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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 18, 1917
Page
4
The advertisement proclaims the largest lamp variety in Canterbury with stock including lamp chimneys burhers wicks shades and multiple sizes of globes. It lists night lamps hand lamps wall lamps table lamps hanging lamps hurricane lamps and prices from 1s to 17s 6d each.
In June a special discount of 2s in the pound applies to all table and dessert cutlery including knives at Johnstone's and Lockwood's and Dickson's nickel silver spoons and forks. Prices are from 17s 6d per dozen for table cutlery and 3s 6d per half dozen for spoons and forks. The goods landed after the war began, and current prices reflect land costs. stock must be reduced.
Silver plated ware promotion offers 5s in the pound and 1s in the pound off all plated items including teapots cruets jam dishes and pickle jars. Uni prices shown for small medium and large sizes with bulk tin deals and a warning to buy now before prices rise.
Experts tested seven milk substitutes as satisfactory alternatives to mother's milk for calves from birth. The substitutes were found to be cheaper and suitable to feed without additional food.
Ashburton ads promote warm overcoats in tweed and rain styles from Mens and Boys Outfitters and J Millichamp and Sons. Moore’s sale razzes prices, urges shoppers to plan for Tuesday, 19th, with emphasis on value and curbside bargains. Unique hot water bottles and winter stock highlight local retail push.
H C Percy announces a first class hairdresser LA OSCAR PAIR has joined the salon. The expert offers lady hair work and transformations and switches, previously earning high wages in New Zealand.
Second edition notes a stock sale at Tinward Yards and a series of meetings and amusements. Socials, theatre notices, and public meetings are listed for Mauyfield Hall Farewell Social His Majesty's Theatre and Theatre Royal with 8 p.m. start times.
The New South Wales Crimes Act should cut the 15 to 16 capital offences to three or four. Reforms include verdicts of first or second degree murder and judges retiring at 70. The piece argues the death penalty is often not carried out and calls for modernization of criminal procedure and broader judicial reform.
In Dunedin on June 18 Emilia Dutton was fined for using the Red Cross emblem without Defence Ministry authority in an ointment trademark. Alexander Murodch, a manufacturing chemist, was fined forty shillings plus costs for using the words Red Cross in advertisements related to Duttons ointments.
A whirlwind near Huntly on Sunday morning lifted a four roomed house occupied by J Dooley and carried it into a paddock. Dooley’s niece Miss Patterson suffered severe facial cuts and was taken to Hamilton Hospital. Dooley family escaped serious injury. A second house lost its roof and many structures were damaged. tombstones toppled in the cemetery. trees torn from the ground.
An Auckland report notes Gebson a 15 yearold harquentins scanner on the Laura drowned after being washed overboard in heavy seas. Gebson, native of Sydney, is named in the accident section of the city notice.
The Ashburton railway staff moved from the old to a new up-to-date station. The building features a 1000 foot platform and extensive lighting with 1600 candle power lamps. Plans include shifting the Cameron Street over bridge and adding a graded crossing at Wills Street, plus a new staff office at the goods shed.
In the House of Commons Mr Bonar Law outlined a government amnesty for Sinn Fein rebels as part of a new approach to Ireland. The decision aimed to ease tensions before the upcoming convention and foster goodwill between Ireland, Britain, and the Empire. MPs welcomed the move though some urged earlier action. The debate was adjourned.
London reports twenty nine Sinn Fein prisoners freed from Lewes gaol amid cheering crowds as they depart the facility. The brief field note notes the release occurred on a June day with observers present at the gates.
The Union Steam Ship Waitotara burning with copra and oils valued over £25000 was abandoned by a 40 man crew about 200 miles from land. A relief steamer is en route as a fire aboard the cargo holds is controlled. Wind and weather may allow landfall in two to three days if conditions hold.
In Ashburton it is advised that Private L A Hopkins was seriously wounded by gunfire on June 10 and is an inmate at Boulogne 83rd Hospital. Private O J Baxter of Ruapuna was killed in action on June 7. Rev W Sleep of Mayfield reports his youngest son Private T Sleep was killed in action on June 11 at 16 years old with ten months service.
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