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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 08, 1920
Page
6
Engines gas oil steam boilers electric motors dynamos woodworking sawmilling machines tools portables rails tractors wire tape and more offered by Manning Machinery Co at 8 Bedford Row Christchurch in a compact classifieds listing with broad equipment categories.
Obtain Cooper's Seeds of Success vegetable seeds in 3d pkts peas and beans 6d pkt. Flower seeds offered. Agent for Bradbury's Sweet Peas. Wreaths and wedding bouquets ordered. Phone 439 bushel Havelock Street. Time to get busy in c N.
Advertises 10 C C cure for cracked hands with a pot priced at 6d at Bonnington's.
In Wellington on September 7 Sir Heaton Rhodes asked for leave to introduce Mount Hutt County Bill No 2. He cited exceeded session time and previous delays. Leave granted, bill read a first time and sent to Local Bills Committees.
A review notes Entertainments at His Majesty's Theatre last night featured Man and Beast with a Transvaal Boer War setting and a clash between Dutch Republican Van Haagen and Britisher Townsend. Children reconcile the feud through love, though acting was uneven and photography weak. The lighter Why Go Home comedy provided relief, with topical budgets of unusual interest. Proceeds to be repeated this evening.
Judgment given in Belfort Civil Court where a French general sought 200,000 francs damages and 10 insertions of the judgment in newspapers. The court dismissed the suit and ordered the general to pay costs, finding the private's statements were given under inquiry, not volunteered.
Five thousand draft evaders have been convicted in United States Federal Courts and given sentences from thirty days to one year in prison. DoJ reports up to last month show rapid progress in rounding up delinquents, with about 275000 investigated of 318314 cases.
An advertisement extols FEENZO and HEENZO cough and croup mixtures. It urges treating croup early with a simple water mix, claims rapid breathing relief, and notes availability from chemists or Hean's Pharmacy in Wanganui with price and post terms.
Britain spent £154 million on grain last year and could hit £200 million this year. The area under wheat is 400 000 acres smaller than at the last harvest, signaling a shortfall of at least 850 million quartern soaves next year.
At the last weekly Men's Club meeting Mr J T Buil presided over a fair turnout. Mr J T McGuigan won the discussion contest with 7 points earning the gold medal, while H Gifking and R Graham took second and third place. A farewell visit to Mr and Mrs Comlinson ended with a party and dancing. Washington context not provided.
A party of nine young girls left Bouveret on Lake Geneva to climb Grammont. Straying onto a blocked gully a rock avalanche killed Mlle Feller, a medical student, and wounded another. Rescue teams searched all night as a storm raged and the survivors endured exposure.
An advertisement urges keeping Peps on hand for coughs colds and chest illnesses. It claims Peps prevents pneumonia pleurisy and bronchial troubles and suits children and the elderly. Sold by chemists and stores at 1s 6d and 3s.
The notice promotes Nazol as instant relief for colds and influenza with a 6d price for 40 doses and urges readers to buy from chemists. It also advertises Baxter’s Lung Preserver as a tonic for colds and chest troubles, with a 26 6d bottle offered and claims of health benefits.
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