LOOKING BACK

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 243, 27 July 1935, Page 4

LOOKING BACK

- fifty years syne. (From the “Guardian,” July 27, 1885.) Ashton Sunday School.—A meeting was held in the Ashton Sclioolhouse on Thursday evening with the object of adding to the number of books in the Sabbath School library. Mr Thomas Taylor took the chair and called on the Rev. A. Blake to deliver a' lecture. The subject chosen was the life of the late celebrated Rev. Dr. Cooke, of Belfast. The lecture, which was brief, was very attentively listened to and the remainder of the programme, consisting of readings by Mr Antrobus and Messrs George and Robert Gilmour, was also much appreciated. Several hymns were very pleasingly rendered by a choir under Mr Dunn. Upper Ashburton Road Board.—The usual monthly meeting of the Upper Ashburton Road Board was li4ld at the office, Tinwald, when all members were present. Correspondence was received: (1) From the Secretary for Mines asking the Board tp send all mineral products collectable within their district to the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, London. (2) From the Mount Hutt 1 Road Board re storm-water proposals. The clerk’s report was read and it was resolved to defer striking any rate for the present. Some unimportant business having been transacted, the Boajrd adjourned. < • . : ci

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. (From the “Guardian,” July 27, 1910.) A Private School.—Mr P. Gourdie has sold a. quarter-acre of land next to the Masonic Hall, Havelock Street, for £320. He bought this section some years ago for £3OO. The purchaser intends to erect a private school on the site at an early date. Monthly Golf Medal.—The men’s monthly medal of the Ashburton Golf* Club was won by E. W. Cardale with ~ a handicap of four, net score 82. Mrs E. Nicoll 'won the ladies’ Bermaline Cup, and Mrs Crisp won two prizes donated by Mesdames Buchanan and Wood. Horses Without Harness. —It is suggested that the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association should offer a prize in connection with future ploughing matches for the best team of horses on the ground, divested of harness. The author of this suggestion explains that “fine feathers make fine birds” and expensively embellished harness greatly improves the appearance of a team that would not otherwise, secure a prize. Sharp Frost.—Sixteen degrees of frost were registered at the Domain' Weather Station for Tuesday night. There Is now a fairly thick coating of ice on the Domain lakelets and if the frosts continue skating will be practicable.