Prices Rise As War Shocks Hit Imported Goods
Fletcher Bros lists postwar price adjustments on currants sultanas raisins and many dried fruits spices essences and household goods. Highlights include sugar tea and baking needs with bulk bag prices and a note that discounts apply with each purchase. The notice warns of ongoing war related shortages and encourages buyers to stock winter requirements.
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Loz
Foster
Lifehuey
Hudson's Extract
S. d. Brown Windsor
Castille Loan
S. d. Apex
Price
Greatest Drapery Sale Ends Saturday in Ashburton
Last week of sale for Mitchel1 and Turner s assigned stock closes on Saturday June 17 1916. Remember Saturday marks the closing day of the greatest sale of high class drapery with bargains across ladies wear hats trimmings dresses ribbons men's wear boots and shoes Manchester goods. A special effort will clear the balance before 9 pm. Don t put it off or you may be sorry.
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Ashburton
Auction Sales Listing at Tinwald Yards and Theatres
Auction sales announced for tomorrow at Tinwald Yards with amusements and pictures at His Majesty's Theatre plus a high school assembly hall lecture. Municipal chambers and borough council venues listed for events including social items and White's Cranavy offerings.
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Muncipal
Borough Council
His Majesty’s Theatre
His Majesty'a
White
S. Cranavy
Public Opinion Divided Over Borough School Site
The Ashburton Guardian reports near unanimity that the present Borough School site is unsuitable due to crowding and traffic. A proposed alternative near the Infant School offers space but risks low-lying ground and costly preparations, while preservation of the Domain as public park is urged.
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Education Board
Domini
Cash Coupon Offer Promises Cash Redemption
A vintage advertisement promises customers four cash coupons with every purchase large or small. Coupons are redeemable anytime except Saturday afternoons, and the buyer is told they are entitled to cash value rather than goods. The tone reflects early 20th century consumer discount messaging.
Buick Six car headline jumble
Fragmentary OCR text shows repeated phrases about Buick Six with conflicting wording, offering no clear event, person, place, or date to summarize into a coherent news item.
Some Chemists Use Inferior Substitutes Claims
A city chemist refused to stock Dr Wilson's Rezenchtor, offering a cheaper inferior substitute that damaged customer trust. The article salutes progressive chemists recommending Dr Wilson's Regenerator for gray hair, calling it reliable and safe. Products are tied to Ashburton and local merchants including Percy, Hairdress your Andrew Tes and Co, at 85 6d per bottle.
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Wilson
Ashburton
Percy
Andrew Tes and Co
Woods' Great Peppermint Cure Promises Quick Relief
An old ad touts Woods' Great Peppermint Cure claiming fast relief from colds and coughs with its pot cord formula. The wording markets the product as a universal remedy, urging readers to try it for immediate benefits.
Ashburton District News Roundup From Coal Exports to Raids
The Greymouth telegram notes coal exports near 16 000 tons last week, regional tempers rise over debt and sheep supply, and a police raid on a residence targets alleged liquor vending. Agricultural votes fund experiments in pumice lands and drift sands. Refugee aid from Mrs Burgess reaches Belgium, and the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District boundaries are defined. Winter Shaw attendance rises to 103 18s 6d. art union tickets boost receipts. A motorist inquiry for a garage leads to an awkward badge sale scene at a charity corner.
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Canterbury
Marlborough
Westland, Grey
Ashburton
Westland
Shaw
Art Union
Agricultural Department
Ion
Ashburton Family Receives News Of Wounded Son
Private Stewart Gordon McCallum, son of Art and Ms Ry AfeCallum, Ashburton, was admitted to a military hospital suffering wounds to his face arm and hand. Red Cross members saw Mrs E Y Stephenson depart for Watton on Thames with farewells as they donate £25 to fund two beds at the hospital and supervise expenditure.
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Art
Ry AfeCallum
Ashburton
Stewart
Gordon McCallum
Red Cross Society
E.Y
Stephenson
New Zealand Soldiers Hospital
Watton-on Thames
The
Weather Report Forecast For The Domain Region
The weather continues fine and warm with a variable wind. Sunday and yesterday recorded a maximum of 61 degrees in the shade at the Domain weather station. Forecaster predicts variable to strong breezes with possible rain and snow in the high country.
