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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 07, 1920
Page
2
Messrs Pyne Gould Guinness held a clearance sale with principal livestock and farm implements. Items included forty-five ewes at 17s 6d, cows from £7 to £19, Hereford bull at £7, steers to £7 23s 6d, pigs up to £8 10s, mares valued to £51, and assorted farm gear such as saw bench £22 and binder £20.
Representatives of Auckland dairy factories discuss a cable from the Imperial Government offering to extend the butter export contract to March 31 next year and to permit a free market for exportable surplus. They urge removal of local sales restrictions from October 1 and protest further price reductions funded from the Consolidated Fund.
The London report notes quiet beef markets with prices for beef, mutton, and jam indicated in old currency. Butter prices are firm with Irish and English quotes, cheese demand rising for lower grades, Canadian spot market firmer, hemp markets quiet, New Zealand prices steady, and wool sales closing with varied New Zealand wool values per pound.
A new patented method raises sunken ships using a grip device that penetrates hulls and deploys extending arms to grasp plates. Grips fired by compressed air from a submerged gun are guided by magnetic power to the vessel. After attaching, the vessel is floated or buoyed by cables or downhole cylinders, with salvage buyers already expressing interest.
An advertisement urges readers to buy Baxter's Lung Preserver claiming it quickly relieves coughs and colds and strengthens immunity. It promises renewed vigor for those feeling unwell and urges purchase of a large bottle today.
Wellington reports a serious coal situation with two Waikato mines workers refusing to return. Miners seek reduced railway coal rates and concession similar to State mine workers on the West Coast. Blackball miners persist go-slow amid levy disputes impacting Broken Hill support. Australian strikes worsen shortages as Newcastle and Sydney wharves cut hours. Wellington homes lack coal, illness rises, bitter weather increases fuel needs.
Stop-work meetings occurred at Huntly Pukemire and Rotowaro amid demands for rail concessions similar to those granted to State coal mines. Pukemire Collieries notes workers seek lower fares from 1s 9d to 2s 6d or 2s 8d weekly. Railway Department declined. About 25 percent of workers live in Flintly and may relocate if needed.
Auckland reports a stop-work decision at Huntly Pukemiro and Rotowaro mines may halt coal supply from Pukemiro. City Council and local bodies face disruption. Industries relying on Pukemiro coal include Northern Roller Mills biscuit factories freezing dairy and breweries.
Samuel Harrison a Justice of the Peace in Evanston seeks five young men to marry five unnamed women. Candidates must be ambitious, homebound, reasonably good looking, veterans or with waivers, and steady workers. Veterans have a handicap unless they meet other requirements. Judge Harrison will not name the five girls.
A Dartmouth College student Harry Maroney was killed by fellow student Robert Leeds during a quarrel over whisky smuggling. Investigators report a group of students ran a winter operation hauling whisky in a suitcase on brake rods with 72 quarts last loaded by car at high price. A separate border raid saw a woman shot dead.
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