Fletcher Bros Buyout of Syrup Tin and Jar Containers
Business notices show Fletcher Bros purchasing thoroughly clean 2b and 7b syrup and treacle tins with lids in any quantity, plus 21b jam jars and pickle bottles.
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
4
Business notices show Fletcher Bros purchasing thoroughly clean 2b and 7b syrup and treacle tins with lids in any quantity, plus 21b jam jars and pickle bottles.
Advertises Kirkpatrick's season jams and dried fruits with a wide range of products from raspberries and nectarines to black currant jam and greengage, listing multiple price points and jar sizes. Notes in-store clearance offers and selling out signs at Allan Jeweller, with reference to Golden Bee Jam and various brands.
Moore and Moore Street Ashburton promotes a complete all round clearance with major bargains on ladies blouses skirts coats and veiling. Prices include wool and silk blouses skirts tweed coats and millinery from low shillings to mid tenners.
A fragment lists fruit pie options with gallon tin packaging including apples nectarines peaches pears and gooseberries. Details are unclear due to OCR but indicates multiple gallon tin pies and assorted fruits.
An advertisement lists assorted large packets of soap and cleaning goods priced from 6d to 1s 3d. Items include Keen's Square Blue Admiral Blue, Zebra Black Lead, Sapolin Enamels, bird seed, cocoa blends, Bon Ami cakes, and household aids like carbolic soaps, Epsom salts, and laundry helpers.
An itemized list shows Hinest Japan Rica Hinest White Sago Hinest Flaked Tapioca New Pearl Barley and various dried goods such as New Split Peas Red Lentil New Lima beans and Butter Beans New Haricot Beana New Cooking Peas per packet.
A fragmented listing shows various floor polish products with tin numbers and prices. Items include Nugget Floor Polish, Swift Floor Polish, Quickshine, Varnishing compounds, and Linvarnish with assorted codes and per tin prices. The text reads like an old catalog fragment with mixed brand names and numerals.
A listing shows baking powder tins priced at 8 3 per set of six. Each tin labeled 1 g. Item likely a bulk buy or bulk discount from a generic storefront.
An old time ad shows assorted items including good lead pencils and writing pads, willowbrook pads, dirt cleansers, furniture polish, starch glaze, wax tapers, and wax vestas with varied quantity offers and prices. The fragment references multiple brands and pack sizes common to a general store catalog.
Lanterns and lamp parts including shades burners wicks and chimneys offered with prices such as 16 Gdl and 2s 26 Yd 88-8. Wall lamps pellets and lanterns priced 2s 3s 11d and 4s 6d. Duplex lamp pearl top chimneys and various size chimneys listed. Stock available now but many lines sold out and not easily replaced.
Reliable alarm clocks from major makers include Phoenix Alarm’s Clocks by the Ansonia Clock Company with six shillings and sixpence, Pirate Alarms by Ansonia Clock Company at seven and a half pence, Waterbury Turn-out Alarm Clock at seventy-two and sixpence, Sleep Metre Alarm by Western Clock Company at one shilling and sixpence, The Big Prompter Alarm by New Haven Clock Company at six and a sixpence.
CATTLE CURES. Send for timely medicines before illness strikes. a small expense now may save pounds later. Cambridge’s Drench for horses, Carbolic Salve, Red Bus Threat for Splints, Worm Balls, and more offered with practical advice. Medicines made on short notice with guaranteed satisfaction. consultations invited.
The Australian Mutual Provident reports for 1917 total claims at 7,633,734 with war claims close to 3,000,000. Accumulated funds near 8,000,000 and cash surplus about 700,000. Reversionary additions to policies amount to roughly 1,000,000 despite heavy war-related claims.
The Society continues issuing war loan policies pending Government approval. Full particulars available from James Pipe, Box 273, Christchurch, or WWW. Anderson, Burnett Street, Rabburton.
Second edition brief notes a Weekly Produce and Poultry Sale at Farmers Co-operative Association and Mr Henry Stephenson's Marts. Also mentions Borough Council lease auction at 2 p.m. with sale details to follow.
Wellington reports national Second Division League president H A Armstrong has been medically classified C2. Wallington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board urges compulsory free dental treatment for State school children where parents earn under £4 weekly, cost to be State funded. Auckland Police Court fines William J Porter £10 for bets in a registered factory as a means to supplement income. Anticipation grows that August will bring completion of the Arthur’s Pass tunnel connection easing West Coast travel.
Four years after the Sarajevo murder tensions rise as New Zealand reflects on German atrocities at sea and in ports. The Wimmera's loss near home prompts calls to bar German authority in the Pacific while reports of libel suits, labour federation talks, and public notices fill pages.
Tonight at His Majesty's Theatre and St Andrew's Hall a program of 8 pictures begins at His Majesty's Theatre with matinees and a grand concert at 8 p.m. A social at 8 p.m. in Gains Hall followed by an association annual meeting at 1 36 p.m.
A margarine factory in England produces about five million pounds of margarine per week. Milk is received and separated, cream turned into butterfat, and skim milk is churned with vegetable fats from nuts to substitute butter fat, then boxed as butter.
A London cablegram reports Military Medals to NZ servicemen Sergeant E Pearce and AW M Witzgerald Lance-Corporals D Broughton and G H Patton and Bombardier H Dapper. An Australian cablegram announces the death in Melbourne of Francis Richard Russell aged 63, former chief inspector in New Zealand for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd.
A correspondent questions whether it is standard for the Board chairman to belittle reservists in court. The letter accuses the chair of making a laughing attack on men who sacrifice personal livelihood to serve, and asks what remedies exist for such treatment.
An Otago style notice promotes Akaroa seaside resort offering golf links and outdoor games. It claims best and least expensive accommodation in the Dominion with wares returning to Christchurch. 95s. 1g
Wellington June 7 report itemizes missing aboard the Wimmera after its sinking. includes 67 year old Hewitt L. H. Grahasi and numerous others plus crew such as master A J Kell and wireless operator A Bomont.
Wellington secretaries report the Mangonui coast incident with four survivors in a house and about 26 on the beach. Forekeeper A McKay and relief party depart to recover stranded people as a list of names is noted for later update.
An Australian Patriots Association account relayed by Mr. Tucker describes the Wimmera disaster near the coast. Survivors detail the two blasts, rapid lights out, and calm amid catastrophe as women children and crew escaped through skylights and a tunnel. The party reached To Bay and Maui residents aided efforts before telegraphing the news.
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