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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 17, 1913
Page
7
EGS announces arrival of a quantity of the famed Omega watches known to customers of L. & McClurg. Factory busy. it took over two years to fulfill the order, evidencing quality. Orders by post accepted. Price 30 shillings. Two years written guarantee.
Classified notice from a local supplier promoting regular deliveries in the district. The ad touts cash discounts of four shillings per pound, coupon savings, and urges threshing machine owners and contractors to transact, with terms on a monthly basis.
Suits cut by Mr Dunham and hand finished by capable tailors cost no more than ordinary tailor made outfits. Place orders early to avoid disappointment and ensure proper fit.
It is easily applied and effects the cure without pain. For comfortable feet, remove corns using Bonnington's Selvent.
A Press Association report from Timaru notes 39 applications for one farm and seven prazing runs in Ashwick Settlement. Dairy expansion in Taranaki grows as Patea Harbour Board plans two permanent harbours costing 150 000 to 200 000 pounds. Nelson freezer works report a strong season with up to 12 000 to 14 000 mutton carcases to be shipped this month. Sir Rider Haggard queried dairy land prices in the district, hearing of Waimate Plains farms selling at about 80 pounds per acre and 60 to 70 pounds per acre elsewhere, prompting astonishment at English land values.
An 1912 Moumshaki Farm trial compares forage crops for fattening lambs and dairy use. Choumpellier yields about 20 tons per acre, stores well through winter, and outperforms rape and kale as cow feed, though less palatable.
The Mayfield School annual treat and prize day drew many parents and local officials to the school grounds on Friday. Events included flab races potato race thread-the-needle race sack race high jump and chain stepping with prizes in money books and toys. Miss Withell won the girls race and Mrs Fergus the married women’s race. Dux Miss Bessie Corbett received a handsome book as a reward.
Reports from Auckland Wellington and Christchurch describe a level crossing collision near Newmarket in which a car was wrecked but the owner escaped with slight injuries. A body found in Karori Harbour is identified as David Picot after a week missing and poor health. An inquest in Kaikoura returns death by accident with no blame. A shooting mishap near Dunsandell injures Geo Hulme traveling with a threshing party. he is hospitalized with non serious injuries.
Professor W P Brooks of the Massachusetts Experiment Station asserts that clover will grow if drainage acidity are right and soils stocked with phosphates and potash. He notes nodules indicate healthy roots and mentions inoculating soil with clover bacteria as an option, either by spreading thriving local soil or using a prepared bacterial culture. He contrasts roadside soil and field soil to explain why clover fails on farms, blaming exhausted lime and sweet roadside soil with active bacteria for better growth. The piece laments farmers’ slow recognition, predicting years to respond.
The provincial assembly of Canton granted voting rights to about five million Chinese women in the region. After the fall of the Manchu dynasty Canton’s women, notably in the city, pressed for laws securing the vote with help from White women and International Suffrage activists who were in Canton recently. Free cigar ad and gift catalog follow.
The Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association held its annual meeting on March 15 and unanimously resolved to stage a Dominion Agricultural and Pastoral Show in Auckland during the Auckland Exhibition, with the executive to fix a suitable date. Members raised delays in stock movements to exhibitions and called for rail service improvements, proposing a deputation to the Minister of Railways for a clear response.
March moon phases described with times for Full Moon and Last Quarter in a compact reference. Includes timings such as 22 11 and 28 am, noting specific phase moments within the month.
The Ashburton Post Office sets daily mail closures from 6 a.m. to 5.20 p.m. with special routes to Timaru Christchurch Eyre Hinds and Dunedin among others. Services beyond daily include several morning and afternoon runs on specific weekdays and locations such as Porowhita Green Street and Ashburton Gorge.
A Christchurch notice from Henry Hughes Ltd invites inventors to request a free booklet titled Advice to Inventors that lists simple invention ideas across every life department. The firm at 185 Hereford Street promotes the guide for inquiry and mailed copy.
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