Cardrona Notes.

Cromwell Argus, Volume LXIII, Issue 3250, 13 February 1933, Page 4

Cardrona Notes.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) 1* ive parties of men are still working- their claims in or near the tjlwntl ship. Three of these are still receiving Government aid while the members of the other two are working on moderately rich ground. During ther A mas vacation one man obtained a lOdwt piece, but apart from this the gold obtained has been of the fine variety. No big finds have been made in the Matatapu Valley, although two parties are obtaining gold in small( quantities. Shearing operations have been completed for the season, the local farmers | receiving an average increase of twopence per TTi on last year’s iteturns. I his was ho doubt due to the raising of the exchange by the Coalition Gdv* eminent. FTarvesting is now in full, swing, although temporary hold-ups ' nave been brought about by hettwy* showers of rain, the greatest of recorded fin. •. The year opened with a roll wwnMUeif of thirteen, a decrease of foarym lash year's attendance. Owing to the Department’s new regulations regarding six-year-olds, three children cannot Ve admitted’ until later in the yearOnly one of the proficiency ex-pupils is continuing his, at a Higii School.