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Newspaper

Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

May 15, 1909

Page

4

Torics For Rough Rough Skin From Chemists

A brief notice notes Torics available at chemists for rough scaly sumtr burned cracked and chapped skins with emphasis on quick relief and local access.

Moved to More Commodious Central Offices on Burnett Street

Notice to clients and the public announces relocation to larger, central offices on Burnett Street opposite the Mail and Guardian Office, formerly Kerr Bros. premises. The message expresses hope for improved service and accessibility.

Burnett Street Kerr

The Press and Music in New Zealand Critique

A critique arguing public musical education is low and critics are untrained. It condemns puffery by agents and promoters, calls for educated critics, and urges a supervisory authority over musical education in New Zealand.

New Zealand America Australis London Snether Dominion C. Z Young

Damages Awarded Over China Frauds In London Case

Executors of Charles Dickins win 16845 pounds against Arthur Ellis over fraudulent china sales. Dickins spent 180000 pounds on Sevres and Dresden pieces. many articles later found forged. A criminal probe for Ellis and another dealer action pending.

London Charles Dickins Dickins and Jones Arthur Eilis Bond Street Fales China Dickins Sevres Dresden Ellis Justice Grantham Miss

Preferential Trade Stirs Montreal Board of Trade

The Montreal Board of Trade voted to back an Empire preference at the Sydney Conference to shield against foreign producers. It favored free trade within the Empire if revenues allow and noted Mr George has resigned as the Sydney delegate over the resolution. A special meeting will revisit the proposal next week.

Ottawa Montreal Canada

Australian Mutual Provident Society reports steady progress

Sydney May 14 at the sixtieth meeting the Australian Mutual Provident Society notes record new business in New Zealand and a year’s interest at £4 0s 4d per cent. The speaker cites a mixed New Zealand outlook with improving wool prices and a strong lambing season amid a cautious trade mood.

Sydney Australian Mutual Provident Society Johnston New Zealand Dominion

Hypnotism and Medicine Recalled by Eye Witness

The article quotes Dr Van Eden criticizing French hypnotism experiments where hospital patients were used as demonstration subjects. He describes patients becoming servile under suggestion and questions the safety and ethics of such practices observed by French experimenters at a London congress in 1804.

van Eden Harc London

Market Report Week Ending May 14 1909 Wheat and Oats Prices

Market notes unsettled with weak demand and limited selling. Wheat prices steady at late quotes for prime milling goods. Oats see more business though future activity may weaken as sacks arrive. various grades quoted from 1s 5d to 1s 6d for A grade and higher for special lots.

America

Dunedin Grain Market Slows on Demand and Ship Shortages

In Dunedin on May 14 the grain market shows dull trading outside A grade Gartons with fair demand for shipment. B grade and wheat trade slow due to truck shortages and shipping quotations, with millers stocked and awaiting developments as nominal prices surface for various milling grades.

Dunedin

Timaru Grain Market Prices Hold Steady Amid Strong Wheat Demand

Weekly market notes report a steady gale for wheat with Tuscan and Red Chaff at 4s per bushel locally or 49 1d delivered, Velvet at 4s 14d to 4s 2d for prime milling lines. Oats show demand slackening with Gartons 5d to 1s 54d and Dans 4d to 1d delivered. Potatoes fall to lower prices as blight bites, growers hold out for higher later, merchants offering £2 15s to £3 8s per ton.

Handy Timaru Gartons Timara

Balclutha Meeting Pushes Clutha Valley Railway to Mouth

Otago rail boosters at Balclutha urge Government to build a Clutha Valley line to Tupeka Mouth. They claim 100000 acres of fertile land, easy grades, and a remedy for an obsolete ferry. A strong deputation will press Cabinet at the Winter Show in Dunedin.

Balclutha Otago Lawrence, Roxburgh Clutha Valley Tuipeka Central Roxburgh Clutha Dunedin

Shameful Treatment of Stoge at Cambridge Show

Auckland May 14 A letter to the Auckland Agricultural Association relays William Taylor of Ta Awatintū selling his Greenhill stock due to the railways. He complains their stock were in transit 23 hours for 54 miles injuring horses pre show and delaying return to Negaroto before a Hamilton sale was arranged.

Auckland Auckland Agricultural Association William Taylor Ta Awatintu Greenhill Cambridge Negaroto Hamilton

Dreadnought Offer Provokes Civic Address in Wellington

A May 14 preliminary meeting of citizens agreed to present Sir Joseph Ward with an illuminated address in a silver casket. The tribute honors his action in offering Pattleshins to Britain.

Wellington Joseph Ward Pattleshins Britain

Wellington man sentenced for bicycle and cheque theft

At the Magistrate's Court Dave Henry Fraser Marshall was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for stealing a bicycle and six months for stealing a cheque, with the sentences to be cumulative.

Wellington Dave Henry Fraser Marshall

Saving on suits by cutting out credit tailors in New Zealand

A dealer promotes ready made to measure suits at fixed prices. George Davies lists locations in Wellington Auckland Dunedin Invercargill Palmerston North Timaru and Wanganui. He claims high grade fabric cut by top cutters and mass production allow lower costs without credit or bad debts. Customers are urged to inspect the range and obtain quotations.

Eorge Davies the Arcade Christchurch Wellington Auckland Dunedin Invercargill Palmerston North Timara Wanganui

Magistrate Fines Lice Infected Sheep Sellers

Hastings May 14 Magistrate deals with eight cases exposing lice infected sheep for sale and fines defendants £3 plus costs He warns that offences are numerous and future penalties will be heavy.

Hastings

Bile Beans Prove Remedy For Biliousness In Dunedin Woman

Mrs E Miller of Calder Street North East Valley Dunedin testifies that seven years of biliousness and headaches were cured after trying Bile Beans. She reports long course over months and six years without relapse praising the remedy for liver stomach and bowel disorders. Boxes sold 9d to 1s 3d in chemists and stores.

E. Miller Calder Street North East Valley Dunedin N.Z

Chronic Chest Complaints Reported Cure by Woods

A note highlights Woods Medicine ad addressing chronic chest complaints with a claimed peppermint cure. The item notes the product as a relief option and mentions its availability in the market during the period.

Kozic Tea Promises Warmth and Cozy Fragrance

The ad touts Kozic Tea as a remedy for winter cold and fatigue. It promises a steaming hot cup that banishes a hard day’s weariness and offers a pleasant aroma. Prices listed: 1s 6d 1s 8d 1s 10d and 2s at all grocers.

Farmland for Sale in North Canterbury and Papanui Stores listing

GOR? FARMS FOR SALES from 200 to 800 acres with deposits. North Canterbury offers 200 acre farm with buildings and cropping at 10s per acre, 2000, 9000, 6000, and 1000 acre options with varying homestead terms and prices. PAPANUI STORES LTD advertises a going concern with £10 000 yearly turnover. inquiries to Devereux King & Co. Ltd.

North Canterbury Nendid Papanui Stores, Ltd Devereux, King and C UTD

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