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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
2
September 26 fair yarded 165 head with bulk good to prime stock. Early bidding steady then improved before closing weak. Average prices about 5s lower than last week. Beef cattle and cows range from 6 to 9 17s 6d for extra weights, store cattle 5 to 8, beasts up to 9 17s 6d.
Sept 25 report shows 141 head of cattle with good quality and prime lines. Prices ranged with steers at 12 5 to 16 0, heifers 5 to 7 15, cows 4 0 to 7 12 6, prime beef 22 8 to 25 4 per 100 pounds, store cattle modestly improved. Sheep and lambs were steadier, 1300 hoggets and wethers sold, fat sheep 19s to 22s, lambs 15s to 16s 6d, prices softer than last week.
A modest entry of pigs met soft demand last week. Baconers sold from 260 to 36s and reached 42 for select heavy weights. Porkers moved 193 to 26s, stores fell to 17s 6d, and end suckers and weaners rose to 9s 3d per lb.
Yesterday at the Geraldine farmers yards sheep entries sold at rising rates while cattle brought satisfactory prices. Steers fetched £6 17s 6d and cows reached £6 1s 5d, with springers and draughts selling up to £42. A horse sale followed, 66 entries with 41 sold, and stallion Young Guy Fox sold for 48 guineas to C Scott Thomson.
The wool and skins sale held yesterday saw heavy catalogues and a strong turnout. Prices appeared steady or slightly softer than the previous sale with several lots of butchers skins, crobreds, halfbreds and merino skins traded at modest figures per pound. Wool trimmings and scoured wool sold for varied rates, while dead wool moved at lower bids.
The Ashburton Magistrate's Court distribution draws criticism as delays hinder debt relief and duties shift to distant towns. A letter recalls cases where three days waited for the magistrate delayed creditor actions and allowed departures from the colony. The writer urges Justice Minister to consider relocating the stipendiary magistrate to Radburn or similar districts to improve public convenience and handle rising caseload.
Local notes report rain indications from Captain Edwin fore, a two room cottage burnt at Allenton owned by Mr Steel of Alford Forest, and a Supreme Court movement in Brown v Brown with partial judgment. Grain stores transfer sacks to smaller bags for Southland merchant orders while shipments via steamer Needlon proceed. A girl Bridget Quilina suffers a leg fracture after a fall from a car with two children. Mr Tom Doig is honored at the Oborteey library with a lamp and carvers as he leaves threshing work for Dromore. Builders advised to seek ironmongery estimates from Harprey Bos.
About forty couples attended the Wednesday event with music by Misa Simpson and Messrs Leitch Terris. Miss Assettt Stock led songs. Mr Harper acted as master of ceremonies. Miss Hoffsm catered. Also reports a Geraldine Temuka Association horse parade with small entries and several named horses.
Cable dispatches describe violence in southern China near Rumchuk on the West River where native Christians were attacked. women aboard a boat were dragged ashore and killed. Another report notes deaths of Miss Aesys of Adelaide and Menara Dand and Barnett of Tasmania with seven others, likely English missionaries, at Kisngsu.
Li Hung Chang predicts prolonged negotiations as Allied views diverge. American troops excluding 1500 men guarding the Legation are ordered to return to Manila.
A Broad review notes Lord Carrington and Lord Brassey issuing manifestos amid Liberal unity claims. Leaders defend Navy and Army policies, praising wartime efforts and criticizing Kruger era missteps. Chamberlain receives strong support in Oldham as discussions on defence spending continue.
Dr Symes reports to the Ashburton Wospital Board on hospital drainage faults and contamination risks. He recommends irrigating grounds, improved urinal and closet ventilation, open channels where possible, and removal of a broken glooed drain with a glazed tile system. He notes missing admission registers and offers to attend future Board meetings.
Mr Ernest M. Sandatein a DEO Al physician recently returned from six years of special study in England and the Continent may be consulted on defensive eyesight. Daylight not necessary artificial light used. Consultations daily 9:30 to 1 2.05 Over M Sandatein jeweller Onsshel Streets W.
London reports Boer forces burned a Long Tom feld gun near Komatipoort as General Barton seized 1600 cattle 1000 sheep and 17 wagons near Krugersdorp. Kruger called capitalist thief in Cape Assembly speech. Railway destruction at Rondeval Spruit thwarted with dynamite captured. Viljoen pursued Selati line. Barberton locomotives valued at half a million.
Council discusses Law Amendment and Cycle Board bills while debating the Shops and Offices Bill and holiday clauses. Amendments allow half holidays on Saturdays with notices, and hotel staff exemptions. Post Office and Government Railways bills receive first readings as the session adjourns at 9 45.
The House of Representatives discusses amendments to the Counties and Electoral Acts, gambling limits postponed, and aims to report the Post Office Savings Bank provisions. Ministers announce a potential imperial Zollverein measure next session while Old Age Pension claims may hit £200,000. debates on Private Industrial Schools Act amendments follow Stoke school revelations with focus on fair play and Catholic concerns. The session ends with a two-year Stoke inquiry limit set amid heated but orderly exchange.
The Supreme Court opened today with ten cases. Harold Noseby received nine months for assault. Joseph D. O'Brien faced theft charges at Stratford post office with two years on each count, to run concurrently. Doyle Wisns Franklin got two years for breaking and entering. Smoke New Venu.
The report describes Sergeant Hefford and the 8th Battery flying column near Mafeking in August. They press the Boers with 16 pounders, endure pom pom shells, suffer wounded, and reach Zeerust and Ottoshoop before marching toward Mafeking. The column faced 9000 Boer troops with 700 in action, yet held the line and escaped.
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