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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 17, 1902
Page
2
Ephemeris notes show sunrise and sunset times for September 16 with phase data. It lists New Moon on the 2nd at 4:49 pm, First Quarter on the 18th, Full Moon on the 26th at 8:53 am, Last Quarter, apogee and perigee timings, and related astronomical figures.
Mails close on Thursday September 18 at 6 p.m. for Northern Ports and Westport via Rotomahana. Mails close on Friday September 19 at 10:30 a.m. for Northern Ports and Westport via Rotomahana and for Australian States via Monowai (due Sydney September 24) and South Africa.
Wearineron September 16 reports the Johnsonville fat stock sale with prime bullocks selling up to £18 1s 6d and ewes up to 17s 1d. Mr Webb of Sydney bought a number of bullocks.
William Taylor Smith of Birchlands Staveley husband of Hannah Smith aged 57 58 years last aboard the Zealandia lost at sea on Saturday September 13 1902.
A brief 1902 paragraph from the Ashourton Guardian Magna dated Wednesday September 17 reports on a local matter, with a focus on veritas and early primer listings at the town press.
A Wellington telegram reports a widespread measles and scarlet fever outbreak in the city, prompting the council to assign an official to the Health Department for several weeks. Other items note a sale at Mayfield Yards, a burglary case in Timaru Supreme Court, and local business notices including Havelock street shop reopenings and a Dunlop tyre display.
The event features vocal and instrumental solos by talented performers for tomorrow evening. Dr Torrey regrets he cannot address the Ashburton midday meeting due to prior engagements between Christchurch and Dunedin. A notice notes Mr Gordon Dodds mailed a card directing a parcel to several international locales, now returned with multiple port marks. The late Mr W T Smith, a 1863 arrival, was a West Coast digger turned draught horse breeder and respected Ashburton colonist.
The Canterbury Roller Flour Mills Company reports seed Danish oats on hand. Lord Mitchener may assume new duties in India in November. Thomas Elliott Walton of Dunedin is bankrupt and has absconded. Education Department plans manuals for drill woodwork and cardboard modelling. Physical drill becomes compulsory. manuals are suggestive. Manuals to be ready soon. In Kuma Moto Japan interior of Aos San crater hosts 20 000 inhabitants. M P F Houssay reports eggs from hens fed on grain vs raw flesh. Lord Methuen’s leg operation in London removes embedded bullets. Ibis fears a contracted lease. Westport Times notes a proposal to build a tunnel Millertog to Mine Creek costing 12 000 with expected high return.
On Sept 16 in Lorvon the weather was showery and the wicket slow. Australia trail at 2 for 208 with Trumper 57 and Hill 29 not out after Gregory and Trumper opened. Hirst took four wickets for 50 as Saunders claimed 4 for 50. England players 856 in first innings, Noble 3 for 85.
On September 16 and reported September 17, collectors sold bats by cricketers. W G Grace raised £50, Trumper £42, Ranjitsinjhi £13, and Josiop £8, as part of the sales for the fund.
Detectives and two Acclimatisation Society rangers seize 59 trout weighing 375 lb on a lighter near the jetty. Society seeks to prosecute two fishermen for trout in possession during the close season. A petition to Parliament argues the dispute over landing and sale rules and calls for legislative action to balance fishing rights and regulations.
The Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association held a afternoon session with the President presiding. Members elected included A J Adair S Cox Lyndhurst Jas Baylis and many others. Prizes offered by Friedlander Bros J Small Max Friedlander and others were listed for meat points cattle draught horses and lambs. The life member subscription remains at 10 4d. no rule changes were approved.
A reader disputes an Ashburton visitor’s critique of the Torrey Alexander mission. The writer recalls a joyful meeting, cites Dr Harvey on hell and heaven, notes Dr Torrey’s calm delivery, and contrasts Alexander’s lively music leading.
A well attended general meeting elected Mr Liddy chairman and approved Boxing Day sports. A large slate of officials was named including Mr D G Holmes as patron and Mr M J Liddy as secretary. Events include District Flat Race, Maiden Saddle, Open Saddle or Harness Trot and farmers Plate with prize money and others. A public booth plan and Burnham Band were approved. committee set to reconvene.
An old advertisement compares house cleaning to a body cleanse. It promotes Impey's May Apple as a gentle family medicine, claiming it cleanses the system and improves health, with sales through Sharland and Co. in Wellington.
A Christchurch studio on High Street operates under the royal pat of the Prince and Princess of Wales and markets Tussicura and Smoke New Venus as infallible remedies, with claims of universal success.
The Daily Express reports a British government plan for a large scale rearmament featuring fast horse artillery with new mechanisms to reduce crew labour and exposure. The Wing and the Prince of Wales hunted grouse at Tuvercauld amid hail sleet and snow, bagting well.
United Press dispatch reports Commandant Wolmarans at St Helena remains uncooperative refusing oath. A seditious hymn set to the Transvaal Volkslied circulated among Boers returning home. Boer generals seek a mortgage bank with Netherlands bankers as large cattle imports loom. Capitals and policy shifts discussed in Cape Town and London on martial law, arms control, and aid to ruined hours. General Cronje writes of surrender and the wisdom of Almidity.
Gales in the North Sea cause nine Calais cod vessels to founder with fifty men drowned. The steamer Bewick from Hartlepool is missing off the Firth of Forth with the captain and ten crew members drowned.
Floods in Southern Bengal destroy twenty villages and two bridges. Damage is estimated at two lakhs of rupees. Six thousand people are left homeless, chiefly along the Brahmin River, as rescuers mobilize aid.
The British Railmakers Association, eight firms with twelve million pounds in share capital, has been formed to regulate output and prices. British firms recently supplied forty locomotives of one hundred tons each and two hundred miles of rails for the South African railways.
At the Mount Kembla inquest into the deaths of Major MacCabe and William Murray the coroner and others praised the rescuers. The inquiry found carbon monoxide caused the fatalities as rescuers tried to save lives.
The Premier declares a manifesto urging support for a policy that toppled the Ministry and promises a Reform Bill to dissolve both Houses within six months after a Redistribu tion Bill. Polling is set for October as the writ dissolves the State Parliament amid calls to halt financial drift.
The Hon W Hall Jones presents the seventh annual Public Works Statement detailing 1900 01 railway construction gains. 200 miles in progress 294 miles handed to the Railway Department and 364 miles used for traffic with 26 miles being formed. Employment rose to 3337 in July 1901 from 1742, then reduced to stay within the year 1901 02 vote. The North Island Main Trunk and Midland lines show major progress with tunnels viaducts and formations. Mr Virgil Gay Borgue warns against the six tailed tunnel. surveys continue. Major expenditures include 155 979 on the Mangaweka section and 250 000 proposed for the current year.
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