LOOKING BACK

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 117, 2 March 1950, Page 4

LOOKING BACK

FIFTY YEARS SYNE (From the “Guardian,” Mar. 2, 1900). Ashburton BoAvling Club—At the formal opening of the Ashburton Bowling Club, a match resulting in a victory for the Ashburton team by 81 points to 50, Avas played against the Christchurch Club. The rinks scores were as follow (Ashburton players being mentioned first): Snodgrass, Hardie, Thomas, Craighead (s) 30, Smith, Dr. Thomas, Nalder and Lambie (s) 19; Zander, Northcote, Coleman, Drummond (s) 30, Louisson, Kirk, Parsons and Bishop (s) 11; Dodds, Tabuteau, Grange, Scrint (s) 19, Thompson, Bickerton-Fisher, S. Manning and Raphael (s) 21,

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (From the “Guardian,” Mar. 2, 1925). Dry Spell—The dry spell of the last week or two has had the effect - of greatly drying up the countryside, and the fresh green appearance of the. fields of a month ago has given place to parched brown, that pervades anything. Acres of waving brown grass may be seem in all directions about the country at the present time Allenton School: A tender for the proposed new gates for the Allenton School was accepted by the committee last night. The gates will be erected across the south-Avest corner of the grounds, from Winter’s Road to Allen’s Road. The tenderers accepted Avere Messrs Tuckers Ltd. There Avere present at the meeting Messrs R. Huston (chairman), H. L. Barker, H. McConnell, E. C. Bathurst, C. Armstrong, J. Osborne, and A. Drayton.