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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
4
Auction notices list a clearing sale at Highbank to be held Saturday with weekly produce and poultry sales. Items include goods from Varmierg Co operative Association and Mr Henry Stephenson.
Tomorrow features include a miniature rifle range opening by the Rifle Association, Theatre Royal shows The Butterflies at 8 from His Majesty's Theatre, Waterton Hall pictures, and Library Concert. Also listed are S.M. Court at 10 and a 7.30 pm Progressive Association event with Wakanui School farewell social and Hinds Hall bachelors ball.
Poultry supplier note urges Fletcher Bros to boost egg output with items like egg "Kespers" per packet 1s goods, shell grit 14lb bags at 1s 6d, K Poultry Tonic per packet, and game and poultry products.
Exterminator ad touts red spraying oil for Woolly Aphis Peach Aphis Red Brown San Jose and Mussel Scale. Claims ready mix with cold water and promotes fruit improvement. Lists prices for 4 gallon tins 12s 6d 2 gallon tins 38 6d Montauk Gallon 35 6d Half Gallon 25 Quarts 6d Pints 1s. Sulphur 2s 6d Washing Soda Bluestone 4a per lb 12lbs for 3s 9d Wonderful Belgian Lamps Sole Agents.
An advertisement lists prices for dried fruits including currants sultanas raisins figs and dates plus Tasmanian apples and various jams from Jem manufacturers. The offer highlights bagged and tin products with per pound and per tin pricing and promotes Jem jams with brand emphasis.
A scanned price list lists white sago and tapioca with dibs for items like 10 flake or pearl tapioca, finest Japan rice in 56 lb bags, split peas and barley, haricot beans, Egyptian red lentils, white flaked rice and tapioca by packet, and various sugars. It also includes baking soda, tartaric acid, citric acid, washing soda, saltpetre, whiting, borax, and sulfur. Prices shown per unit or per pound.
The Marconi affair tests public trust in Liberal ministers and figures like Lloyd George and Sir Rufus Isaacs. Exposures of alleged inside knowledge and potential private gain shake the integrity of government. The inquiry hints at broader consequences for credibility and governance.
The text notes a dissolution of Parliament and frustration over the automatic passage of the Home Rule Bill. It suggests the outcome would mark history for an alliance between Lloyd George and the Isaacs group.
District health officer Dr. H. Finch fined for driving over a railway crossing near Washdyke as a brain approached. Burglars steal from J. T. Withers store and Good tobacconist in Manchester Street. Pa haatua magistrate convicts and fines licensee for liquor offenses. Various notes cover farming, public meetings, and local crime in New Zealand towns.
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