovery after weeks. The advertisement claims the remedy treats liver and kidney disorders and related ailments like rheumatism gout lumbago and indigestion. It notes availability from chemists and stores in original and concentrated forms and offers a descriptive pamphlet from Warner and Co Melbourne.
Advices from Quebec report the Royal George, carrying Earl Grey and his family to Bristol, began the Canadian Northern Company's fortnightly mail service today. The Duke of Connaught will succeed Lord Grey as Governor-General of Canada in the spring.
A novice aviator at the Worcester agricultural show plunged into a crowd, killing a woman and injuring several others. Reports from Vienna and Paris note other air incidents and a long-distance flight by Marconnet and Piquant.
Reported in St. Petersburg on June 10 that the Jews of Smolensk are being expelled wholesale. A separate item notes murder and robbery as robbers killed a driver and five cavalrymen guarding a post near Lelice in the Plock district. fifty five thousand roubles were stolen.
Capetown June 9 General surprise is expressed as General Botha contests the Hat Pretoria seat against Sir Percy FitzPat rick though he might have been returned unopposed elsewhere.
Prices mark down all trimmed and untrimmed hats to clear stock before season end. Jackets, costumes, blouses, skirts, and furs also reduced to accelerate clearance.
Napier report says Eustace Lane explained his use of the word pickings in his reform manifesto while seeking re election to the Hawke s Bay Land Board He cited an inducement offered to influence his stance which he refused The board accepted the explanation at today s meeting.
Mrs. Corbett of 116 Fiteroy Street Surry Hills says Laxo-Tonic Pills cured her persistent biliousness. The testimonial claims the tonic was a perfect remedy and notes sale by chemists and storekeepers.
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