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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
3
Mr H Stephenson held a busy weekly sale with a large, varied catalogue of live and dead produce. Poultry ranged from hens to cockerels and ducks. pigs included weaners and suckers with prices noted. Potatoes, seed and pig produce, carrots, lettuce, rhubarb, radish, tomato plants and meat prices for mutton and lamb were listed per sack or per pound.
The weekly sale drew a large crowd with stock and produce sold at fair prices. Poultry hens brought 3s to 3s 6d per pair and roosters 2s 6d to 3s 3d per pair. Pigs weaners to 25s. Produce included table potatoes 6d to 7s per sack, seed potatoes 2s 6d to 7s 6d, carrots 2s per small sack, cabbage and rhubarb priced per bundle, tomatoes 1s 6d to 25s 6d per two dozen. Beef quoted at 3d per lb.
Ashburton electorate notices invite W Nosworthy to meet and address electors at the schoolroom Grienstreet Riverside and Hin ds October with the October dates.
A dated alert addresses the electors of Asheuator with upcoming meetings at Westerfield, Winchmore, Lemington, Waterton and more. Sessions begin at 8 o'clock with invitations extended to ladies and the public.
Maslin will address electors at Ashburton venues October 27 to 28 with talks at Willowby School Oddfellows Hall and Ashburton services. Main speaker unable to speak first in Ashburton due to hall commitments, plans to address electors in Geraldine on Wednesday.
A F 2B Flatman invites electors to Ashburton Odd Fellows Hall on Friday October 28 at 8 p.m. for a political address with front seats for ladies. Labour candidate D Gobbe will speak at the same venue on Wednesday October 2 at an unspecified time with ladies invited and front seats reserved.
A note lists activities this Saturday evening at Luriston School and events on Monday and Tuesday October 19 and 20 with entries for Dorte Kyle and other attendees.
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