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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 16, 1920
Page
7
The Auckland Butchers' Assistants' Union was fined £20 for striking. Several slaughtermen were fined £4 each for stopping work in sympathy with the union.
Palmerston North March 15 A serious collision on the Foxton line at Tiakstahuna involved a motor cyclist attempting to pass between a motor cycle towing a cyclist and gig. The gig overturned as Mr Dunn farmer Rangitane and Mrs Henderson with her baby were thrown out. Mr Dunn broke a collar bone and the others suffered severe shaking. The runaway horse bolted for over a mile, collided with a taxi and was killed. A little girl in the taxi received facial cuts requiring stitches.
Land and general listing from Pyne Gould Guinness Ltd Ashburton brokers detailing farms and land near Ashburton Bridge. Properties include 52 acres with house and outbuildings, 600 acres with dwelling and stables, 2000 acres sheep and cattle country, 98 90 acres dairy land with milking machines, 20 acres with cottages, and 90 acres near Ashburton with improvements. Several offer low deposits and easy term payments, end of March deadlines.
300 acres of well farmed land with good buildings and growing crops. Handy to rail and food market. Price £30 with £1000 cash and balance arranged. Our Land Sales promote Co op options to sell decent property.
In Dargaville on March 18 the A.S.B.S. meeting backed the executive council in pursuing a substantial wage increase. Members also condemned the Railway Department for withholding funds and for clothing orders from Defence stores that were returned without explanation.
A cyclist died after a collision with a horse at Auckland night time. The horse tripped the bicycle causing a fall resulting in the rider’s fractured leg and other injuries. The deceased is not yet identified and died at hospital.
In HAwera the Purser and Sons furniture shop safe was blown open with high explosives inserted via the keyhole. A muffling feather-stuffed cushion hid the blast. the door fractured but no money was found. Police are investigating.
The Rev. E. B. Martin criticizes odd offerings in Holy Trinity parish notes. He cites a cracked walnut and a pink tiddleywink coin as examples and urges better taste, preferring garments with buttons to enrich the forthcoming jumble sale.
Evans and B All J R Evans Roland Bull licensed Lang broker advertise must be sold within one month. 100 acres mid Canterbury drought free average 43 bushels per acre on 300 acres last year 400 sacks of cocksfoot. Threshed 63 bushels wheat per acre and 100 bushels oats per acre. 4000 sheep, 19 paddocks, modern homestead, 12 stall stable, chaffhouse, sheds, yarding. Four miles from station and saleyards. Price £33 per acre with £6000 down. Adjacent land £40 per acre. 1928 Evans and Bull ad includes 17 acres dairy and cropping land £32 per acre. Ill health reason for sale. Chief Agents Yorkshire Insurance Co Christchurch. Scientific character reading ad included.
Mrs H Smith reports a kitchen burn incident where a spilt spirit flame scorched her stove and her husband. Zam-Buk treatment alleviated pain, reduced inflammation, and promoted new skin growth until both feet healed without scarring. The ad touts Zam-Buk claims for ulcers and other wounds at sixpence or thirty eight pence.
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