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Domain Weather Station
Woods' Great Peppermint Cure Promoted for Coughs
Advertisement claims Woods' Great Peppermint Cure relieves bronchial coughs and is recommended for winter chest complaints. It touts freshness and soothing effects as a remedy for persistent coughs.
Sailors Help Liverpool Fund Drive Raises Funds
Workers aiding the Lady Liverpool Fund and Red Cross Society collected for sailors dependents on Saturday. Christchurch express travelers helped. country visitors contributed half-crowns. Total sum reached 271 pounds 10 shillings 1d with £33 4s 1d by Mesdames T and J Smith at Chertsey and £418 from Chertsey schoolchildren.
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Lady ‘Liverpool Fund
Red Cross ‘Society
Christchurch
Mesdames
J. Smith
Cherteey
Chertsey
Jutland Widows and Orphans Fund Posted in Feilding
The Feilding collection raised a total of £1000 for widows and orphans of men lost in the Jutland naval battle. The appeal noted street and other collections conducted yesterday. The report credits the efforts to local supporters and the Press Association.
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Heilding
Street
Esterday
Jutland
Budget Interview with Sir Joseph Ward
The interview notes Ward’s confidence in passing war profit legislation. He says Parliament will consider taxing measures after the Budget debate, and that the machinery to implement proposals would be provided.
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Sir Joseph Ward
Farmers Tax Burden Called Unfair in Parliament
In the House MPs debated ministers replies on taxation with Mr Nosworthy criticizing the system as unfair to farmers. He cited a Hawke’s Bay settler losing £700 in drought yet paying £210 income tax without full interest deduction and noted rising overdrafts since the war. The debate touched on revising the tax system after the war.
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House of Representatives
Nosworthy
Hawke's Bay
Vehi
Yiaid
Ashburton
Ballance
S & Time
Seddon
Massey
Gramophone offers world artists at home with affordable phonographs
Burnett Street dealer H. P. Evans advertises gramophones and phonographs from 4 10s to 74, plus a selection of records. Second hand motor cars, including Ford Touring and Runabouts, are offered at moderate prices with thorough overhauls and six month guarantees. Burers should inspect these cars this week.
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Browehit
Gramaphone
H. PP. Evans
Burnett
Street
Garson
Ashburton
Ford’ Agency
Ford
Thesa
Ireland Negotiations Stir Ulster Split and Orange Stance
London reports a grave hitch in Irish negotiations. The Ulster counties’ exclusion is deemed impossible by the Ulster Press. Nationalists resist permanent partition while the Orange Lodge avoids actions harming government during a critical period.
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London
Dublin
Times
Ulster Press
Ulster
Tigt
Pryest
Grand Orange Lodge
Jigs Fenda
Musorder
Mornings Post
M Mond
Subversive Claims Debated in Presidential Platform
The article notes condemnation of Amiericing as subversive and calls for American unity and sovereignty. It references Wilson Administration platform and mentions Roosevelt Perkins, Republican leaders, and discussions of aligning with Judge Hughes amid bipartisan signals.
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Platt
Wilson
Thaititat Ddoetel
Roosevelt
Perkins
German View Attacks on Neutrality Spark Debate
Fragmentary notes show a debate over Wilson and his stance on neutrality. References to Azeri neutrality and charges of hypocrisy appear, with critics labeling the policy as false and in opposition to Allied aims.
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Ogee Serdar
Wilson’s
General Botha Requiem Sparks Censorship Debate
A London report notes General Botha's movement to suppress a film titled The Dop Doctor claimed to depict the Boers as cheats and immoral. The secretive prohibition raises concerns about censorship and moral standards in wartime media.
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London
Botha
An. Delanis
Local court records show multiple drunken and property charges
Fragmentary report indicates defendants including Gore and Beattie faced drunkenness in the street while others such as Fletcher and Davis were linked to property damage and armed threats. Some charges appear connected to night-time disturbances and intent to commit harm, with verdicts or dispositions not fully clear in the text.
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Gore
Joseph Ajex
Beattie
John“ Fletcher
Peattie
Covith
Stora
Davis
Fegard
Cami
Privet
Fletcherbrol
Bletcher
Swale
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