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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
2
A local notice lists numerous farms for private sale across Canterbury including Ashburton and Geraldine districts. Each property entry shows acres, dwelling and improvements with asking prices per acre or total, plus inspection and personal supervision options.
The near best despatch for the United Kingdom is via San Francisco leaving Ashburton on March 20 and due in London on April 1.
At Addington on March 7 large yardings of sheep and lambs met mixed demand. Fat lambs and ewes sold firm to higher on outside competition, fat sheep and dairy cattle were softer, while fat pigs rose on light entry. Victorian buyers and freezing trades influenced prices across categories including store sheep, fat cattle, and porkers.
At a recent County Council meeting the Post and Telegraph Department backed returning the bond on the Longhead line as it is now self supporting. Mayfield and other lines prove profitable, boosting hope for full county wiring while noting the department requires guarantees from districts before construction.
Jonn One & Co advertises over forty used machines including Hollis Triumph Badge Swift Stirling and other makes. They claim very low prices and easy terms and say they want to quit the stock.
Local items report band concerts and rifle match results, weather notes, church appointments, Oddfellows visit plans, milk price discussions, a major sale event, a new Wellington organ opening, a farewell for Miss Salter, and bankruptcy matters. Included are civic updates and health news from Melbourne on an anthrax death.
Tenders invited for painting the Railway Hotel Rakaia. General Babington to return in September. Claims against G Kidd estate to E G Crisp and J D Williamson. Retirement sale of entire stock ironmongery books etc at premises for sale. Nelson Moate teas claim world’s largest tea sale. Gore bullock post mortem knife found in stomach. Ashburton Acclimatisation photos of river mouth. Geraldine railway Orari to Geraldine urged and increased accommodation at Orari station. Wellington council sold Newtown properties auction profits listed. January 1878 arrivals departures railway duplication plans movement. Trade items listed John Orr Co catalog prices.
The Ashburton Acclimatisation Society held a meeting chaired by P. H. Cox. Topics included water race tampering, the Canterbury Society worm fishing issue, funding for huts and fencing, race land claims with the County Council, and trophies for the fishing competition. A plan to display Mr Berryman’s tract and Mr Moon’s tourist card was noted. A native game ban and duck licensing were discussed, with May to July hunting season details.
A letter page note states the newspaper does not endorse reader opinions and invites further correspondence while disclaiming editorial responsibility for these views. It emphasizes the separation between the paper's stance and individual contributors.
A reader rebutts Milkboy’s claims on child labour in dairy farming, arguing southern conditions are kinder. The letter contrasts bush clearing, long rural journeys, and schooling disruptions with better southern land, roads, and railway access, asserting no overwork cases in South Island regions.
The Hakatere Football Club met last evening with large attendance. Officers were elected including T. McDonald as senior captain and Sid Thomas as vice captain. A junior captain was postponed to the first practice match. season opens with a scratch match on the 22nd.
Me W Anderson has arranged a one night engagement for Czerny the Prince of Prestidigitation at Oddfellows Hall on Monday evening. The Australian debutant uses original magic with no standard props and promises a unique illusion show. Seats may be reserved at H. BM. Jones.
Early this morning in Aucziany a night watchman sighted a man and woman inside a locked shop. The woman escaped while the man fled but was captured after a pursuit. He fired twice at the pursuing officer but missed. The captured suspect named William Smith had a revolver and ball cartridges and a skeleton key found nearby. He faced shooting at a constable and breaking and entering charges at the Police Court.
The North Canterbury Charitable Aid Board accepted unconditionally the resignation of the Waltham Orphanage matron. The Commissioner's report on orphanage management was referred to a committee, and a special meeting will discuss the future continuity and management of the orphanage.
The leprosy case reported yesterday was moved from Christchurch hospital to the quarantine station at Quail Island in Lyttelton Harbour. Dr. Upham of Lyttelton leads the patient, believed to have arrived from Queensland and possibly afflicted for some time before symptoms appeared.
