LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 74, 9 January 1936, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

fifty years syne. (From the “Guardian,” Jan. 9, 1886). County Council Meeting.—The ordinary meeting of the Ashburton County Council was held yesterday. There were present Messrs W. C. Walker (chairman), C. J. Harper, E. G. Wright, G. W. Leadley, J. Jackson, D. McLean and E. S. Coster. It was resolved to proceed against Chinamen at Methven for tampering with a water-race. The Tinwald Town Board wrote asking if the Council would give any subsidy for small birds’ heads and eggs. It was resolved that the Board be granted Is 6d a hundred. An enormous number of small birds has been destroyed this season in the Ashburton County. The Jesuit was. that at the sitting of the Council a bill for considerably over £l2O was sent in by two Road Boards for refund of money spent by them. Several other Road Boards have yet to send in their claims. Fire at Rakaia.—Mr W. Morrow writes to state that he saw by Thursday’s paper that he was supposed to have started the late tussock five at Rakaia. He begs to gave this his most emphatic denial, and states that the fire started on Ml’ Allison’s paddock, where he first saw it from about the middle of his own paddock. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. (From the “Guardian,” Jan. 9, 1911). Ashburton Dairy Factory.—The Hon. G. J. Smith and his two sonß made a special motor trip to Ashburton to-day for the purpose of inspecting the Ashburton Central Dairy Factory. Mr Smith expressed the opinion thatathe factory is the most up-to-date in Canterbury and was pleased to see that the dairying industry had been established on a firm basis ■ in the Ashburton County. Mr A. Smith has a property of 23,000 acres in the North Island, and as it is his intention to subdivide the land and foster the dairying industry, his visit to Ashburton was for the purpose of gaining some idea of the style of factory to erect. He intends to erect a building on the lines of the Ashburton factory. Larrikinism. “They’re annoying little things,” said the Mayor at last night’s meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council. He referred to several mischievous acts which had been committed by larrikins in the Domain. One morning recently the new pegs which had been erected in the dressing-rooms at the Domain baths were found to have been all broken off during the night. On another occasion the tank at the cemetery had been emptied by some person turning on one of the main taps. It is understood that the police have several of the matters in hand.