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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
8
An old newspaper fragment lists items for sale by local shops. It mentions Well Papers Pictura Innit and Stencils selections, KE Hearth Tidies, Ashpan with Thegister Grate, and Denby stoneware footwarmer sets priced from 3s to 58s with covers. Bonnington's Pharmacy promotes winter necessities.
The Government purchased Nix R. Merediths Tara estate near Wahima to 3620 acres and M Croucher property at the Hook South Canterbury about 800 acres. Seven Mangdon and Kapuranga sections were balloted from 47 applicants. Agricultural Journal says NZ could sustain 50 million sheep and expand dairy. Mr J Harris claims a blight immune potato variety after five years of study.
Mr Clifton warns at the Otago A and P Society annual gathering that land prices far exceed productive value. He cites repeated farm exchanges at higher prices, urges buyers to view land as a home and productive asset, not a speculative medium.
The third annual conference in Wellington opened with Minister Rhodes noting 11 000 to 12 000 beekeepers and export prospects of about 185 tons. Amendments to the Apiaries Act and compulsory grading were discussed as the group adopts a new name and seeks nationwide cooperation.
The Seafield school grounds hosted a broad working bee led by the school chairman and committee with several residents. Tasks included grass cutting, gate mending, gravel hauling, and tank cleaning from 9 a.m. with brief tea breaks provided by the schoolteacher. A worker remarked it was the hardest day since harvest time.
The Arbitration Court awarded limits on stock threshing across the South Canterbury district. Work hours are 6 am to 8 pm for stock threshing, with no artificial light except in accidents or illness. The mill crew must include a driver, feeder, three stockmen, three bagmen, one strawman, and one water man. Pay is hourly for all except driver and feeder, who are exempt from the award. The term runs January 1 to December 21.
A Palmerston North dairy meeting urged factories to join the Bristol and Dominion Producers' Association to receive and market dairy produce in England. It called for practical support with each factory buying a few shares in the venture.
A London bank plans to replace one of its correspondence clerks with a woman. The move signals women entering banking, with mixed views on overall efficiency. Mr. Herbert H. Elvin says women may be as efficient in shorthand and typewriting but questions broader banking duties.
An advertisement extols Baxter's Lung-Pre server as a cough remedy with numerous testimonials promising relief and immediate effect. It also promotes a 10d bottle of Is Warner's Rust-proof Corseta, guaranteed not to run or tear, stocked by Your Draper.
Prientar deliveries throughout the district serve dances weddings and parties. Caterers available with discounts for cash and coupons. Threshing machine owners and contractors offered liberal terms on monthly payments.
Proprietors advertise a range of goods at Fletcher Bros. Cash Supply Stores including sugar 56 lb bags at 9s 11d per lb, Thistle Brant Oatmeal 8s Md, kerosene per tin 6s 98 Gd per case, 8 dozen clothes pegs 1s 5d, pumicene landsoap 1s 5d, 4 tins Nugget 1s 4d, Saxon Cornflour 2s 10d for 19 lb, prunes 1s 6d, cooking peas 1a.
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