Suit and shirt set offered at limited price
An advertisement offers a complete suit with shirt, underwear, boots, belt, braces, hat for 3 pounds and 6 pence. A note promises limited stock at this price and includes the numbers 3 227.
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
4
An advertisement offers a complete suit with shirt, underwear, boots, belt, braces, hat for 3 pounds and 6 pence. A note promises limited stock at this price and includes the numbers 3 227.
The text stresses two key factors for successful treatment: recognizing that one has a cold or cough and promptly using the correct medicine to control it. It emphasizes early awareness and appropriate remedy choice.
Ashburton Borough Council held an ordinary meeting with the Mayor presiding and nine councillors present. Reports on finances, licenses, by laws for vehicle drivers, drainage issues, channelling requests, and a flood relief plan were discussed. a stone crusher proposal from Booth and McDonald was approved. several building permits and fire brigade matters were reviewed. the Domain and Cemetery boards met and adjourned after routine accounts and a Coronation shrub gift offer.
An Ashburton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board meeting lacked a quorum with only three members present. They granted one charitable aid applicant, noted a £1606 18s 6d credit balance, discussed fever ward staffing, renewals, and tended oat sheaves, paddocks, and mangolds, with plans for a sanatorium set aside for next meeting.
A June 12 1911 letter from G B Nicholls of Dunedin and J F King of Invercargill argues no license is a step toward prohibition in Ashburton New Zealand. They claim improved public order reduced casual drinking and crime and stronger business.
Ashburton County Rugby Union met last night with chairman W G Roberts and members including Rev E White and J Trevor-Phoman. They discussed a default by Springburn on a June 8 match, debated penalties, and debated disqualification notices. A motion to remit the fine due to exceptional difficulties was carried.
Christchurch June 12. Press Association report on defalcations at the Public Trust Office local branch states only staff member A. W. Tronside is implicated, arrested, and to appear at the Magistrate's Court tomorrow. District Manager M. C. Barnett says no other staff member is involved.
Twenty three players and two managers depart Auckland for Sydney ahead of Coronation Day. They will face New South Wales in the opening game while Southern Cross Juniors and Old Boys prepare for Thursday matches against Queensland Boys and Southern Juniors respectively, with named lineups listed for both fixtures.
The newly formed Anti Rent League in Rome empties many houses and likely forces a tariff reduction. Thousands sleep outdoors in streets huts caves and outside the city walls, wherever they can find shelter as the housing crisis grows.
The Mount Somers Road Board met on the 5th to elect Sharplin as chairman and approve grants for back country roads. They planned tenders for Mesopotamia Street, Potts River to Stromschrabie, and Carney's Road works, plus river fords and patching between Morrison’s Corner and Goldsmith's Corner.
A store wheat batch from coast farms tested positive for a mischievous disease called car cockle or purples caused by an eel worm, an issue not observed locally before.
In London from the Press Association Skeet an Australian ran 104 yards in lid Seec and captured the quarter mile in 52 25 sec at St Thomas's Hospital sports in Chiswick. Also reports Goulding defeats Lamar at Toronto World's Mile Walking Championship in 6 min 32 sec and Foster wins five miles novices cross country in 38 min 81 sec in Sydney.
In Polo at New York America defeats England by 44 to 34 with 24000 in attendance. Brillant play noted though critics say British lack merits and American mounts are strongest.
A Victorian advertisement extols Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills and Comstock's Nerve and Bone Liniment for rheumatism, claiming restoration of joint suppleness and relief of pain. A testimonial from Miss King of Foxton New Zealand describes dramatic improvement after four bottles, with sale details and price 2s 6d per bottle by W H Comstock & Co Wellington.
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