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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 26, 1906
Page
2
Residential property of McArthur Qean comprising 4 acres of land with garden and orchard, five room dwelling, scullery, tiled ranges, modern exterior, yard, adjoining lot with acre and perches, water race runs through. One or two lots available with immediate possession and easy terms.
sale advertises a one acre residential property with a four room dwelling near the Mill, plus a 16 acre Goldwin Lease on Railway Reserve near the site. Price fixed at £300 to ensure a prompt sale. contact F Ferriman for details as Mr Bennett relocates to a new farm.
Ferguson offers 6 acres of first class land with extensive nursery stock and a modern 7 room dwelling plus outbuildings and windmill. Also 10 acres with a 2 room cottage, plus 74 acres near Allenton School ready for cropping or subdivision. In Allenton area, price by private sale through James Porter, nurseryman.
Aedburton Conanty district agent for Loam announces scoping proposals on live stock with licensing limits. For complete particulars and premiums contact Rh Y PERGUSO Ny land and estate agent.
The next best despatch for the United Kingdom is via San Francisco leaving Ashburton on July Sed and due in London on Aug. 4.
The ephemeris lists moon phases including Full Moon Last Quarter New Moon and First Quarter and perigee and apogee notes. It also shows sunrise and sunset times for the day with approximate figures such as 7 87 and 4 28 for sunrise and sunset.
A European wire recounts the Bielostock massacre amid reports of Russia's chaos. It accuses the bureaucracy of stoking sectarian and ethnic strife to delay revolution, warning that a ten year reign of terror could wipe out much of the population if unchecked.
Warnes forecast predicts gales between north and west then south west after twelve hours with glass falling and heavy rain after twenty hours. Miss Hilda Kidd, daughter of the late George Kidd, joins Hawera Hospital Nursing Staff and leaves tomorrow, known for musical support at district concerts. Potatoes ease in Southland Times report with Derwent and Up-to-dates fetching high prices. a 5000 club forms in Cambridge to boost town growth. A rural dairy farmer in Taranaki prospered after drought with limited capital. Palmerston North land once bought for twenty pounds now valued at six thousand pounds. Wood’s Pepperment Cure touted as remedy for coughs and colds. Tobacco ad promotes Golden Hagle in two quick tins.
Timber merchants in Greymouth plan a price rise to 1s 6d per 100ft from 6s 6d. The report also covers lodge meetings in Temuka, a anonymous donation of five pounds to a lodge, Geraldine land sales at £850, and council land pricing. It notes lodge rules, funeral levies, and a card match plan, plus reflections on San Francisco and New Zealand temperance actions and alliance resolutions.
The Ashburton portion of the Frisco mail arrives by the second express from the north. Farmland changes hands at 7 to 3 per acre for goodwill and improvements. News notes include church plans, fashion sales, a German benefactor in Munich, cigarette crime, local council decisions, and Chamberlain birthday celebrations.
The Upper Ashburton Road Board met yesterday with Chairman C J Harper and members A Horsey and J Tucker present. Absentees included J Farrell M Stitt and K Campbell. Tenders for No 4 Winchmore Ward formation and Rooney's Road shingling were left to ward members. Water race cleaning and ford permissions near St Helena Hinds were decided, subject to satisfaction of the board and rates. Alterations involved John Gille and John Painter reserves, and accounts totaling £224 11s were approved for payment.
An old ad promotes Goodyear welt footwear claiming all leather, all sizes and widths with varied prices. It also markets Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a preventive cold and influenza remedy priced at 6d and 2s 6d per bottle for household protection this winter season.
The Registrar General reports the colony’s population at 899 445 excluding Mantis, up from 772 719 on March 31, five years prior. The net increase is about 117 698, 15.2 percent, versus 62 399 for 1899 to 1901-02. Including Maori and other islands, total population projected at 946 009.
A map note from Auckland reports Charles William Johnson died at Auckland Hospital after a fall from a wharf into the snow Southern Isles. A ten year old girl named Whitehouse was severely injured in a train incident between Avondale and New Lyon. A Waikato rider, Me Koy Ailwood, fractured jaw and concussion. horse killed. Samuel Trescowthick, a butcher, died after alighting from a cart. Ivy Clayton of Stratford suffered critical injuries after a restive horse bolt. A body found near Clyde on the Monte Christo dredge is likely one of several missing men linked to Clutha River incidents.
A large meeting for Mr T. Y. Seddon opened the Westland seat election. An energetic executive committee was chosen with Mr Pollock as Chairman. Plans include organizing sub committees in country districts to mobilize supporters.
At the Supreme Court today D. Trow, a physically weak offender described as mor tally dull, was admitted to two years probation with guardianship by his priests. Samuel Swayne, who faced a charge of attempting to discharge a loaded revolver and inflict grievous bodily harm, received two years probation on condition of leaving the district and avoiding hotels for drinking for a year.
Reports from Bengal document a prisoner execution followed by a late reprieve due to postal oversight. In Britain a suffragist case prompts protests and calls for resignation of a magistrate. Liberal meetings at Manchester eject tea cuffeagistas. The battleship Agamemnon is launched on the Clyde with heavy armament. A cyclist accident near Samnen causes a fatal fall from a cliff. In Rome a mysterious anarchist letter leads to an arrest after bombs are found near Landi's home ahead of royal visit.
