LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 279, 7 September 1936, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

FIFTY YEARS SYNE. (From the “Guardian,” Sept. 7, 1886). School Football—A football match was played on the Borough School ground yesterday by a picked team from the Hampstead and Tinwald Schools against a team from the Borough School. The play, which showed a decided improvement in the players from each school, resulted in a win for the Borough "by 11 points to nil. For the winners J. Husband, W. Love, W. Kidd and W. Jamieson played well, and for the losers A. Jamieson, R. Williams, G. Clark, W. Clarke, It. Armstrong and A. Williams did good service. The Woollen Alills—While on the subject of the woollen industry a brief consideration of the work being achieved by the Ashburton Woollen Factory cannot but be of interest. The mill was opened on October 19, 1885, and consequently has not been quite a year in existence. From 75 to 100 hands are now employed, which is a very considerable increase on the staff witn which the mill was started. Calculating by the present rate of consumption, about 1000 bales of wool are used a year, and the value of the article manufactured is from £16,000 to £IB,OOO. It Will, however, be possible nearly to: double the present output when the new, machinery the directors have ordered from England is in position. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. (From the “Guardian,” Sept. 7, 1911). Candidate for Ashburton Seat—Mr J. Kennedy, who is Alayor of Geraldine, captain of the Geraldine Rifles, and who holds a prominent place in the world of sport, has definitely decided to contest the Ashburton seat as a Government candidate. Mr Kennedy is well known in Ashburton, having lived in the Borough for a number of years. Inspection of Hospital—After the adjournment of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board’s meeting yesterday, the members paid a visit of inspection to the hospital, when the whole institution was systematically gone through. Among other'things the Board decided to effect certain repairs and alterations without delay. The institution is to he thoroughly renovated throughout, first cleaned and then papered or painted. The wards are to be painted with enamel paint, which it was considered would be cleaner as well as cheaper. The applications for the position of charge nurse, of which there were four, were considered, and Nurse A. Al. Mullett, recently of Cinristchurch, and formerly of Guy’s Hospital, London, was appointed to the vacancy.