Colonial Make Sale Notice
A brief business notice reports a Colonial made sale with price details indicated but not fully readable in the fragment. The readable portion notes a promotional price and consumer interest.
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
4
A brief business notice reports a Colonial made sale with price details indicated but not fully readable in the fragment. The readable portion notes a promotional price and consumer interest.
L Watt operates as a dental surgeon located in the Mail and Guardian Buildings. Details on services or hours are not provided in the fragment.
Daily memoranda lists upcoming auctions and sales including a land clearing sale at Hinds, a weekly produce and poultry sale at Farmers' Co operative Association, Henry Stephenson's marts, a property sale, and a Theatre Royal Lagmhor estate sale.
The notice lists hours of attendance from 9 a.m. to 6 30 p.m at a private residence. A contact phone is partially obscured with digits shown as M41 and 169.
Evening schedule shows Tinwald Baths at 6.15 swimming and His Majesty's Theatre at 8. Hay ward's Picture Theatre Royal and Pailler's Pictures also listed. Mathers' Union Picnic at Long Beach starts at 10.15. Domain and cricket events noted in Canterbury and Ashburton. County Council meets at His Majesty's Theatre at 8. Hayward's Circus is advertised.
A list of grocery and tobacco prices including whole pineapple tins per dozen and per tin, Pineapple chunks, Havelock Derby and Capstan cigarettes, Royal Vestas, matches, and assorted canned fish items with varied prices. The fragment notes several brands and pack sizes, reflecting a price catalog.
A catalog of gem pricing lists shows Olivine and Disamonds priced from 45 shillings to 17 pounds 10 shillings Emerald and Diamonds from 72 shillings 6 pence to 18 pounds 10 shillings Al Diamonds at 60 shillings to 22 pounds 10 shillings 6pence. The entries reflect ranges for different stone grades and settings.
Local trade notice for J. and J. Sutherland bakers pastry cooks confectioners and caterers located at Cass and Wills Streets near the Theatre Royal providing baked goods and catering services.
Ashburton Guardian reports on the dangers of money and credit manipulation. It cites Mr J. P. Morgan on the impossibility of a Money Trust, warns against risky private loans, and notes calls for safeguards from the American committee. It highlights Dr. Woodrow Wilson’s pledge to secure financial methods and prevent panics.
The piece argues for continued Liberal policy of cheap advances to settlers and industries amid wartime funding pressures. It warns against fears that government limits on state lending favor private money lenders and calls for relaxation of restrictions to prevent stagnation and hardship to a developing economy.
Wellington reports a one and a half hour conference resolved the engineers dispute though details await. Sir James Mills and E I Wallace met to draft terms. Magistrate Court hearings tomorrow include charges under the Defence Act for parade absence. Eclipse viewing possible Saturday night if clear.
The Dominion Commission members arrived in Wellington and began taking evidence in the afternoon. Weather forecasts predict strong northerly winds, warmth, humidity, cloud, and rain with a falling barometer. Elections passed in New Plymouth to borrow funds for tramways and water extensions, both carried by wide majorities.
A Sydney cable says Lady Scott rooms at Government House until Monday before a England departure. Civil Service Commissioners Robertson Triges Thomson travel through Ashburton by the first express for the South. Auckland telegram notes Sir Maurice O Rorke honoured after noon with a portrait by Goldie presented in thanks for his service. He will hand it to the University College Council and the portrait will hang in future university buildings.
Robert James Fwington aged 30 of Masterton was in Lower Valley on Tuesday when an accidental explosion occurred. The blast lodged in his abdomen and he died several hours later.
J R Tindale editor of the Cunnamulla Waterman writes from New South Wales to share he has lived in Queensland thirteen years and suffered chronic diarrhoea yet Cham berlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy cured him quickly. He recommends it to all sufferers and says it is sold to ebowists and store keepers.
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