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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 25, 1906
Page
2
BF Ferriman offers sale of Staveley Farm 156 acres with fall particulars on application. Also listing Jabez Ellen's Farm 156 acres near Road 6 Perches. Owner willing to consider a reasonable price. further information available from the listed contact.
A full acre building site is offered for sale with an early application urged. EF Ferriman advertises to interested buyers to submit bids or inquiries promptly.
Notice advertises the sale of a going concern including a first class nursery with stock of ornamentals, trees, bulbs and seedlings plus a 7 room residence with modern fittings and water systems. Also included are 10 adjoining acres with a cottage and sheds, and 7 more acres near Allenton School suitable for cropping or development. Further details and price on request.
Advertisement invites proposals for live stock with large limits from Ashburton County. Full particulars and premiums are available by contacting Dee-Berguson, Land and Estate Agent, for details on bid terms and submission deadlines.
A local advertisement by Ferguson presents himself as land and estate agent offering insurance services for live stock fire accident sickness employer liability mortgage indemnity and other risks at low rates for the Yorkshire Insurance Co Ag Letrict Agent.
1475 acres of agricultural land with well subdivided watered improvements including a large dwelling stables woolshed implement shed cow sheds buggy shed piggerie sheep dip and yards nine miles from Orar and six miles from Geraldine. Owner retired for sale terms available Ferguson land and estate agent invites inspection with personal supervision and tailored terms.
The May moon phase chart lists First Quarter on the 4th at a.m. Full Moon on the 26th at 1 40 p.m. Last Quarter on the 15th and Apogee on the 23rd. A note from the United Kingdom mail route via San Francisco mentions Ashburton mail timing and July 3rd closure with a June 21st starting date.
A large attendance witnessed a successful clearing sale on account of Mr J G Green at Mount Somere Hotel. Furniture and stock sold well with high prices for cattle and produce including cows, yearlings, pigs, fowls and a billiard table, all reporting satisfactory figures.
Loweuano-Woe argues it is better to discuss with the Board of Managers than raise the issue in print, seeking a direct dialogue to resolve concerns.
May 28 at Mrs W. W Smith's on Eton Street Ashburton a daughter to the wife of E. 3. Goldsmith both being well describes a local birth notice from the era.
Reports describe a music mission at Baring Square Church with Mr J H Stephens, Boys Walking Races with Hebert Tramain and George Tremain, and local chatter on seating at church and operatic venues. A wild tale links Sir Hector Macdonald to a Tokyo impersonation, while potato crop notes warn of blight in Marlborough and Otago yields.
A community celebration at Dromore featured a flag salute and national anthem after morning gatherings. Electrical demonstrations by A B Gladden and a lamp test for street lighting drew interest, with plans to test at Crown Roller Mills Saturday night.
Fire at Daniop's Rubber Warehouse in Christchurch leads to £7000 worth of salvage. Oates and Co purchase the entire stock and sell at Burnett Steel Losai Branch with discounts on Dunlop covers tubes footballs and gear. Stored goods not burnt but smoked. windows kept open for worker inspection.
Canterbury district Farmers Union opens in Christchurch with 18 representatives. The group backs more rural education, bone sterilisation proposals, freight and grain market reporting, railway weighments on shipments, and tariff monitoring. agrees on assessors for valuation boards and urges uniform bird destruction fees and sheep tax abolition.
Football report notes several senior players absent from the Trial Match yesterday. The Selection Committee promoted a game of about eleven a side, with juniors providing support. Despite low numbers the forwards struggled, while the back division showed effective play and solid work. Referee was Mr W Nicoll.
Hakatere A defeated Hakate E B 16 to 6 on No 1 Ground. Mc Woods refereed the match.
Notice notes a rush on Golden Eagle Tobacco Flake Cot in two ounce tins with a quoted name Al Tobscoonista aged 49. The fragment lacks clear date or location details.
Cases involve Thomas ftirown charged as owner of sheep found in Tinwald yard on Slay i. B Puiladon gives evidence while seeking light penalty. W Porter fined 10s with costs for operating without a carriage licence amid race days. Beath and Go Ltd sue Eliza Bennett for £17 1s 10d. judgment for plaintiff minus interest. RR Taylor v John Polaon adjourned. de Baugh rules for plaintiff.
The Ashburton Poultry Pigeon and Canary Society met with strong attendance. Officers were appointed and delegates named for ChristChurch Association meetings. A proposal for an Autumn Show was opposed as it could harm the Society’s Winter Show in 1907. A fundraising and canvassing committee was formed for the forthcoming Show.
A collection of brief notices reports a lynching in New York after a robbery of a dollar, a Rio de Janeiro arrest of a railway official for securities theft, a Slavic massacre in Macedonia, and a London report on a Great Cobar copper mine purchase plan with substantial capital and debentures.
United Press reports Colonel McKenzie's force ascending Mkal Mountain via steep paths and dongas. They destroy Mangodi’s krasls, Bambasta's lieutenant. Many horses lost footing and fell to their deaths during the ascent.
Germany demands the extradition of Chief Morenga labeling him a common criminal while the Oapa Government regards him as a political prisoner and vows safe internment.
