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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
6
From Friday June 13 at 10 am a sale offers house blouses in silk crepe de chine and white voile, with values listed as 6s 11d to 32s. Special costume prices from 29s 6d to £7 7s 6d. Ladies navy canvas coats, raincoats, grey tweed coats, maids raincoats, colonial work jerseys, and Japanese gowns are offered in various sizes and colors with limited quantities noted.
A dense list of linen and cloth goods highlights Irish linen tablecloths pure linen and highly mercerised options from Cootis and others, bath towels, flannels, striped flannelette, flannel attributes vary by size and price, plus quilts and bath items under unprecedented bargains in a wide clothing and mercery department section with special lines.
John Orr and Co presented as The Premier Blardware Merchants offering gun repairs, key and lock lighting, weights and scales repaired adjusted and tested at the Fronmongery Store with a local phone listing 42.
Contained fragment notes a debate over health department handling during an influenza outbreak with critics accusing the Commission of prioritizing proof over public health. The commentary hints at political tension and procedural questions about responsibility.
Dr Maksilt District Health Officer contends the commission failed to grasp the complex epidemiology of last November's influenza outbreak. He notes sanitary experts' knowledge was incomplete and that virulence varied with factors beyond a single overseas organism. The report's overseas introduction theory is unsupported by data.
A District Court Martial in Palmerston North presided by Major Bosworth found Jack Ford not guilty of desertion after he failed to parade for medical examination on September 10, 1918. Ford, who volunteered in Christchurch, faced confinement and a sequence of relocations before his arrest in Napier jail. The case marks the first acquittal after years of prisoners facing court martial in the city.
A drought year yields prolific cauliflower crops around Bathurst with Oliver Gummer among the top growers. He reports 45 lb heads, 25 to 30 lb consignments, and yields over 4000 produce per acre. Plants prepared with multiple ploughings and tobacco wash enhance strength, aiding early shipments to Sydney at high prices.
A new executive formed by the Dail Beireann includes De Valera as president, Arthur Griffith, Cathal Brugha, Count Plunkett, Countess Markievicz, John MacNeill, William Cosgrove, Michael Collins, and other directors L Ginnett Li Barton and E Blythe. The cabinet blends Sinn Fein leaders and public figures with varied Irish ties and roles.
A Cameron Ashburton migrant testifies that six years ago kidney pain and backache ruined health until Doan's Backache Kidney Pills cured him. He credits relief to the pills and urges others to use them. Sold by chemists and stores at 3s per bottle, six for 16s 6d, by Foster McClellan Co. Sydney.
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