Juasie D Leach faced charges of ill treating and neglecting a child adopted from the Salvation Army Home. The child weighed less and bore bruises. neighbours heard crying. The defense argued the husband held custody, with no evidence of wilful neglect. decision reserved.
William Phillips a young married man was brought before Mr Kettle at the Police Court for drunkenness and attempted death by his own hand. Constable Coxander restrained him after stopping on the verandah with a razor before reaching the accused. Phillips planned to finish the act the next day and was remanded for medical examination.
Mr RB Low, injured in an Alpine crossing via Graham's saddle, arrived at Fairlis today and heads to Timara Hospital tomorrow. He praises Guides Clarke and Graham for carrying him from Malte Brun bivouac across the Tasman Glacier to Ball nat, noting great kindness shown him by all involved.
An old ad promotes Rheumo claiming it cures rheumatism gout and related pains by expelling uric acid. It touts testimonials from customers, promises rapid relief, and lists price 2s 6d or 4s 6d per bottle. Also mentions farm tools and hardware at Jonx Ong & Co with numerous items.
London March 7. To the House of Commons the Army estimates list total 29,795,003. Mr Haldane states no major changes without full consideration, abandons Arnold-Forster scheme, keeps short rifle, trims services by 5,300, disbands Royal Garrison Regiment and withdraws garrison artillery from Halifax and Esquimalt. Last year’s estimates were 231,514,000, a cut of nearly 2,000,000.
An Imperial manifesto announces a reform creating a bicameral legislature with equal elected and nominated members. Nine year terms for the elected, annual sessions by the Czar, and open sittings. Immunity during sessions with Duma permission, ministers eligible for Duma seats, and a process to ratify emergency actions.
A Reichstag committee has authorized building two battleships of 18 000 tons each and one cruiser of 15 000 tons, along with six additional large cruisers.
United Press reports Algeciras tensions depress German markets. The imperial par cant stock falls to 88.50, the lowest in years, signaling cautious bets across Berlin as European tensions affect trade and confidence.
In a House of Lords debate on Admiralty policy Lord Brassey stated Australian and Canadian proposals to create naval forces for local defence promised far reaching effects. Britain urged colonial Governments to organize but warned they would not fund the Imperial Exchequer.
President Roosevelt addresses Congress urging a joint Board of army and navy officers and expanded defence works at Cheasapeake Bay Honolulu Manila and other harbors. He calls for increased armaments for United States ports totaling 50,379,006 dollars.
Brusewas in March reports Belgian Chambar resolving to rely on a promised reforma in the Congo, signaling a shift in colonial policy and governance pending implementation.
United Press reports the German barque Germania, sailing from Townsville to New York, abandoned in mid ocean in a sinking state with no further details. Corrected report later confirms destination New York.
A March 7 tariff commission hearing featured a hor mentary importer who said he was compelled to buy goods in America due to lower freights, despite equal quality and higher English prices.
A youth named Richard Lambert, 17 or 18, of Adelaide, was washed overboard and drowned during the barque Ganytmede’s voyage from Edithburg to ay. A heavy gale prevented lowering a boat and the accident occurred on February 8th.
The C C and D Company received a cable listing meat prices for Canterbury mutton first quality 54d second 5d Napier Wellington North Island Lamb first 54d second 5d Beef hides 23d stores. The note indicates market rates for mutton lamb and beef across regions.
The selection committee named New Zealand representatives for the Melbourne Club matches at Lancaster Park on March 23 24 and 26. Named players include B ed Beckett Boxshall Ollivier from Canterbury, Graham Downes Wilson Liedeberg from Otago, Hickson Monaghan Wellington Hemus Lusk, plus others.
Melbourne and Southland clashed in Invercargill amid dull sunless weather. Melbourne posted 99 in good play by McNeece and O Halloran but the visitors totaled 493 with Armstrong scoring 383 and Ransford 68. Poole took 3 for 86 and others chipped in as the innings concluded.
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