LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 105, 13 February 1937, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

FIF/TY YEARS SYNE (From the “Guardian,” Feb. 13, 1887) Representations on Harbour Board. —At a special meeting of the Ashburton County Council this morning, at which Messrs W. C. Walker (chairman) • D. McLean, E. G. Wright and E. S. Coster were present, Mr Wright was elected the Council’s representative on the "Lyttelton Harbour Board. Sale of Town Hall.—To-day the Ashburton Town Hall was submitted foi sale by public auction by Mr F» C. Tab-art, on behalf of the - liquidators. The ,bidding started at ££oo and advanced by £SO and £25 bids to £1525, at which figure the property fell to . Mr W. Andersen. Exceptional Hfeat at Alford.—The heat yesterday was quite exceptional being 105 degrees in the shade (solar radiation 153 degrees). The figures were recorded at Alford Station. New Telephonic Transmitter. A new telephonic transmitter patented by Messrs and Dilberg, has been tested at Christchurch. Conversations were carried on with ease with Dunedin, a distance of 200 miles. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. (From the “Guardian,” Feb. 13, 1912) Encouragement for Picnic Parties.— From what business people state there is something in the contention of Councillors Mcßae and Priest that picnic parties should receive more encouragement to come to Ashburton. Money was spent fairly freely by those who visited Ashburton from Kaiapoi on Saturday, and the purchases were » not confined to postcards (which were purchased in large numbers) but extended to drapery and jewellery. Assuming that eacli member of a picnic party numbering 1000 spends Is, this would mean sr gain to the town of £SO —not all profit, of course—but still the circulation of this amount, which is a low estimate, is of some advantage to trade. Not much is to be expected , from the city people, and it is only when the excursionists are largely country people that much money is spent. -, The Grass Grub Pest.—Professor Thomas and Doctor Cockayne, the Government biologists, arrived in Ashburton this morning to investigate the grass grub pest, which has already made its appearance on some farms. The appearance of the grub so early ,is unprecedented, and is causing some alarm. t