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Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Nov 23, 1908

Page

3

Ashburton A. P. Association Hears Tinwald Reserve Sale Debate

A special Ashburton A. and P. Association meeting considered selling the Tinwald reserve. Debate focused on whether to sell or lease, with arguments over valuation, legal power, and revenue. The motion to sell was carried after amendment failed.

Ashburton A. and P. Association Tinwald T. Blackled Mirnveon E. Upton Harding Allen Body Christian Allan Blanidl Grigg Grige Association Ashburton

Long Beach Road Board Hears Waterways Repairs and Stock Relations

The Long Beach Road Board held its monthly meeting with chair W Lill. It discussed watercourse clogging, repairs to ashburton river mouth, two bridges on MacLennan road, seed tender calls, and a concrete bridge on Wheatstone road. Disputes over stock grazing on roads and ranger duties were addressed, with directives given to enforce trespass rules and impoundment where needed.

Longbeach Ashburton MacLennan Wheatstone Beach Thompson Flemington Smith Grigg Cowan Bond Aly Bend Lill Lil Eas Wy Grigg

Ashburton Election Correspondence Urges Strong Opposition

A reader argues for a robust opposition to the Liberal government in Ashburton ahead of the 24th, praising past candidates and warning against Prohibition gains. The letter urges voters to back a steadfast opposition to prevent excessive debt and poor legislation.

Pullico” Ji Girardi Wits Ashmirtot Tom William Harding Prohibition Party Oll Win Rolleston Buxton Mor Maslin E. G. Wright Lawle Opee Myr Nosmorthy Ashburton

Now and Then Comparative PLC LS Chronicle of Early Local Life

A reader recalls life about 55 years ago in Geraldine district noting prices for dairy butter sugar and bread, home baking, and common foods. He describes day wages 8s, few hotels, provincial government, surf-boat landings, river fording, and starting work at age twelve amid hardship and pioneer hardship.

Dlataman Bardcastle Kour Peake Station Geraldine Timne

McNab to Resume Historical Research in Wellington

The Hon. i McNab will remain in Wellington until Wednesday then return to Mataura. He plans a broader edition of his long running early New Zealand history project, pre Treaty of Waitangi, likely visiting Australia to access the Mitchell manuscript collection in Sydney with library staff assistance. The work may later take him to America and England.

Hon. i. McNab Renin Wellington Mataura New Zealand Times New Zealand Australia Free Public Library Sydney Mitchell McNab Meimhave America England

Three Card Trick Trader Fined in Tram Quiet Row

Palmerston North on November 21 Benjamin Smith, a member of the spilling fraternity, was fined five pounds and costs for playing the three card trick in a tram between Wanganui and Palmerston North. In default seven days imprisonment, he claimed to be a shearer.

Palmerston North Benjamin Smith Wanganui Ealmerston North

Drunken Highlander Fined for Rifle Fire at Boarding House

Isher Westcott of Dunedin, a Highland titles member, was fined 208 ant cists at the Police Court for firing a rifle with blank cartridges through a boarding-house window on the King's Birthday night. His counsel cited intoxication, while the Magistrate warned that law applies on all occasions.

Dunedin Isher Westcott

Moorish Maid to Open Soon in London

London reports that Meeargs Cunningham and Bridgeman have arranged with the Ascherberge for the early production of Alfred Hill's Moorish Maid the work of the New Zealand composer.

London Meeargs Cunningham Bridgeman Ascherberge Alfred Hil Alfred Hill New Zealand

Bishops Rebuke Lords Over Education Letter

The Bishops of Worcester and St Asaph rebuke the Earl of Halifax and Lord Hugh Cecil for issuing a pastoral letter to clergy on education, deeming it an unwarranted intrusion on episcopal prerogatives.

London Worcester St. Asaph Earl of Halifax Hugh Cecil

Frootoids Claim Cure for Headache and Indigestion

Advertisement touts Frootoids as a cure for headache indigestion constipation and biliousness. It lists quick relief when other laxatives fail and promotes weekly liver support with a bed time dose. Price 1/6. W G Hearne Chemist Geelong Victoria markets the remedy direct to the public.

W. G. Hearne Geelong Victoria

Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Ad Claims Kidney Relief

An old health advertisement asserts that efficiency rests on kidney health and promotes Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. It cites Christchurch user Mrs Howarde reporting rapid relief from backache and kidney pain after a cold, and notes availability through Foster-McClellan Co. and chemists at specified prices.

Dean Christchurch Howarde Manchester Street Noan Doan Alis Howarde Don Owl Foster-McClellan Co Pitt Street Sydney Boan's

Army of social betterment described in Atlantic Monthly excerpt

In reply to who is the Army, the writer portrays social reformers as the vanguard of change. He notes a rising corps of philanthropists, professionals, and legislators supported by a vast rank-and-file whose labor sustains civilization and aims for a better future for their children.

Atlantic Monthly

Trout Plentiful This Season Warns Rivers Reports

Anglers are advised that trout are very plentiful this season across rivers in the district. R. D. Johnston has just landed a new stock of the best tackle at low prices from the ex s.4. Tongariro, offering gear for the season’s fishing.

Pee R. D. Johnston Tongariro

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