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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 21, 1909
Page
2
A butcher thanks customers for support and lists fixed prices for prime mutton and beef cuts, sausages, and small goods. Prices given per side or pound, with emphasis on cash sales and best quality. Mention of Mr T Barber as the small goods maker.
The House and Land now occupied by Mr John Stace on the Alford Forest road near the Woollen Mills invites applications.
Will improved farm of 140 acres with 5 room dwelling scullery bath room wash-house dairy 5 stall stable trap house and workshop. Land quality excellent 27 acres sown to wheat 16 to oats strong turnip crop on 12 acres remainder in grass aged one to three years.
Ephemeris notes for June show sunrise and sunset times with dates and phase markers. It lists full moon last quarter new moon and perigee apogee times, indicating nightly position changes and lunar phases across the month.
The Ashburton Library subscribers meet at 7 30 pm to elect three new Selection Committee members. They urge modernisation with a broader book fund, better shelving and cataloguing, extended hours, and a paid librarian, funded by stronger council support and potential endowments.
Frost registered Sunday night and a morning low of 56 degrees followed by a weekly stock sale in Tinwald yards tomorrow. Domain work, a vandalism risk to border plantings, an upcoming Wellington gathering with ex Minister A W Hoge, a £6000 Institute of Marine Engineers building contract, and a Westport Club caretaker post attracting 40 plus applicants are reported. A Hinakawa railway site discovery of a live frog, plus motor repairs and tyre deals in Ashburton complete the item.
Reports from Auckland to Ashburton cover consular denials of a half million land claim, lamb markets at Fairfield, and farming activity. Notable items include scarlet fever in Dunedin, a police enquiry expansion, insurance quirks, a Port Ahuriri loss, and local sports club plans for Canterbury championships.
Wellington June 19 Cabinet met to address the unemployed issue The Labour Department will send twenty to forty men bush selling at Rangitatau and to railway works on Monday Each district to provide work for its own unemployed Christchurch meeting passed a resolution urging the Government to find work immediately for the unemployed in their trades and for born New Zealanders
June 19 at Wellington Mr Fisher tested his steel non collapsible lifeboat built for 50 aboard the Government steamer Tutanekai. The cylindrical boat with conical ends slipped from deck, fell end first into the water, then bobbed up and floated buoyantly. The trial is considered successful.
Gazette notices prescribe the form and display of a compensation claim procedure under The Workers Compensation Act. It requires notices at factory entrances, detailing injury notice, cause, date and place. It also outlines filing a writ of summons within six months and the conditions for delays or extensions.
In playful verse two lovers share one cold and one wheeze. They fantasize of conquering the ailment with Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, uniting two souls in a single ambitious sneeze and shared resolve.
London dispatch reports King Edward at Windsor Castle presenting colours to 108 Territorial Army units with Parliament members and press delegates in attendance. He also congratulated Secretary of War Haldane on Territorials work and noted a jockey accident at Ascot involving Arranmore and Wootton with a concussion. Lord Charles Beresford plans a Canada visit in September.
General Booth negotiates with Canadian Pacific Railway to buy a vast Alberta tract to settle Salvationist immigrants. The move is described as the largest colonisation scheme on record.
A military balloon named Vannovskiy broke loose near St Petersburg after the emergency valve ripped. Four occupants were aboard the car. Politzin the Court Chamberlain was killed and his wife fatally injured. The balloon had previously caused four official deaths in an earlier incident.
A June 20 collision in the Channel between a unknown merchantman and the cruiser Sappho left the cruiser badly damaged and sinking. Sappho was towed to Dover and beached with crew saved. the merchantman Barpho of Hull vanished and is feared sunk.
London reports that Britain and Brazil have agreed in principle to a permanent arbitration treaty. The accord was announced as part of ongoing discussions facilitated by the Press Association.
The Czar and Kaiser met aboard the Standart for a banquet after their talks. Speaking in French, both monarchs exchanged assurances of traditional friendship and mutual trust. The Czar said their pledge would help maintain peace among the five nations.
London reports delegates at the Imperial Press Conference praise unity on the need for a strong Navy. Glasgow University plans honorary Doctor of Laws for several delegates. Banquet in Manchester honors naval and commercial ties as colonies vow cooperation and raise funds for orphans.
The Press Association reports the death of Mr Robert Holt at age seventy six. A respected sawmiller and early settler, he was known for his sturdy work ethic and community involvement. An inflamed illness was cited as the cause, with local tributes expected.
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