NELSON NEWS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21412, 2 March 1935, Page 22

NELSON NEWS

.WATER SUPPLY SCH^ CONFERENCE OF Loc ' BODIES (SPECIAL TO THE PU3W NELSON. The Waimea County CouiSSk 1 the City Council at its iox3L? n * night that a conference of tho "* the Richmond Borough the Tahunanui Town Board/fa consideration of the water suiJi "* posals for the proposed RofflrK* 1 * was held last bodies concerned were now ™M meet the City Council and tf£s?*A matter. The conferenceTwas f* next Thursday evening ** The City Council decided to refr** Mayor's proposal for a rial hall to the works a report. For a number of v«. &t has been Mr W. J. MoffatfsS« to have a pioneers' hall m§ settlers' association established when Nelson will celebrate ary and it is his hope that some ri«s action will be taken. e defin "« The council adopted the renort „ the finance committee, which 0 * mended the spending of ud tn *£ from the Haulashore Island portiwlS reserves improvement account on / planting of suitable trees on land. The report followed a*?-,* from the Arbor Day Committee rS mending the planting of Doh«ti^ nK trees on the island. *«»utoika»t Cr. S. H. Moynagh, who k of the Arbor Day' Commitfe pressed his willingness to in every way possible with thoVT te cil, and thanked the coulcU for gfc cision. Ils ««•

Customs Revenue Customs duties collected in Kri«. for the month of February anoSjS to £7156 6s lOd, compared wjffiS lis for February, 1934. Excise an?S duty totalled £758 13 s 9i afe £971 12s Bd. The sales tax collS was £I4BO 7s Bd, a small increase ™ £1416 5s lOd. increase oa Hours of Sunshine The total sunshine recorded at «,. Cawthron Institute in February JS 222 hours 50 minutes, a da%&2 of 7 hours 58 minutes. Februarv'S fall was 296 in, making luffi year to date. llffi Golf The annual meeting of 4he Nolo* Golf Club.elected thi folhXfaJ T cers:—President, Mr H. C. Cock- Sl ft 1 "' M £r£ S- Muggins; .cSlg Stedman, W. Travers. N. RouFaurtrtn; j* r E- * Neale. left at the same as last year. Personal Mrs M. M.. Moncrieff has been an. pointed by the City Council as honor, ary ranger for Cawthron Park and thi waterworks reserve. mt The City Council has appointed the Mayor Mr W. J. Moffatt. ani l£ Town Clerk, Mr T. Mitchell, asits«! presentatives »t the municipal and town clerks' conferences respectively to be held in Christchurch. pecuvely ' Mr and Mrs F. N. Jones have returned to Nelson after an extendi visit, to Christchurch. " Progress League It was stated at a meeting of the Nelson Provincial Progress League that the local committee was stiUthe executive of the South Island Progress League. The president, Mr Ft Ledger, explained that it was agreed by the leagues, following a conference in Nelson several years ago, that it was no use holding meetings until gen." eral conditions improved. During tie' last few years it would have been useless asking the Government to undertake any large schemes. It'ted been decided to hold the next conference at Invercargill. The secretary was Instructed to write to the leagues in the South Island asking if they considered it was now time again to call the delegates together for conference.