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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 21, 1910
Page
4
A broad range of men shoes in Bov ine Empire Box and French Calf grades with Goodyear welling stitched or machine sewn styles. Also ladies boots and shoes in black or tan plus children’s footwear, felts and rubbers for cold or damp weather.
A large attendance of farmers witnessed a successful clearing sale at Dorie on behalf of Mr William Lochhead conducted by the National Mortgage and Agency Company Ltd and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Compas. Items sold included ploughs, harrows, reapers, drays, wire netting, rollers, seeds, sheep, pigs, cattle, and horses with prices ranging across livestock and farm equipment.
Farmers Cooperative Association held a clearing sale at Highbank for Mrs Jane McCarten. Strong farmer turnout with varied livestock and implements sold including horses, cattle, sheep, and farming gear with prices listed such as bay gelding £27, bay mare £39, cows in profit £12, wool press £10 10s, drills £18, harrows £13 10s, wagon £16, seed sacks and seed prices.
A correspondent criticizes Ashburton residents for spitting on footpaths. The letter links the habit to smoking and cites New Zealand towns with by laws against it, urging council action for public health and manners.
The Hinds Comedy Company staged a gratis entertainment in the Lismore schoolroom on Thursday evening to aid the piano debt fund. Mrs Jarley’s Waxworks opened the program, followed by songs and a one hour musical comedy. The Misses Douglas Gibbs and Mrs A. de OG Malet accompanied, and the evening closed with the National Anthem and dancing into the night.
Mr John Withell, a Lovellife district figure, spoke to farmers in Ashburton about labour-saving machinery. He compared horse and steam ploughing costs, showed steam’s efficiency over manual work, and forecast electricity transforming New Zealand farming with lower power costs and broader use.
High Commissioner's London cable from June 18 notes firm mutton market with Canterbury at 33d and North Island 8d, lamb prices easing, beef flat, hindquarters at did and forequarters 3d, butter steady amid rising Continent supplies, cockafoot seed demand improves, grain quiet with buyer bias.
A conference at the Education Board offices will gather Education Board members inspectors headmasters of district high schools and first assistants in secondary departments on Friday at 11 a.m. They will discuss the question of instruction in agriculture.
Open July conference considers restoring annual council retirements by one third, varying mayoral terms, model by laws, and a return to strike ballot voting at local elections with nonvoted names removed.
Police will arrest players for rough conduct after a stringent stand by the New York authorities. In New Zealand, a committee approved the tour fixtures for the re organized team with games set across September from North Otago to Wellington. A Blenheim correspondent notes betting on football matches is widespread and hard to curb.
The Press Association reports from Pahiatua on June 20 that a naval gentleman posts a £100 purse to match Gordon Smith against any rival of the same weight.
Report notes a nighttime hacking cough in a child linked to an herb called Peppertaint Cure. The source mentions a Yard setting and a claim by sa id, indicating a local remedy. Further details are unclear.
At the National Dairy Show in Walmerston Nosh, June 20, results list winners in export butter categories. Awards include Best box export butter with top places for Wanganui Dairy Company Levin 1 and Rangitikei Dairy Company 2, along with prizes for other open and association categories and 561b factory-made entries.
Christchurch assembled platform calls for land reform with Crown land sales abolition and revaluation plus taxation rules, tenancy improvements rights, a state backed currency, civil equality, right to work, initiative referendum, citizen army, and civil servants free political rights. It notes semiannual party subscriptions and special donations to fund organizing branches.
The Colonial Everyday Cookery Book by Whitcombe and Tombs returns in a sixth edition after selling over 50 000 copies in New Zealand. It is a 391 page cloth or paper bound guide covering soups meats puddings cakes sweets jams jellies bottling fruit candied fruits pickles beverages and even napkin folding with an index and overall good value.
A Christchurch mother praises Zam-Buk as a first class remedy after swift cures of a foot wound knee sore and facial sores. She notes it heals cuts burns and skin conditions quickly and safely. The balm is sold at 6d per pot and 3s 6d for the large family size.
A Palmerston North deputation asked the Premier to study using Lake Waikaremoana for electric power serving Gisborne Na pier and Palmerston North. They noted the lake could supply 140 000 horsepower plus 12 000 from Te Reinga Falls, benefiting about 46 000 people and industries like lighting tramways sawmilling and dairy plants. Sir Joseph Ward said Parliament may authorize £500 000 yearly for water power and Waikaremoana would be considered. the government plans full study and aims to use the power now going to waste.
A fashion note underscores sharp tailoring by experienced designers in the trade. It praises G D wearers for saving on suits and guarantees satisfaction with genuine tailor made orders priced around three to five guineas while promising quality on par with top outfits.
Advertisement urges every woman to try Lane’s Medoline claiming it clears any skin imperfection and improves complexion. Mentions availability at Chensists.
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