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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 22, 1909
Page
2
The notice updates contact details listing a new address on Burnett Street opposite the Mail and Guardian office and a telephone number 148 for inquiries.
A Victorian style meat market ad thanks customers for liberal support and pledges continued low cash prices. It lists Prime mutton cuts with per pound prices and beef items such as ribs and sirloin, plus specialties in small goods made by Mr T Barber.
Improved farm of 140 acres offers a six room dwelling scullery bath room wash house dairy four stall stable trap house and workshop. Auction or sale terms likely offered by local dealers or brokers. Neatly arranged property features multiple outbuildings and productive potential in rural area.
Ephemeris style notes list June dates with moon phases and celestial events. Full Moon at 4 88 p.m. Last Quarter at 2 13 p.m. New Moon at 10 58 a.m. First Quarter at 3 8 13 a.m. Perigee at 4 0 Oam Apogee at 11 20 p.m. The entry tracks rises and times across June 26 to June 30.
A discussion contrasts co partnership and external arbitration as paths for industry reform. Sir Christopher Furness urges labor co partnership to save Britain and boost empire resilience amid global rivalry. Fire mainsurge and local events note Ashburton fire risks, water supply, and civic plans.
Westerly winds and rain probable with a rising glass that falls after a day. Andrew Young injured near the saleyards while driving to Ashburton. A first offender jailed for drunkenness and breaking a railway pane, fined 4s or 48 hours. Lovcliffe yields report 58 and 66 68 bushels per acre, Wairana estate 80 bushels oats. Carson's Garage advertises cheap motor cycles and vehicles for sale.
Scarlet fever has reappeared in a mild epidemic form in Masterton. Three cages from various parts of town were moved to the fever hospital at Lansdowne. A mining engineer abroad notes tensions among dredging experts who left New Zealand for South America due to court inaction on concession agreements. A Hart Valley clergyman humorously quips that St Paul would have produced souvenir postcards instead of epistles. A Christ Church tailor quips about fitting a head rather than a body in a trades dispute. A light anecdote concerns the late Mr Harris whose burglar visitors later sent a deputation of burglars praising his generosity. An advertisement references motor car repairs, tyres, and fuel, with Dunlop and Michelin tyres, and notes agent for Talbot Cars and Triumph motorcycles.
A house on Cameron Street West near Winter Street owned by Mr Minnis and occupied by Mr W W Elliott burned completely within about thirty minutes after alarm. The family saved the children but most furniture was lost as water supply proved insufficient for early containment. The double doorway between rooms may have started the fire. The horse insured for £160 and furniture for £100 were covered by National and London Liverpool and Globe. Nearby property owners faced brief risk before fire crew redirected water to protect the Elston residence.
The Ashburton A and P Association will hold the annual ploughing match on James Cow’s farm Tinwald July 1. Thirty four entries have been received, up from twenty two last year. The event features multiple double furrow classes and a luncheon on site. Catering by T Pearce, start 10 30 am, with 142 top Clydesdale horses. organizers predict a premier county event if weather permits.
The Hon. George Fowlds acting minister spoke with a Guardian representative near Ashburton about government efforts to ease unemployment. He said bush selling and other government work would employ many men soon and expected relief as spring brings new opportunities. He noted plans to draft workers from railway and road projects for bush selling and related construction.
At the annual Fire Board meeting representatives of the Underwriters Association report fires are rising nationwide. Last year insurance companies paid over £575,000 in fire losses and the total fire waste exceeded £606,000.
The Dunedin Licensing Committee concluded its annual session on licenses. Eight licenses were refused previously and two more were refused today for the Central and Rainbow hotels. Bottle licenses were adjourned to June 980 as the case heads to the Supreme Court with Mr Denniston set for the 28th.
St John Hankin, the dramatist, died by his own hand in the Thames due to illness. In related fashion, officials arranged radium supply for the Radium Institute at a cost of 80000 pounds. A Paris crowd attacked barriers during a stablemen’s strike delaying the Grand Steeplechase. troops restored order as spectators were injured.
A London report notes an aeroplane demonstration by Major S F Cody, making a circular flight one mile high and three sharp turns. The piece mentions a public appeal for £20,000 to present the craft to the nation and cites various nations building dirigibles, including France Belgium Spain and Germany, all of French manufacture or power projects.
A June press item reports researchers developing a substitute named hethil from waste products. It claims to cost about half petrol and offer greater economy through alternative methods. The note cites the Hall of Shrewsbury and mentions London and June dates in the transmission.
The Labour party's protest drew attention as the Czar planned a visit to England. M Hotliakos, president of the Duma, spoke on the significance of the event and the Russian delegation's stance during June in St Petersburg.
Constantinople reports Rifaat Pasha told the Chamber that the Government informed the Powers of its determination to defend Ottoman rights in Crete. The statement underscores the ongoing tensions in the region and the Ottoman stance amid foreign influence.
The International Germany expresses cordial relations while the United States seeks participation in the Haakow Szechnart, seizing the chance to show friendship by backing America against Britain and France.
Miss Elsie Sigel is believed to be killed by a group of Chinese men masquerading as Christian converts. Authorities found letters from white women in the murderer's lodgings, suggesting a broader pattern of crime connected to the case.
The Sappho cargo ship suffered a frontal hull breach after a heavy impact while maneuvering. Eight by four feet of plating were torn, stokehold flooded, but crew kept cool and the vessel was beached at Dover harbor with no injuries. Salvage work to start. Wilson liner Sappho unaffected and bound for Algiers. The cruiser Sappho carried 270 aboard and remained afloat during tow, aided by pumps.
Fragmentary OCR text references Admiral Molvodsky and a combat squadron escorting the Czar. It mentions Finnish fire, a pilot explaining signals, and a draught of the Woodburn. Details are garbled with missing words and inconsistent phrasing.
Reports from St. Petersburg on July 24 describe colorless newspaper coverage of the Czar and the Kaiser meeting. Articles note continuing resentment toward Germany's stance in the Near East and reference the evolving Russo-German tensions.
Reports from New York dated June 21 show delegates in a suffrage committee debate. Critics argued women were indifferent to voting, while many references compared progress in Australia. The congress favored expanding franchise to women.
A San Francisco jury split in the Petrieck Calhoun case over alleged improper payments to city surveyors for street and railway privileges. Ten jurors favored acquittal while two thousand talesmen were examined before selection.
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