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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
1
A local business column argues for a cash discount plan, claiming it would reward customers and boost satisfaction while expanding the use of discount tickets. The piece discusses anticipated customer response and practical implementation.
A fragment notes comfort and serenity when wearing an item to keep warm, emphasizing durable warmth and tranquil mood. The text suggests a clothing or accessory promise of coziness regardless of cold conditions.
New Zealand inventors are urged to handle inventions carefully to secure best results. Henry Hughes Ltd offers careful attention to patentees and invites readers to write for a free booklet titled Advice to Inventors. Send requests to Henry Hughes Ltd, 153 Hereford Street, Christchurch, nn.
In a council correspondence a reader urges the Mayor to explain delays and faults in milk sampling procedures. The author questions test methods, calls for a qualified inspector to seize samples, and asks why past tests were not prosecuted. He argues for transparency and possible public apologies. INQUIRING COWBOY.
In Dunedin on May 1 a conference before Minister W H Herries and local railway executives discussed placing railway officers on equal footing with other public service officers. The Minister said regulations would be modelled on the Public Service Act and circulated for review. He promised further talks if needed and noted improvements in pay schedules and appeals handling.
After a prolonged hearing in Wellington on May 1, the Sugar Trust appeal case ended. Counsel for the Sugar Company and for the Crown delivered final addresses and the court indicated it would reserve judgment after considering the matter.
A pale man rises from the mantelpiece scene seeking relief for pain. He mentions needing a subduer and departs, a vignette tied to Woods’s Great Peppermint Cure and Warner’s Rust-proof Corsets once displayed by a local draper.
The Scottish Society debated continuing the Scottish song class in competitions and suggested Scottish control with a Scot as judge. A dedicatory service for Harewood Road Methodist Church, Papanui, was held, presided by Rev A Peters, with £33 raised that day and £1050 in hand. Overseas Club Christchurch plans Empire Day events May 24 with a coast line bonfire arrangement from Cooper's Knob to Kaikoura.
Auckland May 1 The push to form a Police Association leads to Constable Smythe being transferred to Greymouth by order of the Commissioner. Smythe will depart tonight amid a send off at the station. Commissioner Cullen arrived in Dunedin and held a 47-man meeting with police to discuss grievances, with minor representations to be sent to the Minister.
Miss Mary Proctor received three communications from Thomas Cawthron of Nelson offering to build and equip a solar physics observatory near Nelson at a cost of 10 000 to 12 000 pounds. No such observatory exists between India and America. Astronomers seek a regional site to complete the global chain of solar observatories.
Promotional note describes smoking a Regent cigar to stay in good humour and keep smiling. Mentions fragrance and purity and hints at forty free gifts, but details are unclear and incomplete.
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