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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 26, 1913
Page
4
Trade list of tobacco and provisions in a 19th century catalog
Readable fragments show a market inventory listing various tobacco products such as Havelock capstan derby and Golden Eagle brands, cigarettes, caps, and matches. Also included are herring, sardines, salmon tins, and placarding terms for per-dozen or per-tin prices, with references to shop items like Royal Vestas and Diadem Palms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disiem
Plcus
Stock Sale and Clearing Sale Notices Tomorrow
Daily memoranda list a stock sale at Methven and clearing sales at Aslwick Station near Fairlie, followed by an arcade horse fair and a clearing sale at Highbank scheduled for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methven
Aslwick Station
Fairlie
Arcade
Highbank
Tonight and Tomorrow Local Theatre and Club Listings
Meekings events include Mr Wilkie's Rooms 7 30 annual Ladies meeting, hockey club at Masonic Hall U A C D. Tonight His Majesty's Theatre Hayward's and Fuller’s pictures. Tomorrow Baring Square Church 7 36 Taze well social His Majesty's Theatre 8 Hayward's pictures Theatre Royal 8 Fuller's pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkie
Hockey Club
Masonic Hall
U.A.C.D
His Majesty's Theatre
Hayward’s Pictures
Theatre’ Royal
Tuller
Baring Square
Tazewell Social
Theatre ‘Royal
Fuller’s Pictures
Immigration debate shapes New Zealand policy direction
In a tour of New Zealand, Empire Trade Commission members hear strong support for expanding current immigration methods, backed by business leaders and farmers who claim labour shortages. Advocates push scientific immigration schemes and training farms, citing Canada and the United States as examples of population-driven growth, while warning against urban drift and underpopulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Trade Commission
New Zealand
Badwin Hall
Associated Agricultural Societies of New Zealand
Auckland
Lord Islington
Palmerston North Show
Wicter’ Haggard
Wellington
England
Canada
United ‘States
America
States
Western Australia
United Kingdom
Dominion
Western - Australia
No titles found in provided text
The quoted passage discusses vast lands and the potential for profitable cultivation. It emphasizes attracting settlers, ensuring they are suitable, and expanding cultivation across acres of fertile land. It reflects a vision of organized settlement and agricultural development.
Travelling University Could Boost NZ Education Reach
The article describes a new American scheme by the University of Minnesota, where a university section teaches in districts for a week each, covering business, home welfare, health, farming, and social life. It cites success in fostering enthusiasm, with boys farming clubs and practical training, and notes Australia already uses travelling teachers to reach remote areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
University of Minnesota
New Zealand
Munsey
Hawke’s Hay Education Board
Australia
New South Wales
Quéensland
First Vessel Through Panama Canal Planned for September
An effort is set to send the first ship through the Panama Canal on September 29 1918 marking the 400th anniversary of Balbon's discovery of the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
The
Pacific
Balbon
City and Rail News Plus Plant and Police Reports
Local items report interest in the New Zealand railway general manager applications reaching ninety with notable figures among them. Parliament may meet earlier. traffic on Christchurch tramways was heavy with over 95 000 passengers and five day receipts around £2459. A separate note mentions police demonstrations in France, a lunatic barricade and a successful asphyxiating cartridge, and a tour of workers housing sites by Crown Lands officials. Reports include a burglary at Glackin jewellers, a white Kiwi parrot captured near Taupo, and Wellington Carnival receipts. A near accident on Ashburton traffic bridge is described, plus moonlight photography by A Clarke and safety concerns about hat pins in hats and tramcars. Also listed are sheep sale results, vanadium steel notes, and assorted local civic and transport items.
Ashburton Visitors and Local Medical Moves
Mer. We Dickie MP Selwysk passes Wieckde Achitate bythe Southern express this morning. Mr Macdonald formerly of Ashburton County and now Marlborough Province spends a few days in Ashburton. Lady Dorothy Nevill author of several histories and memoirs is noted in London society. Dr L Leon-James, resident Methven seven years, has sold practice to Dr Me Kee, brother-in-law of Hunter of Ashburton, and departs soon due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mer
Dickie
Selwysk
Wieckde
Hirst Southern Express
Macdonald
Ashburton
Marlborough
London
Dorothy Nevill
Walpoles
Earla of Eeford
Tor
Remarkable Letter Threat in Slaughtermen Strike Case
A magistrate heard Walter Litchfield of Manaroa charged with sending a threatening letter to M. Reardon, secretary of the Slaughtermen's Union. The note urged settlement of the strike or risk ruin, and the accused pleaded not guilty. trial set.
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Wellingson
Walter Litehfield
Manaroa
Polotis Sounds
Tam
Hell
Aggaea
Salas
Blenheim
Litchfield
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Christchurch
Fletcher Bros
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Sultanas
Tapioga
PLIT
Arley
Robinson's Scotch
Nelson
Fletcher
I. d. Watt
Mail & Guardian
Burnett Street
Telephone 214
H. Gresham
Burnett Streep
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F. C. Robertson
M.R.C.V.S
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Maoma
Vuxrres
W. ‘P. Begg
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Y.S
Park
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LEO
G. H. Buchanan
Kennedy
Llewellyn Owen
A.mus. L.C
M. A. Mus. M
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Allite -Branchea
Percy
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Somerset Buildings
Apj- BO
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J. E. Allen
Cash Supply Stores
London. Directory Co
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London, D.C
Bunz
Mortene
Mather
Cach
New Zealand Railway
Jamed “Allen
My Massey
C. R. Potlos
Crown Lands
Homes For Workers’ Board
First Express
Robert Clark
J.P
Emerson
Southern Express
A. Levin
Jewallery
F. A . Glackin
Tarawera
Taupo
Laurist
Rotorua
Art Union
Tip
B. Leva
A A Christie
Tery
Loewe
A. Clarké
Clarke
Auckland Star
Motmé
Eden
T. S. Littl
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Coldstream
Johnston
Polwarth
Gar~son
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Rakaia
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