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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
4
A stock sale unfolds with a 10 tomorrow event at Raknia, followed by clearing sales at Methver on Friday and at Highbank. Local buyers watch prices and quantities across the sequence of auctions.
Extermination supplies promote Red Spraying Oil for Woolly Aphis Peach Aphis and Mussel Scale with mixes for cold water. Mot and better frit claims. Sold by gallon tins and Montauk gallons at various prices. Also lists sulfur Bluestone and washing soda quantities and prices.
A catalog style notice lists prices for currants raisins figs dates prunes rice beans and dried fruits from Fletcher Bros plus chemicals and baking supplies. Items include Muscatel Sultanas Golden Sultanas French Mulled dates Haricot beans Egyptian red lentils white rice and various starches and finishes with kitchen chemicals like cream of tartar baking soda and citric acid.
The New Zealand Alliance president calls for immediate settlement of the liquor issue at the annual convention, urging tolerance and popular vote over self appointed prohibition. A March British Review article criticizes dogmatic temperance reformers and contrasts teetotalism with materialism and idealism.
The author attacks teetotalers as self serving, citing cowardice in restraint and urging readers to question loud moral claims. He argues virtue is not found in abstinence alone and condemns smug, excessive prohibition rhetoric while defending moderation and self reflection.
Owing to the death of Sir Arthur Guinness the Speaker of the House of Representatives Parliament will be opened by Commission on Thursday the 25th. The House will then elect a Speaker and His Excellency the Governor will deliver the Speech the following afternoon.
Reports indicate a government measure this session to raise Supreme Court judges’ pay from £1500 to £2000 per year and Chief Justices’ from £2000 to £2500. Other items note Bombay rainfall damage, a municipal fish mart idea, and local court remand for false pretences.
A cable from Teondon reports Prince Henry’s autumn mission to Eten. Canterbury College’s Buckland H. Broadhead earns first class honours in the Classical Tripos after second year. Frances Brewer Lysnar of Devonport is elected a Royal Geographical Society fellow, first New Zealander under new women’s by laws. Basil Thomson to succeed Melville Macnaghten at Scotland Yard. Lord Claud Hamilton to retire from Parliament, marking a half century since his 1865 election amid a period of political transition.
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