Capetown May 24 Commandant Rayners addresses Hat Wolk at Pietersburg and states that once the Chinese question is settled the Liberals in England will lose interest in South Africa. Boers must unite and fight for national existence and work out their own salvation.
The Coldstream Road Board met last Saturday at Lowcliffe. M G Rich was unanimously elected Chairman after being the sole candidate. The board debated paying a 10 percent rate, approved expenditure rules on thirds, and planned road works and tenders including 2 miles of Main South Road and a Dobson road drainage project. The meeting adjourned to June 16.
Assistance from the Imperial Government received May 28. Prereem Manitzpure reported May 24 that Mr B Haldane, Secretary for War, placed Imperial ordnance stores in South Africa at disposal. An Arab emissary was captured in the franchise after attempting to sway Zululand chiefs to rise. Troops ring Nkandla to quell rebels. 250 Native women and children fed at Nkandhla and 125 others at Greptown.
Semi official reports from St Petersburg state full amnesty is impossible while terrorists persist. Rumors claim the Imperial family has sold vast Crown forests to German bankers for 210,000,000 sterling. Many landowners rush to act, with capital moving to foreign banks.
The New York correspondent reports that following advice from Mr Grover Cleveland, Mr T Ryan, former assistant secretary for the interior, will grant Equitable Life Association policyholders the right to elect directors.
A great family banquet gathered the king and queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales and other royals at Buckingham Palace. Princess Hao departed for Spain today, escorted by her eldest brother Prince Alexander Albert of Battenberg.
Correspondents discuss Mr Le Quenx's story of an invasion and contrast naval losses with Britain and Germany. The letter notes British tonnage at 1,557,682 and German 415,824 long tons, with Germany building 174,090 tons and Britain 356,000 tons under construction. End with a quote on truth from Ruskin.
German Foreign Secretary Tseristehky told the Reichstag that German interests would not be harmed if Britain and Russia reached an understanding on Asiatic relations. He stated the Triple Alliance remains firm and noted Italy’s recent assurances to the alliance. He added Britain’s welcome to the Bargomaerters was reciprocated by Germany.
The Foulds family hosted a banquet for Mr Matthew Foulds of Kilmarnock to mark his hundredth birthday. Four hundred guests attended including Sir Joseph Ward and several MPs from New Zealand. Telegrams of congratulations arrived from the King and Auckland figures.
A reader questions the power of the Retailers' Association over local holidays in Ashburton. He cites Empire Day coverage in other papers and asks if local retailers influence decisions beyond Ashburton, noting busy reporting on tariffs and Australia. He urges consideration of Empire Day observance.
An advertisement praises Rheumo as providing immediate relief for gout and rheumatism, citing Mr FD Pasting of the Temperance Hotel Ekstahona as an enthusiast and testimonial. It notes Rheumo sells at 23 Gd and 4a 6d per bottle and promotes a large clearance of men s tan boots at Stock s Blue Boot Store Burnett Street.
Three million school children in Britain and overseas marked Empire Day. In Ottawa and Toronto thousands participated in ceremonies at Queen's Park and a statue of Queen Victoria. Governor General Sir Dirl Grey replaced nine companies of caduta.
May 24 Empire Day celebrations in Sydney proceeded with heavy rain and muddy streets. Indoor events drew crowds as Governor and Ministry officials visited schools and delivered speeches while a barracks gathering honored the day with new colours presented to the first Australian regiment by Lady Northcote.
Sydney May 25 reports Lord Northcote Governor General sends an Empire Day message to the Empire League of Avat ails outlining imperial ties and duties within the British Empire.
Outdoor events in Melbourne on May 24 featured patriotic addresses and cadet parades despite rain. The Governor’s levee drew a large crowd as ships were decorated and celebrations continued. A cable from Lord Meath expressed national rejoicing.
Hispira Day celebrations proceed with enthusiasm in Barscane as rain falls. Auckland schools join in saluting the flag and listening to patriotic speeches before dismissal. Messages from Melbourne praise the tribute to Empire Day and its impact on New Zealand communities.
The last plenary of the Postal Congress amended and adopted Chapman’s chain proposal. The next Congress will meet in Madrid after a vote that split 7 to 43 in favor of Madrid with Melbourne a distant second as an option. Delegates from the United States Britain Japan Canada and France backed Australia but Europe’s capital was preferred.
The death is announced of Henrik Ibsen Norwegian post and Dramatist aged seventy eight. Cause of death apoplexy. Widely regarded as the greatest dramatist of the last century his plays include A Doll's House Ghosts Hedda Gabler and Pillars of Society.
A gale and heavy seas drive the French barque Vincennes from Yokohama ashore on Ocean Beach Manly. The vessel drifted in thick weather while signaling for a pilot. crew reached shore exhausted as contaminant tides ease. Four feet of water at low tide allows approaching the vessel.
Tender information shows 880 preference shares of £1 each offered with 676 applications. Highest tender price is 10 12s 6d and average around £9. Applications come from across the colony. Prospectus anticipated rapid capital subscription due to strong interest and favorable outlook.
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