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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 03, 1908
Page
2
Bargain note lists Rudge Whitworth standards at a sale price of £11 from £145 and Whitworth specials at £16 from £20, highlighting large reductions on two product lines.
Tancred Street lists T. Wilson as proprietor with no additional details or context available.
Tailors and outfitters listed at 0 0. Ashburton address shown in trade directory with basic business line items.
Smith family notes the passing of Bridget Smith at Casa Street Ashburton on March 1 1907. She is dearly loved and sadly mourned by her husband and family.
Dalnety and Co. report from London dated February 28 that the butter market remains dull with little business. Normal values range from 105s to 116s per cwt, depending on quality.
Hampstead School pupil teacher Miss Lily Church Williams is among those who passed the first sections of the B A degree. Ashburton Building Society totals show 211 shareholders, 242 depositors, and 256 borrowers. At Rangiora Conciliation Board a farm lad of seventeen suggests regulating farm hours with an early start and no late finish. Halma and Co photographers announce continued special concessions for all war photos during the coming month.
The Ashburton Druids Lodge held its ordinary fortnightly meeting with large attendance. A new member was initiated, several propositions heard, and reports on sick members and dues were processed. An extra delegate was appointed to discuss Friendly Societies excision with other lodges. Letters to unclaimed recipients were noted amid other routine business and local commentary on labour, stock prices, and weather.
Conciliation Board resumed hearings on the Rangiora farm labourers dispute. Workers described wages from 1s to 1s 3d per hour, long hours, and pressed for a 7s per day baseline and a Saturday half-holiday. They urged union preference in hiring and complained of low earnings despite high living costs.
In Wellington on March 2 the Minister for Lands ruled on preference leases at Otekaike Estate. The two men not living on the estate and claimed unemployed were denied. The Solicitor General advised approval requires ministerial discretion and Court review is not possible.
Private advices from Tris state Rev. Stanley Howard missionary at Aoba New Hebrides is 33 missing. Cable advice from Noumea received at Norfolk Island says he was believed to have lost his life while visiting stations just before the Tris sailing.
Holiday leisure calls for comfortable footwear and Mellor’s Shoes advertises light yet durable shoes of high quality. The retailer promises economical prices with a claim that prices cannot be duplicated in the district, urging readers to see the advertisement for details.
The Ashburton Permanent Building and Investment Society held its thirty third annual meeting amid discussion of the year’s results. Directors reported a profit after 7 percent, with a proposed 1 percent dividend and a forward balance. The chair noted progress, discussed reserve funds and law, and urged continued youth participation in future shareholding.
An auditor explains taking proper action amid disputes over balancing the books and forming reserves. Directors elected were Dr J E Trevor and H Friedlander with a 2 percent dividend instead of 4. Votes totaling 211 shareholders were recorded.
In the Supreme Court at Christ Church Justice Denniston pronounces in favor of the will propounded by Hugo Friedlander and J Houston. The testator died in New Zealand in 1907. the original will cannot be found. Probate of the will, as per the press copy, is granted to the executors in solemn form with costs paid out of the estate.
Fierce fires driven by strong north westerlies devastate Putara, Kakanitsi, and Eketahuna districts. At Footes mill workers saved the mill after hours of effort. Gardiner’s saw mill was destroyed. Homes and outbuildings burned, cattle and sheep killed, rain later quelled the danger as firefighters saved several homesteads in Carterton.
Mr W F Massey M P leader of the Opposition spoke to a crowded Town Hall in Hamilton. A motion was carried unanimously thanking him for the able and statesmanlike address and expressing confidence in him as reader of the Opposition.
William Anderson was fined £10 and costs at the Police Court for selling beer at an oyster stand during the Tahuna Park trotting meeting in Dunedin on March 3.
James Briggs of Wellington testifies in 1907 that Rheumo cured his rheumatism after other remedies failed. He notes relief and urges others with rheumatism and gout to try the remedy, sold by JAP chemists and stores at 6d and 4s 6d.
Hobart reports a fine day with low attendance as New Zealanders win five championships. Barker and Davis suffer setbacks in the 880 and 440 hurdles, while McKay and Sharp headline field events and Kerr leads in the 3 mile walk. Davis falters at the last hurdle in the hurdles, and McKay clears the pole and long jumps amid strong crowd reaction.
News from Blackball shows a mining strike with union meetings in progress and no shift in stance. Socialist speaker T Fitzgerald urges firmness while officials inspect conditions. manager cites no new deputations and warns of a crisis by tomorrow or Wednesday.
GREYMOUTH March 3 a conference at Blackball collapsed after agreement on all points except the ballot proposal with both sides adamant and unwilling to yield.
At a Napier meeting in March police representatives judged the Public Service Superannuation Fund defective and urged amending the Police Provident Fund Regulations to align with the fund. They agreed to seek legal advice with Wellington and Christchurch police on flaws in the Act.
Napier March 3 The adjourned inquest into John Howell killed in a wrestling bout at the Caledonian sports on the 19th ultimo returns a verdict of death by misadventure. A rider adds that hard ground should not be used and mats should be employed in future matches.
A new cargo steamer Waite mata has been launched by the Union Company. The Miowera will be renamed Maitai and, with Maroma and Manika, to join the Vancouver service this winter. The Makura is under construction on the Clyde and the Miowera is being surveyed at Sydney for intercolonial trade needs.
Japan demands China release the steamer seized off Macao in February and issue an apology. China asks to refer the dispute to a mixed court. Japan orders the cruiser Shizumi 49 to Hong Kong but says the move is not meant as a threat.
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