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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 14, 1902
Page
2
Property listing for a 376 acre farm at Watercon featuring a four roomed house, a four room fall table, a loose box, and a granary. Describes three good cropping and grass lands suitable for farming and livestock.
Fragments describe mail sailings to Northern Ports Westport Australian States and South Africa via Waihora Mapouriki Brindisi Te Anan Rotomahana and London with times from 6 30 pm 12 30 pm and 10 30 am on March 14 15 and a note of routes and deadlines for international mail.
Brief telegraphic update from Doreotin reports sales figures for Olria 243 Od 243 Sd 244 Paetolus 42a Gi 4
London wool sales opened with brisk competition and prices ranging from par to a 74 percent advance on prior rates. Balmee Buxton and Jacomb catalogued 10 206 bales as buyers dominated the floor, morning sales up to five percent and crossbreds seven and a half percent higher than February levels.
The Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association ram fair opened with fewer entries than last year. Demand lagged behind supply as many animals were sold privately, sales were limited to few breeds, and some entries like Hogligh Leicestere saw only partial sale.
Nearly 9000 sheep entered the Methven yards with about six thousand good straight breeding ewes sold. Store lambs and abattoir ewes showed solid demand. prices held up to late rates. Notable lots included Hebdom Lefcagtor ewe lambs from Phillip's Point Station selling at 10s 2d and Glenmark halfbred ewes at 13s isd.
Mt View Station offered several English Leicester and Shropshire ram lines judged fine and well presented. Dorset Horn rams bred by Mr J Hibba from Methven drew favorable reviews with lambs selling at 27s, ewes to 2 hogs and two toothed rams fetching 438, as Mr D Thomas handled the sale.
A fragmented notice mentions a weather forecast with southwest to southeast winds. It notes a Monday 18 deadline for a local home assistance matter and reports the Premier’s Dunedin reception and a cordial greeting from Ashburton citizens. It also advertises Atalanta cycles built with B S A parts and urges buyers through Muenra Oates, Lowry & Co as sole New Zealand makers.
In Ashburton this morning, a first offender was convicted for drunkenness and discharged with a caution. James Morgan of Valdare's World of Novelties arranges appearances for Thursday and Friday the 20th and 1st. School events postponed due to rain will be held Easter Monday on the Oval. Hospital board rescission vote on patients attended by doctors fails 7 to 5. Invercargill cycling champ Merv Holland wins wheel race. Curiosities include a Becker of skeletons on Waihi Beach and disinterment plans for Chinese remains. Ashburton Swimming Club hosts a lively meet with local and visiting swimmers.
The Borough School held its annual excursion with 700 participants. Rail staff mismanaged ticketing but teachers kept children safe on the trip to Sumner and back despite a brief shower. Me W Craigheld and Mc JB Christian led the school committee and teachers ensured comfort and good times for all.
A powerful late night storm and whirlwind struck Leeston at eight o'clock causing extensive property damage. The Salvation Army barracks overturned trapping parishioners. Ensign Davies suffered a broken arm while several shops and stables were damaged. Heavy rain drenched Daesandel area.
March 13 reports show E flat horn solo results with M Kersey leading 79 points and M Neil 78. Marching contest drew about 4000 spectators. Wan ganui won with 164 points, followed by Palmerston 141 and Denniston 140. Twenty competitors entered the fish solo event on March 14 with Parkar of Wellington first at 79 points.
A brief notice describes Wapis Trernive Powagna advertised for babies, claimed to soothe discomfort, reduce fever, and prevent Elotches, with price details listed for consumers.
The Admiralty Secretary Mr H Arnold Foster backs Mr Trevelyan's plan for preliminary colonial exams for naval cadets. Chile orders two 12,000 ton cruisers from Armstrong's and Vickers Maxim at about £1.6 million each, to be delivered in eighteen months. The first Federal loan of £250,000 at 3 percent will be locally placed in the next three to four weeks, experts say it can be floated.
The King has regretfully informed Lord Cadogan that the royal visit to Ireland this year is cancelled on ministerial advice. Violent League members cheer, while many Irish nationalists and temperate Nationalists call it a blow to Ireland as disloyalty and sedition are debated in Parliament.
Reports from March detail Lord Methuen’s setback and Boer advances. Casualties list four officers and sixty men killed, ten officers and 108 wounded, 200 missing. Beit and Heilbron dispatches note German influence and De Wet and Steyn movements toward Wolverhoek. Lord Kitchener commends New Zealanders for keeping a vital post.
Mr Morley spoke in Manchester admitting difficulty discussing the Irish question after Monday's incident where Nationalists showed widespread right feeling and decency. He called the display execrable and urged Liberals to form a league of peace while keeping old principles. He criticized Milner and Kruger’s Bloemfontein meeting as potentially averting war if handled wisely.
An advertisement touts Bovoferram a beef and iron product claimed to beautify women by filling hollows and firming curves. It appeals to women to try the remedy promising plump rosy results and suggests cosmetic improvement.
Mr Barton commented on Mr Gilbert Parker's proposal for an allied defence scheme with the Mothertend. He called the plan taxation without representation and argued it would impose a larger financial burden on Australia than it could bear at present.
Ponsonby a rat catcher is dead and Lloyd a hotel worker is among residents. Ingham from Annan dale and Miss Richardson a waitress at a Castle Castlereagh Street restaurant are noted. Health authorities burn two tenements linked to Quantock a plague patient.
At a March conference Dr Valentine urged joint action by local authorities on plague measures. Without departmental support they may resort to quarantine for the full ten day incubation. Sanitary organization must improve before enforcement, and suburbs were asked to fund a sanitary inspector and raise rates to threepence.
Interprovincial report confirms Percival Barker 79 died of heart failure likely worsened by hot day and smoke from a clearlog fire. A worker found him after noticing horns near a Heer stirrup adora the caddie. Wellington notes a £230 000 water loan and related finance committee actions.
The South Canterbury Rifle Association held its first meeting at Timara range under guard of the Bonth Canterbury Rifle Association. Volunteers from Fairlie Temuka Geraldine Ashburton and Wattamatea attended. Major scores included Corps Martin Temuka Rifles and Private South Ashburton Guards with 35 points. Overall entries approach 600 with nearly 180 competitors racing the 500 yard range events.
Delegates from across New Zealand attend the Palmerston North gathering. Mel Atkinson, president of the NZ branch, outlines yearly work and prospects. Secretary reports and a paper by Mise M’Carthy are presented as discussions consider appointing an organizer and drafting an appeal scheme.
The notice warns that Banpur & Sons Euoatyeri Extrace and Buca 7F Eatracte, marketed as oxygenated plant remedies, are not related to Sander Sons' product. It claims only oxygen saturated, acid free extracts from specific clinics prove curative plant properties, citing European universities and Prussia clinics to avoid dangerous substitutes and erroneous cures.
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