LOOKING BACK

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 49, Issue 198, 7 June 1929, Page 6

LOOKING BACK

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

(From "Guardian," June 7, 1.904.) Scarcity of Lambs.—The "Mataura Ensign" states that one wide-awake farmer in the Gore district made £7OO last year by purchasing fat lambs for export, and the same payer states that fat lambs are so scarce in Southland this year, that a dealer with contracts totalling 10,000, at his own price, is quite unable to fill the order. Charitable Aid Board.—During last month the expenditure of the Charitable Aid Board amounted to £llß 19s ( Bd, and 1296 persons were relieved. The sum paid to the Ashburton Home was £155 18s 2d, £26 5s 2d being also paid as the balance of contract for the septic tank at Ashburton. Presbyterian Literary and Debating Society.—The weekly meeting of the Presbyterian Literary and Debating Society was held in the Masonic Hall last evening. The Rev. G. B. Inglis occupied the chair, and an interesting lecture was given by the Rev. J. Guy. A debate will be held at the next meeting, when the principal speakers will be Messrs E. Craighead, L. McDonald, and W. Lane, and Miss McGregor. Football.—The following will represent the Southern Cross Juniors in a match against Hakatere to-morrow: — W. McKenzie, Kingston, D. McKenzie, Segers, Martin, Simpson, Smith, Hepburn, Tait, Bushell, Harris, O. Stills, J. Stills, Madden, Hunt. Emergencies: Veal, Cambridge, Henderson and. O'Kane.