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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 19, 1906
Page
2
Substantial block of good Wakanui plain land offered by Ferriman for sale. Full particulars on application. Owner Jabez Ellen’s Farm comprises 156 acres on one road with six parcels. Willing to consider a reasonable price. further information available from Ferriman.
1038 acre farm with 36 acres and usual farm buildings opposite Greenstreat School. Corner Cass and South Streets offers cheap building site. Early inspection suggested. Also selling Mr I J O Sullivan's leaseholds with full particulars on application.
In Ashburton vicinity a nurseryman seeks a rapid sale of 5 acres of prime land with a full nursery stock, dwelling of seven rooms with modern fittings, water supply, sheds, and stock including trees, shrubs, and bulbs. Also offered are 10 acres with a 3 room cottage, stables, and sheds plus 7 adjoining acres near Allenton School suitable for cropping or subdivision. Full particulars and price available on request.
Ashburton County district agent invites proposals on live stock with large limits. For full particulars and premium call or write Bry Fergusoy, land and estate agent.
Yorkshire Insurance Co district agent Tam prepared to write life stock fire and all classes of risks accident and sickness personal risks employers liability mortgage indemnity BR Y Ferguson land and estate agent
The next UK mail via San Francisco will not depart Ashburton before July 3. The first UK mail via San Francisco arrives in Ashburton on June 21.
A May 18 London report notes a strong sale across all descriptions of wool with prices leaning to sellers. The 3 p.m. session shows steady demand and favorable pricing for suppliers.
Attendees filled the venue for Messra Friedlander Bros Ltd horse fair yet buyers were scarce amid high oats prices. About 130 horses cataloged with moderate sales. notable prices included hacks and ponies £9 to £21, draughts and bays from £7 to £83, and young unbroken draughts showing £32 to £49.
Population the county and borough combined rose only 441 in five years with a 3 percent gain. Four residential areas Hampstead Allenton and Tinwald account for 467, while Tinwald fell 60 leaving a net loss outside the four areas. Decreases in Tonghsach Mount Somers and Rangitata accompany outward migration and land consolidation.
Cable News and market reports on page four. property sale in Peter Street Hast Wearers Forecast weather notes from Captain Edwin. Star of the East Lodge weekly meeting at Templar Hall with a debate on drunkenness and its blame or pity. advertisement for Golden Eagle Tobacco flakes in two ounce tins.
The Ashburton County Council requests owners and occupiers in the Ashburton Rakain water supply district to forward any applications for extension of water races within the district by June 15. Also reports on agriculture in oats and various trade notes and a Wardian funding drive for a Willis Street M C A building.
Notices from Ashburton and district include Empire Day offices closed for the building society, St Stephen's Church solicitations, Mrs Curtis resuming dancing at Orange Hall on June 1, and a Fairfield Freezing Works slaughtering day. Chertsey sale announced for Monday, next. Chicken pox reported in Hawked Bay. A £1000 laundry to be erected at Timaru Hospital.
United Press reports Auckland Borough population totals from the latest census. City Mast 11901 City Central 11776 City West 18954 sum 37631. The figures exclude hospital, shipping, or Chinese counts. Earlier 1891 census listed 94213 for the borough and 874 aboard ships.
A five year old boy, Leslie Arthur Young, was run over by a cart on Mount Boskill Road. The driver, busy adjusting a sack, did not see the child until it was too late and the wheel passed over his neck, killing him instantly.
Allexiano May 17 Etta Utting a young married woman attempted death by swallowing a dozen doses of a toothache remedy. She appeared before Mr Biddell for sentence after evidence showed excitement. remanded for medical examination. reported sane by the prison surgeon and ordered to return for sentence if required.
Writheron May 19 A wool broker in London cable reveals the barque Pitesira Island left Dunedin and Wellington March 19 for London and was totally destroyed by fire at sea. About 6,800 bales of wool and other cargo worth £115,000 were aboard. crew status unknown. Captain Fletcher commanded the vessel.
Mr Deakin speaks at Town Hall to defend industrial legislation by states rights and protection first He notes no immediate prospect of closer ties with the Mother Country but says the government will seek nearer union with South Africa and Canada He mentions Mr Saddon’s view and a review in a few days
A large consign ment of men's tan and brown boots is being sold well below cost at Stock's Blue Boot Store on Burnett Street. Prices are marked as 6d per pair with a wide selection of high trade tan samples.
Passenger reports from the Moana voyage describe the 6:13 a.m. quake that awakened guests at the San Francisco Hotel. Militia arrived by 8:30, martial law declared, fires spread across Market Street toward the water front, and refugees crowded Union Square and Alta Plaza. Soldiers quelled looting. about 14 were shot.
Mr Atack, manager of the New Zealand Press Association, details the Santa Cruz disaster. He recalls severe shocks, collapsed buildings, halted railways, and fires fed by dynamite. Firefighters, soldiers, and looters are noted, with the Ferry Building and Market Street spared, while many areas suffered heavy damage.
Mr McCutcheon stage manager recalls a San Francisco quake night in May 19 report. The group stayed at the St Francis and Palace Hotels. He describes waking on the seventh floor of the St Francia, dodging falling plaster, chandeliers, and debris, then escaping downstairs as the hotel suffered heavy damage.
The Anglo French Commission draft aims for an equitable settlement of British and French interests in the New Hebrides. Parliament awaits Australia and New Zealand observations. In Paris the French Marine Minister warns France to avoid armament reductions and to maintain second naval power status.
A Delimitation Commission is appointed to settle the Tabab boundary position. Members include Captain EC Owen creator of Intelligence for the Soudan Government, Turkish Minister in Belgrade Ibrahim Pethy Pasha, Nasum Bey, and Shukai an Egyptian.
The House of Lords reached a decision on the Alien Labour Bills as the Commons debated funding. Labour MPs protested by seeking to cut unaddressed classes, with enough new supporters forcing a possible government defeat. The amendment was ultimately withdrawn.
The Times reports Keir Hardie criticizing the Government for not accepting Lord Lansdowne’s offer on the Aliens Bill and questioning how long the House of Lords will endure. Whitlam comments on the bill’s pretension, noting no need for government charge. The Times warns workers fear steady influx under ordinary conditions surpassing emergency imports.
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