LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 137, 22 March 1935, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

FIFTY YEARS SYNE. (From “Guardian,” March 22, 1885.) Formation of Football Club.—At a meeting of young men interested in the formation of a fooball club, held at Quill’s Hotel on Saturday evening, the following officers were elected:— President Mr D. Thomas; vice-presi-dent, Mr J. A. Caygill; captain, Mr W. Fox; vice-captain, Mr James Pauling; honorary secretary and treasurer, Mr F. Bevan; committee, Messrs J. Wedge, J. Hepburn, T. Todd, and the officers of the club. It was decided to open the football season with a scratch match in the Domain between, sides chosen on the ground by the captain and vice-captain on Saturday next, play to commence at 4 p.m. Injustice Alleged.—-The Wakanoi Road Board unanimously agree with the Longbeach Road Board as tp the injustice done by the County Council in striking a special rate in those districts for contribution toward the cost of the Ashburton traffic bridge. The Wakanui Road Board at a special meeting on Saturday adopted the resolution passed by the Longbeach Board at last meeting. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. (From “Guardian,” March 22, 1910.) A Historical ‘Waggonet.- At the Qrari Gorge sale last week a waggonet which conveyed passengers for some vears between Lyttelton and Sumner was sold for 365. In the “fifties” a family journeyed in it from Christchurch to Four Peaks. In 1864 it was used to bring the late Mr C. G. Tripp and Mrs Tripp and family from Christchurch to the Orari Gorge station. Mr C. li. Tripp, a solicitor of Timaru, distinctly remembers this “drive” which took four days, and no one was sorry when the end of ! the journey was reached. Latterly the old waggonet has been used in shifting sheep from one paddock to another. Threshing Machines’ Tally. Approximately the average tally of threshing machines in the Ashburton County—about 45 in number—-is. for each 40,000 bushels. It is estimated that when the season has been completed the machines will pull in with an average tally of 55,000 —from 20,000 to 25,000 less than last year’s return. This difference shows ah approximate shortage of grain—chiefly wheat— of 900.000 bushels as compared with the harvest of 1909.