LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 252, 1 August 1940, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

FIFTY YEARS SYNE (From the “Guardian,” Aug. 1,T890). “Jack the Ripper”—Sydney :\ Ten days ago the 'Sydney police received a letter, signed' “Jack the Ripper,” stating that he had arrived, and intended to commence operations in a certain street within a week. The writing when compared with facsimiles of- the letters received by the London police showed a strong resemblance. The police and detectives were strengthened and kept on the alert. The affair, however, is believed to be a. hoax. The police are reticent, and the Press is silent about the matter. Merino Wethers.—A farmer from the Old Country, who recently started in Canterbury, has conceived a new plan for fattening Merino wethers which are too wild to remain quiet in small mobs, namely by hobbling a fore annd hind leg, and turning them adrift in a paddack. If this should succeed it will be a fact well worth knowing.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGtf

(From the “Guardian,” Ailg. -1 ; , 1915). Czar’s Message to Army.—The Czar has issued the following Order to the army and navy : “Despite your efforts., which have covered the flag -with fresh glory, the enemy is' not yet .broken. You must not lose ; heart, but. must face the new sacrifice which will be necessary to lead to ’Russia’s success. Gainful trials had often been experienced but the country had emerged with new strength and power.” The-Czar expressed his firm belief in a successful termination of the war, and asked that God should bless the forces of Russia.

Anniversary of War —Petrdgrad: The newspapers on the anniversary of the war, repeat the Czar’s words in August, 1914: “We will not conclude peace until the last of the enemy has left the land.”