Seed Sale In Store For All Descriptions
A brief market item notes seed offerings for sale in the store. The message emphasizes a varied selection and accessibility for customers seeking planting supplies.
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 14, 1911
Page
4
A brief market item notes seed offerings for sale in the store. The message emphasizes a varied selection and accessibility for customers seeking planting supplies.
Advertises a suit with shirt flannel underpants boots socks collar tie hat braces included for 3 pounds 10 shillings 6 pence. Notes limited quantities at this price and lists a code 3 297.
The treatment of coughs and colds hinges on two factors. First timely realization of a cold is present. Second rapid use of effective medicine to control it.
At the New Zealand annual dinner in London’s Trocadero Hotel speakers spotlighted settlement growth and imperial cooperation. Lord Plunket and Sir Joseph Ward addressed open policy changes while Mr Fisher praised New Zealand social legislation and Australia’s potential to follow.
The Sheffield Choir gav a splendid opening concert in Sydney with Handel's Messiah performed by a 200 strong choir and organ. Standing room only as hundreds were turned away. The Herald praised the choir's expression and vocal quality as the audience reacted with great enthusiasm. Takings exceeded nine hundred pounds.
A deputation from the Evangelical Church Council urged the acting chief secretary to enforce Sunday closing laws for fruit and soft drink shops. Speakers urged a total shutdown, including trains and boats, but Mr Flowers said Cabinet will consider it. He preferred an old-fashioned Sunday and noted a bill to allow limited Sunday hours in declared areas.
A Fitzroy tragedy ends with Mrs Mia Russell and her sister Miss Ford both dead from poison. Ford died in hospital after a night of drinking. Russell had attempted suicide previously and allegedly poisoned Ford then herself. Police investigate motive linked to alcohol abuse and sisterly conflict.
A Madrid dispatch says Spain occupied Larache after Hamid Benmarek and two sons were killed a Spanish proteges. The Pretender allegedly offered Hamid life in exchange for eating the children’s flesh, which he refused before being killed. Pangier reports General Monier seized Mequinez on June 8 after seven hours of heavy fighting. French casualties were one killed and five wounded, Moorish losses said to be fifty.
London June 12 Sir Wilfrid Laurier is confined to his room with a sore throat. The Premiers are working at least seventeen hours a day. Mr Fisher receives one hundred letters and thirty callers daily. He has been made an honorary member of twenty eight clubs.
His Excellency the Governor will leave Auckland for Huntley tomorrow for a day night as far as few days shooting. On Sunday he will travel by Palmerston North express. He proceeds to Wellington by motor car on Wednesday for the Coronation celebrations. Lady Islington and companions left Auckland for Wellington by the Main Trunk train after ten weeks in Auckland.
An old advertisement touts Loasby’s Stop It cough remedy highlighting its menthol base for soothing throat irritation. It claims rapid action for coughs and colds, suitable for all ages, with prices 6d 2s 6d and 43 6d and urged to ask chemists or storekeepers to stock it.
Daily Mail reports a large petition among Hindus asking the King to direct beef supplies for India from Australia rather than local sources. Hindu leaders propose a direct tax to cover storage costs, claiming the plan would boost agriculture as plough bullock prices have doubled in recent years.
The twenty-fifth annual New Zealand Alliance convention opened in Wellington with Wesley Spragg in the chair. Nearly every electorate was represented as papers on organizing districts canvassing enrolment of voters were read. The conference aims for a great victory at the polls, with speakers including G Towles, Mrs Barton, and Rev A Dewdney.
In London on June 1 the Indian eleven faced Cambridge University. Collins the New Zealander and Mulholland added 259 for the first wicket, Collins scoring 111 to set a Cambridge record. MCC awaits a reply from the Australian Board on an English team visit this year.
Sydney reports indicate New Zealand owners will be well represented at the Randwick spring meeting with three Dominion trainers already arranging accommodation for season horses. A select committee was appointed by the Legislative Assembly to examine the operations and powers of the Australian Jockey Club in relation to horse racing.
At a London Conference on June 13 Ward pressed for an Imperial Court of Appeal. Mr Batchelor argued against combining separate final courts for the Dominions and the United Kingdom. Lord Loreburn said the government would meet Dominion preferences while preserving old forms. The motion was withdrawn as Dominions could not spare Privy Council judges.
Mrs Christiana Hooper of Melbourne Street North Adelaide reports a nine month bronchitis ordeal and says Pops pastilles cured her after medical failures. The advertisement claims instant relief and a complete recovery, promoting Pops as a remedy for coughs colds and chest troubles with prices 6d and 3s per box from The Peps Pastille Co. Sydney.
Several property listings including 5 acres with 8 rooms on Main South Road near A P Association Show Grounds and East Belt private residence sites. Also 14 acre T S 14 406 4-Acre River Terrace and Seafield Road cottages with liberal terms. shop rentals near railway, Jubilee Burnett Tancred Buildings. general sales and lettings in Alford Forest Road area.
Reports from across Canada show unprecedented demand for workers in 1920s Prairie farms and railway construction. Winnipeg Immigration Commissioner cites 4500 farm helpers awaiting placement with potential doubling soon. Rail projects seek 5,000 navvies for Grand Trunk Pacific, 5,000 for Canadian Pacific, and 7,000 for Canadian Northern. May 1 to Sept 30 policy allows entrants with assured permanent railway work despite money qualifications. Wages attract migrant workers in Britain who may settle in Canada afterward.
The Southern Cross Seniors name a starting lineup for their match with Springburn at Ashburton led by captain E Dansey and includes F Clark D McKenzie W McKenzie F Culverhouse L Luxel N Fitzgerald and T Slade with emergencies C Wannecott EB Tilley and Lindsay. The third grade also faces High School with W Patching K Dee H Culverhouse J McCormack and D Brown in the lineup and emergencies E Ede W Terris and L Hopkins.
A 19th century advert promotes Baxter's Quinine Pills as a cure for a wide range of stomach linked symptoms. It claims the pills strengthen the digestive organs and dispel ailments from appetites to headaches with a 6d price at chemists.
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