LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 29, 14 November 1939, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

FIFTY YEARS SYNE. (From the “Guardian” Half-Holiday—Notwithstanding that four out of. the five, signatures of the announcement of withdrawal kept their establishments open this afternoon, the half-holiday was observed as usual by the majority of business people, MfV H. Zander’s being closed among others. During the morning a deputation consisting!'of the Rev. E. A. Scott and Mr J. _H. Jenkins waited upon the, gentlemen who had intimated their intention to keep open and presented a memorial signed by some 350 residents of the Borough and County, including about 50 farmers, and urged the reconsideration of their decision. They were courteously received but the majority of the gentleimen waited upon intimated that having announced that their places of business would be open this afternoon they felt that they must keep to this, but they were willing to meet the committee of the Half-holiday Association and discuss the- matter.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (From the. ‘‘Guardian”'' Nor. 14, 1914) Battles in Poland—London: a correspondent at the Russian headquarters states that ho has just made a journey over the country between Warsaw and Cracow, where the Russian advance is proceeding. • Events are rapidly converging the new .advance west of Warsaw, fjrom a couhte'r.stroke into a general transference of the sphere of operatons, and a most valuable rectification of the whole Russian line. In East '(Prussia, the, Germans are being slowly driven back by a double turning movement. Further westward the northern frontier of Poland is well secured., The Russians have occupied and firmly held, Plock, Lodz, Petrikow, Kielce, Sundomierz, Jauoslowy and al the passages over the river Sun. Turkey At War—Copenhagen: Serious rioting is occuring at Constantinople where there is widespread disagreement with the Government's war policy. Germans have taken, command. ‘ .. > • Belgian Relief—London: (The’ various Belgian Relief Committees and distinguished Belgians have guaranteed £600,000, which has been given to a commission for the relief of the Belgians. The distress is enormous, o'.