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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
2
An estate of 465 acres subdivided into 14 pad docks with wire fences and good gorse. It is well watered by springs and a windmill. The property includes a near new nine room house on a high terrace, a listed stable, four mens’ wharfs, an implement shed, and stock valued with 100 acres oats and 50 acres wheat on the grounds. Asking price £16 per acre.
Property listing describes 462 acres of high state cultivation including 130 acres sown to wheat 35 acres to oats and remaining pasture. Features a large 10 room house and suitable outbuildings. Price quoted at £22 per acre or £7a.
376 acres of good rough flax country divided into four paddocks with wire fences. 16 acres oats, balance grass and flax. Comfortable whare on property. Price four pounds per acre. For numbered parcel see FPrnio 52b.
A 462 acre estate is subdivided into 10 pad docks with water races in each. The land includes 125 acres of ants, 20 acres of turnips, 40 acres of newly sown grass. Six rooms in good order with stables and sheds. About 800 pounds cash required. Stock and crops valued. Folio 45a.
Property offers 310 acres with adjoining grazing rights on government section. 200 acres rented yearly at £2. Bush land with totara matsi and manuka. Thousands of first plaza posts. Half the swamp cleared. Small flax swamp workable with £00 royalties last year. Motel pit on corner may add value. Price £358 per acre Folio 60a.
Property details describe 300 acres sub divided into 10 pad docks with ample water, 64 acres in onts 80 acres turnips and good plantations. Includes a five room house scullery stable with three stalls three leaseboxes implement shed granary sheep-yards and freehold price 16 pounds 10 shillings per acre Folio 45h.
A well subdivided 148 acre farm near a railway offers heavy yields of wheat oats and root crops. Modern buildings include a large granary and cow-shed with good roads eight miles from a large town. Priced at 40 pounds per acre.
A historical listing describes 66 acres titled Hitebrdinds land with 11 acres wheat 30 acres as and 3 acres tilled. It is well watered by springs fenced with wire. House of four rooms with a table etc. Price £30 per acre. Located within a mile of a school and railway. Folio 53a.
In the current tally the Government leads with thirty-five seats to sixteen for the Opposition and three Independents, with twenty-two European seats pending second ballots. The piece argues that second ballots distort outcomes and urges careful analysis of all ballots to gauge true public opinion and the balance between Liberal leadership and executive restraint.
Mr G A Hardy the re elected member for Selwyn was in Ashburton today cheerful after his campaign. Judges T Shearer E Gates and D G Wright and Sirs T Melowell of Ashburton presided at the Courtenay Agricultural and Pastoral Association event yesterday. Myrton Coates representing Meron was in Ashburton for the Squatter's Daughter Company’s plans for the Odd Fellows Trail on Thursday and Friday. The steamer Papanui due at Dunedin from Leiden carries red deer for the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society and game animals for New Zealand breeders. River reports say fishing is plentiful this season with newcomers advised to buy Johnston's new stock just landed from Tongariro.
Mr C J Harper, who had served twenty four years in Upper Ashburton, was defeated yesterday in the County Council election. Since Mr EB Wright's death he had chaired the council for many years.
The Upper Ashburton riding elected two council members from six candidates. Hugo Friedlander led with 907 votes, Charles Reid 379, Charles Harper 248, T E Upton 187, John Farrell 169, and James Dellow 25 formal votes.
The Statosacoche is shown at Car nsons in Tazeredt Street. The tiny machine pleases owners worldwide with simple parts, low running costs, and over 100 miles per gallon of petrol. Inquiries invited. 110 Rheumo claimed as a cure for rheumatism and similar ailments with blood cleansing effects. available from chemists and stores at 26 6d and 48 6d.
Charles Nolan faced a magistrate charged with selling whisky in Noticense district on November 7. Witnesses described the exchange of whisky for a watch, with O Connor involved. Magistrate fines Nolan ten pounds and orders payment within a week. Other cases include grazing cattle on the Long Beach road and alleged forgery and theft. Civil suits proceed with adjournments and venue changes noted.
