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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
2
A local butcher thanks customers for their support and advertises continued low cash prices on prime mutton beef and small goods. Listings include per side mutton prices and various cuts with pence per pound figures and a note that small goods are a specialty made by Mr F. Barber.
Property notice states the house and land on the Alford Forest road near the Woollen Mills are occupied by Mr John Stace. Apply for details and interests at once.
140 acres with a 5 room dwelling, scullery, bathroom and wash-house, dairy, 5 stall stable, trap house and workshop. Also a well and improvements on the property. Located at Ashburton Forks.
A ZOUCH announces the engagement of MR F FLINTAN LCS England as assistant in his dental practice. Flintan has 15 years in dental work in Weybridge London at Queen's Road practices and serves the general public and patients.
The advertiser announces lower meat prices on tor cash deliveries across town. Ewe mutton sides two pence hind quarters three pence forequarters two pence legs four pence joins three pence trimmed joins four pence necks one shilling shoulders 3 4d chops five pence. primest wethers at cost price. Beef and small goods also discounted with half to penny per lb booking fee and 24 discount for payment within a month. Trial solicited.
Ephemeris details provide rise times and phase events for late June. Includes daily rise entries, moon phases from New Moon to Full Moon, and key moments such as First Quarter and Apogee with approximate times.
Just published offerings by John Christie editor of the Ashburton Guard and the Ashburton Mail. On sale at local bookshops with price in shillings or pounds.
At the Primitive Methodist Church Ashburton on May 26 the Rev R J Liddell united Thomas James second son of John Bell Ashton with Rachel Jane second daughter of Henry Wakelin Wheatstone in marriage.
Reader learns of a reported fifty thousand pound claim by Webster descendants against the American Government over NZ’s early era. The tale recounts Waipeha the Yankee king of Waiau, his Maori allies, Tanewha, and the arcadian Waiou kingdom, with Campbell’s Potawamo helping frame the romance and risks of 1830s Hauraki.
A letter to a Ashburton business man cites a valuator on Queensland land prices. It claims no land value rise, cites a weakened valuation in Townsville, and reports a 1500 to 1000 drop for a Flinders Street property. Invercargill council debates Parliament prorogation and praises A W Hoge’s principled stance.
United Press reports masthead notes a fast passage from New York to Plymouth for the Mauretania in days and hours. Wootton’s occasional unconscious lapses after a recent accident are tracked by a daily bulletin to King Edward. Primitive Methodists near centenary fund goal report two thirds raised. Cairo to Cape railway progress reaches Khartoum at ten miles weekly. Kaiser inspects Hamburg yard highlighting time saving appliances cutting half a year in battleship construction.
The Glasgow Corporation hosted visiting delegates who toured North British locomotive works with 8000 staff, rode the Clyde, and boarded an Australian destroyer at Fairfield yard. At Bute Hall the Vice-Chancellor awarded honorary degrees to six delegates in scarlet robes, with Mr Macdonald of Toronto thanking the university before a city chamber dinner. The group then toured the Trossachs and proceeded to Edinburgh.
The Montreal Star states colonial powers will not build a baby navy for imperial defence after a review. It urges Motherland to construct, man, equip, and manage a full fleet with Canada guaranteeing interest on expenditures in Canada’s name. Canada would have option to take ships upon payment of cost.
Lord Crewe praised New Zealand's unconditional naval contribution at a Trocadero dinner. Sir Joseph Ward was expected to attend a forthcoming Conference. Mr Hall-Jones stated the Dreadnought offer carried no political aim, only a shared effort with Britain.
The Parliamentary Aerial Defence Committee reports a 227 500 cubic foot airship nearing completion. It aims to sail Paris to London before the session ends, with two 200 horsepower motors purchased, petrol for 700 miles and space for 25 passengers. Speed listed as 5.4 miles per hour, Daily Mail offers £5000 to build and garage it in England for testing.
Madrid reports the Queen of Spain has given birth to a daughter. The royal event follows the birth of a son on May 10, 1907 and another son on June 28, 1908. The note adds the Queen is related to the British Royal family and mentions Spain’s population issue.
Mr Lloyd George pledged support for an amendment letting half the land tax increase go to local authorities. Lord Alverstone warned that people rely on judges for protection in parliamentary acts and changes should come via Act of Parliament, not officials, amid appeals against assessments.
Lord Rosebery critiques Lloyd George's budget as a social and political upheaval of major scope. He warns it will alter the nation's character by sidelining public opinion and replacing vigilance with apathy, likening it to despotic rule.
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