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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
8
The Union Steam Ship Company's shares rose sixpence per share amid renewed rumors of absorption by a larger shipping firm. The report, dated May 30 from London, cites market activity influenced by the speculation.
May 31 report says an agreement has been reached for a fusion of interests between the P. and QO. Company and the Union Steam Ship Company. The merger aligns the two maritime firms under a single strategic plan.
Melbourne reports the Federal Government fixed butter prices with 1s 5d for choicest butter and 1s 1d per pound for second grade. The announcement appears in the Press Association bulletin received May 31, 1946.
Fat cattle saw prices ease from last week with high quality export stock steadied by flood area supply. Best bullocks fetched 17 to 18 pounds, mediums 15 10s to 16 10s, and primes 15 6s to 15 10s. Sheep numbers reached 1700 with poor quality, prime wethers 49s to 56a, ewes 40s to 44s, lambs 66s to 98s 6d, and late sale rates under pressure reflecting competition for top lots.
Christchurch May 30 at Addington market there was a smaller entry of fat lambs and fat sheep than the prior sale, but fat cattle and store sheep entries were good with brisk demand. Prices detail store sheep ewes and wethers, merino, fat lambs, fat sheep, and cattle including prime and ordinary categories. Pigs at fat market quoted.
The Wai-iti river dries causing thousands of trout losses yearly. Nelson Acchminisation Society discusses rescuing fish from Wai-iti and Brook stream to relocate them to other rivers, favoring local saving over imports. Baxter's Lung Preserver touted as effective cough and cold remedy with 1s 10d bottle, marketed by chemists and stores.
Publication notice for the 1917 Canterbury directory edition listing commercial municipal and general content. Contains about 1100 pages with many maps, bound in cloth with gilt lettering. Price and ordering details indicate pre publication and post publication costs.
May 36 Dunedin shows reduced exhibition with fewer entries due to floods south of the city and absence of the Department of Agriculture display. Island factory Wyndham wins five cheese classes, Staveley Ashburton runner-up, Clandeboye Orari wins maiden cheese, Canterbury Central Dairy ties for export butter class, Mrs T. Mclone and Agnes Dixon excel in butter and taters.
The Winter Show dairy awards list prizes for butter and cheese. Peninsula and Taieri Peninsula Co op. Canterbury Central Co op. Unplaced entries include Sefton 93 and Taieri Peninsula 92. Island Dairy Factory dominates special cheese prizes with Nazol mentioned in ads.
The text argues nations should restrict alcohol sales, citing England England’s drop in drunkenness convictions and Russia's wartime prosperity. It claims prohibition boosts savings and worker efficiency, reduces life and property destruction, and urges petitions to close bars at 6 pm to protect Britain from alcohol.
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