LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 247, 30 July 1937, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

FIFTY YEARS SYNE. (From the “Guardian,” July 30, 1887). Horses for India.—A special train of 25 trucks of horses passed through. Ashburton en route for Lyttelton last evening. The horses are part of a number which Mi’ John Grigg, of Longbeach, is sending to India by the steamer Bucephalus, which has been specially chartered by Messrs Friedlander Bros, for the occasion. Last evening’s consignment was only about half of the total of 300, and another special train will be dispatched on Monday. Coursing Final.—The final course of the All Aged Intakes at the meeting of the Ashburton Coursing Club was run on Thursday, and was won by Mr xi. Milner’s Tearing Young Fellow, which beat- Mr J. C. N. Grigg's Eiast Lynne. Election Meeting.— Mr Rolleston addressed a large meeting of electors at Waterton. He spoke for about two hours, and was listened to attentively. At the close of his audress a cordial vote of thanks, proposed by Mr H. Lawson and seconded by Mr H. Donaldson, was carried unanimously. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. (From the “Guardian," July 30, 1912). Presentation.—Mi 1 J. Mcßae, who has left the firm of Messrs McDonald and Co., East Street, to take up a position with the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association, was on Saturday the recipient of a case of pipes, presented by his late follow employees. The foreman (Mr W. Tullocli), in malting the presentation,' referred to the good feeling that had always existed between Mr Mcßae arid the hands. Mr Mcßae was also the recipient of a present from his late chiefs. For Municipal Conference. —* The Mayor (Mr H. Davis), the Town Clerk (Mr A. McClure) and Mr T. Williams (chairman of the Tinwald Town Board) left by the first express on Saturday afternoon for Wellington, where they are to ettend the Municipal Conference. New Cricket Pitch. As far as grounds are concerned Ashburton cricket clubs will be well provided for during the coming season. The new pitch laid down promises to be much better than any previously in use, and is already quite Jiard and firm—allowing, of course, for the continuous rains that have fallen of late.