NELSON NEWS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21290, 9 October 1934, Page 18

NELSON NEWS

TOBACCO MEETING 1 CONTROL BOARD DISC«SSEft {■FSCU& SO XU VBSH4 J NELSON, October * At the first executive meeting of recently-formed Nelson bacco Growers" Association, Mr A. * Fry was elected chairman. Dining « discussion ou the proposed of a Tobacco Control Board. iJrj J. Holyoake, M.P. (Motueka*, jju he was sympathetic towards the px*. ers' request, and had, since the nW tation was in Wellington, been la touch with the Ministers coaeetsM Messrs Coates and Masters aba* these matters. He regretted to say tlat he had nothing fresh to suggest, oth& than accepting the manufacture* terms in the meantime. The organisation was an Board and not a Government boaM and therefore the Government «* not prepared to force the issue. & Holyoake stated that i£ the board «» set up, the chairman would be a Government representative who wrsM act as the mouthpiece of the Goreiiment. If the growers' represents*— brought forward the question o| nL ing and price fixing, and thkjsjLL not acceptable to the manufattSa the decision would rest with tfißi3E; man, who would vote in with the Government's policy.' » 77 Mr Holyoake said that as rccqtht as last Thursday Mr Masters badlfc. marked that the grading of timbn was inevitable, and would proj«ssj£ self within 12 months. It was decided to recommend IhO there be three growers' and thtet manufacturers' representatives oft tt| board. ™ Rifle Shooting; The Nelson Defence Rifle Cfafc opened its season with a shoot <we a 500 yards range in dull but calm weather. Two matches of seven rfyfa were fired. As was to be expected, the form shown by members «* only fair. The highest scorer for % afternoon was Rifleman N. M»nntjL with 66 out of the possible 70 pojnt& He was followed by the vice-presi-dent, W. A. Kenning, with 65 poiaft, In the first match the ffij. lowing qualified for prizes— L. Dixon 34, N. Manssen 33, EL Say 33, R. N. Inwood 33, F. G. Gl&&js 33, K. Inwood 32, Sharland 31/^ In the second match the followin* qualified:—H. Frank 34, W. A. k££ ning 34, P. Burn 34. J. N. RussellX N. B. Manssen 34, S. A. Barnett 331 N. Manssen 33. The president, Mr K. Inwood, e*>' pressed pleasure at the large attendance, and welcomed old and new members. Tomato Growing Tomato growers in Nelson have cow completed all their outside planting in preparation for the coming season's crop. In Nelson there are from 40 to 50 acres planted in tomatoes, in addition to more than 400 giassiromai Given favourable conditions, the first glasshouse grown will be on the market by the middle of next month. Golf The following cards were returned in a four-ball bogey handicap played by members of the Nelson Golf Ctuk : Newman and Vercoe 9 up, Stedmaa and Shields-Brown 5 up. CampbellSmith and Hoby 3 up, Sinclair and Maunsell 1 down. During the week-end a number ut Motueka Club members visited Nek son to play a four-ball match wlta local players. Wellington College Old Boys On Saturday evening the Nelsqa branch of the Wellington College Old Boys' Association held a successful smoke concert. There was a good attendance, including representatives of Wanganui and Nelson Colleges, an! Waitaki Boys' High SchooL Rugby Union Trophies At the annual end of season Rugby dance, the president of the Nebna Rugby Union, Mr R. J. Eyre, pifr sented trophies won during the MB* son. He made special reference to 0* Moller Memorial Cup, a handsets* donation to the union by Mrs Molltf in memory of her husband, aria" he congratulated the Rival senior team in winning it for the first time 8 was competed for. Trophy winneo were: Max Shield (town v. country?, Town; Moller Memorial Cup (senior championship), Rival; Junior Cup, OU Boys; third grade cup, Waimea; fourtn grade cup, College A; fifth grade cttft College; club scoring most points ia season, College; Boon Cup (place kicking), S. Stewart.