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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 14, 1916
Page
8
The London Stock Exchange reports buoyant trading and firming prices on June 12. Consols stand at £61 7s 6d, 3 percent war loan at £90 6s, and 43 percent ab, £95 19s 6d. Friday quotations show Coneda £59 5s 38d, war loans 3 percent at £83 18s 6d, and 4 percent at £25 15s.
Records were set at the Sydney wool sales with greasy Merino selling at 1s 20d and an extraordinary crossbred lot at 3s Od. The event, reported from Sydney on June 18, highlights strong demand and rising prices for premier wools.
Sydney reports an upcoming butter price increase set to take effect Thursday. A separate notice records the wool market reaching a new high with flexible scouring and rising values noted in the Sydney market as of June 14.
Wartime bonus payments for railway workers in the second division are postponed due to departmental difficulties. The scheme, effective from April 1, may see the first instalment paid next Friday fortnight as delays continue.
Four German suspects including Ernest Becker Captain Charles von Kleist Captain Otto Wolpert and Captain Kane Bade are arrested in New York on charges tied to a mid ocean bombing plot. Officials say the group conspired to destroy Allies ships using bombs and incendiary devices with ties to German diplomatic officials and interned vessels used as bases.
The New Zealand Farmers Co operative Association Ltd announces a complete clearing sale to be held tomorrow at the Nelson homestead near Winslow railway station. Items include breeding ewes with rams, ewe lambs, and three quarter bred wether lambs from the Nelson farms in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd.
Fragmentary notice discusses property placed in hands for private dealing in Canterbury. Mentions lambs and costs, with uncertainty about a better proposition. The text includes scattered figures and references to Ford’s and spending.
European Agency established 1814 located at 25 Abchweehane London i O. Official listing notes headquarters and contact details for the agency. No additional context or events provided in the fragment.
The Ashburton district firm announces a change of address and offers liberal advances to farmers with financial assistance. Represented by competent auctioneers at saleyards across the district, they invite private stock sales and farm sales, asking farmers to send particulars and give them a try at selling.
Algerian oats appear in a brief note alongside corndata and dun oats. The fragment mentions oats with Algerian identifiers and cornsacks in a sparse list.
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