EXCURSION

Grey River Argus, 28 September 1934, Page 6

EXCURSION

Karoro Sports Club TO CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. I.’v advertisement in this i-sue attention is drawn t" tho above Uiul ’s excursion to the City of the Plains ami Sunny Timaru. Qu'io :| number of people on this side of the Island have never been south of Rolleston Junction and t'he C’.ub are giving them the opportunity to see the capital of South Canterbury.; hence this visit. The time-table has been arranged to give patrons a long day in whichever .town they go to( and the fan's are town they go to, tin dthe fares, an* within the reach of almost every pocket. Advice has *oeen received from Timaru that ha-thing facilities on Caroline Bay will be available free <m presentation of: the railway tiukif.. T'he Municipal Band, under Lieutenant W. 11. Osborne, will play on rhe Bay during the afternoon, and negotiations are now in progress t'o arrange cheap observation trip?' for patrons to see 'the residential and urban areas. For the convenience of those wishing Io spend their day on the sands, lh e train will stop at the Caroline Bay station, and this will be the <'hrbheadquarters for the day.

The Timaru Main School are celebrating their Diamond Jubilee from the 19(h to the 22nd l "f October, |4 %nd this excursion provides an oppoq.unity for old scholars, who are unable to bp present at aH of the festivals, to take part in the thanksgiving service and re union on the Sunday.