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Newspaper

Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Mar 31, 1908

Page

4

Untitled Grocery Ad Fragment

Fragmentary ad text shows pricing for items: per ib 170, 9 tibs for 10, 4lbs for 10, and 1. This reads as a rough discount style grocery promotion with unclear item labels.

Note of Thanks to Customers for Paid Accounts

A business thanks customers who paid their accounts since the fire and says the writer plans to collect all payments in March. Anyone who has paid by 10 March will be included under the new arrangement.

Timaru Hughes Burnlit Street Nice Larch

Upper Ashburton Road Board Meets in West Street Office

The Upper Ashburton Road Board held its usual monthly meeting with members J Harper chairing and J Farrell A Horsey M Stitt and J Tucker present. Proceedings covered correspondence on gas mains on Alford Forest and Winters roads, a Crown Lands sketch, land revenue receipts, road fords maintenance agreement with Mount Hutt Board, lighting requests, and allocations for road work and sign painting.

Upper Ashburton Road West Street Ashbrton J. Harper J. Farrell A. Horsey M. Stitt J. Tucker Jas. Allen Henry Ward Commissioner of Crown Lands Receiver of Land Revenue Union Bank of ‘Avetratia Ltd Ashburton Gas Company Alford Forest Mount Hutt Ashburton Borough Mount Somers Road Allenton Winter's Road Allan's Road Charles Street Stitt Tinwald Town Board Longheath Road Board Morton’s Block John L. Bair MM. Friedlander Jas Davison A. Dalziel W. J Wilson R.S W. H. Amos W. W Joseph Ward John Moriarty Frank King J. J Dickenson

Flood of Immigrants Overwhelms Canada

The Toronto Globe editor reports a massive immigration wave in Canada, with about two million arrivals in two years. Most newcomers are English, many from East London. Auckland readers host daily dinners for roughly 8700 new immigrants, funded by about £4000.

Auckland Toronto Globe Auckland Star Canada London

Crippled for 15 Years Healed by Morse Indian Root Pills

Patient writes from Albany Place North Dunedin detailing a 15 year rheumatoid crippling cure after using Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills for three months. He praises subsequent recovery, notes no attacks in nine months, and recommends Comstock's Nerve and Bone Liniment in conjunction. Public notice lists sale details and supplier information.

W. Rickard Albany Place N. Dunelln Lawrence Hospital Morse Comstock W. HL Comstock Co., Ltd Favish Street Wellington

Disturbance Ends With Assault on Bystander in Gishorne

An intoxicated man on horseback rode through the Salvation Army wing in Gishorne, striking bystander Joseph Spencer with a loaded stick and rendering him unconscious. Police arrested the offender, fined £5 for drunkenness, remanded on an assault charge with bail. Spencer suffered a head wound but is recovering.

Gishorne Salvation Army Joseph Spencer

Appeal Court opens in Wellington with five justices

Wellington March 40 The Appeal Court opened today with Justices Williams Dennis ton Edwards Cooper and Chapman present. Chief Justice Sir RB Stout unable to attend due to Native Commission duties. Four new cases added but not heard until tomorrow. In Moore deceased case the court awarded costs of £60 on both appeal and petition and granted leave to Crown to appeal to the Privy Council.

Wellington Justice Williams Justice Denniston Justice Edwards Justice Cooper Justice Chapman RB. Stout Native Commission Lst Moore Privy Council

No license movement reports from Wellington and Westport

In Wellington a no-license council congratulates Auckland victuallers for highlighting women’s drinking but condemns their pressure on police. In Westport the Buller electorate conference backs licensing by bare majority and seeks a dominion no-license vote by simple majority at each general election.

Wellington Wellingston Auckland Westport Buller Rugby Pratt

Arbitration Court in Wellington Fixes Musterers Wages

The Arbitration Court in Wellington sets minimum pay for musterers from May 1 for two years. Rates include 10s per day for under a week and 2 2s per week for a full week with 10s extra on Sundays. Snow raking pays 10s daily. learners have stepped weekly rates. housing provisions and unionist non discrimination are included.

