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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
3
The Antwerp wool market closed on November 20 with prices firm after gains. Of 5196 lots offered by Le Plata, 4042 found buyers, confirming earlier advances.
Market report shows no change in wheat as millers buy small lines at current rates while farmers sell fow lots. sales on Tuscan and Pearl 4s 2d and Hunters 4s 1d. Oats and chaff demand weaken with prices falling. oats decline hits chaff pricing and buyers struggle to dispose of prime quality chaff.
Mr H. Stephenson's Havelock Street Mart drew a large crowd with a broad range of stock and produce sold at satisfactory prices. Ducks per pair 35 to 4s, hens 2s 6d to 3s 6d, roosters 4s 1d. pigs suckers 16s, weaners 18s to 19s 6d, stores 27s 6d to 3 0s 3d, crates of oats 1s 6d per sack, seconds wheat 1s 9d, eating potatoes 3s to 1s 6d, seed potatoes 6d to 2s 6d, onions 8d per bundle, lettuce 1d each. lamb 3d to 5 1/2d, mutton 2s to 7 1/2d per lb. A large line of drapery and sundries was cleared at full rates.
A large turnout attended a fair with a varied entry. Notable prices included poultry at 12s to 25s per pair, roosters at 12s, dairy cattle springers at £8 0s 0d, seed potatoes 3s 6d per sack, table potatoes 5s, pigs 1s to 1s 6d per sack, and wheat 14s to 19s per sack. Rhubarb sold 3d to 5d per bundle.
A strong turnout at the ordinary weekly sale saw a large entry of pigs poultry fruit and produce sold at varied prices. Pigs ranged 18s 6d to 31s per head while poultry fetched 1s 9d to 2s 9d for hens and 2s to 3s 6d for roosters. Produce included potatoes apples oranges and rhubarb with vegetables onions lettuce asparagus and leeks noted. Meats prices listed for hams bacon mutton and lamb per unit.
Messrs Friedlander Bros Ltd held a land sale in Methven with strong attendance. Several farms sold privately after bidding peaked at £9 5s per acre for a 237 acre leasehold, while other blocks of 806, 398, 170 and 284 acres passed in or sold privately, with prices per acre noted for each property.
Reports from Rockampton Hokitia Tisaru and Invercargill detail fires destroying the Grand Hotel Emu Park Empire Hotel seven room house Temuka and Winton studio. Losses include building and furniture insured amounts and total estimated damage.
A Sydney incident notes a bicycle accident leading to a fatality. A boy named Braden surrendered to police, saying the ride caused the misfortune, which he deemed rarely accidental. Braden was bruised and frightened and returned home unaware of the grave outcome until today.
In Wellington on November 21 the Supreme Court sentenced George Leitch to eighteen months for forging a receipt for a money order telegram. Charles Reston received a two year term for breaking and entering.
A No license leader in Ashburton says licensed hotelkeepers lack basis to gain renewals as licenses expire by time with no Licensing Committee to renew. He notes eminent legal advice that hotels must close under the Act if the Privy Council rejects their case.
A private telegram reports Masterton local option poll results showing No-license carried by 34 votes after official scrutiny. Earlier figures indicate no-license losses by five votes in Hut t and by 244 votes elsewhere, with reduction losses of 42 and reduction carried by 164 votes in Chal mers and Warsden.
Returning Officer L John Fitzgerald declares the Ashburton district poll result for the 11 November 1908 House of Representatives election. The official tally lists one member chosen for the district with the count shown as 9.
A correspondent states that while liberal in politics they see the benefit of a strong opposition for sound legislation. The letter argues for principled opposition and criticizes blind party loyalty in the current political climate.
To the Editor a reader says the Ashburton candidates will face questions about licensing measures. He cites proposals to prohibit brewery depots near No license boundaries and to end the locker system, seeking support to strengthen existing licensing laws.
A political candidate appeals to the electors of the Ashburton electorate requesting continued support at the forthcoming second ballot. He expresses gratitude for past support and explains time constraints prevent visiting every polling center. He asks voters to place him at the head of the poll.
The discussion centers on Tuesday’s second ballot between Flatman and Neasworthy amid jokes and jabs. Contenders debate policy, vote history, and party loyalties with references to the Second Ballot Act and public accounts committee tensions.
A public notice to Liberal electors of Ashburton warns of a coalition between Nosworthy and Jones seen as tactics to deny them parliamentary representation. The author appeals for votes on Tuesday the 24th urging support for a candidate with fifteen years of parliamentary experience and a platform of progressive liberalism and equal rights for all.
The two ewes and six lambs left on show grounds must be claimed or expenses paid by Tuesday December 1. If not, they will be sold at Ashburton yards on that date.
An elderly man named J Lilly, a builder in Sydenham, died suddenly at Laery Macfarlane and Co auction rooms on Lichfield Street Christchurch after collapsing during a fruit sale. He was helped to the rear, a doctor was summoned, but he died before aid arrived.
A prisoner named Worman at Terrace gaol, employed as a cabinet maker, attacked Mr Armstrong the governor with a chisel injuring his neck and narrowly missing the jugular vein. Worman attempted to escape but was recaptured and will be charged on Monday. He is serving a sentence for indecent assault on a boy. Mr Armstrong remained in a low condition this afternoon.
At Christchurch Magistrate Court Hon John Barr M L C was fined 10s and costs for using abusive language at a Dr Thacker political meeting in Sumner calling James Wilson a dirty jaw behind. A separate discussion in Allen schoolroom considered school status and educational alignment amid labour, employment and harvest notes.
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