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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 18, 1919
Page
7
Commencing Friday June 13 at 10 am. Prices on BLOUSES coats coats and gowns slashed. Silk voiles cottons linens and woollens offered with special lines and garments for ladies and children. Bargains in clothing and mercery departments with tempting reductions across many items.
An advertisement claims Constaining Herbs ease Rheumatism Sciatica Tombase Gout and Kidney trouble. It cites a testimonial from T J H and urges readers to buy AKEGO from chemists or stores with prices of 2s 6d 5s and 10s per bottle.
Wellington reports the Government will subsidize immigrant passages for soldiers fiancées from England, reducing costs by 26 pounds. Rates for ordinary travelers range from 39 to 83 pounds, with wives limited to officers and sergeants. Nominations go through the Immigration Department and High Commissioner. fiancés require declarations of status.
A reader rebutts a prior Guardian letter in a temperate tone, recalling settler families crossing the Nakata River in a shay cart and valuing early Christchurch and Timara Rhodestown schools. The writer refuses mudslinging and apologizes if any slur was implied, urging readers to consider ancestors and their teachers.
Friends gathered at Mr P Richards homestead Overdale to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Thos Hood and family who sold their farm and will reside in Sumner. The evening featured dancing and games arranged in the grainshed, with a silver service presented by Overdale residents and heartfelt tributes to Mr Hood who lived there all his life and was greatly esteemed.
On Friday residents of Waterton and nearby areas gathered in the Public Hall to honor Sergeant Mitchell Lancé-Corporal S Pearson and Privates G Stone Read and W Read. Attendees included Mr W J Taylor and Mr N March who presented gold inscribed medals. The soldiers spoke in thanks and the evening featured recitation by Mr P McQuilkin, dancing, music by Miss Gluyas Mrs Davidson and Mr Gluyas, with Mr J Bailey as MC and Auld Lang Syne closing the event.
Local residents at Pendarves gathered Monday night to form a Mutual Improvement Society. Meetings will be fortnightly in winter. J. Cuthbert chaired, M. Raatkin was secretary. Mrs J. Watson elected honorary president and adviser, T. Patton treasurer. Rules drafted and further business completed. Music by Mvg Reid, Miss Rankin, and E. Rankin.
Two Spaniards facing execution for the murder after hotel robbery in Rue Petit Champs were barely spared when one man confessed that Sacco helped only after the crime. The other insisted on his innocence but later died at the guillotine after refusing to reveal his name.
A local notice quotes letters praising Baxter's Lung Preserver from Elsthorpe and Haake's Bay. The writer recommends the product for year round use and mentions relief from a lung remedy anecdote. A big bottle priced at 29 is suggested.
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