LOOKING BACK

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 125, 11 March 1950, Page 4

LOOKING BACK

I FIFTY YEARS SYNE (From the “Guardian,” Mar. 11, 1900). Rifle Shooting.—The return match between the Ashburton Rifles and the Guards will be fired off at the range on Friday morning. The following will represent the Guards: Lieut. Cuthbertson, Colour-Sergeant Schwartz, Sergeants Percy and Grant, Bugler Leitch, Privates Bell, Robilliard, Johnstone, Shearman and Sparrow. Emergencies: Privates Stock and Tail. — Licensing Committee: A special meeting of the Ashburton Licensing Committee was held this morningV Present: Messrs C. A. Wray (chairman), D. Thomas, A. McFarlane, and J. Sealy. The sole business was the consideration of an application for a temporary licence for the ram and ewe fair. The application was granted.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

(From the “Guardian,’LMar. 11, 1925)

Lessons at Home. —The system of lessons at home for children attending the Borough School has proved very satisfactory. The parents are cooperating whole-heartedly with the teachers, who have attended school at stated times during- the last week to hand out lessons. As the system has been in operation only a week, and the first exercises have not yet been corrected, it is impossible to say how the children have done their part. Good progress is being made with the system of home lessons conducted at the East Ashburton School. The headmaster (Mr W. Garton) intends to issue lessons next week to take in the Standards I and II pupils. Up to the present, Standard 111 has been the lowest to be given home lessons.