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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8411, 13 November 1912, Page 5

Mr Bates's forecast for to-day is as follows: —Northerly moderate to strong freshening winds; veering north by. west. : Weather clouding over; ram later. Barometer has a falling tendency. Te Kuiti will shortly be lighted with electricity supplied by a 135-horse- 1 power suction plati-t. The landlord of an hotel in Preston, T>ancashire, suffered a horrible death last month. After the remainder of the household had retired he repaired ' to an, adjacent brewhousa, an<i while attending to the fires fell into a vat ■of .boiling.beer. The. unlucky man managed to scramble out of the tub and to 'crawl back to the hotel. His cries awakened his wife, who hastened to her husband's assistance. The victim, however, was so dreadfully scalded that he died within a few minutes. The ever-increasing demand for Ford cars'is adequate testimony to their excellence, and proves beyond doubt that the public know ithey are getting the • best value for their money. The low cost of maintenance of the Ford and its capacity for hard work make it the finest business proposition that has yet been put on the market. The Ford Company's production "of cars, which ' is the greatest on earth, proves the Ford's utility. Mr G. H. Carson, the sole district agent, has fix more Touring Cars arriving ex ' Rakaia on Saturday next,-to be followed by six