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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
4
Poultry keepers are advised to increase egg production with Singer's Egg Producer, Shell Grip idle bags, Poultry Tonic, Game and Poultry Food items listed with local pricing in pence and shillings. The notice emphasizes stock up and feed quality to sustain egg yields.
An advert notes Red Spraying Oil as a premier treatment for Woolly Aphis Peach Aphis Red Brown Bon Jose and Mussel Scale with dilutable mixes. It lists price tiers for 4 gallon tins and smaller containers plus Sulphur Washing Soda Bluestone and lamp options from Fletcher Bros sole agents.
A historical price list from Fletcher Bros featuring dried fruits Raisins Sultanas and dates and jams from Kirpatrick with prices per pound and per bag including Sago Tapioca Rice Peas beans and sugars. It notes Jam brands Frimley Kirkpatrick and varied pantry items with unit prices and bulk offers.
Daily memorandum notes a weekly produce and poultry galea at Farmers' Co operative Association and Mr Henry Stephenson's marts guiding local markets and buyers.
Meetings and amusements listed include Theatre Royal 8 The Butterflies His Majesty's Theatre 8 Pictures Wildfellows Hall Rakaid 7.30 Progressive Association Wakanui School 8 Farewell Social Hinds Hall 30 Bachelors Ball Tomorrow His Majesty’s Theatre 2 30 Matinee His Majesty’s Theatre 8 Pictures with times and venues shown.
A new catalog listing from Reliable Clocks of all kinds highlights a unique selection after unparking the latest items. It emphasizes plain figured prices and the phrase Reliability Guaranteed as selling points.
Owithstanding the advanced price of leather Percy’s footballs this season are sold direct from the man with prices listed as 45 30 45 11d 58 6d 6s 6d 72 Bu 8S 6d 128 ed. Percy’s 128 6¢ full sized hand sewn wall is splendid value. An inflater given gratis to each purchaser of a football.
The notices announce the birth of a daughter to the wife of Alexander Glennie of the NZ Railways in Ashburton on June 19. Cuthbert Noel Hamilton and Ethel Georgina Gina Collison are wed at St Johns Barr Hill with family ties to Fendalton Arcadia. Albert Butterick dies at 45 after an accident at Lynn Ford Boundary Road Hinds.
A Wellington deputation urged Massey to end the disfranchisement of civil servants from local politics. Massey supported permitting participation on personal time with a businesslike caveat, arguing their expertise could aid municipal governance and public services.
Reports from Wellington and Dunedin detail a string of items. Patrick Donovan's sentence follows an escape and recapture from the Terrace Gaal. There is word of an annuity settled for Dr Wilson's widow and Miss Souper. A bylaw proposal to require deposits from new town entrants emerges alongside gasworkers disputes. A ship S surgery lengthens the Miltiades improving speed. A Auckland cooperative bakery liquidates amid ingredient woes. A Dunedin injury survivor recounts a dramatic 25ft fall with extensive injuries and promising recovery. The Christchurch journalists dispute negotiates without agreement. Ashburton bands seek employer support. NSW wage awards affect New Zealand staff. A Sydney juror excusal dispute ends with dismissal for improper moral grounds.
Friends of Mr Frank Pawson of Anuma learn he suffers ptomaine poisoning. The Hon. James Allen Minister of Defence and Education passes through Ashburton by the first express this afternoon. Mr James Hutchison editor of the Otago Daily Times and Mr W D Campbell of Timaru travel south by the same express. Mr G J Harper returns to Ashburton on the same train.
A promotional notice touts Regent Cigarette contentment after a storm. It invites readers to try and join a Great Free Gift Scheme offering Forty Fres Gifte with emphasis on chronic chest relief claims and superior products.
A large community gathering in Methven honored Mr C T Middleton late clerk and surveyor to the Mount Antt Road Board. MP W J Dickie chaired, A C Street provided the repast, and toasts praised local roads, press, firms, and agricultural groups.
Eight degrees of frost recorded at Domain meteorological station last night. Mr Bates forecasts land and sea breezes with a prospect of fair weather. The night will be very cold with inland frosts. Storm passed in the north. Barometer shows a rising tendency.
The passage notes Mr Tur sending a cycle to a Toronto resident and another for the Principal of the Ladies College Ashurst NSW. It also references H Cant of Christchurch ordering a cycle for the Timaru to Christchurch road race this year.
Judgment for plaintiffs by default in several small claims including Dodds v Finlay Gardiner and Wilkie Mensies v Humphreys. Traffic cases cover Dring a rotor car on trial for six weeks, motor offences at the Ashburton bridge, excessive speed on East Street, and a scarlet fever related exposure at the Ashburton Technical School. Multiple defendants fined or discharged with costs and orders to repay cheques.
A North Perth resident recounts catching a cold after a dance. She and her sister used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, reporting immediate relief and subsequent recommendation to customers. Regent Cigarettes are advertised for purity and an offer of forty presents.
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