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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
2
Two cleaning machines advertised for knives plus a large reduction on brushes at Buxton and Thomas’s Mast Street Store. List includes crubbing brushes smoke Blacklead Hair Brooms Banister Brushes Clothes Brushes with many price cuts and usual prices cited.
Alfred Shepherd aged 23 who managed his father’s farm at Sutherlands was found with a gunshot wound in the orchard. An open verdict was returned as no evidence showed how the shot was fired. A constable suggested the trigger might have snagged on branches. A separate inquest reported Cecil Fifield aged eleven died from brain compression after falling on a stone while running down a hill near Geraldine.
The Christchurch Hospital Board refused to divert hospital funds for the Scott Memorial appeal. A council circular calls local bodies to April meetings on Lyttelton Harbour Board representation, arguing city population and value justify eight to nine seats. The Christchurch Hospital dental ward opened March 3 with 79 operations in 14 days. Proposals for an infectious diseases hospital include replacing Bottle Lake tents at £1000-£1200 or expanding the isolation block at £800. Mr Turnbull’s amendment to delete the Bottle Lake clause passed 7–6.
A Chaltino to Ruapehu search party returned at dusk with no trace of Bingham. Waters and Hubert, though shaken, left for Auckland. Miss Coates improves but will need time to recover from swollen feet and legs. Hope of finding Bingham alive is abandoned.
The Northern Coal Company's new Hikurangi mine flooded last week as ground instability and incoming water rose gradually. Pumps submerged. water reached the main shaft, workers evacuated. Fifty five men lost work. By 11 am the water had dropped 26 feet and company ensured ongoing coal supply from the other mine.
Auckland March 26 The St Helens Hospital inquiry heard that a union letter claimed some senior committee members might testify on ostracism of medical officers and that documents including family histories should be kept from outsiders The minister stated it would harm public interests to release such records and the commission adjourned to tomorrow.
Reports describe blackbirds and thrushes attacking nearly all vegetables including pumpkins and tomatoes in the Dannevirke district. Separately, a Portland arrest of John Rogers aged 76 and Marian Bergman aged 30, with 1800 pounds of opium, prompts searches for 15 more suspects in a California smuggling ring. A Queensland editor writes of chronic illness and praises Champlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy.
The International Order of Good Templars in New Plymouth continued its session on March 26. It called for amending licensing laws to reflect the will of the people from the last poll, urged voters to back candidates who support liquor law reform, noted Electoral Committee discussions, and announced next session in Wellington with officers listed.
At the Coachbuilders Conference in Wellington on March 26 the officers were elected. President J. Bett of Palmerston North. vice-presidents Ormiston White of Dunedin and F. Rouse of Wellington. secretary G. Cash of Waimate. executive committee E. James Blenheim E. Childs Stratford W. Atkin Auckland Whitaker Hamilton G Faulkner Napier and a Christchurch representative to be chosen. New models feature a low bust and full silhouette with flexible waist support.
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