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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
3
The grain market is dull with little business this week. Velvet wheat sold at 4s d and Tuscan at 45 2d, Timaru delivery reported. Millers await wheat at ds to trigger buying as prices recede, while oats and potatoes remain slack. North Island shows moderate demand for good table varieties at £3 10s to £4 per ton, with £3 15s common.
Strong attendance at the weekly Farmers Cooperative Association sale. Large entry and good clearance across poultry pigs produce fruits and meat categories with prices including hens roosters pigs potatoes apples quinces pears beef and mutton among others.
Messrs H. Matson and Co. offered a quantity of furniture and a number of bicycles at the Arcade and all were disposed of at fair market rates.
Mr H Stephenson reports strong attendance at his weekly sale with a large, varied entry. Prices ranged from poultry to meat with brisk bidding including hens at 1s to 2s 6d, pigs to 38s, a gelding at £2 10s, and a horse trap and harness at £8 10s.
Mr H Stephenson offered leases of multiple County Council reserves at his Havelock street rooms. Properties sold include BR 34 147 Spreadeagle 32 acres to H Muirhead at 2s 7d per acre and R 2820 Carew 20 acres to A Bowell at 1s per acre among others. Leases run fourteen years.
Reports from Auckland Napier Hastings and Dunedin detail several fatal and serious accidents. In Auckland a worker was killed when an auxiliary-derrick crashed through a skylight and pierced him. In Napier an inquest into a fall on a collier found death due to the fall though hatch order contributed. Hastings notes a drowning of a European man known as Bob after his boat capsized. In Dunedin a harbour staff member was badly crushed by a pump on the Kai Tangata and was hospitalised in serious condition.
William Mathews 34 describes himself as a chemist and pleaded guilty to making a false declaration to the Registrar of Marriages. His first wife is still alive. He was remanded to the Supreme Court for sentence. He admitted bigamy and said he was drunk at the time.
In Dunedin on June 20 the Health Department condemned two thousand four hundred tins of British Columbian salmon seized earlier this week. The tins were destroyed within hours of seizure to remove a potentially unsafe product from the market.
Dr Chapple convened a meeting at Clyde to form an Irrigation League aimed at irrigating the Otago Central district. He scheduled another gathering at Alexandra on Monday night to continue the discussion.
The Racing Conference Appeal Board, chaired by Hon J D Ormond with F Logan and W J Bidwell, heard Hector Gray’s appeal against a two year ban from the Auckland Trotting Club. The board dismissed the appeal and upheld the disqualification.
A small wood turning factory at 30 Tham street belonging to Mr H Smith was destroyed by fire tonight. Machinery and stock were insured for 150 pounds, and the building owned by Waller and Son timber merchants was insured for 100 pounds.
Beautiful weather and large crowds greet the Nelson game with visiting team welcomed by the Mayor. At half time the score reads Britain 12 Nelson Marlborough Nil with Nelson leading 12 to 0.
Perth report says two pearl fishers from Onslow bid Rs security of 8000 pounds for pearls hidden in old clothes inside a portmanteau. The portmanteau was stolen and authorities believe the theft occurred for the sake of the clothes alone.
The Moeraki chief steward was prosecuted for selling wine to two passengers after mooring. Defence argued the ship was on a foreign register.
For sale a range of small plots and cottages in Trevarton Tinwald North Ragt Belt Allenton and Cameron Street West with 1 to 14 acres and various dwellings. Prices from £160 to £220 and very low rates, with contact offered for details and further suburban properties.
Residents of the district bid farewell to Mr Mrs and Miss Irvine as they depart for Christchurch. A committee chaired by Mr McGoun led a program of solos songs and recitations by local students and guests. Mr Blair praised the Irvines and presented a clock and a book to Master Bartholomew Irvine. Supper followed and dancing lasted several hours with thanks to performers and helpers.
An open lodge gathering in Wakanui chaired by Bro. 4 Patterick drew a large crowd. Rev. G B Inglis spoke on liquor traffic and public demand for abolition, with songs recitals and a dramatic dialogue from Ashburton members. A Dunedin gas price cut and Sydney fundraising were noted.
Classified notices advertise a mall shop with dwelling on Main South Road Timgald and premises in Saunders Buildings formerly used by Mr Rowbotham. Also listed are a 7 room dwelling with outbuildings in Camera Street and a cottage with 3 acres at Belt Road Hampstead. For sale a 1 acre lot on Tancred Street with a cottage, plus several town and suburban building sites in Cox Cass Dobson Terrace Oxford Bracefield and Tinwald areas with full particulars from T Bullock.
A note states six hundred pounds sterling are to be placed in trust funds for investment on a fixed mortgage. The document mentions the amount and purpose but lacks additional specifics about parties or terms.
Pees offers state Terme for road work with two approved heroes and tools for six months. Written tenders due by 1 pm Monday July 6 to the Anama Road Board Chairman or delivered to the Boardroom Eekeao.
The second team for Short hand Book-keeping Commercial Arithmetic Inglish and Dressmaking stalls on 22 June. Copies of the time-table will be sent on application to J McLeod Secretary.
A notice for a July 2 event at Ko Central Mission Hall lists an afternoon and evening program, luncheon and tea, plus a concert. It mentions Roxie Tea Coupons with eightysix cash prizes valued at 55, half-yearly, plus twenty five pounds prize. The text includes references to a June 7 closing for the GyOZIE Tea Competition and various quirky fragments about agents and a London Bridge distribution.
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