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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
2
An article tracing 1800 to 1820 price behavior during Napoleonic wars and comparing 1809 to 1909 as 250 vs 99, noting violent price fluctuations, later stability from banking and credit advances, and the shift from volatile local shocks to global harvest effects shaping prices today.
The article traces price movements from 1820 to 1919, noting recurring cycles of rise and fall tied to wars, financial crises, and gold standards. It highlights 1825 peak after a banking crisis, mid century rises with Crimean War, postwar declines, and a later rise driven by Transvaal gold and wars, projecting continued volatility.
The Rakaia Bowling Tennis and Croquet Club held a Town Hall social to award season prizes and raise funds for a Domain pavilion. Mr and Mrs J Sowden organised and funded the event with Miss MacDonald and company providing music. Prizes were presented to winners in bowling tennis and croquet. B E Tex expressed thanks for the entertainment. The funeral of the late Mr Thomas Hood, a returned soldier, followed in Rakaia with a Union Jack draped coffin and former service members as bearers.
The report notes 15 000 umbrellas among 49 000 lost property items at Scotland Yard. It mentions salt stone houses in Russian Poland. It also recalls Nelson’s three victories on a British bluejacket’s collar and cites wartime shipping gains and costs. It adds that Düsseldorf’s Erhardt Rhineland Works began locomotive production like Krupps at Essen.
Relatives urged to safeguard soldiers by using Wuenzol as protection against microbes on troop ships. Canteen restrictions limit Flaenzel supplies. Business readers advised to stay resilient if illness delays orders during winter and cold symptoms appear.
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