ASHBURTON.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13094, 20 April 1908, Page 8

ASHBURTON.

The Ashburton Poultry Society htt "- received a letter from Mr Geo Woodward, accepting his appointment a» judge at the forthcoming Winter Show, Mr Pannell has been appointed to set -v as the club's delegate at tho Poultry i Association's meeting to be held uv.*j Christchurch. Mr John Studholtj_« « has given a sum of £5 towards tho *•» prize fund in the utility classes sec- ~ tions. On Good Friday a convention was 9 held in St.- Andrew's Presbyterian <„"* Church, Ashburton, the object being f the deepening of spiritual life in tha f * church.es. There was & _vga attend. _\ anco, and amongst those who took part * were tho Revs. G. B. Inghs, X W»-*-Lambert, Ensign Clark (Salvation _ Army), and Mr Charlea Dixon + At a meeting of the creditors ot, 4 Alfred George Deed, contraotqr, of V. J Mayfield, held at Ashburton, tho state. * ment showed the debtor's liabilities to ** be £66 I_, lid', and the assets £5 Os"a 3d. deficiency £61 14s Bd. Bankrupt <■ attributed his failure to the loss of **£ horse, valued at £45, and the -earners _* of feed. He had no offer to make. 7 On the recommendation of the Deputy •■ Othcial Assignee, the meet—ig -waa ai. journed sin© die. .*'■•••■'. A shooting party from . .shburton \ who visited the riverbed near Anama 1 on Friday shot between them 350 rab-r----bits and about 50 hares. Rabbit* vert found to be unusually plentiful Large numbers are also to be mot with frooj Rakaia all the way down along tha rivfiVbed towards Southbridgo and to tho Rakaia river mouth. *_ r ~K