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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
1
Market report for week ending Friday June 1909 notes busy grain shipments from local stores. Wheat sold for shipment to the United Kingdom with unchanged prices and low inquiry. Oats and other grains show weak demand and prices largely unchanged with modest auction-like quotes on tracks.
An advertorial piece promotes Warner's Safe Pills as a gentle regulator for constipation. It links bowel health to overall well being, describes dosing guidance, and notes the product stimulates bile flow rather than acting as a drastic laxative. It cites availability through chemists and stores with pricing and Melbourne company details.
The Christchurch grain market report from June 11 says Auckland telegraph rumors of Australian buyers and looming wheat famine are unfounded. Exportable surplus remains with farmers holding most stock. end May shipments total 156,463 sacks. Oats, ryegrass, Italian seed prices shift with London values as millers stay well stocked. Potatoes and onions show little activity with prices around £3 10s per ton at stations.
London June 11 Four thousand actors in the Church Pageant at Tulham Palace opened yesterday with an expected audience of eighty thousand. Harry Boulter a tailor's cutter was sentenced to a month for blasphemy after a trial at the Old Bailey. The War Office invites tenders for sixty eight six thousand pounds of tinned meat for January and February delivery. In Constantinople the Porte asks Powers to consider postponing Crete evacuation. In Marion Ohio police found documents showing over a hundred Italian businessmen were blackmailed by the Black Hand. Jima and seven others were arrested.
In London on June 11 the Finance Bill's second reading passed 866 to 209 after a sharp exchange with Bal four and a brisk reply from Asquith. Sixty two Nationalists supported the minority. The Lord Mayor of Dublin and city officials protested at the Bar. Four hundred Unionist amendments were filed and more expected. The Daily Telegraph notes Liberal fears over the land tax. Official advisers argue the land proposals are impracticable and unworkable.
A medical writer endorses Bile Beans for constipation claiming organs fail without relief and noting headaches and digestion improve. Mrs Jane Spriggs of Great Tin Street Dunedin reports lasting benefit after twelve months of use with resultant headache relief and diabetes in the mouth disappearing. Bile Beans priced at 1s 1d and 2s 9d per box from chemists and stores in New Era.
At the Shipwrights Company dinner in London on June 10 Mr McKenna First Lord of the Admiralty warned Britain lacks a large army behind the navy. He argued the navy can harm others but must avoid injuring global commerce and urged securing the ocean highway for Britain and partners.
Exposing four to six guineas for tailor made suits, the article promotes George Davies who offers made to measure suits for men from £2 10s to £3 0s on a cash basis. It claims major savings of about £2 per suit and better fit and style, with Ashburton branch at the Arcade inviting inspections of materials and prices.
Coldstream Road Board met at Lowcliffe with M G Rich as chairman. They agreed to appoint a supervisor for Hinds Cemetery and advertise the position. A lease was granted to H Balmer for Reserve 1447 for three years. W McKeage proposed a rate of three sixteenths of a penny in the pound from April 1 1909 to March 31 1910. Sundry road repairs were noted and the clerk tasked to survey the district. Accounts of 30 135 were approved and the meeting adjourned.
A Christchurch notice urges inventors not to draft their own patent specifications. It warns that self drafting often leads to costly litigation and patent loss. It recommends hiring a trained patent agent, highlighting Henry Hughes firm at 183 Hereford Street, Christchurch, as a leading local option.
A historical advertisement offers loans against freshold securities with current rates. Easy repayment terms are arranged. Maude and Harman operate from Burnst?y Street Ashburton with representative x Rennedy, solicitor.
Perry Perry and Kinnerney solicitors Timaru Geraldine Temuka advertise freehold securities including approved second mortgages at lowest current rates with principal repayable by instalments if desired.
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