Times correspondent in St Petersburg says Count Witte telegraphed the Czar that the Bielostok massacre, blamed on the Ministry, undermined efforts to influence foreign opinion. Reports also say Vera Sasanlit Chu, noted revolutionary leader, was killed at Valtai as Cossacks near Gomel attempted a massacre Friday night but regular troops stopped them.
Radical Members of Parliament urge the Government to confirm Russia visit acceptability with the Duma before sending the fleet. They warn the action could be seen as backing the bureaucracy and require caution in diplomacy.
Reported from St. Petersburg a June 25 incident in Warsaw left two police officers dead and a sergeant wounded. A revolutionary plot to shoot General Trepoff failed when servants intervened. Riots spread through rural districts as unrest grows. A Russian peasant named Ufa killed Prince Mankitof, adding to turmoil.
Southern Cross Juniors face Methven on Wednesday with a roster including Clark Bathorne McKenzie Sepers Simpson Ralph Simpson Smith Hepburn Tait Smythe Philpot Stock Stills Hill Stills. Old Boys meet Southern Cross on Thursday with Herdie Danaay Brown Miller Harper Hair Wilkie Bonifant Withell Orr Badh ney Dobson Fabling Callins BH Orr Emergencian includes Collins Whitaker Davin. Hakatere Seniors squad to face Rakais at Ashburton tomorrow selected from Gibba Page Thomas Kingaton Howson Sparrow Bonnie Brown Rudkis Childs McHirea Mitchell Mit chell Lenanze Harrison Moriarty Huston Amos.
Mr John Burns spoke to about thirty thousand in Manchester and declared free trade secured for fifty years. He mocked imperial preference as economic blander for credulous people. Winston Churchill compared Liberal dominance to a steam roller and warned Lords to beware obstruction and a roster of measures.
The Ashburton County Rugby Union held its weekly meeting with Rev E Whitehonce presiding. Officials appointed referees for upcoming fixtures and notes include South Canterbury unable to play July 12 with August 9 proposed. registration granted for Hakatere Club players. letters to Ellesmere and North Canterbury unions about representative games.
In a Cobden Club issued appeal signed by 274 Commons members not in government or Labour, Britons reject preference policy citing higher food costs and the need to import most goods. The Times Tribune Pall Mall Gazette and others weigh risks and possible impacts on Imperial ties with Australia.
Trustees grant dates for inter State matches at Malbourny Criskat ground without Melbourne Cricket Club consultation. Contested move adds a fresh slamext to the cricket dispute as allegations of excluding MCC spread among trustees.
At the Australian Jockey Club Spring Meeting the New Zealand entrants receive weights led by Achilles on 96 12lb with Maniapoto Mahutonga and Solution among others. Royal Standard Pills surge in demand in New Zealand markets while Ashburton firms stock linoleum reviver polishes and leather care products from W Pr eddy's sole agent.
Willia Strat clothier and Wellington City Councillor Falk Conen reports a rapid recovery from a rheumatic gout attack after using Arra. He says pain subsided quickly and he resumed work by morning. He credits the remedy for prompt relief. The advertisement notes Arra sold by chemists and stores at multiple prices.
Johannesburg dispatch reports Progressives plan negotiations in Capetown over a compromise constitution. They seek a 33 country 30 Pretoria parliament under British supremacy with a nominated upper chamber for five years and automatic redistribution to balance population shifts.
In N'Kandhla three hundred natives pleaded guilty to rebelling and were sent to Eshowe under escort. Premier Smyths announced the disturbance is confined to the lower Tugela region.
Fifteen hundred of Bambaata s followers surrendered during the past fortnight according to the Tribune. The report states the figure as a thousand.
The House of Representatives approved Hepburn’s Food Bill by 140 to 117, rejecting the Senate measure Pura Food. The act requires those preparing food to use standard weights and measures under the new regulation.
United Press reports Captain Bali suffered apoplexy worsened by a concussion from a village attack. The assault started before a threshing floor incident. A prior shooting excursion had not been retaliated against.
President Roosevelt plans a November voyage to Panama aboard a warship to inspect conditions along the canal zone as it traverses the territory.
Reuters reports Connell's force of camel corps and Soudanese infantry crushed the raiders at Lalodi. Three hundred fifty of the enemy were killed and a hundred were captured. No British casualties.
The Premier announces government power to select engineers and surveyors for large East engineering projects with salaries up to 1000 a year. An order worth at least half a million pounds for East materials is expected to be placed locally, boosting trade. A cold snap brings snow to high lands and Bishop Stroteh is enthroned in Newcastle. Mining strikes spread with idle Hutton Mine and Lambton Newcastle pits given notice. Sheep sales in Sydney report a world record price for a Tasmanian yearling. Floods across the island cause an extensive landslip blocking Mount Lyell Railway.
Elder McCullagh cites Overseer Voliva letters listing Dowie era liabilities at 6 million, 800000 notes, 149000 bank overdraft, 200000 church overdraft, daily church income of 1000, 60000 annual household spend, 9000 bracelet purchase, and alleged indiscreet ties with women as steps toward polygamy.
Sydney Smith of the Friendly Societies Dispensary faced charges under the Poisons Act for selling poison without a proper poison label on the bottle. The inquest into a child's death from glycerine and carbolic acid prompted the charge as a matter of public safety. The defense pressed four points, including statute timing and vires of regulations, with the magistrate reserving judgment due to the case’s importance.
An old newspaper item advertises a peppermint cure priced at 6 and 2a cents per bottle for a cough remedy marketed toward children. The ad uses period language and emphasizes easy dosing for night use.
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