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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 15, 1920
Page
4
An advertisement proclaims heavy reductions across housewares including Shelley China tea services cups and saucers 14s 6d per dozen white and gold ware 16s 6d per dozen enamel saucepans kettles and aluminium ware with varied prices listed for dozens of items and bundles aimed at weddings and households seeking bargains.
A orrery of tea chests and preserving goods with unit prices listed per pound and per quart. Items include Duchess Empress and Princess tea chests, various dried fruits, currants, raisins, prunes, dates, apples, peaches, peel, borax, blue stone, saltpetre, caustic soda, and a shipment of Rowntree chocolates.
An advertisement urges self improvement through International Correspondence Schools with over 200 courses, noting letters from trainees who saw pay increases. It also lists services for wills and estate matters in New Zealand, offering executive and trustee roles, with assets valued over £20,000,000 and a district manager in Ashburton for inquiries.
Nearly every new hat looks good but only a good hat lasts. One durable hat costs twice a cheap hat and saves money by lasting longer. Featuring plain furs, felts, and velours in English Italian and Australian makes. Prices set to undercut big centres. Try-on offered with welcome in the Hat Department.
A brief note notes remedies for chapped hands and suggests a cure by D.O.C. while mentioning a 6d purchase at Bonnington's shop.
Second Edition item lists a timber sale at County Plantation near Racecourse with noon bidding, a Farmers Co op clearing sale at Lagmhov. Tonight and tomorrow feature His Majesty's Theatre 8 pm pictures, the Returned Soldiers' Ball, a Domain Oval football match at 8 15, Tinwald Hall farewell social, and Mt Somers Lawn Tennis Club meeting at 7 45.
An editorial voices the spirit of progress in Ashburton highlighting hospital policy drainage schemes and a push for a Greater Ashburton. It notes filled shops near Hast Street, proposes relocating the courthouse to Wills and Hast, and urges selling the current site to fund new business premises. It also criticizes government land use as inefficient and suggests building 16 worker houses on 16 acres owned by agriculture to boost housing and economy.
The To Anau Milford track sees exceptionally heavy Christmas bookings and early closures are anticipated as applications may close soon. The track opens November 1 marking an earlier start than usual. Weather forecasts predict southerly winds and cold showery conditions with hail and a low barometer.
A reader challenges Dr. John Guthrie of the British Medical Association over calling hospital patients robbers for using publicly funded services. The letter argues individuals may seek hospital care in sickness without depriving doctors or the profession, noting private choices and public hospital use coexist with contributions to the state.
The text argues the government should show financial prudence by efficiently handling public funds and making two land related opportunities more convenient. It frames the idea as a test of governance and care for the public purse, urging recognition that aiding itself benefits the public.
Delegates returning from New Zealand report to the Colonial Office on opportunities for educated women in domestic work in public institutions. There is demand for teachers and clothing factory workers. skilled milkers may be encouraged to dairy farming or bees. Women with capital over £300 may invest after a year of work in New Zealand. the Daily Chronicle notes success requires full commitment to becoming a New Zealander.
The passage discusses vast pilgrimages to Palestine, estimating between 20,000 and 40,000 visitors yearly. It mentions protecting persecuted groups and hints at a secret service operating silently around the world.
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