LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 123, 6 March 1941, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

FIFTY YEARS SYNE. '(From the “Guardian,” Match, 6, 1S91) Ashburton Success. —At the Autumn Show of the Christchurch Agricultural Soviet 1 hold on Thursday, Mr G. T. Smith, of Southfield 1 Nursery, Ashburton, took first pjrize for the best twelve nectarines in the open class, and was very highly commended for a collection of apples sent for exhibition only. The show was a very great success. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. (From the “Guardian,” March 6, 1916) Bridge Over Rangitata.—A deputation consisting of Messrs Rrodie, Brien and Hearn, with Mr W 7. D. Campbell, solicitor, of Timaru. waited on the Geraldine County Council at its meeting yesterday, and urged that the Council should accede to the prayer of a petition signed by a largo number of ratepayers asking that a bridge be built over the south* branch of the. Rangitata, on, the Main South Road. After the deputation withdrew, the Council resolved, after some discussion, on the motion of Mr Arndt-age, second- j cd by Mr Lysaght, that Mr Cooper.bo •' asked to prepare an estimate of the cost, of a. bridge over the south, branch of the Rangitata River, on the Main South Road, and of protective works, if they be necessary, and that- a £ for £ Government grant he applied for. Enemy’s Effort at Verdun. —M. Marcel Lutin, in the “Echo de Paris,” says': “The enemy’s effort at Verdun is weakening. They will probably attempt a further advance after reorganising the position between Taleu Hill and Fort Douaimont. One thing is clear: we hold them in check.”