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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 06, 1909
Page
4
The meeting reviewed casual labour checks noting no formal system and reliance on worker honesty. A plan to improve oversight was referred to the Finance Committee amid calls to protect public funds and confirm day work performed.
The Mount Hutt Road Board held its regular meeting with W. J. Dickie as chairman, noting apologies from Mrs Lock. The clerk and ranger reports were adopted, and a proposed £12 tracing cost for district mapping was rejected as exorbitant. Rates confusion with Mount Somers Board, tendering for office painting, £95 6s 1d accounts passed, £60 donation from Aire Cameron acknowledged, and cemetery tree removal work ordered to continue.
At Mount Somers on Thursday the board chaired by Gates considered road efforts on Price's road up to Hoad's road, authorized fencing dangerous spots on Alford Settlement road, and approved forming tenders including Clayton Patton for Price's road. It also addressed straying cattle with ranger patrol, dairy road extensions, and ongoing road project inspections.
A 3:30 am blaze gutted a shop run by Miss Finn and a dentist's chambers in Stratford. The fire damaged stock at Bendall, Simmons, Or dell and M'Ray, and Constainery. Sun Office insured Aliss Vlyn's stock for £10. other policies unavailable. A veterinary note on horse conformation follows, warning against short ribs and rough gait.
The Ashburton High School Board of Governors met to discuss finances including a debit balance of £2249 and a credit £1177, approval to lease reserves, term dates for 1909, and transfer to the Technical Board. The headmaster reported 115 pupils with 95 percent attendance and plans for practical maths, French teaching methods, and music and painting. a wire netting installation for tennis courts and cadets camp arrangements were approved along with furniture tenders for desks lockers forms and chairs.
The Department of Labour notes mixed conditions in Ashburton. Building trades show slack in bricklaying and carpentry, while sawmilling and woollen milling remain active. Dairying and farming work are busy, harvesting limited. locals likely cope with available work and few outsiders will gain employment.
At the Police Court in Auckland on March 5 a young man named Thomas Hammond was remanded to Wanganui on a charge of forging an endorsement to a cheque.
The article notes US patents yielding rapid profits from minor improvements such as chaff-cutters threshing devices and printer inks, with example sales in eight to fifteen months. It highlights New Zealand cases including Henry Hughes in Christchurch offering on site patent advice to inventors seeking to fill needs and replace inefficient contrivances.
The official U S wool clip for the year stands at 316 039 000 pounds with the finest quality shipped. Total sheep count on January 1 was 58 240 282, up over 8 million since 1905. Record weight figures and averages are noted, with 1903 yielding the near 64 million mark.
George Tavies sample suits in the Arcade claim superior style fit and finishing with the exclusive Keep Shape Front. Davies offers cash only, guarantees satisfaction or money back, and notes £2 price gap from credit tailors. Ashburton and Christchurch branches announce a shipment of summer sailings with brown green worsteds and blues blacks.
Letters from New Zealand homes praise Lane's Emulsion for asthma bronchitis and general health. Testimonials hail improvements in children a body builder and a sick adult, noting regular doctor recommendations and nationwide sales.
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