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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
2
The June 17 report shows wheat afloat for the United Kingdom at 3,380,000 quarters and for the Continent at 1,495,000 quarters.
Prices listed for flour oats barley peas and potatoes in diverse regions with units in pounds shillings pence and dollars. Entries include Tasmanian Algerian Cape Prussian Blue and Victorian markets with June 18 listings and nominal wheat values.
At Burnside Market on June 18, 172 cattle were yarded with prices firm versus last week. Best bullocks 10 to 11 pounds, cows and heifers 6 10s to 5 25 6d, lambs 9s 6d to 11s, ewes up to 19s 6d. Sheep totals included 2963 surge, boat wethers 6s to 17s 6d, lambe 669 yarded with slight declines, and 132 Pros penned with fair demand and rising selling prices praised for vendors.
At Addington market today a large fat cattle yarding saw prices ease. Beef 19s to 24s per 100 lbs. prime steers £9 to £21. cows £8 to £9 1s 6d. Ewes and wethers declined 1s 6d to 2s per head, quality uneven. prime heavy wethers 18s 7d to 20s 4d. Fat lambs scarce. freezing stock 16s to 18s 6d. Baconers weaker. stores and lighter stock down. Overall sale fair but lines withdrawn amid London news.
The sale of Mr F. E. Dalgety’s Danebury Mt Mayfield comprising 3074 acres was made to Mr James Apatin of Winchester at £5 83 per acre. The New Zealand Warmers’ association notes the sale of Mr George Mor ge’s Baxford Estate containing 3760 acres to Mr Robert Mulligan Kyle at a satisfactory price.
A returned trooper details how blockhouses were built in South Africa by about a hundred natives under eighteen engineers in a day. The fortified circles with two iron fences, trench, bulletproof mound, loopholed upper structure, and a Maxim opening formed a network linked by barbed wire. Five guards per blockhouse guard the fences, and bells ring when touched. Only one in six will be maintained, making barbed wire and old iron cheap in the Orange and Transvaal.
Mr John Deans of Riccarton, a well known Canterbury figure, died this morning aged 48. The local column notes weather, church heating work, band matters, debates, and various community notices alongside the obituary.
Local racing club to hold annual meeting at the Tinwald Hotel on Saturday. Reports cover club activities and member notices, with community updates on local schools and civic events.
Yesterday marked Waterloo's 87th anniversary as local schools form a sewing guild to craft cadet uniforms free of charge. Timaru Poultry Society reports a record 260 entries this year. Painter John Wilson decorates for Coronation festivities while Seafield Band of Hope plans a meeting. Local committees prepare Coronation events at 7 30 PM. R Alcorn promotes Coronation wear and goods at special prices. Selwyn County Council cites road board approvals for a small birds nuisance tax. Town Clerk warns removal of Somerset Hotel triggers street closures from Burnett to Tancred starting 19th to 21st inst.
The Bishop of Christchurch issues a diocesan appeal urging clergy to hold coronation services on Thursday June 26 in principal churches. The letter stresses the ceremony as a spiritual consecration of the Empire with the King’s oath to govern under law and church establishment, followed by the Queen’s anointing.
Trooper Reginald Pocock of the Ashburton Highth Contingent recounts a near miss in the Machavie railway disaster dated Merksdorp May 4. He stood up to warn fellow passengers, leapt free just before collision, while fifteen in the truck died and ten were badly wounded.
A drunkenness case resulted in conviction and discharge on condition the offender leaves town at once. Dog licenses were pursued against W. Douglas G. W. Leadhey and Henry Davison, each fined 5s and costs. Halfenstein Bros. v James Heasley, claim AL 18s 9d, judgment for plaintiff by default.
The Highbank School Committee met June 14 with J Driscoll chairing. They approved minutes, discussed Education Board correspondence, and a £5 grant for Coronation celebrations. Relief mistress arranged for July, a fortnight holiday plus Coronation week granted, and July 12 set for next meeting. Choir social held on June 10 with games and a late finish.
Reports from Auckland, Suva and Dunedin show clergymen split over coronation religious observances while ships Manapuri Wanaka Vyladas Hauroti Miowera updates and a Fiji quake share space. NZ mortgage dividend, a death, railway engine views, hotel closure talks, and a hospital bequest close the section.
Annual meeting notes cash balance 878 in general account after transferring 430 to investments. Assets exceed liabilities by 8135, building fund 2384, aim to replace wooden building with fireproof brick under government grant. Colony blind population rose from about 300 to over 460. four inmates. Last year manufactured goods valued at 760 with 537 spent on trade material and plant, profit 322.
Heavy stock and sheep perished in Cape Colony amid unprecedented cold. Nine hundred ninety smallpox cases fill hospitals with only about a dozen new daily infections. The King's College council votes to abolish religious tests except for divinity positions. Sydenham railway accident costs £18600 in damages. Federal borrowing faces strong House opposition to a £1,000,000 loan.
Mr Seddon praised New Zealand’s prosperity and stability at a London dinner, touting low crime and poverty, and urging preferential trade with Britain. He cited rising American exports to New Zealand, claimed gains would strengthen the Empire, and noted the December resolution as a generous offer.
Sir John Colomb, a naval authority, spoke at the London Chamber of Commerce on war time trade. He warned war would hit Indian and colonial trade more than home trade due to ships’ routes. He urged private enterprise to expand speed and capacity, and for steamship lines to be maintained with armaments and crews in war. He called for oceanic Empire citizens to support sea security for economic survival.
The Speaker announced in the House of Commons the arrest of Mr McHugh M P for North Leitrim proprietor and editor of the Sligo Champion on a charge of criminal conspiracy and intimidation. Nationalists cried Corruption, Coercion.
The Queen praises the First Army Corps troupe while the Duke of Connaught notes the Indian Princes banquet. The Prince and Princess of Wales will soon visit India, with references to George Washington and the Independence War. A health remedy claim is also noted in verse.
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