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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 01, 1913
Page
8
Advertisement listing hay forks with 2 3 and 4 prongs of extra quality hay rakes screw wrenches steel spanners and spanner sets of four. Includes 2s to threshing machine proprietors and Avery’s threshing machine scales. Sundry small wants promptly mended.
Wheat market inactive with Australian loading at 378 103d and February shipment at 88s. March offer 37s 74d. New Zealand supplies nearly exhausted. spot demand strong for long berry fruit at 29s 6d to 39s. Oats ample with scarce A grade Gartons at 25s 6d to 26s. Butter firm with colonial choices selling well. salted 110s to 111s and 2 at 10ds to 108s, unsalted 105s to 116s, NZ salted 116s to 1Is, unsalted 118s to 120s. Danish at 1323 6d to Jats Gd. Cheese firm and quiet. New Zealand us 6d tools.
The annual report of the North German Lloyds Company shows gross earnings of 2,567,000 pounds for the year. A dividend of 7 percent has been declared.
The Ashburton Grain Market report notes wet weather hindered threshing and kept supply small. Wheat sold at full rates with millers taking all good quality grain. prices ranged from 3s 6d to 8s 7d for prime lots. Oats demand remained fair for heavy grades with prices mainly 1s 2d to 2s on trucks. Danish and Duns were mostly ordinary and in low demand. chaff prices for old oatsheaf and new chaff are listed at 52s 6d to 55s for prime and related types.
Christchurch February 28 reports a firm local wheat market with little grain offered due to rain delaying threshing. Dates are weaker with 1s 1d as the outside Gartons price. Peas seen in small lots, partridge and Prussian blues fetched 23d and 3s respectively.
Moe rs Friedlander Bros Ltd held a successful Horse Fair yesterday with good attendance. Entries totaled 35 horses. Bids were spirited and the sales included a chestnut gelding Syrs at 41 pounds and a bay mare Gyre at 39 pounds among other outfits.
At the annual meeting in Timaru the gas company reported a profit of 2220 pounds and declared a 10 percent dividend. The report notes a large new holder in progress and 2000 pounds spent on new retorts. Year output set a record with rising applications for supplies.
Mrs Fullarton of Woolloongabba Queensland recounts a long struggle with debility, biliousness and indigestion. She credits Bile Beans for restoring appetite, energy, and health after a full course, aided by her son Andrew who began the remedy. Now 85, she claims full recovery and vitality.
St John’s Bible Glass met at the Methven church to hear Miss L Wilson read on The Good Samaritan, an instruction to all present. W O S Dickie cites Postmaster General letter stating outside exchange lists cost 6d per sheet and per book list. Methven circuits to be upgraded with transformers and lead cable unless private wires convert to metallic. Miss Henderson leaves Methven for Greymouth High School promotion.
Timaru traders press to retain the early Wednesday morning service to Christchurch arguing it serves business travelers and should substitute for the Ashburton 7.65 am train. Ashburton residents oppose removing the early train and seek reinstatement of the old mixed service with earlier Timaru departures reaching Christchurch by 10.45 am.
Government statistics estimate an average 30 bushels per acre for liberal wheat yields with little damaged grain due to favorable harvest conditions. Total wheat around 5,709,900 bushels, oats at 88.6 bushels per acre, South Island crops lighter, barley about 36 bushels, potatoes near 6 bushels. Condensed enumerator reports do not support high grain yield estimates.
Regent Cigarettes promotes a free gift scheme inviting readers to write for a catalogue and forty free gifts from Regent Box 331 Wellington. The ad emphasizes enjoying the product and sharing in the promotion.
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