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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 27, 1911
Page
4
A 071 acre freehold property offers 8500 sheep and access two miles from the rail. The land is well fenced and watered in a good district. Asking price is £3 per acre as a going concern.
An ideal 11 acre freehold with 25 acre leasehold on the Main Road frontage of 60 chains. Rich land farmed well with 13 acres wheat 12 acres oats 5 acres swede balance grass and clover. Modern 7 room dwelling water system stable barn dairy cow shed milking machine separator water powered. A trout stream runs through the property. J Wallace.
Fifty years ago J M Cambridge arrived in New Zealand to work as dispenser to Turnbull and Deamer of Christchurch. Since then he has dispensed physicians' prescriptions and kept up to date with every new drug. Bring in your prescription for faithful, high quality drugs.
The Ashburton Borough Council held a special meeting to finalize water rate resolutions and discuss the high pressure water scheme. The council reviewed finances, leases, and sanitary matters, approved a subsidy for the Temperance Band, admitted a new fire brigade member, and addressed insurance rates and pest control in reserves.
Domain details show Afr J. V. Matthews receiving £72 10s and Mr E. Kidworth £82 18s 6d. The lowest tender was accepted.
The Chairman reported a bank credit of £65 7s 9d and £7 6s revenue since the last meeting. Topping prices for cemetery trees were deemed excessive by the sexton, fresh applications to be invited. Mr Ferriman moved to post a list of grave care payments in the cemetery. Accounts totalling £11 10s 9d were approved, and the board adjourned.
A royal coronation night display featured a naval review where rockets lit a fleet of battleships and excursion steamers. United States ship Delaware showcased fluttering flags as jewel-like lights and rockets mirrored across the dark sea, creating a dazzling spectacle.
Ashburton Borough Council discussed the postponed Coronation events. Weather forced partial cancellation and a decision to resume and extend the programme next Thursday with trains delayed by Mount Somers and Timaru to fit the procession. Friendly Societies and Territorial Cadets may join the march. a bonfire arrangement was planned with J R Steel to oversee.
Deputation from the Coronation Day Celebrations Committee urged the council to allocate £50 for a permanent memorial in Ashburton. They pressed for backing to expand the Technical School with a £300 addition for woodwork, aligning with County Council support for two schemes. The council favored expanding the Technical School, aiming to raise £150 more to secure full completion.
Council members debate education and a Technical School proposal with Dr Hillier and Dr Wood voicing support. Dr Stewart and Dr Hefford back additions to the Technical School while conditions from the County Council are noted. The motion to fix additions as a permanent Coronation memorial is carried unanimously.
The Coronation Memorial Home for Consumptives in Christchurch reports funds totaling £380. Five donations of £700 each and three donations of £50 each are included in the figure.
On Saturday afternoon residents of Louncliffe and Coldstream gathered at Coldstream house for a Coronation celebration hosted by Mr and Mrs Studholme. A programme of children’s races, a tug of war, and other contests entertained the crowd before tea.
The Mount Hutt Road Board met to discuss the Coronation gates at the cemetery and sought further representations to the Minister of Internal Affairs after a subsidy was declined. Also reviewed were shingle tenders, water-race funding, property transfers, rate arrears, and a Cem etery Board grant of one fifth of gate costs with thanks to the County Council.
Sir James Carrell, Native Minister, met South Island Maoris at Avowleans and received a welcome from both white people and natives. Chiefs from Neati Mamee and Neai Tahu pressed grievances about land ceded to Government and promised careful consideration amid settlement progress.
The Representation Commission in Wellington reports next steps after census data are sent to the Electoral Department. Official and unofficial members for both islands are named, with chief surveyors to chair and oversee the maps and regional boundaries. A meeting is planned for July to finalize arrangements.
The Wimmera brought two hundred Sheffield Choir members to Queen Street wharf Auckland. A reception at the Opera House drew 1500 people as Dr Harriss and Dr Coward praised New Zealand’s music societies and the choir’s imperial concert tour. The Harbour Board shed venue overflowed with praise for the choir and orchestra.
A consumer notice recounts Stop It’s rise from early labeling to wide orders. Grocers and buyers, including large co-ops, stock piles of twelve dozen, praising Stop It as a king of cough remedies and a trusted family medicine from Colombo Street chemist.
A reader testimonial from Sydney endorses Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets as a safe remedy for tape worm and thread worm infestations. The letter claims a child passed a twenty foot tape worm after use and urges publication of the evidence. Sold by W. T. Comstock Co. Ltd at 2s 9d per packet.
A fragment records the Avickland Racing Club paying a taxation sum to the government. The text is incomplete, but indicates a financial transaction documented in a government tax ledger.
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