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Newspaper

Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Jun 18, 1912

Page

4

Essence of Coffee and Sundries Price List Entry

A fragmented price list itemizes items such as Essence of Coffee three bottles for, Saxon Corn Cicur twelve packets, Royal Table Salt two dozen packets or four packets, Sardines seven pound tins, Keen's Mustard quart bottles, Real Indian Chutney and Herrings in BuONOTy Sauce two tins, Virgin Gold Tobacco and Long Cut, Cleaver's Magazines Soap three cakes, Best Envelopes and Writing Tablets, Vinolia Washing compounds, Fuller's Earth Violet Powder, Catholic Tooth Powder, Playing Cards, and various sundries.

Gia Simpson Keen Nixey’s Beat Polish— & Ties Vable Kialves Willowbrook

Bacon Adventure From Ivy New Zealand

A lively promotional line touts bacon from Ivy New Zealand praised as top quality for breakfast. The fragment invites readers to try a slice.

IVY New Zealand

Daily Memoranda Auction Sales Thursday Stock Sale

Auction listing notes a stock sale at Rakaia on Thursday. Readable lines indicate assets for bidding and timing details.

Stock Sala Ab Rakaia

Hakatere Club Announces Evening Meetings and Dance Class

The Hakatere Social and Athletic Club schedules a 7:30 PM general meeting for members in the Club Rooms. In the Orange Hall a quadrille assembly dancing class is set to run tonight.

Hakatere Social and Athletic Club Orange Hall

King Coal and the Coming of Oil in an Old World Light

The piece discusses the decline of King Coal and the rise of King Oil as winter supplies and prices scrutinize New Zealand and Britain. It notes coal stock concerns, wartime and postwar dispatches, imports from New South Wales, and the potential shift to gas from coal. Insights from Sir William Ramsay on economizing coal are cited, including ideas to burn coal where it lies.

King Coal Mr Stead King Oil Newcastle Christchurch Cardiff New South Wales South America Wellington New Zealand Railway Department Dominion Ashburton England William Ramsay

Government owning coal mines could transform energy use

A proposed plan envisions extracting gas from seams to power a nationwide electricity network. Sir William Ramsay supports feasibility, and critics argue above-ground conversion and industrial towns may replace colliery villages. The piece urges government experts to study this energy salvation idea.

William Tere California Mysore India William Ramsay Stead

Magistrates Court to hear des registration cases Friday

Ashburton district residents faces Magistrate's Court on Friday next for failing to register their des. Police report raids on Peter Street premises uncover liquor with further searches at two other houses. minor offences and fines noted.

Ashburton Magistrate’s Court Peter Street

Diverse Movements and Obituaries From Dunedin and Akaroa

Mr Clifford of the Agricultural Department travels by the first express to Dunedin. John Grigg and C Reid depart for Temuka on Ashburton Dairy Company business. George Fenwick and EB G Kerr head south by the afternoon express. The Dunedin Jewish community calls Rev AL Dimond from Newcastle NSW. Mrs Barrand, former Bank of New Zealand manager at Lower Hutt, dies in Wellington. Moses Benjamin Barrington, famed actor as Henry Bonham in The Mikado, dies aged 65. Doctors report improving Millar condition in Rotorua with declining blood pressure and returning sight. Akaroa residents bid farewell to A G Seelen promoted to Methven postmaster. mayor praises his public service and charity work. a gold Albert presented to Seelen. a companion presented to Mrs Seelen.

Akaroa A.G. Seelen Methven G. Armatrong Seelen Albert

Chronic Chest Corbett Update Report

A brief health note on Chronic Chest Corbett references medical status and ongoing evaluation. It mentions patient condition and hospital discussions with care team regarding treatment options and prognosis.

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