LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 155, 14 April 1936, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

FIFTY YEARS SYNE. (From the “Guardian,” April 14, 1886) Hares Numerous.—Hares seem to be very numerous this season, and generally speaking in the best of condition. Yesterday a fine lot obtained at Westerfield we: e brought into town, and with them a few rabbits, which it is said are increasing in numbers in the district. Manoeuvres in East Street.—A little excitement was occasioned in Elast Street on Thursday afternoon by "the manoeuvres of a little fellow (apparently some seven years of age) in a trap. He, it appears, had been left in charge while his mother was shopping, and at bnce improved the occasion by driving round and round on the road. The maternal threats of summary vengeance, however, seem to have flurried the youthful driver, as lie managed to pilot the horse on the footpath, where it evinced an evident de- * termination to enter a draper’s shop by way of the plate glass windows.' This resolution, however, was happily frustrated by the timely appearance on the, scene of a number of persons, who speedily restored matters to their original position. Winding up of Company.—A meeting of the Ashburton Cheese and Butter Factory Company, Limited, to consider a resolution for the voluntary winding up of the company is appointed for Tuesday, at 2 p.m., in the Arcade Chambers.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGb. (From the “Guardian,” April 14, 1911) Justices of the Peace.—The following gentlemen in Ashburton County have been added to the roll of Justices of the Peace for the Canterbury District:—Messrs, G. Andrews (Ashburton), T. Gibbs (Ashburton), T. Langley (Rakaia). and W. Oakley (Mayfield). Park in Rakaia.—When a deputation in Rakaia was urging the Post-master-General to hand over a reserve in the township to the local Domain Board it supported its request by suggesting that the reserve, which would be used for recreation purposes, would be known as Mackenzie Park. “I think,” responded the Postmaster-Gen-eral, putting the alluring offer from him, “that the name of Mackenzie is already sufficiently perpetuated in Canterbury. There is the Mackenzie County, and the name, I believe, is particularly well-known in the Rakaia district already.” Good Friday.—The holiday passed off very quietly in Ashburton yesterday, and notwithstanding the threatening rain in the morning a large number of residents left by the trains running . north and south. The joys of picnicking were somewhat spoilt by the obnoxious north-west wind, but nevertheless a fairly large number of people journeyed to the beach and other resorts of idleness and pleasure.