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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 13, 1913
Page
2
Eight years ago we installed a National Cash Register to support a cash discount system. We estimate that 90 percent of the discount tickets issued are returned in exchange for solid value in any goods the customer pleases. We welcome back every ticket as proof of customer satisfaction and value. Cash Discount One Shilling or any goods of Cus.
Alfred Lee promotes The People's Cash Store Triangle in a brisk ad. It invites shoppers to step in for quoted prices and clearly shown articles. Emphasizes honest treatment, right prices, and fresh butter from the country. Ring up 206 for details.
PSA advertises a varied assortment of gold neck chains from 14s and pendants from 7s 6d. Marvellous value offered by Sam Crooks, watchmaker jeweller and optician.
May 12 reports from Timaru state watersiders and free labourers staged a port operation with three steamers the Winaka Petone and Invercargill worked by 20 to 30 unionists railwaymen and Waterside Union members aided by free labour. A dinner hour meeting extended past three with unionists replaced by free men and a vote to resume not yet decided. A next morning meeting planned to resolve the issue.
A Christchurch Herald report outlines a tense City Council debate over committee appointments amid party friction. It notes arrests for distress in Rangiora, a Canterbury Museum gift from C B Ford, wage timing talks for Railway Dept labour, and a Philatelic Society meeting with Mr Ferrier’s stamp collection. Also covered are remarks on the inspection department, a court juror incident in Timaru, and a Christchurch Magisterial Court case where Frank Lamb sues Joseph Devell for about £74 in damages after an assault and related injuries.
The Indrabarath lies close to shore near Marton on May 12 with high tides breaking over her and the ship rolling. The Terawhiti reached at one am and left. cargo remains aboard though towing is doubtful. Refloating operations are being organized in Wanganui with officials optimistic that neap tides will help.
The criminal sessions began before Mr Justice Denniston with a calendar of 19 indictments against 7 persons. Six indictments involve sexual cases, though not very serious. Bradshaw received three years for theft, Morton two years for breaking and entering, Brady two months plus reform, Harold three years for indecent assault, Mundy six months with a £5 refund order, and McEwan three years for breaking and entering.
Wellington May 12 Chief Justices urge better system as Burnham Industrial School sentences a Maori youth William Duncan 21 for theft forgery and breaking and entering. Duncan with prior convictions receives concurrent long terms and is labeled a habitual criminal. Judge suggests exploring reforms akin to a George Farmer Republic in America.
Two sick natives brought into Whangārei on Saturday were judged by a medical man as possibly having smallpox. They were sent to the hospital’s isolated ward but bolted at entry and may have returned to Mangahiki. Health Inspector in pursuit. Auckland Health Officer expected tomorrow.
The passage describes a person deteriorating from a common cold to a dangerous condition with weight loss and a persistent cough. It warns that unchecked symptoms can cause anxiety and low spirits, urging action to seek help.
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