28 May 1908
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
1
A supplier lists a large in stock quantity of Heart and Sap stakes posts and hurdles suitable for fencing and fields. The notice notes available items include sturdy wood stakes and metal posts with compatible locking caps and anchor hardware.
May 27 Gisborne declares open the new Gisborne Rotorua railway section from Puha to Willows Crossing. Hon J Currail and Fra J McGowan address the crowd about the project as a public meeting is held in the theatre urging further line extension into sheep country.
At Orland in May 87 Mc Kate stated in the Polish Court that it has come to his knowledge that people solicit the attendance of Justices of the Peace to hear particular cases. He condemned the practice and hoped it would be discontinued.
At Addington livestock market a large entry across departments and strong attendance. Store sheep dull with forward wethers保持價 values. fat lambs and fats generally easier. pigs dearer with small entry. Cattle yarding 490 head with prime steers and heifers, many light and unfinished. prices range from £6 to £11 for steers, £4 6s to £5 for heifers, £4 10s to £9 for cows. pigs limited with fats firm and baconers near £4 18s.
38 acres at Hawke's Bay well improved with all new buildings and fences in top order. Tent price 3s 4d per acre. Goods will and improvements valued at £6 per acre.
Ali Borris, chair of the West Coast Sawmillers Association, asks Sir Joseph Ward to consider higher import duties on foreign timber. He argues Oregon pine undercuts New Zealand pine by price and uses Asiatic labor and cheap shipping, harming local mills and railway and port employment. He cites freight comparisons and margins, urging protection to sustain local industry.
Mr F Milner of Wai Taki High School spoke at the Y M C A rooms in Wellington urging young New Zealanders to purify national life through character building. He warned against sectarian strife, urged adherence to the Sermon on the Mount, optimism, and high personal ideals, and condemned alcohol use for its harmful effects on health and society.
Christchurch man Mr W R Flint, 78 Springfield Rd, testifies he was cured of kidney backache by Doan's Backache Kidney Pills after years of suffering. He notes lasting health six years later and urges others to use the remedy. sold in chemists and stores at 3s per box, six boxes 16s 6d, by Foster‑McClellan Co. Send price for posting.
A small sheep sale at Geraldine yards on Wednesday saw entries total six to seven hundred. Ewes in lamb and various classifications were traded, with prices ranging from 12 7d to 13s 9d for multiple lots and fat rams bidding up to 13s 9d.
cattle yarded 193, light demand for prin cattle. best bullocks £12 7s 6d to £13 7s 6d. fat sheep 2187 penned with gains for best wethers and ewes. well-finished lambs firm but stores weak. pigs 125 yarded with opening softness and late improvement. small pigs weak. Suckers 9-10s, stores 13-25s, baconers 45s-50s, heavy 53s-58s.
Wheat prices ease as flour costs fall and demand wanes. Seed wheat remains in demand with buyers moving forward. milling lines show softer interest though prime and good quality seed wheat hold value. Quotations run from 2s 1d to 4s 9d per bushel across seed and milling grades.
Sydney May 27 Wheat 4d 74d flour 10 pounds per hundredweight. Gats milling 3s 6d white 3s 9d pea 6d. Maize 4s. Bran and Pollard 1s 7k. Potatoes 4 pounds 15s. Onions Victorian 8 pounds. Butter 110s-112s per cwt. Cheese Good 7d. Bacon etc. Melbourne May 27 Wheat 4s 63d flour 10 pounds. Oats feeding 3s 8d-3s 9d. Maize 4s. Bran and Pollard 6d. Potatoes Tasmanians 4 pounds 0s. Onions 7 pounds 4d. Adelaide May 27 Wheat 2d 34d. Flour 8 pounds 15s. Oats Algerian 38 8d. Bran and Pollard 1s 6d. London May 26 brisk sale with no change. clips including Moko at 9d.
In Dannevirree a magistrate reserved judgment on Walter Mends barman at the Masonic Hotel for assaulting Peter Hemmingsen who was refused service for intoxication and later claimed a dislocated elbow. The magistrate found the license to remove a disorderly patron was valid and dismissed the £72 damages claim.
A reader report notes odd happenings near Lough at Nish Woods with mentions of peppermint care and a cryptic date. The fragmentary item hints at local concern and a playful mystery affecting families.
A promotional note declares a commitment to increase business through honorable means and to offer the best goods at the lowest prices, inviting customers to trade for success.
An advertisement lists hand lamps in glass and metal from 1s each stand lamps from 2s each drawing room lamps with fancy shades from 9s 6d each hanging lamps from 10s 6d to 45s each dietz oil lanterns from 5 each wuandlee lanterns all prices.
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