LOOKING BACK

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 107, 18 February 1950, Page 4

LOOKING BACK

FIFTY YEARS SYNE (From the “Guardian,” Feb. 18, 1900). A Strict Censorship—As indidating the strictness of the censorship over correspondence from South Africa, Mr H. F. Nicoll has shown the “Guardian” a letter from Lorenzo Marquez. The letter came via Durban, and at the latter port it was officially opened and sealed again. The envelope had a notice on it to that effect stamped on it. —The Ashburton Send-off: A meeting of the Send-off Committee was held in Mr Friedlander’s office. After going over the balance-sheet, which showed a surplus of £l4 12s 6d, it was decided that the balance he paid over to the Canterbury War Fund. Mr P. H. Cox was thanked for his work in this matter.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO $

(From the “Guardian,” Feb. 18, 1925)

Heavy Goods Traffic—Very heavy goods traffic has been passing through Ashburton the last day or two. This ,morning after the departure of the slow train for Timaru, there was over 1000 tons of goods of a miscellaneous character in the yards. A special train was dispatched for the south during the forenoon with 570 tons, but a special train from the north soon after arrived and there was between 800 and 900 tons of goods at the railway sidings. Most of the merchandise is grain, while there has also been heavy truckings of live stock north and south.