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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
7
Commercial report notes 2280 casks offered with 1528 taken in trade. Prices show 39s 6d for fine medium, 38s for fine, and 84s for medium. Details reflect Press Association data received May 22.
Sydney wool sales opened with strong buoyancy and keen competition. The greasy lot sold up to 18d and scoured wool reached 2s 13d, the highest price in Sydney since 1907 08.
At the Addington livestock market there were large entries of all sheep classes and fair supplies in other departments with good attendance. Fat lambs and sheep sold near last week's rates, cattle dragged, pigs firmer, and various store and dairy cattle prices listed along with ranges for choppers and baconettes.
At Burnside fat stock sale in Dunedin on May 21 190 fat cattle were yarded mainly cows and heifers of medium quality. Prices started about 10s higher than last week but ease in bidding reduced them to week-previous levels. Best bullocks £10 10s to £11 10s extra £12 17s 6d. medium £9 to £9 10s. inferior £7 10s to £8 5s. Best cows and heifers £8 to £8 15s. extra £9 10s. medium £6 10s to £7. inferior £5 to £5 15s. Fat sheep 2780 penned, prime wethers and ewes firmer than last week. medium and inferior easier. Wethers £2 4s to 2 6s. extra £2 9s to £2 9s 6d. medium £2 2s to £2 1s. inferior £1 18s to £1 19s 6d. Best ewes £2 6s to £2 4s. extra £2 9s. medium £1 7s to £1 18s. inferior £1 11s 6d to £1 8s. Fat lambs 756 penned, majority medium quality, prices shade easier than last week.
The Ashburton branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Co operative Association held a successful clearing sale of live and dead stock at Wakanui yesterday on Mrs J Brown's account. A large attendance and full clearance at fair market rates with satisfactory prices were recorded. An excellent luncheon was provided.
New Zealand Prime Minister announces the purchase of two estates for class settlement. The Lake Run in Top House district Nelson spans 2046 acres freehold and 2786 acres Crown leasehold, linking to Crown lands in the Hawana block opened for settlement. The second estate at Fortification Hill Waimahaka Southland covers 8163 acres from Washbourn Bros, suitable for mixed farming.
Sydney May 3 The Australian cattle king Sidney Kidman discusses his rise from a Kapunda boy to a global cattle titan. He describes buying and selling shares, building vast leg signals, and governing about 45 000 square miles of Australian land with 100 000 cattle at Victoria Downs, reflecting a life of relentless work and strategic deals.
In Invercargill on May 21 at the Magistrate Court Jarvis and Josbender, steam boiler owners, were charged with failing to display the inspector issued certificate. Their lawyer pleaded guilty. The judge noted oversights and fined £2, stressing boiler owners must heed the boiler law.
A reader letter from Mrs Mary Blair of Wanshee Osama credits Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills with curing biliousness and relieving sick headaches in women. She says the pills are a grand family medicine and that her household keeps a bottle for all members.
The Taranaki Education Board reports a surplus of qualified teacher applicants for schools, a rare favorable sign after years with excess vacancies. In figures spanning April 1 1912 to March 31 1913, public works show £429,253 spent on roads and bridges and £42,248 on main road maintenance, with total votes under the Public Works Department reaching £1,908,671 for the year ended March 3.
For about three months I suffered acutely from liver trouble writes Mr W W H Capon Turnville Turill NLS We Mr T McDermott of Mc Dermott and Son recommended me to try Chamberlain Tablets which I did They were the only medicine that could relieve me in fact they completely cured me very quickly Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.
A fragment from a historical page credits G Lane as preparer, listing location Chena and item Omnara 2. The readable text provides no clear event or outcome but identifies a creator and place.
W Halliday of the Hotel Metropole Akaroa announces to Chertsey and nearby districts that he has purchased from Mr E P March the interest in the Chertsey Hotel and hopes to receive the patronage formerly extended to his predecessor.
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