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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 06, 1913
Page
7
A London manufacturer Pascall offers a large assortment of wrapped confections including Fruit Barley Walnuts Butter Nougat Butter Almonds Acidulated Butter Toffee Squares Butter Brazils Butter Molasses Syrian Rocks Malted Milk Toffee Milk Almonds and a premium Gren de Methe Ys sweetmeat for after dinner. Bottled Pascall's Sweets cost about 1s each.
It urges men to keep smart attire as a stylish suit is the best intro to business or social life. The ad promotes Craig Head, claiming each garment is cut perfectly to London style by expert craftsmen with a comfortable fit and finest materials.
Prices from 6 59 at Johnee and Co s Bast Street Store six BOS. The notice advertises complete boilers with galvanised covers and chimneys for domestic use and stock breeders including pigs.
A brief payment notice states lead per pound for July and August and asks for any spare Cream to be shipped to you.
Ashburton County Council resumed at 2 15 pm with Mr Harper absent and Mr Friedlander taking the chair. Applications by A J Jones for water races were declined due to limited supply. a future motion to restrict grants was signaled. Bridges over Wakanui Creek discussed. a compromise grant of about £46 approved for two motor bridges. Other items include cemetery expenditure, road board bridge contributions, and requests from residents on Bowyer’s Stream and Kyle ford.
Two seamen on the steamer Kent received seven days hard labour for disobeying the captain to be vaccinated during a smallpox scare. They claimed prior vaccination in New Zealand caused sore arms and in convulsions, but the captain insisted all crew must be vaccinated to obtain clearance papers.
Seven cases of smallpox are reported in the Sydney metropolitan area while a suspected case at Young is not smallpox. Sixty patients remain in quarantine.
Brisbane reports Queensland is practically free of smallpox with only one remaining case in Ipswich.
Wellington September 5 report of a smallpox bulletin says no new cases in Auckland city or suburbs. One case in Mercer from a seriously infected house. wire cases from Abipara thirteen miles from Kaitala.
Health Department reports the Manngatatauri smallpox epidemic has eased with no new cases for weeks. All patients are convalescent and a Maori in each pa has permission to travel to town for food. Whares were disinfected and insanitary homes destroyed by fire. no Europeans affected.
Auckland bootmakers union telegraphs the Prime Minister denouncing foreign shoddy boots and urging branding legislation to protect consumers and save jobs. MPs contacted with message that unemployment is rife, while employers dispute the extent of the downturn and say employment remains steady in parts of the trade.
An advertisement cites indigestion as causing acidity and a range of symptoms from belching to insomnia. It promotes RENZIN'S PHPSO and RENZIE'S PILL as quick cures supplied by chemists, claiming the first dose helps and many New Zealanders were cured with one bottle. A brochure offer from Henry Hughes Ltd. promises free information for inventors.
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