NELSON NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1828, 8 August 1906, Page 4

NELSON NEWS.

CHESS ASSOCIATION' Nelson, last night. At tbo Education Hoard election threo old members ivero defeated, Messrs Talbot (many y.ars chairman), Mr A'moro (who was a candidato for tho gecoral election la-t your), and Mr Phillips. The now members returned wore Messrs Shepherd, Fair, and E. Smith ; otherwise the Hoard were as before, Y serday was observed as a goneral holiday for No'son anniversary. Tbo weather was poi f et. A hockey six r.-sido t :Uinaii>nt was played in tbo morning, avd a football sevru a-sido tournament tu tbo afternoon, each being hardly contested, and both were lr.rgely attended. A ten milo eoction of tho Mid'and railway, from Motupko to Tadmor, was un officially opened yesterday, some five hun drrd po -.pin proceeding from town to Ttdmor. which is d 1 milos distant. The local uiembeis uf Parliament, members of tbo Ooun-.y Council, tbo Inland Communication League, and Chamber of Commeteo wc-ro among those prosont, and after lunch a number cf speeches wo:o delivered, the fertility of tho country, tho prospect oi oonshlirabio timber trade, and ot mineral traUie being alluded te, and tho desirability from a colonial point of view of exprditioualy extending tbo lino ns far us would enabfo tbo journey to Groymoutb (o bo completed in one day, was urgod.