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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 15, 1915
Page
4
A local ad promotes MOORE overcoats and jackets for men and ladies, including double breasted overcoats and boys coats with sizes and prices. It touts all wool blankets from Ashburton County makers Kaiapoi and Roslyn Woollen Company, noting quality and relatively stable pricing despite market changes.
Latest arrivals at Fletcher Bros feature Blair's British china reproducing War Cartoons with captions like Travo Belgium and The Kaiser. Items include tumblers dishes and vases with prices from 1 shilling 3 pence to 4 shillings 9 pence and stock is limited.
Classified advertisement for Kenrick’s tinware and kettles listing sale items including 3 pints to 6 pints sauces pans with varied prices and boiler covers and kettles in multiple gallon sizes. Includes several price figures and product names.
A historic catalog excerpt lists prices for hand lamps, table lamps, lamp chimneys and burners, lamp wicks and globes, lamp shades in various materials, hurricane lanterns described as wind-resistant, and illuminators. Includes unit prices and bulk offerings.
A catalog style notice lists galvanised steel hollow-ware heavy quality including baths buckets washups and spoons with assorted sizes and prices. It also advertises New Zealand sugar of milk manufactured at Edendale Southland with price details and a claim of superior quality by Dr Trudy King.
Stock sale at Rakaia threatened by auction notices indicates a clearing sale planned for Lyndhurst tomorrow with potential disruption at the Rakaia site.
The piece surveys American views on President Wilson and Germany after the Lusitania atrocity, noting press interpretations of a conciliatory policy versus a stronger stance. It contrasts U S and British reactions, cites German press, and mentions related political and war-time items from New Zealand and Britain, including economic and social notes.
Advertises Buick automobiles sold in Dominion with claims of power reliability and economy. Notes history of 100000 mile test, government and Red Cross usage, and insistence that Buick cars are factory assembled not assembled from parts. Details dealer R D Johnston Astiburion and price for SLEATER and EATER models with Delco lighting.
The W Z Automobiles Limited lists its address at Oxford Terrace Christchurch. The brief notice confirms dealership location and corporate name for the reader.
Nelson Press Association telegram reports Wirkpatrick's jam factory will shut next week for a period due to sugar shortages. A large number of lands are affected.
Wellington telegram reports Mr James Coates former general manager of the National Bank of New Zealand has been elected a director of the bank. Borough School Committee approves motion of sympathy for the families of Privates T G Hayes and W G Patching, old pupils who fell at the Dardanelles.
The Guardian correspondent reports about five inches of snow on Sunday and three more inches on Monday night at Methven. A major snow event followed a rapid barometer fall to 98. iva degrees on Saturday. A gale and rain preceded heavy snowfall with 3 inches on Sunday.
Wellington reports the death of 63 year old actor Thomas Henry Gibson Hall after his car struck a telegraph post while stationary and he was found slumped at the wheel. Pedestrians alerted doctors but he died at the scene.
The Commodities Commission refused the bakers' application to increase the price of bread from 3 4d to 4 3d, reported in Sydney on June 18. No final decision details provided.
The Northern Districts butter producers ask the Commodities Board to raise the price by at least 6d per pound, arguing current fixed price leaves farmers earning below union rates.
Athens June 14 partial results show M Venizelos leading with supporters winning 200 seats and a probable majority. The tally signals a strong coalition advantage and a decisive shift in the Athens election landscape.
An official German communique states two large French assaults on the Thorette heights were driven back with heavy losses. The report emphasizes strong formations and continued German resistance amid ongoing action.
Berlin dispatch reports General Mackensen on a 70 kilometre front northwest of Mocziska advanced and stormed enemy positions along the line on Sunday capturing 16 000 prisoners.
In Sydney on June 15 the Chrisinder of Manufacturers resolved to advise employers to give preference of employment to returned soldiers wherever possible.
In London and Glasgow reports detail the trial of Robert Irvingdale and Henry Wilson of Jacks and Company iron merchants. They are accused of selling Krupps 7500 tons of iron ore stored at Rotterdam in August. Bonar Taw, once a partner in Jacks and Company, was noted in connection with the case.
London dispatch reports a submarine sinking the steamer Hope Mount near Newcaslip with the captain and three crew wounded by shells. It also sank the French schooner Diamant off Pentien. the crew were saved. The submarine appeared behind a steamer and then returned to the shelter of the steamer.
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