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Ashburton Guardian in Ashburton, Canterbury

30 May 1917

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Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

May 30, 1917

Page

3

Canterbury Park Trotting Club Autumn Meeting Acceptances

Christchurch May 30 The Canterbury Park Trotting Club announces acceptances for autumn meeting races including First Amateur Handicap in saddle and Peninsula and Plumpton Handicaps in harness. Entries feature numerous horses such as Imperial Ann, Wild Night, Woodser, Admiral Woodser, General Wilkes, Rosie Drift, and Scooting rivals across two miles and one mile distances.

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Christchurch Imperial Ann Ser Wild Night Dunollie My Boy Curraghmore Marvalo Foreword Royal Neville Mattock Precision Winiata Bellona Miss Chancellor Stelle Kentie Huon Match Pert Marilla Rosie Wilkes Quincelyn Jack- Park Ben Bolt How Adventure Lady Bages Wild Sun Rothino Herepa Our Bluey Valuation Peninsula Energy &Sec Schnapps Lord Minfo Ldsec Delta Rosie Drift Galindo “Belle Fisherton Expedite Bettina Joffra Elatawah Plumpton Admiral Woodser Adelaide Direct Mintson Agathos Oinako Frandiocia Persuader Cora Dillon Tamarisk Little Kauri Whispering Willie Pax Lyttelton Berke’s Drift Truganini Harold D Albert Wallace Wooddrift Goldstream Branston Eileen Mystic Bells Lloyd George Palmdale Trooper Dillon Wasee Dainty Dillion Edina Mopey Calton Miss Havoc Galindo Belle Agnes W Author Dillon Our Thorpe St. Kevindsec Minston Don Cassar Childsdale Emilias Master Park Colmena Sungod Moneymaker Cromstall Paul Huonser Eruption Woodchild Gay Wilkes Bon Ami Mayfield Dubose Albertoria King Pirate Arcadian Pactolus Pine Bell Happy Jack Colonel Havelock Our Goldie Paddy Lyndh Tonight Mias Chancellor Panama Watwern Peter Bell Imperial Ann al Franz Neaioradsec Joan of Are Wille Lincoln The Whip &Sec Huta Gray Annie Dillon Blackness Sir Elmo Seychelles Will O General Wilkes Lodestar Jack Ashore Lord Dulon Fseu King’s General Galindo Lou Willie Lincoln Young Tohusec Prince Poole Woodvere Sceptre Dorothy Dimple Gold Crest Icicle Queen Tracey Huon Patch Rothesda Salcombe Trixie Mac
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Call for penny-in-the-slot street phones in Ashburton

A correspondent urges Ashburton Borough Council to request two or three penny booths from the Postmaster General. He proposes placing them at the new Railway Station, the Somerset Corner, and Sparrow's Corner, noting the current 6d Post Office bureau rate.

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Ashburton Post Office Bureau Somerset Corner Sparrow's Corner
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Hastings Ireland and others fined for at large horses

Hastings Ireland was fined 5s and costs for allowing a horse to be at large on the roads. William Aitken received a similar charge and a 16s fine with costs after recent convictions. James and John Scott faced breach of peace at the saleyards during a sale. Rushton testified, Dart sought a guilty plea, and John Scott was discharged while James Scott paid 10s. no witness expenses were granted.

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Hastings Ireland Wm. Aitken James John Scott Rushton Dart Scott James Scott
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Inquest Finds Omission Led To Electrocution

At the adjourned inquest in Rotorua on James Casey electrocution on May 11 the coroner ruled that a fellow worker William Herbert Hayden failed to obtain authority to work on the wires and the current was turned on in ignorance. The coroner cleared Hayden of criminal intent. In Dunedin an elderly man Alfred Morrison living alone at Outram died from burns after falling into a fire.

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Rotorua James Casey Dyer William Herbert Hayden Casey Hayden Dunedin Alfred Morrison Outram
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Wool condition shocks Invercargill reporter

Mr D Jardine from Farright Station told a Southland Times reporter about a stragglers muster featuring eight tooth rams never shorn and wool lengths up to 27 inches. The note cited wool and mutton producers and included an unrelated advertisement for No Rubbing Laundry Help and a Thinker's Note-book offer from the NZ Farmers' Co‑operation Association.

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D. Jardine Farright Invercargill Southland “Times N.Z Farmers’ Coop, Association, Ltd
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