LOOKING BACK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 250, 3 August 1937, Page 4

LOOKING BACK.

■ FIFTY YEARS SYNE. (From the “Guardian,” Aug. 3, 1887.) Salvage Stock.—Ashburton has suffered very little from iires, either incendiary or accidental, in the past, and we hope this pleasant state of aifairs may long continue, but that is no reason why our business men should, not take any advantage of any chance occurring elsewhere ol purchasing salvage goods and giving tlie public here the benefit. Such a chance has been taken up by Mitchell and Turner, who have purchased the salvage stock of tlie Timaru Woollen Factory, and have the whole now on sale at their Tancred Street premises. Village Settlements.—The sum of £25 has been granted tor the purpose of forming necessary roads through village settlement sections at Alford Forest, Mr W. T. Chapman having made application for same. This grant might have been supplemented by one from the Road Board, but the late floods have made costly repairs necessary generally, and therefore it could not at present be done. Mr Chapman and the surveyor (Mr E. Cooper) form a committee of management, the work to be passed by the latter in his official capacity. Tenders are to be open to the public, but resident settlers are to have preference, other, circumstances being equal.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

(From the “Guardian,” Aug. 3, 1912.) The Trotting Club.—At the annual meeting of the Ashburton Trotting Club the balance-sheet showed receipts as follows :—Balance from 1911, £3BO 5s 9d; subscriptions, £9B; nominations and acceptances, £557 10s; totalisator, £1278 10s 9d; race cards, £9O Is; gates, £296 Is; privileges, £l7 Is; total, £2717 9s 6d. The chief items on the expenditure side were:—Stakes, £1231; Government tax. £362 5s lOd; fixed deposit, £650; printing and advertising. £7l 9s 9d; secretary, £75; maintenance. £55 19s lid. With other items the total expenditure was £2683 3s Id, leaving a balance at the -bank of £34 6s fid. The chairman (Mr R. F. Curtis) said he was sorry the president (Mr H. F. Nicoll) was not present.' The club had gone ahead so well that he thought they could do no better than to declare those nominated for the various offices elected. This was agreed to, and Messrs T. Langley and J. Stewart were then elected vice-presi-dents.

Race Trains.—Mr W. Nosworthy, M.P., has made representations to the Minister of Railways that the special trains from Timaru to Christchurch in connection with races should stop at Ashburton.