Mail Notices Maile Close for Various Ports and Routes
Mail notices set closing times for Northern Ports Westport Fiji Honolulu United States Canada United Kingdom and Europe via Vancouver. The Rotomahana connection links with Waikare at Auckland at 6 80 pm with late free letters guard's van and express train services.
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Westport
Fiji
Honolulu
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
London
Europe
Vancouver
Waikare
Auckland
Auction at Ashburton Forka sells farm gear and stock
Commercial Mr D Thomas held a clearing sale at Mr C 3 Good Ashburton Forka on Wednesday. A large crowd attended as bids were brisk with prices realized including ploughs £1 18s 8d and £2 4s 6d, swamp plough £13, disc harrows £5 1s, set 3 loaf harrows £1 5s, Cambridge roller £13, mower £3, McCormick reapers and binders £1 5s and £3, chaff cutter £4, cattle including a black cow in profit £6 5s and roan cow £6 8s 0d, mares in foal £18 with foal £9 10s 5d, and oats sacks £1 2s 8d.
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D. Thomas
Good
Ashburton Forka
Cambridge
Shropshire
Leicester
Marriage of Charles Alexander Wright and Bertha May Gates
Charles Alexander Wright of Riversdale and Bertha May Gates of Southbridge wed at St James Church Southbridge in a June ceremony led by Rev P J Cocks. Bertha is the eldest daughter of T A Gates and granddaughter of T A Gates Ashburton. Her marriage unites two regional families. The report notes nothing further about the couple's plans.
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Kant
Smith Road
Hampstead
Mary
Alexander Kana
Samuel Wilson
Ashburton Guardian items from Ashburton County and beyond
The issue highlights local notes from Ashburton and Canterbury including a move by Rev James Skinner and family to North Otago, a 4 percent dividend from Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, farm leaflets from the Agricultural Department, and a concluding essay on Ashburton County's mineral wealth. It reports weather impacts on stock, political commentary on Mr Laurenson, an illuminated Catholic address, Chinese occupation statistics, meat branding concerns, a court injunction over the Ram-oho works sale, and electoral boundary adjustments. Also announced is a visit by Mr Banjo Strange of Strange and Co to Ashburton for tailoring orders and a Khaki bicycle two-speed gear feature.
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James Skinner
Skinner
The
Express
North Otazo
Canterbury Frozen Meat Company
Laariers Vor Farmona
Agricultural Department
Minera WraLrn
Asacumon
Ashburton
Puizk Trexurs
Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association
M. Combes
Ernest Tovey
Bothasburg
Manila
Albany
Sydney
Main
Australia
Tus “ Nationan Asg
Laurenson
Lyttelton
Natal
Aghburton
H. McSherry
Moriarty Bros
Wakanui Road
Cownie
Thomas Mitchell
Wanganui
New Zealand Lean and Mercantile Agency Company
Ramoho Freezing Works
Mitchell
Wangaraui
Wellington
Marchant
North Island Commission
T'S Westin
South Island Commission
Messrs Strange and Company of
Christchurch
Banja
Strange and Co
Sven. Mn Strange and Co
Ash- Dutton
Mir Sandrey
Eee Padande P.m
Theo Do Somethi
Ge Wbaiab
Strange
Advt
Hest and
Towne’s
Saundere
Weather and Society Notes From Allenton and Barrarm
Weather warnings of strong north east to north winds. Debating class meeting adjourned due to bad weather, will reconvene Monday at 7 80. Social at Baring Square raises funds for Bible Class furniture. 50 attendees. Barrarm’s Bust promotes Rudge-Whitworth bicycles and Peerless incubators. Local lamp deal offered by Oates Lowry & Co for a Little Dandy lamp.
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Wisteran Cuuzes
Barrie
Baring Square
Eleanor
Jule Layton
Miss Layton
Melbourne
Young Won
Mra W T Kingston
Priest
Barrarm
Anay
Britain
Rudge-Whitworth Ltd
Coventry
Hogland
B.D Johnston
Burnett Streat
Messrs Oates, Lowry and O’s
Ashburton Band Plans Deputy Master Election and Furniture Sale
Action members of the Ashburton County Brass Band are reminded that the deputy bandmaster election will be held this evening at the drill shed. A clearing sale of household furniture and effects advertised for Thursday June 19 is on account of Robert Lamb, not W. Lamb.
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Ashburton County Brass Band
H. Stephenson
Robert Lamb
W. Lamb
Memorial for fallen South Africa debated in community
Correspondence notes public efforts to erect a memorial for those who died in the South Africa conflict. A public meeting will be called at the proper time after coronation celebrations. the writer warns against rash subscriptions and urges discussion before action.
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W. J. Steward
South Africa
Mount Somers Coals seam thickness dispute
A writer requests space to repudiate excess responsibility for an article on Mount Somers Coals. He says the claimed 75 foot seam thickness was a clerical omission and later notes Mr Jan Gibson gave an exaggerated figure instead of a measurement.
