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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 25, 1910
Page
1
A column urges readers to study successful neighbours in dairying to learn their secrets. It argues that observing proven methods leads to better cow performance and profits, and compares seeking truth in farming to rivers and trees responding to effort.
Danish dairy farmer Mr Jepsen outlines practical criteria for selecting a milking cow. He stresses a wedge shape from shoulder to hip, strong udder, large milk veins, and a calm, active temperament with adequate depth of body and long neck. He notes the importance of eye, ear, tail, skin, and vein visibility in predicting milking ability.
The 1907 Australian shearers award expires June 12 next. A Melbourne conference on the 4th debated current rates with wages fixed, including 82s 24s per 100 shorn and district scales for under 18 years. Employers push cuts, unions press for increases, conference adjourned sine die with no new award agreed. Workers to continue under 1907 terms until expiry, contracts to run under currency pending a new award, pastoralists aligning to avoid disruption.
A confused fragment describes a Baker and a brewer in a tavern setting. The Baker is in no mood for jokes while a neighbor comments on a draught and a cold on the chest. The passage references a papparmint cure and wind from yeast, with odd dialogue about happiness and relief.
A Taranaki Farmers Union meeting discussed uniting branches to form a land agency to replace private land agents. They weighed costs, capital needs, and fairness in land transfers, noting the challenge of unanimity and the risk of abandoning current traders. The plan faces practical hurdles but will be debated at the Dominion Conference.
John Talbot of the Farmers Union in Timaru spoke of generally prosperous times for South Canterbury farming. He noted wheat damage from heavy rains, but lamb and wool markets performed well, lambing was strong, and autumn grain harvest proceeded. Credit conditions improved with money available at reasonable rates, and dairying was expanding under a cooperative framework after initial struggles.
Claims Peps pastille tablets destroy lung germs and cure coughs colds bronchitis sore throat asthma influenza and related chest complaints. Promotes dissolving on the tongue with vapors reaching the lungs. Sold by chemists or direct from The Peps Pastille Co 39 Pitt Street Sydney at 6d or 3s per box.
In Wairoa on May 24 a five roomed house owned by Mr Phillip Hill was burned down last evening. The owner, while laying poison in a hole for rats, struck a match in darkness, igniting loose scrim. The fire, aided by dry conditions, burned the dwelling. Insurance total £200 in the Victoria Office.
A fragment mentions a wartime influenza claim to take Woods Great Sarre Cure and asserts it never fails. No additional context or details are readable.
General French reviewed 8200 uniformed cadets and about 100 girl pupils in Toronto. The girls decorated monuments around Parliament Buildings. French praised the display and said he wished everyone in the Motherland could have seen it.
A letter from Mrs A.G.M. of Sydenham describes six months free from piles after using Dr Fellows Pile Cones and AC Tabs. She had years of protruding, bleeding piles and constant itching, avoided surgery, and credits the regimen with curing chronic constipation and preventing recurrence.
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