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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 27, 1902
Page
2
The readable fragment lists dates and times for lunar phases such as Last Quarter and First Quarter, mentioning names like William Parigos and others. It appears as a scatter of observations with times, possibly from an almanac or astronomy notes, but many items are unclear.
Mails close for the placer aa noder on Tuesday May 27 subject to alterations at 6.20 pm for RB tomarana.
In the week ending today reburne reports 64 dredges produced 186302 Sdwb Igr total gold, about 2902 per dredge. Additional returns list several freeholds and dredge results. The Upper Clatha dredge sold at auction to Kuewatubb Bros for £775.
Commercial notice from London markets notes cheese and wheat prices steady with Australian cargoes sold at 30 a. New Zealand beef prices range 1806 to 720th per quarter. River Plate mutton and Canterbury lamb hold values. Wool shows gains as crossbred grades rise. branded Merinos unchanged. Totals recorded: 159,535 bales catalogued and 156,386 bales sold.
The Agent General letter notes light stock on hand and weak lamb demand due to bad weather. Canterbury matton averages 44% and North Island matton excluding Wellington Meat Export 43. Canterbury brand butter 103s and Lanish 106s, Siberian 95, Canadian 1004, cheese 59 4 and 60% firm. Hemp market described as low in spirits.
The Canterbury Larmera Cooperative announced a successful clearing sale yesterday for the executors of the late Mr Wm Harton Water. Four attendants and multiple lots realized prices ranging from implements to animals. Notable items include a Duncan drill 830 10s, Vier hyde, and animals such as Bish the black horse at 404, Sam at 40, Miz at 39 10s, and Kit at 26 10s.
Mossra Maling and Shballorase report the state of Mr A South's farm at Orsrn to Mr H McDongall for abseable factory pricing. The notes reference farm condition and potential sale to the factory buyer.
The Ashburton Agency of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Cantors Dury Ltd quotes May 26 prices for Wheat Barley-Malting and related grains. Wheat ranges from 3s 10d to 41 New a, oats 2d to 3s 10d, Barley-Malting 25 9d to 3d, Partridge and Grass Seed values noted, indicating current market rates paid to farmers on tracks at Ashburton.
At Ashburton yards a fair turnout and steady attendance accompanied a cattle sale that was not as strong as usual. Prices ranged for dairy cows calves store cattle and young poultry with fat sheep and lambs seeing some export demand and crossbred ewes and wethers selling well amid buyers present as the sale continued at press.
At the Police Court Peter Kennady and another offender were fined after drinking offenses. Somerset Hotel buyers Santbh and Miles plan to move the business to the new portion of the building within two weeks. A NotLicence party convention is set for Tuesday with Mr Bil addressing a public meeting. The Khaki bicycle now offers a two speed gear hub for gear changes while riding.
A Timaru cricket meeting resolved to guarantee £10 to the colony fund aiding the visit of an English Amateur team next season. Other items include a public health update on plague reports in Lyttelton deemed not plague cases and a Druids social event at Oddfellows Hall with dances and games tonight.
Mr H Stephenson to hold a Saturday clearing sale of drapery and clothing items. Miss Graham, a Barnette Street typist, has moved and offers continued copying and typing services. Meg W Blackwood praised by Royal Humane Society for stopping runaway horses during the Duke of York visit. Postmaster General accepted tender for Commonwealth pistols bicycles from Melbourne Cricketing and Sports Co to supply domestically produced cycles with full accessories at six pounds fourteen shillings per machine per year.
An old misspelled note touts Wireless Pelagraphy as a great age defining thing and hints at a superior remedy for throat lungs and bronchial tubes named TUSSIOURA, urged as the sovereign cure. The fragment discusses maintaining sound range and avoiding complaints through the product.
The Upper Ashburton Road Board held its regular meeting with Megara CO J Harper and D Melman confirmed as elected members. Mc Harper was nominated chairman and treasurer, and tender openings, notices under the Public Works Act, and various road and drainage matters were discussed.
Neil Campbell died at age 57 after a life as an early Ouage settler son of a Gabriel's Gully migrant. He kept a store at Taleri then Hampden for about sixteen years, took up farming at Springboro six years ago, and was respected by many. His funeral yesterday morning drew large crowds including southern friends.
The Highbank Public Library reports 1901 growth with 142 volumes now in the collection. Open Thursdays 7 pm to 8 pm, funds show £1 10s 6d credit. donations and government grants aided acquisitions. New committee elected: Driscoll Stout Crawford Bond Broughy. A domain board meeting discusses government grant status and improvements.
At a Saturday night meeting the Bororough Council voted to erect a permanent Coronation memorial. The project combines a band rotunda a drinking fountain and a fire bell tower with an estimated cost of about 300 pounds. No special prisoner sentence remissions were approved in relation to the Coronation.
An advertisement urges readers to avoid nervous exhaustion and paralysis risks by using Wilton's Bovo Ferrum beef and tonic. It features a Wellington testimonial from Mr A Jones praising renewed energy and vigor, with sales through chemists and stores and direct post from Geo W Wilton.
Lonpos May 26 Admiral Loros witnessed a gun trial using Barrow-Furnesa six inch gun with Johnson caps. Capped shots perforate a twelve inch plate and remain in backing while uncapped fail to perforate. The Times urges rapid improvements in secondary armaments.
Reports from Grand Riviere and St Pierre describe lava floods trapping women and children while a new crater forms on Mont Pelee. A steamer ash covered and a thousand yard fissure splits Mount Pelee as a family perishes in the ruins. The Czar donated £10,000 to the Martinique Fund.
South Africa report notes 20 000 troops deployed in six weeks. Boers gather in Market Square Pretoria awaiting peace. Commandant Weagle and his commando surrender at Balmoral. British position praised in Daily Mail. Campbell Bannerman criticizes government barbarians policy. New Zealanders Bsgwell and Toplin convalescent and back on duty.
London readers note Germany’s press shows cautious optimism about peace. The paper praises England’s long history of leadership in politics and culture and reports broad speculation about British assets.
The Borough School Committee held its monthly meeting with members including Mersa W Craighead and Jones present. Correspondence was read, applications for pupil teacher positions were reviewed, and two girls were chosen on trial for pupil teacher roles.
A vintage advertisement touts May Apple as the ideal family medicine to restore appetite and aid digestion. It claims liver and kidney benefits and urges purchase from chemists or wholesale agents Sharland and Coe Weilington, priced at 23 6d per bottle post free.
Arrow Leaflets argue liquor is humanly harmful and a narcotic that weakens strength, deranges senses, and fuels crime. They claim alcohol causes pauperism, insanity, and premature death, urging redirecting drink money to necessities to boost trade and prosperity.
The article lists Dr. Bienfait's cautions from the British Medical Journal against alcohol. It denies alcohol as a digestive, appetizer, food, heating agent, stimulant, or protector against contagion, and argues it harms longevity, children, and general health.
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