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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 12, 1920
Page
4
H. Ibbotson and Son advertise household hardware and newly opened aluminium ware as durable, low-effort products. The notice lists assorted groceries and prices including Sultanas, Seedless Raisins, Dates, Prunes, Figs, Edmonds items, and Kirkpatrick goods, inviting customers to inspect the range.
A long list of teas including Empress Princess Lipton Doctor’s China and more offered at old prices with per pound rates and discounts for bulk purchases. Also advertised are English tea sets in various china brands and sizes for immediate display.
A brief notice notes a large stock of Yellow and Green Three Castle TOBACCO and cigarett es available by post orders. The item emphasizes prompt, attended service and postal ordering.
A H Turnbull & Co and T F Gibson announce arrangements with Burnett Street Ashburton to act as local agents for grain buying during the season advising samples left with Mr Anderson and orders to Cunningham and Topping Land Agents. Also notices of a 1850 house sale on Burnett Street with 24 acres, commercial insurance agency changes with Halliburton, and Wool and skin buyers Henry McElrea Havelock Street offering prompt rail consignments.
A historical advertisement touts top quality men’s underwear with prices kept from last season. It lists various products including plain woven wool pants, ribbed pure wool pants, natural all wool options, singlets, and socks from Roslyn, Mosgiel, and Delta finishes, highlighting limited stock and value.
An extended ad lists chalk drawing books by Chas Rog ers and a special value 4 book set for teaching. Crayons pastels water colours and coloured pencils are offered in boxed stationery sets. Writing pads in multiple papers are shown with prices and titles from Nut Brown Maid to The Heart of a Princess. A window look invites customers to Tas Street shop.
Second edition sale notices announce a stock sale at Methven yards by Matson and Co with safe sections and a household furniture clearing at Peter Street West at 2 pm Friday. NZ Farmers Co op also lists clearing sales for Stormica at Methven at 11:30 am.
Listing of events for the evening includes Itc 20 Night at His Majesty's Theatre with 8 pictures, Allenton United Mission Special Services at 7 30, His Majesty's Pictures, Theatre Royal showings, Daddies Co at 8, and the Ivy Quadrille Assembly at Orange Hall at 8 p.m.
Rally Forman questions the value of publishing a letter in the Guardian. The exchange appears to reflect broader editorial tensions and reader response to prior correspondence.
A Guardian report outlines a proposed all imperial wireless network linking Britain with Dominions like New Zealand. The plan, backed by Marconi Company, would reduce cable costs and create an Imperial company under government control, with wartime takeover rights for stations.
In 1/92.7 notes a revived cure idea linked to Woods’s garden approach to influenza. The fragment points to a herbal remedy or preventive measure recommended by an author citing garden-based preparations.
The article recalls Labour MP P Fraser of Wellington Central facing a challenge from J I Fox a returned soldier over Fraser’s refusal to allow his name for a civic welcome to the Prince of Wales. It argues Fraser should resign or let Fox contest his seat to reflect the will of his constituents. It questions Fraser’s loyalty to the crown and oath of allegiance.
Christchurch reports sugar stocks low amid truck shortages. the Wanaka, docked with a sugar cargo, could not discharge. The era notes weather impacts on crops, land sales to discharged soldiers, and civic updates including Prince of Wales visit preparations and local health notices.
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