LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 70, 4 January 1936, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

FIFTY YEARS SYNE. (From the “Guardian,” Jan. 4, 1886.) Ashburton Forks School.—The adjourned meeting of the Ashburton Forks School Sports Committee was held recently. Present—Messrs W. Sutherland (chairman), J. Corbitt, H. Knox, A. Good, J. \\ . Oliver, and C. Annett. A discussion ensued as to the propriety of sending the children to iimaru, as had been formerly proposed. It appeared that some of the parents refused to allow their children to go, and some of the committee wished to divide the funds- with the object of providing some sort of a treat at homo for those left behind. The majority, however, were of the opinion that as they had collected money for a particular purpose, it should be spent in that manner or not at all. Wesleyan Treats—The scholars, with their teachers and friends, of the Wesleyan Sunday School, had their annual treat on F’riday, in a paddock kindls’ lent for the occasion by Mr Markey. The weather was,j>erfection, and the grounds were admirably suited for the gathering. Johnston Wire Binder.—A trial of the Johnston wire binder, for which Mr Alfred Harrison is local agent, took place yesterday afternoon in a paddock •of oats belonging to Mr George Grice, of Tinwald. There was a fair attendance of ’ farmers and others, who w r ere highly pleased with the manner in which the machine did the work. It is of a very light draught, and the whole of the work was done by ’a pair of horses without turning a hair. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. . (From the “Guardian,” Jan. 4, 1911.) Sale of Shares.—At the conclusion of the stock sale at the Tinwald yards yesterday, five of' the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association’s £2 shares were offered for. sale. After a spirited competition, all of them were sold at full market rates. Caledonian Sports.—The Ashburton competitors at. the South Canterbury Caledonian Society’s Sports were most succesful. They have brought back trophies and prizes to the value of nearly £4O. Vital Statistics.—The vital statistics for the year ended December 31, 1910, for the registration district of Ashburton, are as follow:—Births 323, marriages 94, deaths 120. The corresponding figures' in 1909 were : —Births 323, marriages 89, deaths 128. The Houndsditch Murders.—Some 700 police are surrounding the buildings behind the Anarchist Club in Jubilee Street and the Commercial Road, London. Reinforcements are continually arriving, and it is believed that Peter the Painter and Fritz, the remaining men wanted for murders of constables at Houndsditch, are concealed in the club. Revolvers are being continually fired, and Detective Lesson was severely wounded. Sixty Scots Guards have reinforced the police, and the latter are armed with rifles. The Anarchists are maintaining a brisk fusillade with automatic pistols from behind the barricaded windows. The wanted men are secreted in a bedroom at the top of the building. After the siege had been in progress for some time the building took fire, the murderers being driven to the attics. The fire brigade was summoned and extinguished the fire. Mr Winston Churchill arrived, on the scene during the. progress of the fire.