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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
4
Anticipating a rush of visitors to the Winter Show the store has laid in stocks of the latest up to date men as and boys clothing. Suits in all wool tweed serge and Norfolk styles with hats caps and accessories including ties collars braces jackets gloves mufflers and more.
Ashburton Borough Council held its fortnightly meeting with Mayor H. Davis presiding. The Audit Office raised two exceptions on the balance sheet. a letter to the Auditor General was approved and the balance sheet printing contract awarded. The council discussed universal military training costs, boundary fencing, and the high pressure water scheme with no endorsement for municipal notes. Committees reported on reserves, drainage, library needs, and drainage outfall improvements, with plans for public auctions and building requirements.
A letter to the editor criticizes the town council over water delays at fires and insufficient fire protection. It urges purchase of a chemical engine, funds reallocation, and mandatory fire escapes for two story buildings to prevent future fatalities.
The chairman stated a credit balance of £306 25 2d and revenue since the last meeting of £8 odd. Accounts totaling £413 odd were approved for payment as the meeting adjourned.
The Selection Committee announces the New Zealand amateur athletic team for the Australasian championships in Brisbane on August 18 and 19. Chosen are fencers F J Ohlson and J W Heenan and others from Auckland Wellington Canterbury and Otago with events across sprints distance runs walking jumps and hurdles. Some members H St A Murray and CQ BR Orbell of Canterbury cannot travel.
A deputation from the Presbyterian Bible Class Union asked the Borough Council to grant use of the upstairs rooms in the Council Chambers and the reading room for their annual Summer School to be held in Ashburton during Christmas and New Year. The union expects 600 to 700 attendees from across the dominion and will provide a responsible supervisor. The council offered the two rooms free of charge with suitable furnishings, pending approval.
Three High School boys aged 12 18 and 13 missed the Ashburton train on Saturday and walked 50 miles home starting at four o clock. They trekked all night and until nearly 5 pm the next day, with brief rests and one lift for the final three miles. They had only a small luncheon and arrived fatigued hungry and footsore as rain made much of the road rough.
Richard Arnst sculling champion returned to Wellington from Wanganui with Floyd Fog well and J Arnst. A large crowd greeted them at the station as Jupp s Bana aided the escort to his hotel. Hon T Mackenzie extended a welcome and Arnst planned to travel to Christchurch soon.
A playful verse touts a legendary remedy named Woods' Great Peppermint Cure that supposedly stops all colds instantly after years of belief. The old rhyme warns cold danger and celebrates a sensational cure.
Workers protest reductions below the Union rate while some accept one shilling an hour. Ten men reported for North Island bush work but only four had shown up by afternoon. The council will employ fifty men for two weeks and discharge after six days to rotate workers.
A Manawatu Agricultural and Pastoral Association meeting debated banning prizes for unsound stallions or brood mares. Suggestions included employing a veterinary surgeon to examine entries in show rings and requiring tickets of qualification for entrants. The idea mirrors Victoria’s government oversight of stud horses.
The ad extols Zam-Buk as a universal remedy for ringworm scalp eczema and other skin ailments. It cites a Haswellbrock case where six months of treatments failed but two weeks of Zam-Buk cured the ringworm and left the scalp clean. It claims effectiveness for winter skin issues sore throat chest cold and muscular problems with antiseptic fumes when rubbed and inhaled.
The Dunedin Licensing Committee was directed by mandamus to hear and determine grocer Robert Walliam Wilson’s bottle license application. The decision, after long argument, left costs at ten pounds with the party bearing their own, and reserved further relief if the committee refused after hearing.
Croup capillary bronchitis and articular rheumatism are blamed on neglected colds in children. The advert claims early treatment stops illness, urging Lane's Emulsion as the standby medicine, with sizes 4/8 and 2/6 and nationwide use in New Zealand homes.
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