A historical ad claims RHFUAEO acts on blood to remove excess uric acid and cure rheumatic conditions including rheumatism gout and lumbago. It promotes safety and reliability with a note that RHEUMO is not a universal cure but aids rheumatics with chemists and stores selling in small coin amounts.
Mr Flatman spoke for about ninety minutes at Kinwald Hall in a orderly meeting presided by Mr James Cow. He defended his bill and questioned a letter in the Ashburton paper while answering questions and receiving a hearty vote of thanks from the audience. Voting permits arriving later may adjust Nosworthy’s lead as Auckland district results awaited.
Returning Officer J Fitzgerald reassures voters no polling changes will occur. All first ballot polling places will reopen Tuesday and polling hours stay 9 am to 6 pm with clerks largely reused. Hawke's Bay candidates unite to back Alfred Dillon against Sir William Russell.
Wellington reports all telegraph offices will remain open on Tuesday night following the general election night, ensuring continued service for communications and updates.
Wellington reports Minister of Lands R McNab arrived by the Mokoia and met with the Premier on landing. It is considered probable he will resign his portfolio immediately.
In Timaru on November 20 the Labour League, after Keller was defeated, passed a resolution by 39 to 18 urging Labour support for government candidate Craigie. A joint committee will work with Craigie’s campaign. Keller polled 1275 votes.
Supporters in Wellington North declare backing for Bolton over Herdman as the election contest consolidates.
Official scrutiny of the Lyttelton poll complete at 10 30 a m showing Laurenson 3682 Thacker 2769 informal 51 Dunedin South poll declared Sidey 4289 Douglas 2360 Fleming 581 confirms early returns and final tallies in two districts.
The Times congratulates Sir Joseph Ward on extending his power for three more years and links the prohibition movement's surge to women’s growing influence at the polls.
In the Hutt district no license appears likely with 42 of 62 absent votes needed and supporters banking on 3 more. continuance appears as a rival for Parnell pending final tallies. Taieri returns indicate valid votes 4615 and 86 informal. reduction carries by 97 and continuance by 80, with 503 more votes needed to carry No license.
Auckland reports that November 19 Mr Wesley Sprage president of the New Zealand Alliance spoke on the results achieved by the No license party. He urged that all their work and every scrap be borne in mind as they evaluate the recent electoral outcomes.
The Wellington Post notes a growing movement against liquor as the liquor traffic is deemed harmful. It reports Wellington South may be dry and surrounding districts forming a cordon of dry territory from the Heads to Island Bay and Johnsonville with Hutt Valley boundary districts avoiding liquor depots.
Wellington November 20 Hon Robert McNab told a Post representative he has not finished political life and will consider a candidate for the party after the next cut. He noted Mataura's contest ended with a friendly relationship with his successor and urged supporters to back Mr Anderson's services without ill will.
Ashburton residents formerly in the Geraldine electorate insist their hotel licenses survive the latest local option poll. They argue closure is unconstitutional and plan to challenge the result, potentially to the Privy Council. They claim voting rights were misapplied because two electoral maps varied on Arundel's inclusion.
Wool sales at Christchurch Thursday showed price ranges and comparisons to last year. The report notes the ranges of prices with emphasis on changes from prior similar sales.
A lad under sixteen faced Mr Justice Cooper for breaking and entering. Prosecutors argued his mind was saturated with penny dreadful novels. The judge condemned booksellers for selling such literature and linked pestilent literature to crimes against public peace.
Lloyd George returned from Germany impressed by its state-led social insurance system. He notes annual costs near £34 million for accidents, invalidity, pensions, and sickness with state totals around £2.4 million, and predicts broadening to cover clerks and widows. He cites high overall costs and employer contributions under compulsory schemes.
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