ASHBURTON ITEMS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17315, 29 November 1921, Page 5

ASHBURTON ITEMS.

Bonough Council. The fortnightly meeting of the Ashburtou Boroufth Council was held last night, the Mavor (Mr 11. Galbraith) presiding. Tho Medical Officer of Health, wrote advising the Council to serve notices on owners of premises at Hampstead to comply with tha Borough By-law in regard to water pipes from the bath, lav- ] atory, sink and wash tubs. A further ; Setter was received thanking the Coun- j cil for tho steps it had taken in respectj to the destruction of rats. . i Lieutenant Quarterly wrote stating it vu oroposeld to hold a display of war trophies an the Council Chambers on December 27th and December 31st. A letter was read from the Wellington City Council with reference to the control of iltrcet traffic generally, and askin" tho Council to consider the advisability of introducing regulations requiring pedestrians to keep to the left instead of the right as at present. The Hospital Board advised that a supplementary levy of £2772 10s on the contributing bodies to the hospital had been made for the year ending January list, 1922. The Prime Minister • wrote stating that tho Council's application for permission to raise a loan at 6$ per cent, for the extension of the borough water works would have early consideration. Bowling. The Ashburton Bowling Centre played off two of tho pennant matches on Saturday. The Ashburton B. Section played Methrren at Ashburton, and won bv"l7 points, and the Ashburton A. section pfayed Hakaia at Rakaia and won by 19 points. Borough School Carnival. From start to finish a lot of work was done in connexion with the Ashburton Borough School Carnival, with a net result of a little over £IOOO for laying out and beautifying the school grounds. This sum will carry a £ for £ subsidy, so that tho total will reach £2OOO. The King Carnival competition brought in £514 2s. The Athletic King Candidate 'Mr W. Page) was first, with tho Trotting and Racing candidate (Mr A. F. Smith) second. / 'Angling. A considerable number of anglers visited the Ashburton and Rangitata riv- * ere at th e week-end, but owing to unfavourable weather conditions only a few fish were caught. Mr Timms, how-

ever, had some good sport at the Rangi- , tata during the week and came away ' with a bag of 28 good fish, several, of them turning the scale at 111b. each. Mr E. B. Newton secured a bag of nine, one of which weighed lllb. Mounted Rifles' Band. The First Canterbury Mounted Rifles' Band, which will compete among the A at the band contest to be j held in Wellington in February «ex.t, is giving a series of concerts in aid of the expenses which their visit to Wei- 1 ungton will entail The first of these 1 concerts was given in the Theatre Royal on Sunday night, by permission of the Borough Council, and a collection wan made. Instrumental items, supplemented with vocal items, were given, as unj def: Contest march, "The Twelfth j Century"; hymn, fierce Raced the I Tempest"; grand triple-ton gued polka, "Tasmanian Duet"; overture, "Rav- , mond"; hymn, "Nearer, Mv God, to ! Thee" ; march, "Palmer House." Tho ! land has received the music for the ; contest to be held in Wellington, and the bandsmen, under Lieutenant W. H. Osborne, are entering with great ' zest into their practices.

A Crimean Veteran. Another of the few remaining Crimean veterans passed away last week, in thft person of Edward Norman A''disnn, aged 87 years. He fought through the Crimean war as one of the Eighteenth Hussars. He had been an inmate of the Veterans' Home in Auckland, but on May 6th of last year was admitted to tho Tuarangi Home, Ashburton. There cannot !>e many more of tho old-time soldiers left, but there are at least three, who occasionally foregather in Christcburch and chat over old times. One is Mr Wm. Choat, who was in the Royal Artillery, and who assisted in reducing Sebastopol to ruins. He .also fought at the battle of A'ma, and was finally invalided back to England with a badly wounded shoulder. He is now 87 years of age. Another of this trio is Mr Garrick, aged 84, who was in the gunnery department at Aldershot, when the Crimean war broke out. Another is Mr Mills, now approaching his 90th year, who saw a lot of fighting during the Indian Mutiny. Tuarangi Home. A sitting-room for non-smokers, or those whose bronchial tubes cannot stand the fumes of tobacco smoke., has been provided at the Tuarangi Home. It is in the main part of the building, and, in addition to being well lighted and airy, has a large open fireplace, in which bright fires will be kept going on cold days. It is an addition tho master has .been working for for tho past four years. There are now 107 inmates in the home.