LOOKING BACK

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 126, 13 March 1950, Page 2

LOOKING BACK

FIFTY YEARS SYNE (From the “Guardian,” Mar. 13, 1900). Hampstead School Committee —A meeting of the Hampstead School Committee recently was attended by Messrs Hardley, Sage, Hardy, Hunt, and Rumsey. "Apologies were received from Messrs Cawsey and Strange. The Board of Education advised that Mr Collee had been appointed assistant master. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr H. M. Jones for his kindness in selling tickets for the excursion.—Rapid Transit; Mr Geoi'ge Sutherland was competing at. the Invercargill sports on Wednesday, and left hy the afternoon train shortly after 5 o’clock, and making a continuous ride arrived at Ashburton with the express—-a 14 hours’ ride.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (From the “Guardian,” Mar. 13, 1925). Re-tarring of Footpaths—The footpaths which were cut up to allow of the laying of the new underground telephone cable are now being tarred and sanded,, and while the work is a necessary undertaking, it is causing considerable inconvenience to shopkeepers, whose carpets and linoleum are suffering because of the particles, which, brought into the shops on the hoots of the customers, adhere tenaciously to the floor covering. In order to save shopkeepers as much trouble as possible, a portion of East Street will be tarred and sanded oh Saturday afternoon.