RUNANGA NOTES

Grey River Argus, 21 April 1925, Page 8

RUNANGA NOTES

'Our Own Corrospondent). I’he Ihi’i; \th ’ • If-yearly meeting of the Riuarga Cooperative Society will lie held on Wednesday at 7 p.ni. ‘lhe past -i.*. i.ouip.i disclose; a aoiv satisfactory increase in the sales of tip? Society, in fa<*t. i>'Mitutcs a record, the sales lor Ihe h. If year -.'.ching £14.838 13s 3d. an i 1 ■ • reuse of 2!04 3/6 over the previo I? six months. The .imoun* of capital iu’ csied in the Society bv ‘mem ers is E56J5 11/3 There is i s.rplus after allo’vjug for intcres;, .al del iceialion, th i amount avuilabb' tor disf rih’.t ion b‘uig £1636 9s Id, whi'U t’d.’h s of a div» 1 nd <f 2/6 in the £1 on umbers’ purchases, absorbing 2’562 10s ..nd £73 J9 goes to the Re.< ivo F 1' d. The Railwj c ’Jep.T tment In .•( beer, awakened at last aud are coning tv light v.’it.i ex‘_ \i train in morning to connect whb the Christchurch express, and another at 2 p.m. every day. These trains •ve I?*.c*» asked for ni.inv limes, and always refuse';, but the advent of the motor buses has shoAvn the Department the amount of traffic, they hav e bc"n losing fcr years. In fact hopes are bring held out that our station may be made a bit decent and the big hole filled in to make it safe. When the picnic excursions take place Ihe old station has to be used lor the occasion. T he mines arc working fair.y well. Owing to the holidays, and it? being the quarterly cavil, only 8$ shif.s wcr-i worked for this pay. Some of the cooperative miners arc not doing much nt present, being idle for Avant of orders.