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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. !(FroiH "Guardian," January 12, 1903) Hailstorm.—Friday afternoon's hailstorm was most severe at Alford. Mr Herring reports that at noon on Friday, ice consisting of hail was three inches deep in the shade. The Projected Coalfields; Railway.— Mr James* Gibson, Manager of the Mt. Somers Coal Company, interviewed the Hon. W. Halt Jones, Minister of Railways, who passed north last evening, as to the prospects of the coalfield being connected*' with Mt. 'Sofdters by rail. The Minister promised to make a visit to the coalfield at an: early date to look intc* the matter. Ashburton Guards —The Guards; held annual insp?*etion parade last evening, Captain Clark being in command. After the psMde a meeting »as held',, at which it was" decided that Ctsp<iaih. E. F. Nicoll sho'tAd be appointed viv honorary captain of-' the corps, witli permission to wear &# uniform ob ceutemonial occasions.. T/hihiproved Values foil.—The poll to decide whether the Bof pugh be rated on unimproved values wi!i-be ; taken tomorrow,-
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 78, 12 January 1928, Page 6
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