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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
4
A dramatic clearance sale offers £3500 of stock at bargain prices across coats costumes footwear millinery and dresses. With about £1500 already sold since opening £5000 stock began and two to three weeks left prices are cut further to move remaining winter goods for men women and children.
General Committee discusses subsidies bids with Sydney and Australasian papers, notes turnip blight concerns, and reports Timaru show date clashes unresolved. New members elected James Lambie George Stringfellow and JF Allen. Show preparations improve with extra auction-room accommodation.
Buyers clash over classing in fat and store sheep with concerns that mixed lots slow sales. A prominent butcher cites loss of time and inefficiency while caretaker Teppett notes practical limits and high costs of additional pens.
An advertisement extols RHEUMO as a quick permanent remedy for rheumatism gout and related ailments claiming safety and reliability. It lists prices and urges purchases from local chemists and stores.
At a General Committee meeting of the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association the small birds nuisance was discussed. Speakers urged use of poisoned wheat and traps, urged council action, and agreed to publish the poison recipe after securing it from the government analyst.
The Hon G Fowlde Minister of Public Health arrived yesterday to officially open the hot springs bath house. He noted permanent supply and strong medicinal qualities and endorsed government support for a caretaker's house and grounds beautification. He predicted a boost in tourist traffic and suggested the Tourist Department might take over the springs.
A period advertisement promotes Pepa pills as a preventive and remedy for coughs colds and throat troubles. It advises carrying a box for travel concerts and daily life and claims benefits for nursery cases and lung health. It lists distribution through chemists and stores with post options from the Pep Pastille Co. Sydney address.
An advertisement promotes Rheumo as the best remedy to cure rheumatism gout sciatica or limb pain by treating the blood. It claims thousands cured and lists price at 25 shillings and 4 pence sixpence, urging a fair trial from all stores and chemists.
Mr H W Wilson argues in the Daily Mail on Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s Hague proposals that any plan to limit fleets or expenditure faces serious flaws. He cites differing pay scales, pension treatments, and cost accounting, plus the risk of evasion and the need for an international inspectorate.
The article recounts Japan's postwar occupation of Formosa after ceding to China and details the resistance, opium policy, and monopolies. It notes guerrilla warfare, casualties, a government opium monopoly, a camphor monopoly, and efforts in education, infrastructure, and revenue. It also mentions the challenge of governing aboriginal peoples and the island's growing trade.
The text argues for a world body to audit military preparations and weaponry. It warns such a force would threaten liberty and provoke persistent friction, creating a constant danger to peace and sparking quick rebel responses by peoples and governments.
The reminiscence recalls a dinner where the narrator asked a guest if Thackeray's nose was natural or injured in an accident. The guest, Venables, reveals he once broke Thackeray’s nose in a school fight, a fact the narrator only learns after the meal.
The piece touts the L.E.G. milking machine as uniquely successful after four years of use on farms and notes rival claims by other inventors. It also promotes Kaiapoi dresses and jackets by Craighead and Berryman, plus Woods' Peppermint Cure for children’s hacking cough at night with prices.
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