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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 26, 1901
Page
2
For sale a 14 acre parcel with a six room dwelling, bath, hot and cold water, windmills, ample stabling, loose box, and property housing. One acre orchard, ample frontage, public school nearby. Suitable for farmer retiring near town or industrious person farming the soil.
A Canterbury letter notes Ford's Scour and Long Worm Mixture used on weak lambs by manager Merhyen. The mixture stopped the scour and the lambs recovered, according to Jodlu Deans in Riccarton Ashburton area correspondence.
The Australian Mutual Provident Society New Zealand Branch lists officers at Head Office Custom-house Quay Wellington with The Hon. Morgan as Chairman and other officials including Deputy Chairman The Hon. Charles Johnston MLC and Medical Officer K G Anson MD MRCO England.
The notice lists sailing times for Northern Porte and Weatport on June 26 at 650 pm, Tarawara on June 27 at 630 pm, and additional departures June 28 for Northern Porte Weatport South Africa and Australia via Sydney, with further departures June 29 including Dunedin Direct and routes to Australia Ceylon China and Europe United Kingdom with Brindist addressing London Anguss 13th at 1230 pm.
Notices report the Royal Train will pass Ashburton at about five o clock tomorrow on the return from Dunedin to Christchurch. An orchestra practice is planned but the social evening is postponed for four fortnights.
A fragmented note claims Wanes Tremina Powners for Pabire soothes skin, reduces blotches, and lowers price. No clear source or context provided.
Moderate to strong northerly winds bring warmer weather as skating enthusiasts attend a meeting at Mr J O Bell's office. Warship visitors, ice conditions in Lyttelton and Dunedin show strong interest in Domain skating with frost expected tonight. Local events include a Winter Show opening, veteran presentations, and a note on Bow Buckley’s Mounted Rifles while health products promote a European patent extract.
During a quarrel aboard the German steamer Agia an etoker named Schewar shot another etoker named Hows dead. The incident was reported by United Press Association via electric telegraph from Melbourne on June 26.
After leaving a station the carriage carrying Mr Seddon Mrs Saddon and the Misses Seddon bolted down Princer Street causing danger to the crowd. Mr J W Blackwood leaped forward and grabbed the traces preventing a crash near Princes Street before the horses were controlled and the party returned to the Grand Hotel amid cheers.
London reports Private J Ewart wounded at Paardeplaat as Lord Kitchener notes 41 Boers killed 27 wounded 16 captured and 70 surrendered. Kruitzinger surprise at Waterkloof begins at daybreak with two and a half hour fight. Colonel Pilcher seizes 500 horses and grain at Western Grange.
June 25 1900 Rockhampton North by election results show Labour candidate Turner defeating the Ministerialist by one vote amid a protest. In a separate Perth state parliament vacancy, Labour candidate Mr Verran is elected to replace Mr Granger after he became State Agent General.
The New Ysaland bowlers defeated Perth Club 47 to 415 in Lonpor on June 24.
General Cailles and his staff surrendered with 650 men to General Sumner after Aguinaldo's capture, marking a significant end to the resistance in the theater.
Newspaper clippings from Paris in June 26 1910s era ponder inviting the Kaiser to attend French naval maneuvers at Cherbourg as part of Allied diplomacy. Several papers hint at the suggestion amid broader wartime alliance talks.
Justice Curlew cites insufficient notice in the divorce of Earl Rangell. Mrs Somerville had divorced Rangell in Nevada, then he married his mistress. A later message says Somerville's divorce from Earl Rangell has been made absolute.
Mr Barton responds to the French Consul's Sunday statements citing that private ownership does not grant territorial rights. He argues that regardless of disposal, private property rights would be respected.
Yorkshire shows brilliant form by June reports, winning ten matches and drawing two to clinch the championship. The season totals twenty matches with sixteen wins and twelve draws, finishing undefeated.
An excited State Assembly debate centered on republishing libel about the King from the Irish People in the Melbourne weekly Toesin. The Premier condemned the republication and moved expulsion of Mr Findley for disloyalty and discredit to Parliament. the Attorney-General supported the motion.
A private letter from Capetown notes British forces consolidating in South Africa as 30 000 mounted men arrive, Milner departs on leave, and hopes for a united South Africa persist. It mentions a plague outbreak in Capetown with eight deaths among nurses and doctors, plus a nurse count of London shipments for the Plague Hospital. The letter also touches on New Zealand prosperity and a shipwreck near Prehhben Island, with a comet visible in the southern sky.
In a heated state assembly debate on June 26, Findley faced expulsion for loyalty breach after opposing support for a libel article about the King published by the Toesin. Despite calls for restraint, the Premier refused to yield as the motion carried 64 to 17. The session line was cleared to read the piece aloud.
Pro Boer gatherings were canceled after London lessees refused hall access. The Australian Chamber of Commerce in London gained seventy banks and major firms as members. News from Sydney reports the steamer Mambare passing eighty miles west of Norfolk Island with a pine deck cargo. Professor Lowry resigned as Principal Ship at Mosewworthy College before moving to Canterbury to take a similar post at Lincoln Agricultural College.
Two appropriations of £150 are advertised for the Ashburton Nu 2 Industrial Building Society. Messrs Mitchell and Tarcer announce that their premises will be closed tomorrow afternoon and reopen Friday at 10 o clock. A giant sale is planned with details to be announced in tomorrow’s issue.
Telegraph dispatch reports Sir E M Satow stating Britain would accept a double China tariff in exchange for abolishing Hin duties, revising treaties, and removing trade restrictions. The Pekin note criticizes Catholic indemnities totaling 24,460,000 pounds including 372,000 for compensation, alleging missions extort taels for native Christians and provoke local officials. Protestant missions reportedly accept small local compensations.
Preparations for the royal visit include arches and decorations as crowds greet the Duke and Duchess. Seddon and local officials host ceremonies in Christchurch Dunedin and Palmerston with bouquets, guards of honour, and enthusiastic public displays. The train travels to Port Chalmers and Dunedin amid illuminations and cheering crowds.
Monday evening MraA EG Rhodes hosted guests at Te Koraba dining with the Mayor and suite. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York received autographs, a silver and gold paioca stick, a glass scent bottle, and praise for Canterbury’s hospitality. A private gift exchange followed for the Duchess and Prince Edward.
An observer recalls a royal procession with Duke of Cornwall in scarlet, horsemen and cadets marching past a cheering crowd. Officers praise a young cavalryman, while Highland regiments, artillery, and infantry pass in turn, as patriotism and empire loom over the scene.
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