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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 23, 1902
Page
2
Ephemeris notes the Sun rising around 6.49 and setting at 5.55 with lunar phases listed for September. New Moon on the 2nd at 4.49 pm, First Quarter on the 4th at 3.45 am, Full Moon on the 18th at 5.53 am, Last Quarter on the 25th at 4.42 am, with apogee and perigee times and values included.
Tuesday September 23 listings call Out Northern Ports and Westport per Rotomahana at 6 p.m. Friday September 26 repeats for Northern Ports Westport plus Australian States due Sydney October 1st and South Africa per Waihora at 10 30 a m.
Reports from Dunevin dated Sept 22 show weekly yields from 73 dredges totaling 28230 ounces 3 dwts at an average 58 ounces per dredge. Additional returns from Simpire Upper Waipori Waimumu Queen and other mines list various ounces and dwts with sales noted for Firet Chancelis New Halfway House Prince Arthur and Rise and Shine.
Sydney markets report at Homebush show sheep in supply ahead of demand. A small New Zealand consignment was priced from 203 to 273. Local bullocks sold between £19 and £24. Taviani's shipment arrived too late for today's sale.
Mr Georga Murdoch sold his Lauriston property of 2850 acres to Mr W J Dickie of Somerton at a satisfactory price.
The text touts a cure named Woops' Great PEPPER TINT Cure and Wade's Worm Figs as safe remedies for coughs. It references Trance's Samipto Rooms on Burnett street and markets boxes of gold. It uses sensational language and fictional detective framing.
Interprovincial and Parliament news move to the fourth page. The flax mill at Westerfield changes hands with new machinery planned. A lecture by Archdeacon Harper is announced with lime light views. The Wellington Trade Review notes Canadian flour imports and prewar market shifts. Community notices include a complimentary tea for Mr Mulligan at Kyle and a bishop’s Cathedral Fund appeal in Timaru.
Mr David Thomas will offer for sale on Cameron Street town section No 1186 at the Arcade on Saturday. Masterton to raise £5000 for improvements at the local gas works. Mr D Thomas to auction Messrs Davis Bros lease in perpetuity at High Bank. Australian pastoralists planned to shear 18 000 000 sheep under Pastoralists Union terms. Mr B Thomas to hold clearing sale of livestock and stock at Lauriston on Thursday October 16. J Sealy and Co give up business as lease expires. all cleared by end of next month. Grant bargains in farm and garden seeds offered.
Dix's Gaiety Company, led by Charles Pope and Irving Sayles, arrives in Ashburton for two nights starting Monday September 29. The touring troupe, planned to visit Dunedin and other towns, features a star lineup including Harvey, Morris, James, Madge, Miss Belle Ray, and Charles Howard with the Kristoscope. The opening show is In Moorish Halls, with lavish scenery and effects.
The Supreme Court sessions began with five charges and a light calendar. Weightman avoided crimes over alimony payments when the wife’s condition and relocation affected the maintenance order. William Watson received three years for breaking and entering. In Purity, Edmond Power sues for £270 over slander by TM. Laffey. In Auckland, Frank Pulman faced four forgery charges and thirteen theft charges totaling £780. he received five years on each, to run concurrently, after admitting to spending the money on liquor and friends.
An old advertisement touts Hvans Mountain King Asthma Powder as a cure for asthma troubles. It recommends Wade’s Worm Figs and other items like 13 hexes, Lovely Ties, and Sunshades sold at SpRanar’s, targeting children’s constitutions.
A special meeting chaired by Mayor W. J. Collins debated ways and means and draft by laws. Councillors argued over committee reporting, potential rate increases, and expenditure cuts including municipal buildings. By evening’s end the council adopted new billiard saloon and lodging house bylaws and adjourned.
Correspondence discusses Stopford Brooke and Tennyson s relation to Hell and infinite love. It cites lines from Despair and argues against a God who governs both love and Hell, urging readers to consider the debate and the author s conviction.
A Cape Blue Book shows 3437 rebel surrenderers disfranchised for life, 3554 rebels convicted before a special tribunal, and 2434 awaiting trial. Repatriation totals reach 35,000 in the Transvaal and 30,604 in the Orange Colony. Johannesburg notes push to end military commissions and shift compensation work to civil government.
An advertisement touts TUSSI CURA as a remedy for coughs and colds and promotes smoking New Venus as part of the product pitch.
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