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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 06, 1901
Page
2
Daily train timing notes show Ashburton departures to Christchurch and Timaru with express and local services. Other lines list arrivals to Ashburton from Christchurch and Timaru with peak and express services.
Phasea at Moon details for February include last quarter at 12 42 am and new moon on the 19th with first quarter on the 26th. The text lists apogee and various positional measurements with reference to times and fractions in a dated catalog style.
Notices show mails close on Thursday March 7 for Northern Porto and Westport per Rotomahans at 6:30 pm with late fee letters and express service. Friday March 5 mails close for Northern Porto and Westport per Mokols at 6:30 am. Saturday March for Fremantle Durban and Cape Town per Otarama at 6:30 am.
Prices realised at Ashburton Yards for store sheep including D Thomas sales and Farmers' Co op lots. Listings cover halfbred and crossbred ewes and wethers, merino ewes, lambs, and specific tooth classifications with varied shillings and pence, plus private sales by Mr D Thomas and multiple station ewes sales.
In loving tribute a husband and daughter recall the departed mother with lines of grief and hope. They express how they miss her face and presence while trusting a reunion in heaven after a painful parting.
A visiting contingent of Indian troops marches through Baring Square drawing attention to empire unity and colonial ties. The display highlights centuries of Indian military history, from the Moguls to the Marathas, and prompts thought on Britain's global influence and the power of national identity.
An English mail from Christchurch today notes Timaru St Patrick's Sports entries close Friday at 3 pm A.4.0. A club row invites lady riders to Winchmore to compete tomorrow Paxsayreeian Onlace. The Ashburton Presbyterian Church annual meeting is held tonight. Yesterday stock market shows a heavy drop in values with 1s to 2s differences, many vendors and buyers unassigned.
A collage of Ashburton items includes bowling club invitations, a teachers meeting on grants, cremation site approval in Adelaide, a cancelled Guards Rifles match, trotting club plans, council condolence to Mrs Hanmer, a pending wife murder trial, troop dispatch notes, a poisonous honey warning, garden party ads, a trap accident near Allenton, society prize payouts, and Mount Karvelow ascent details with a Sydney visitor party.
The Ashburton Hockey Club held a social meeting at the County Council offices last night with Mr F Clarke presiding. The committee praised a successful year and urged the Spurte Autoviation to improve Beechey ground. The incoming committee considers forming an Indies club as the season opens at month end with new members joining.
Lieutenant Hughes will lecture on the South African war at Ashburton with war relics pictures and notes from his time with Brabant's Horse. He praises Cape Colonials and General Botha while presenting Boer and British trophies and views from Wepener Brandwater and Cape Town.
A reader asks who is to blame for the Ashburton Trotting Club event clashing with Rangitata's meeting. they note Rangitata altered dates to suit the Association yet released their programme first and that Ashburton horse owners support Rangitata and send horses there. a Lover of Farm Poets asks who bears responsibility.
Public inquiry pleads for guidance on using firearms to deter fruit thieves. The letter asks whether shooting is justified to clear premises of robbers, addressing the general community response.
A letter from Prior B. H. Cox criticizes the Domain Board for renting the Domain Oval to an outsider for a money making fireworks display at £5. He warns the plan risks damaging the cycling track preparation for the Amateur Athletic Club meet on April 8 and questions the public benefit versus private gain.
Government plans a referendum on federation with Australie to run alongside a separate measure. Local ads promote Wade's worn figo products and Monica's Zealandia Boot Store offering bargain boots and shoes for cash.
Ashburton Horticultural Society held a committee meeting with Mrs Friedlander and Mrs Dodda presiding. An interim balance showed a substantial credit after show expenses. Prize money over £40 to be paid Friday at Mr De Beer’s office. Gratitude expressed to show helpers and suppliers. sympathy extended to Mr Pitt injured returning exhibits. Meeting adjourned.
Police investigate New Zealand leads linking a woman to the Conway poisoning case. Authorities hope to arrest soon as analysts prepare findings for the inquest resumed Friday after Talune’s voyage to Sydney.
Lord Cranborne reports the Russo Chinese Manchurian agreement as a major concern for Britain and other powers. M Delcasse says Allies neither studied nor decided on interior China expedition and France will not act without strong reasons or chamber approval. Imperial Court returns to Pekin as escort moves from Shantung to Honan.
President McKinley is sworn in for a second term in Washington amid intermittent rain. A platform near the Capitol hosted a 40 000 strong crowd as Roosevelt is sworn in as Vice President. Troops and a Porto Rican native regiment highlighted the review at the White House.
Heavy going marked the second day of the Autumn meeting in Melbourne. Dreamland won the 2 miles Australian Car with Flintlock second and San Fran third, while Advance finished sixth in 3 minutes 56 seconds. A later sale at Odmaru saw Vandyke bought by Mr McKechonie of Dunedin for 671.
In English circles the idea grows that a team will travel to Australia in September with more amateurs and first class matches only. Conditions include MCC acceptance and management by their representative, and agreement on the square leg umpire authority on no balls.
Mr Ernest M Sandetein recently returned from six years of study in England and Const, available for consultations on defective eyesight. Daylight not necessary, prescriptions prepared, moderate fees. Consulting rooms at Cashel Street W. Also advertised are tools and mantispieces with reduced prices from 12s 4d and up.
An official report notes De Wet halted at Phillipolis and nearing Fauresmith while General Babington uncovers a Krupp gun pom pom and ammo at Zandfontein. The New York Tribune cites a Petersburg council authorizing capitulation terms for Botha if amnesty and limited independence are granted, with property restoration. Major Dartnell captures a Hotchkiss gun near Piet Retief and a local commandant surrenders with fifty men. Lieut A H E Benson dies of wounds.
Regimental Sergeant Major Chae Brown of the Fourth Contingent has been commissioned as lieutenant. Captain Coutte, GR Jonathon, and MN Hamer receive three express appointments. Hamer, with South African service, traces military beginnings to 16 years old and includes Grigua and Zulu campaigns. Further appointments list Rutherford, Braithwaite, and Hiews Geant among others.
Telegraph reports on Government plans to build grain elevators and cold storage at Newesade costing sixty thousand pounds. Sydney Hat Company's factory damaged by fire. Contingent helmets destroyed. Railway Commissioner Mathieson to become English Midland Railway general manager. Duke and Duchess visit plans spark unrest and Governor Madden suffers nervous strain. Mount Morgan mine resumes. drought hinders Federal election document delivery. Some districts require special coaches or camels. Professor Goldwin Smith links imperial copyright and patent laws to empire unity. Sir Wilfrid Laurier may not visit Australia. Canada to be represented at Commonwealth Parliament opening.
London on March 4 announces the death of the Hon Albert J Henniker heir to Baron Henniker at age 36. Hopain on March 2 reports the death of Mrs St Hill wife of Colonel St Hill famed for service in the New Zealand war.
Reports indicate the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall will travel from Australia and Africa to Halifax Nova Scotia cross to Vancouver then return across Canada amid Penang disappointment. Advertisements tout Loseby’s Wahoo Privy and Worm Figs as herbal remedies with testimonials and claims of quick relief.
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