ROSS NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 29 May 1922, Page 8

ROSS NOTES.

(Our Own Correspondent.) RUSSIAN FAMINE FUND. The euchre tournament and dance held here in aid of the Russian Famine rund the other evening was a decideI ■ suceesy ! a large croivcT'd? people turnJ ing up, and thereby assisting a worthy cause. The four prizes were donate* The ladies’ fust prize (a 401 b cuscof apples) -was won by Airs (?. O’Donnell; and the second (an alarm clock) by i Miss .May Moore. The gents’ first i prize (a fat lamb) was won by Master Stanley Reams, and the seeon'd '(razor I and brush) went to Master Chalmers, j A dance concluded the night ’s fun and • lll'J was netted in aid of the fund. . TRAP ACCIDENT. • Mr J. Rea, his wife, ami family of three young children were returning , from the Ross railway station in a trap on last Wednesday afternoon, when the ( back band huddenly broke. Tiie horse j started pig jumping along the road, ami was inclined to get out of hand, and, ' in giving a lurch forward, broke the shaft, throwing all the occupants on to the road. At the same time, the horse broke loose from the conveyanceFortunately, none of the party was hurt, with the exception of a few bruisMAIN SOUTH ROAD. It is about time the Government put on some men to repair tiie road between the Mikonui and the Little Waitahi Rivers, as the heavy motor lorry traffic is cuTiing the road to pieces. The originally hard crus’, of the roatl is badly broken in many* places, and some nasty holes, with the muu oozing up are in evidence. It is quite beyond the staff at present employed to cope , with the difficulty and effect the necessary repairs. If it is intended to keep this important road open duiTng TTie winter months, it is up to those rcsp*bn- , slide to get to work right away, as it is clearly a case of a stitch in time to •save nine, and be the cheapest in tin. long run. CYCLING CLUB. i • The Ross Cycling Club held a social in the Totara Hall last week, it being the end of of the season, during which the above body have held a number ; j of road races that wore competed in , Iby a number of local sports. During i 1 the evening Air Petrig ( Acting-Mayor), ' in a few well chosen words, presented ; a gold medal (donated by Air Dwn Rob- | J erts) to J. Chapman jnr., lor having . gained the highest number of points in j I the series of road races held hero. A | good number of people attended, and the function was a success from every point of view. r — — ----- J - - ■ '