ROSS NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20027, 8 September 1930, Page 19

ROSS NOTES.

wki- J An effort is being made. to reopen;the Greenland gold mine, whiph was down uonie years. agOi . A syiiaiffeeate has been formed.for the porppsa 01 investigating its possnhuiWties. .Reports so - far are ■ very enfy? "Another cotapany I ' is prOspeetutg .at W&Onui, and residents of the .district 5 v V#W hopeful that a revival of the m|r. duitry has commenced. v fti ' ' Timber. . Ek,"' The timber trade has been very quiet ilSfor.TK>me months.' Timber workers in |||j|Soßs are averaging about three days jfflyork a week. .. Wft'" Rainfall. - Fcs The rainfall .for , tjie past eight months has been considerably below Erofita average' of previous years, and the l||jjQtoroagh rtater supply' has been very BSrJow for soiree time. A few showers durthe past fortnight have relieved the Exposition somewhat and have been of to the f Arming community. fjt Tire Brigade Demonstration. w"' The local committee ill charge of the *Fire Brigade demonstration, which is to. held here in November, have ar"iahgoments well advanced, and • present point to the function being '.Very- successful. ■ Personal.. "Miss M. McDonald (Auckland) spent ,;a few days in Boss during the week. I .Miss I. Lloyd (Maryborough)rej timed .Lome yesterday ,after having visited Ross for the week-end. 'f- and Mrs McClymont, the Manse, ,/qoas, are spending a holiday in South-