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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 05, 1906
Page
4
Readers praise Lane's Emulsion as a splendid aid for weak digestion. A testimonial notes improved digestion after using a teaspoonful after meals, crediting the tonic and antiseptic action of Creasure with Lime and Soda.
The schooner Roaga was towed into port by the steamer Gertie. She bears marks of a capsize with masts and gear missing. Hull examination shows no damage, hold has about three feet of water, cargo empty. A sack of miscellaneous items including a cash box and papers was brought ashore. a magistrate inquiry will likely be held at Lyttelton.
United Frese Association Hy Elantria Telegraph reports on fines for several individuals including Cruikebanka and Morrissey after trampling on the Gore racecourse on January 7. Butler also fined for tram passing on the Gore course in February with smaller penalties for others.
The Antwerp wool sales opened in an animated manner with Merino prices up 4d to 1d and crossbreds also up 4d versus the average rates of the previous Antwerp consignments.
Cable from London dated May 3 reports sustained demand for frozen lamb with price declines favoring buyers. Mutton demand is weak as the market stays dull. Quotations list Canterbury heavy lamb at 43d, light 47–48d and Canterbury crossbred mutton at 34d heavy, 4d light.
May 4 sale notes record high wool and skin prices in the district. Ordinary crossbred wool reached up to 10d, lighter 8 44 to 9d. lambs strong at 10 34 for clean lots, rough 8d to 84d. Crutchings fetched to 8d, skins active up to 93d per lb for clean wool. ordinary skins averaged 9d, green and salted 4s to 6a each.
Our Own Correspondent notes slim activity at pierceance on May 4 with farmers and merchants scarce in wheat and oats. Prices asked for oats exceed buyers, chaff sales reach £3 per ton in the country, merchants cite £2 1s as top offers. Potatoes show no price change.
Wheat prices show variable moves with Tuscan 33 24d Velvet 88 id to 33.14d red chaff 38 G34 on trucks. Seconds 23 Gi to 287d and Fowi whest 22 9d noted. Date Gartens Is 1d to Is 94d, Danish 1s 8d Dansly 10d. Potatoes Derwesis per ton £8 103 Up-to-date £9 10s sacks in.
Market report for the week ending May 4 1206 shows wheat demand strong and prices firm. Prime samples active buyers with fowl wheat scarce. quotations include Taecan da id 814d Pearl 3s dd to 38 ld Hunters 32 and fowl wheat 29 84d to 2s Sd. Canadian 10d Duna and Gar tons 1a 94 Danish 7d ostehesff chaff scarce at 53s on trucks.
The Journal reports patent applications filed during the week ending April 28. Inventors include D McKinnon Dunedin for sewer improvements C E Thompson Montere Nelson for nonautomatic inflation tires AN and Hi G Bradley Christchurch for lead calmes veed in manufacture of lead lights J Richmond Cromwell Bridge for gold saving apparatus G Barrett Alfriston Auckland for boot fastening means BR Pierce and H Wilkie Kaponga Taranaki for wire strainer Johann Rurp Stockdarf Bavaria for flexible wheels. Publication by Baldwin and Raynard Patent Agents Wellington.
The High School Board of Governors met to review bank balances and loan debt, appoint Education Board representatives, and discuss heating renovations. They noted 106 pupils on roll with 95 free places and planned auctioning surplus furniture, plus pursuing a larger classroom and better ventilation.
Henry Hughes, patent agent at 183 Hareford Street Christchurch, is New Zealand’s oldest and largest patent and trade mark firm. The Christchurch office acts as Canterbury head office with in house inventor contact and guidance. Hughes offers free information and pamphlets to inventors and stresses properly drawn specifications for patent success.
A private sale notice offers Canterbury Otago Southland and North Island properties. The seller invites intending purchasers to notify requirements and promises to locate suitable properties if they exist and arrange inspections.
An advertisement extols home made pickles and sauces and promotes a malted grain ibis strong vinegar from England. It claims colonial vinegar is just acetic acid colored with burnt sugar and offers a gallon for le 6d through sellers or grocers, urging buyers to seek the genuine article.
An Australian advertisement urges readers to treat digestive troubles with Doan's Dinner Pills from Foster-McClellan Co. It lists symptoms like sleeplessness, headaches, nervousness, and abdominal discomfort and claims the pills stimulate the liver and bowels to cleanse the body. Available via chemists or mail order from Sydney.
An old advertisement urges readers to buy boots and shoes at Mellor's Zealandia store noting low quality rivals and tempting bargains. The column hints at holiday shopping and promotions for footwear, children’s health remedies, and tobacco products as part of a cluttered ad page.
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