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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 28, 1911
Page
4
Property on the Main Road fronts .60 chains and offers rich quality land with 13 acres wheat 12 acres oats and swede turnips. Includes 7 room house with dairy barn cow-shed churn water power, 6 water driven, a splendid trout stream runs through the property.
An Auckland era listing notes estate agent activity in Timaru with references to land and arterial roads. The terse item mentions property deals or notices regarding land and AWD status.
Obers, a Gore farm salesman, lists 250 acres of plowable land with a nearly new house, 10-stalled stable, cow byre, sheep yards, wool shed, sheep dip, and four miles of wire netting. The property includes 300 acres of two year old grass, 50 acres sown crested dogstail, 10 acres cocksfoot, 26,000 trees planted, and extensive manuring. Price is 9 pounds per acre. inquiries invited immediately.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a real estate or sign and decorative painter in Ashburton. No clear event or person details are readable.
A notice recalls J. M. Cambridge who arrived in New Zealand years ago as dispenser to Doctors Turnbull and Deamer in Christchurch. He has since dispensed physicians’ prescriptions while keeping up-to-date with new drugs. Bring prescriptions here for faithful service and high quality drugs.
A letter from Chas W Parnell to Ashburton Borough Council protests a proposed water rate of two pence halfpenny in the pound on all lands and buildings near water works. He argues non-users should not bear water costs and questions the loan poll results and equity with gas works.
Inclemency delayed the coronation event at Haling School until Monday evening. About fifty to sixty attendees, children and adults, gathered for God Save the King, fireworks, a bonfire, sweets, biscuits, and toys for the children. A tea social followed with recitations and songs ending with Auld Lang Syne.
Mr Studholme addressed locals on Imperial unity at Lowelife School. He praised the monarchy under King George and Queen Victoria, urged a federal Empire framework, and lauded the royal couple’s social work as the crowd cheered and fireworks closed the event.
A letter to the editor requests proper rendition of God Save the King at Ashburton coronation events. The writer criticizes last Thursday’s performance as a parody and urges bands to play the correct music next Thursday. Royalist signs the letter and dates June 27, ill.
A reader rebuts Mr Nicholls on no license claims and asserts liquor persists in more homes than under license. The writer argues prohibitionists misstate facts, cites local habits, and defends the town's progress despite anti licensure arguments. Letter dated June 26, 191 y. iT.
Lord Dudley opened the Australian Military College at Duntroon Homestead in Canberra with New Zealand cadets. He praised compulsory service as a defense test and urged firm friendships to strengthen Empire bonds. He warned cadets to work hard, set high standards, and prepare officers for Australia and New Zealand.
The Manawatu Trotting Club, with a permit but no totalisator license, plans a meeting next month at the Ashhuwrat course as recommended by the Racing Commission.
The English lawn tennis championship began at Wimbledon with Donst defeating Edwards in the first round by scores of 6 1 and 6 2.
Fragmentary OCR item lists a Dr J G Ayar and Co with Lowell Hass and U8. The readable text is incomplete but references a pharmaceutical product or advertorial by Ayar company. No clear event date or outcome is discernible from the legible fragment.
The Upper Ashburton Road Board met with five members present and one apology. A death notice for late member G McRae was acknowledged with condolences. Correspondence included a pound levy grant and a coronation day donation, plus roll corrections and several land and road tenders. Accounts totaling £120 18s 5d were approved and the meeting adjourned.
Dean Hackett's Auckland sermon framed Catholic loyalty as a born pledge to the new king. He cited the Act of Settlement 1703 and urged that George V. be welcomed without anti Catholic oath phrases. He prayed for Ireland to soon embrace home rule and the king’s visit.
Wellington June 27 The Hospitals Conference opened with Mr J G Wilson presiding. Lord Islington Hon George Fowlds and Dr Valentine spoke. A district nursing scheme was praised as a success and may expand in coming years. Discussion on consumption urged compulsory notification and hospital board sanatoria near major cities with interdistrict patient access. The conference resumes tomorrow.
Dr Robert Pell asserts constipation lowers health and likens sewer gas inhalation to a predisposing disease factor. He advises regular daily bowel emptying and promotes A. Pellows’s Tobacco Lozenges as a bowel-strengthening remedy, available from A. M. Loasty, Christchurch.
A vintage advertisement touts Baxter's Tang Preserver as a quick cure for colds with a large bottle priced at 19 10d. It claims to be the arch enemy of all odds and coughs and encourages purchase for a winter with a lingering cold.
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