Wellington Arbitration Court Shepherds Otago and Southland Gold Miners’ Union Round Hill Mining Company Ourawera Gold Mining Company

Maori land occupation data from Native Land Commission survey

Sir Robert Stout and Mr Ngata presented figures on Maori land ownership in Rodney Waitemata Otamatea and Hobson counties. Occupied land totals around 6 000 to 9 000 acres per county with much leased to Europeans and portions of drift sand. The commissioners planned travel to Whangar i Kawakawa and Bay of Islands to conclude inquiries.

Auckland Robert Stout Negata Native Land Commission Rodney Hobson Otatamatea Waitemata Sir Robert Otamatea Alaovis Hobson County Ngata Whangarei Bay of Islands Kawakawa

Farm Labourers Dispute Board Holds Rangiora Hearing

The Conciliation Board sat in Rangiora to hear Oxford witnesses in the farm labourers dispute. Farmers oppose a minimum wage and harvest-time limits, citing travel and weather and noting that contracts already govern much harvesting. The board refused to travel to Oxford despite protests and adjourned to the next day.

Scientist Dr Rivers joins Pacific research expedition

Auckland reports Dr Rivers lecturer at St John’s College Cambridge arrived from Samoa aboard the Navua to pursue anthropological and scientific studies in the Polynesian Melanesian Archipelagoes. He travels by the Southern Cross to the Solomon Islands to unite with Percy Sladen trust expedition members after visiting Hawaii and Fiji.

Auckland Dr Rivers St. John’s College, Cambridge Samoa Navua Percy Sladen Trust Rivers Hawaii Fiji Southern Cross Solomon Islands

Railway Servants Branch Votes Confidence in Executives

At the New Plymouth branch meeting on March 30 a vote of no confidence in the present executive was carried and a second vote found that Mr J M Hornsby had been unfairly treated by the executive.

New Plymouth Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants M. Hornsby

Premier visits Gisborne on way south

The Premier called at Gisborne yesterday where he was met by many citizens. Sir Joseph said he would probably return in May and would, if possible, visit the Gisborne Rotorua railway route survey.

Gisborne Joseph Rotorua

Obituary: Rev Daniel Wong Dies in Willington

The death is announced of the Rev Daniel Wong, Anglican Chinese missionary. He formerly laboured among Chinese on the West Coast, but fifteen months ago he broke down and in October last he underwent an operation.

Willington Daniel Wong Anglican

Ashburton Timber Yard Employees Dispute Recommendation Filed

The Concilia tion Board’s recommendation in the Ashburton timber yard employees dispute has been filed. If no objections are made by April 28, the recommendation will take effect for three years, aligning largely with Christchurch and Timarg recommendations.

Ashburton Christchurch

Canterbury Carpenters Union and 150 Employers Hearings Set

A dispute between the Canterbury Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners and 150 Christchurch employers will be heard by the Conciliation Board at 10 o'clock on April 14 in the Provincial Council Chambers. The union seeks a minimum wage of lis dd a day for eight hours, an under rate agreement with a minimum of Ys w& day, strict apprentice and sleeping away terms, travel allowances, and five year indenture with preference to militia.

Rengara Oxford Thorn Fer Labourers Union Tis Tinjon D. Jones Farmers' Union Darfield Candy Rangiora O'Halloran O'Valloran San Francisco Rangiara O’halloran Halloran Jones Henry Inch Farm Labourers’ Union Henry Thomas Cooper East Oxford Canterbury Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Christchurch Conciliation Board

Anted All Tea Promotes At Home Tea Trial

Advertisement urging tea drinkers to try At Home Tea described as having a rich full flavour and the best quality. Mentions Manshes 4 Sole Agzanta as part of the promotional copy.

Manshes Sole Agzanta

Rheumo Promised Cure For Rheumatism and Gout

An advertisement touts Rheumo as a cure for rheumatism gout sciatica and lumbago claiming testimonials from H S Jannine of Feilding dated July 1907. It urges sufferers to try Rheumo and notes availability in stores and chemists at 3d and 4s 6d.

Rhermo H. S. Jannine Feilding Janning

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