LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 188, 23 May 1938, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

FIFTY YEARS SYNE. (From the “Guardian,” May 23, 1888). Skating Rink —Mr J, C. Ross, manager of the Palace Roller Skating Rink, which has proved so successful in Dunedin and elsewhere, has arrived in Ashburton, and has already made arrangements for securing the Oddfellows’ Hall for a season.’ The opening night will be on Friday. May 25, when the ceremony of declaring the rink open for the season will take place at 8 o’clock. Admission on the first night will be by invitation, and every effort will be made to show the public that the institution of a skating rink in Ashburton will be for the healthful exercise of the people. No amusement has of late secured so many votaries among the people of the large towns as that of linking, and it will have been noticed from our Parliamentary notes that our Legislators have become affected with the delight of it. About two hundred invitations to residents in town and country will be issued for Friday night, and visitors will have thd opportunity of seeing Professor Arthur Greenwood, a particu'larly clever professional skater, who will exhibit his decidedly graceful movement on wheels.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

(From the “Guardian,” May 23, 1913)

Masters and Men—There has been a great deal of talk in interested labour circles in the larger centres regarding a dispute between the farmers and farm labourers, but if anyone takes the trouble to look into the question, he will find that the dispute is purely a mythical one. In the Ashburton County there is ample evidence to support the fact that the relationship existing between masters and men are generally harmonious, although there are certain isolated instances to the contrary. The accommodation provided for the men is generally all that could be expected, and fully qualified men who have the interest of employers at heart are able to command a reasonably high rate of wage and to retain their position as long as they choose. Jt is only the incompetent man that is the grumbler—'the man who expects to receive an unreasonably high wage for discharging an unreasonably small amount of work and shirking responsibilities.

Traffic Bridges—The work of constructing the much-needed traffic bridges over the Hinds, on the Main South Road, and over the Ashburton River, at the Roxburgh Crossing, will shortly be put in hand, and under the special supervision of Mr P. Norman, the contractor, the erection of tho structures indicated should be carried out expeditiously.