LOOKING BACK
FIFTY YEARS SYNE
(From the “Guardian,” Oct. 31, 1899). Population of New Zealand The estimated population of the colony on September 30 last was 790,879. The net increase during the September quarter was 3095. Lady Members: The Women’s Christian Temperance Union has decided to send a letter to the members of the various Canterbury municipal councils, urging the claims of Mrs Henderson for a seat on the Charitable Aid Board. j
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (From the “Guardian,” Oct. 31-,‘1924). Special Excursion Train—The special excursion from Christchurch to Ashburton on Labour Day, asked for bv the Advance Ashburton tion, was very well -patronised, and though no guarantee was finally insisted upon by the Railwmy Department, such amount would have been greatly exceeded by the passenger fares. Leaving Christchurch at 10.45 a.m., the train conveyed 290 people to-Ash-burton, and on its return at 5.45 p.m. had 448 on board. -
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19491031.2.19
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 17, 31 October 1949, Page 2
Word Count
149LOOKING BACK Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 17, 31 October 1949, Page 2
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in