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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
7
A historic directory describes London and suburbs with listings of export merchants and their goods for ship outbound trade. It outlines steam liners, provincial trade notices, and markets in the United Kingdom seeking agencies, with price details for copies and advertising spaces.
At the Butter Factories Conference in Sydney the Minister for Customs should restore butter moisture to 16 per cent to curb adulteration without harming quality. A Waikoikoi oat yield report notes 180 to 140 bushels per acre from Gartons. A steer with heart in its neck is shown at the Hawera Dairy Show. A Wairarapa farmer reports £18 per cow and £3 per pig. Cattle feeding on mangolds doubles September milk. Canterbury now few large sheep runs. Dunedin Show notes shifts in sheep breeding. Buxton discusses grain sacks and branding with Australia. NZ accepts different standards. Predictions from John Crooke on wool, mutton, and NZ loss of merino growth.
A. Macpherson reports on mangels at Belfast co operative plots showing extensive leaf damage by a small dipterous larva. Silver beet also affected though less severely. soil is heavy clay loam with prior grass, crops and inter cultivation noted. Phytomyza species suspected. specimens sent to government entomologist Froggatt but destroyed before examination. Sheep will graze affected plots to remove leaves.
A letter to the editor complains that railway authorities delay trains during races in Christchurch Ashburton and Tinwald causing inconvenience. Travellers miss mail and papers and wait long at stations while the author argues against gambling tied to licensed faciliator machines and urges community action.
Leader W S Massey argues for closer settlement and security of tenure, decrying renewables leasehold as a burden on the poor. He urges freehold access, smallholdings, and homestead-style development to unlock northern land and boost fruit potential, with natives to work land on equal terms.
A 19th century persuasive piece recounts Dr Gordon Stables warning mothers about quick relief for children’s colds to prevent chest complications. It advocates Pep tablets as safe home treatment and cautions against unsafe remedies and sedative dismissals.
The Full Court at Hobart overstated the accused Smythe and Blanton for alleged post office robbery. It held letters to Tattersall's were Postmaster General property and protected. Smythe got three years, Blanton eighteen months after jury mercy. Smythe claimed innocence in a heated address to the judge.
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