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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
2
London reports 1,980,000 quarters of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom and 1,875,000 quarters for the Continent.
London wool sales report prices firm with the Minoka clip at 10 4d Harrow 112d and Hillersden 1s 43d. Wool remains steady and unchanged.
Market notes from Srorey October 1 show flour at £10 10s a ton and Manitobans at £12 15s. Oats, barley, maize, and bran quoted across regions. Potatoes, onions, butter, cheese, bacon, and wheat ranges listed with varying per ton or per hundredweight figures for New Zealand and Tasmanian origin.
From Our Own Correspondent Geraldine October buyers attended the livestock sale with about 8000 sheep and 40 cattle traded. Competition was keen for forward sheep hoggets and cattle with full market rates obtained as prices ranged across multiple categories including ewes lambs hoggets wethers and calves. Sale figures show prices from 5s 5d to 63s 6d for ewes and lambs and cattle values from £2 2s to £5 15s for springing heifers and £3 10s to £4 for steers.
Fat cattle yarded 112 with steers £16 15s to £12 10s heifers £6 10s to £0 light cows £6 to £8 10s heavier £9 to £10 25 6d extra prime £11 to £13 2s 6d prime beef 338 to 45a per 10ll lbs lighter 28s per 160 lbs Sheep 3560 penned with strong demand local consumption and freezing prices advanced. heavy vealers 22s to 24s 6d freezers 18s to 21s lighter 16s 0d to 17s 6d extra prime heavy ewes 20s to 32s up to 38s prime 18s 3d to 24s 6d merino wethers 17s 2d to 18s 4d shorn crossbred wethers 15s 1d fat lambs scarce 11s to 10s 6d store sheep 1681 yarded hoggets mixed sizes 18s 2d to 15s 4d ewes with lambs 7s 8d to 9s 2d all counted shorn merino wethers 4d hogget 9s 9d to 11s 4d shorn 8s Pros 400 penned wood sale stores Bayonets 38s to 52s up to 63s extra prime equal 44d per lb Porkers 26s to 38s good stoves 11s to 23s small 6d to 12s
At Burnside on October 1 about 140 head yarded were not enough for demand with prime cattle scarce and prices up about 1 per head. Best bullocks sold £12 to £13 17s 6d, cows £10 10s to £12 2s 6d, lambs small turnout, suckers and slips sold firm, porkers and baconers in demand despite many poor yards.
A regional text argues that claims of pure blood are misinformed and linked to ancestors, then promotes Impey's May Apple as a safe vegetable medicine. It claims the product cleanses the liver and kidneys, improves circulation, and boosts spirits, priced 2 63 per bottle with post-free options from Sharland and Co. Wellington.
A columnist rebuts Pax on Crown tenant rights versus freehold, arguing against extensive concessions and highlighting impacts on taxation, forestry, and economic balance. The piece defends freehold options and warns against overreliance on lease in perpetuity in the colonial land policy debate.
An Examination of the 1902 model Rudnge Whitworth bicycle praises its superiority over all popular priced machines and predicts rival makers will struggle to match it. The display invites inspection at R D Johnston's Cycle Depot Burnett Street.
News in Brief reports a cut in bran and pollard prices to 5 pounds 10 shillings per ton by the New Zealand Flour Millers Association with effect from the 1st. amid other notes a civic plebiscite on Bible in schools is urged for Waimate and surrounding areas.
Correspondence from W T Kingsetpow and officials discusses veterinary education in New Zealand. It confirms a Lincoln College veterinary chair exists and urges government action to meet promised colonial qualifications, referencing May last year and a reply from War Harn Jones.
Mr Wm Sutherland reports subscriptions for a fallen troopers memorial fund. List includes numerous donors with amounts ranging from 2s 6d to £1 19s, totaling £64 16s 6d after prior acknowledgments of £32 1s 5d.
The Ashburton Amateur Cycling and Athletic Club held its annual meeting last evening with captains and officers elected for the coming year. A balance sheet showed a small credit balance and was adopted, and the new committee planned a bicycle paper chase to open the season on October 16 from the Post Office.
The period's weather settles and becomes seasonable after harsh conditions. Lamb losses due to snow and frost rise, feed and crops delayed, but a few weeks of mild weather may help. Friends learn Trooper T G Payne, long ill with enteric fever in South Africa, is finally improving.
A Finn named Alex Petersen, in a drunken state, roamed the roof and spouting at the Hon J Carroll residence in Gisborne just before one this morning. He entered the yard and front door, caused a scene on the roof, and was arrested and remanded for inquiry.
At Waireka station a group of book sellers were target practicing with a pea rifle when it misfired. The hammer was struck and the weapon exploded, wounding Edward Lingled in the left arm. The bullet lodged and he traveled twelve miles to Wellington hospital for treatment.
The steamer Fereric from Vancouver has delivered 5028 sacks of flour to New Zealand. The cargo arrived in October, reported by United Press Assoniatrin via the electric telegraph.
In Supreme Court Judge Connolly noted the accused youths with ages from 17 to 22. Probation granted to Copeland for Korze stealing. L H jailed for theft. J H Hooken jailed two years for forgery. Earle v King case on railway liability closed with £800 verdict for plaintiff. Crown to decide on further point raised by Crown Solicitor.
Asthma relief claim centers on Evana Mountain King Powder as the certain remedy. Advertisement notes emergency use and branded product, while mentioning local retailer Strange's in Ashburton for purchase of Smoke New Venus Furniture.
A mosaic of dispatches reports Lord Hawke's team for New Zealand, a Glasgow death by gas, Boxer-era reopenings in China, a New York lynching, Bulgarian mobilizations, Central American earthquakes, a New York Herald lead pact, a duelist pardoned in Iona, Cape politics, Odawara cholera counts, Royal Procession plans, Cunard subsidies, Irish MP sentence, cholera in the Philippines, Boer Kaiser's audience, American strike riots, state revenues in Australia and Pennsylvania, Australasian earthquakes forecast, a opal robbery case, Melba concert success, Victorian elections results.
The death of M. Zola is followed by a civil funeral planned for Friday. Reports describe Madama Zola reacting with extreme distress upon hearing the news.
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