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Mount Somers
Jan. Gibson
Coronation Memorial Proposal In Ashburton County
An editor letter suggests a commemorative project for King Edward VII's coronation. The plan includes a boeqansl band rotunda in Baring Square Eigat built with Mount Somers stone, flanked by Tion's heads and a circular fountain. The writer references medals and a "High School Girl" placeholder without clear details.
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Edward VII
Baring Square
Eigat
Mount Somers
Ashburton
Frozen Meat Trade Grows as Cold Preservation Industry
A short note on the expanding frozen meat trade and its economic impact. It notes exports yielding a decent sum and comments on the harshness of freezing as a practice, urging mankind to endure cold for preservation.
Proper Attention at Hatching Time in Poultry Incubation
A guide stresses minimizing opening incubator doors during hatching to prevent drafts and chick loss. It recommends the Peerless, Golden Gate, or Non Such brooders, stable 95 degree heat, thorough ventilation, clean floors, and gradual cooldown. It covers handling newly hatched chicks, brooder setup, exercise, and feeding delays to ensure strong, healthy chicks.
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Golden Gate
P. , Jacobs
Farm Poultry
Mineral Wealth of Ashburton County Prospects Rise
A special report notes Taylor's Stream Coal Company exploration on the south bank of Taylor's Stream in Alford Forest. Slippage blocked initial work, but visible coal seams near the river show potential. experts caution on true thickness and quality while highlighting nearby limestone and other coal prospects.
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Taylor's Stream Coal Company
Alford Forest
McFarlane
Mount Somers
Taylor’s
Ashburton
Mount Winterslow
Recovery of Girls Health Acknowledges Critical Period
A historical ad notes natural changes in adolescent females may disturb organs and health. It promotes Witton's Bovo Fer rum as a nerve food supplying elements to build up the system, selling at 2 shillings 6d or one shilling from Geo W Witton of Quemet Wellington.
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Daogar
Witton
Eteres
Geo
W, Witten, Ouemet
Wellington
Peace Claims and Surrenders Reported Across South Africa
June 12 dispatch notes 9310 surrenders in total with Van Zyl and Van der Merwe arriving at Vryburg to welcome peace. Kemp surrenders at Mafeking amid mixed feelings, Lord Kitchener’s approach praised. Cradock surrenders total 209 Caparebele. Cape proclamation extends surrender window with penalties for noncompliance. Transport details, tax hints for gold in the Transvaal, and further surrenders at Venstersdorp and other towns. A Corona Club dinner remarks frame the peace view. Fetherstonhaugh takes Natal command as Lyttelton moves toward Pretoria.
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Lonpor
van Zyl
van der Merwe
Vryburg
Kemp
Mafeking
Lord Kitchener
Transvaal
Cradock
Cape Colony
Oer
South Africa
London
van Teneder
van Beeren
Coromandos
Ventersdorp
Western Transvaal
Hruselo
Zoutpansberg
Chamberlain
Corona Club
Great Britain
Fetherstonhaugh
Lyttelton
Poambada
Natal
Pretoria
Arrest of Colonel Lynch Remanded by House Debate
United Press reports Colonel Lynch has been remanded. In the Commons Mr O Kelly asks about a burgher’s surrender right, and Mr Balfour says Lynch is not a burgher. Air Swift McNeill questions ministers duty to inform the House. the Speaker notes no duty but usual practice to inform. Mr Redmond gives notice on terms of surrender compared to Cane Dutch.
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United Press Association
Electric Telegraph
Loxnon
Lynch
House of Commons
O’kelly
Sir Balfour
Air Swift
John Redmond
Tornadoes Roar Across States Leaving Death and Destruction
A violent storm swept through multiple districts including Lake Park New York and Peoria Illinois causing many fatalities. It destroyed a church and nine farmhouses in Minnesota, razed thousands of acres of corn, disrupted shipping, and washed out Illinois and Iowa railways with loss of life.
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New York
Peoria
Ilinois
Iowa
Wreck of the Schooner Advance at Botany Heads
The Auckland built schooner Advance was wrecked at Botany Heads with the captain drowned. The vessel drifted ashore after missing stays in a heavy sea while leaving Botany Bay in ballast. The crew of three escaped to rocks with bruises.
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United Press Association
Electric Telegraph
Sypney
Botany Heads
Botany Bay
Wessel
Fugstrom
Legal Notices and Advertisements from Ashburton Thursday Session
Court sessions list judgments by default in several cases against J J Munro and W Whitaker for wages totaling several pounds. case adjourned to July 3 for Mrs Whitaker’s evidence. Also includes an elaborate patent medicine advertisement for Sander & Sons Eucalypti Extracts and related tonics.
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Cavil
Gabeb
R.J. Guy
J.J. Munro
William Meacem
Jean Elliott
W. Whitaker
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Ashburton County
Taylor's Stream
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Mafekings
Mr Chamberlain
America
Per Press Association
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