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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
7
A local tailoring shop touts booming customer praise for its new suits and promises to tailor the next order to guarantee maximum satisfaction. The notice emphasizes high quality and urges new customers to visit.
The World Today discusses the push for equal salaries for women and men in education and clerical work. It cites the Sydney Teachers Conference and comments by Ganon Beobt Holland on women’s growing role, education, and social responsibility amid male resistance and industrial shifts.
A collection of aphorisms on love fame and time with quips about autographs impressions and the dangers of ego. The verses mix imagery of roses incense and memories noting love fades quickly and reputations linger.
A compact aphorism set recalls that thoughts shape words and actions. It cautions against excessive chatter and invites restraint, linking harsh speech to later rebuke and the law of cause and effect.
March 26 report details Ferritorials marching through Christchurch to Hagley Park and to Hornby station for entrainment. Units ranged from 1st N.2 Engineers to 13th Regiment totaling hundreds of officers and men. Commanders praised discipline and efficient train loading with two troop trains ready for return.
Commissioner Robertson stated that new regulations will not require all staff to be examined. The focus is on enabling clerical officers to prove capability in their current department. No instruction for exams in unclassified divisions was issued, with publication hoped before the end of the week.
At Auckland the Poultry Conference committee urged a limited start for a Dominion Co operative Poultry Association. They favored joint action in Wairarapa Mana-wata and Wellington districts to prove viability and then expand nationwide with Egg Circles support and experienced management guiding the effort.
A Wellington woman testifies to Dr Morse Indian Root Pills curing indigestion and flatulence after failed remedies. She states two cure courses restored health and vows to keep a bottle at home. She notes the product’s promise as a remedy for digestive distress and related symptoms.
At the Ashburton County courthouse the ballot for Strathmore Settlement blocks 1 2 and 3 was held. Mary Dalton Ealing won Block 1 and J Neugeswender Timaru won Block 2. Block 3 was not taken. Scrutineers were H Sisumons and a Guardian reporter.
A display of thirty art reproductions is on view at the Mount Somers Coal Company's office in the Mail and Guardian Buildings. The set includes famous works such as The Laughing Cavalier, The Hay Wain, The Night Watch, and the Mona Lisa. The collection, arranged by a local Ashburton resident, features six pieces shown in London and six hanging in the Royal Academy 1912, with twenty four other reproductions. A group of senior Borough School pupils led by Headmaster Mr G Schneider visited to view the works.
A historical note discusses upcoming enforcement of purity standards for cream of tartar and vinegar products. It mentions the need for no alum in cream of tartar and insists that pure malt vinegar and its essence must not be derived from acetic acid. English makers promise pure malt vinegar and reliable testing, with consumer costs noted.
An old notice promotes Langtry Ladies Boots with buckles and rubber heels, priced at 6d, advertised as a boon to ladies and a blessing to men for mending needs.
An advertisement offers sign writing house painting decorating training paperhang ing picture framing and wallpaper options. The notice claims a one minute from post office location at Triangle.
Advertorial praise for Regent Cigarettes claiming fragrance and ideal use for inhalers. Promotes a free gift scheme with forty presents to choose from as an attractive incentive.
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