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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
2
A sale listing highlights non inflammable Edro fabrics from Horrocks with flannelette blousings and velveteens for children's dresses. It features Browns and Navy priced at 1/9 to 12/6, plus ladies tweed costumes coat and skirt at 12/8. Eiderdown quilts in multiple patterns priced 20/8 to 50/6 each.
June 17 Christchurch reports a full Canterbury Provincial Council meeting of the Licensed Trade. Resolutions oppose any licensing reduction and urge a three fifths majority for prohibition, with a delay clause and restoration for no-license districts. Messages go to the National Defence Council and Parliament members for Canterbury.
Wellington reports that Germany plans to send two trade commissioners to Australasia in early September with offices in Wellington Auckland and Australia. One will stay in Wellington and the other in Australia, with a branch to be opened in Auckland. They will oversee a £25,000 advertising budget funded by German firms subsidised by the German Government under Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Storry and Boag were re elected to the Lyttelton Harbour Board. Presbyterians in Sumner plan a church after 18 months of Sunday services. A committee considers a new superannuation scheme for Christchurch Tramway employees. Christchurch seeks a motor car tax measure by H P Bell. Canon Thomas Albert Hamilton ordained at Christchurch Cathedral. Taxi cab incident under police inquiry with a young accomplice missing. Canterbury Farmers Union and trade unions discuss united action on the cost of living and distribution.
After sixty years since her first Clyde launch the Stormbird trader returns from annual overhaul in Wellington June 1916. Believed oldest steamship in service the Stormbird helped tender to two liners for the Melbourne Panama project and later served Melbourne Westport and New Zealand coastal routes.
The ad promotes Peps as a safe, drug-free remedy to prevent colds and chest infections. It claims Peps ease tickling coughs, sore throats, bronchitis, asthma, influenza coughs, whooping cough, and croup, suitable for children and adults alike. It recommends carrying a box in public places and at home.
In a Magistrate's Court session a judge described race meeting betting slips found on two bookmaker suspects. Prominent men and women, many wealthy, were identified by names or initials on slips. Subpoenas will compel these society figures to appear as authorities note the practice of recording wagers with no cash at betting time.
A Wellington mother praises Baxter's Tang Preserver as a reliable remedy to prevent colds and fits it as a season long supply. She notes many friends also use it and find it satisfactory and recommends a 1s 10d bottle lasting a whole season.
An old advertisement extols BONSLE DOON TOBACCO with homely aroma. It invites readers to try the product and promotes Henry Hughes’s “Advice to Inventors” and a free bagk guide. It directs readers to contact Henry Hughes Ltd in Christchurch for more information.
A note from Ashburton lists almost ten years of building experience, suggesting a skilled trades background and practical expertise in construction methods and project management.
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