NELSON NEWS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21377, 21 January 1935, Page 5

NELSON NEWS

HEAVY UAINFALL BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON CROPS (SPBCUr. TO THE PRBBS.) '" , NELSON, January 19... A further spell of dry weather in the Nelson district was broken last night and to-day, when the countryside received another good soaking, which will have a very beneficial effect on the late summer and autumn crops, including tobacco and hops. The rain continued steadily throughout the night, 1.07: inches being recorded to 9 a.m., and about a similar amount fell during the day. The total for the month to date is 2.38 inches. As a result of the rain all outdoor fixtures were postponed, and there was no play in the Newman Shield cricket match between Nelson and Waimea. Swimming Arrangements have been made for D. Lindsay and L. J. Moorhouse, two New Zealand champion swimmers, to compete : and give demonstrations at the carnival, to be held next week. Both swimmers are at present training for the championship events at Auckland next month. Personal Mr and Mrs L. Williamson and family, Timaru, are spending a motor camping holiday in the Nelson district. For a few days they will be the guests of Mr and Mrs A. Drummond, Riwaka. The Rev. Father C. Hoben, S.M., and Father Bourke, S.M., St. Patrick's College, Wellington, spent the week-end in Nelson after a camping holiday of several weeks at Head Lake, Roto Roa. Yesterday they climbed Mount Murchison. Mr J. Wood,' assistant engineer-in-chief to the Public Works Department, Wellington, has been on a brief visit to Nelson about the proposed river protection work in the Wairoa river at Appleby bridge. Anniversary Day Nelson's anniversary Day holiday on February 1 this year falls on a Friday, and a proposal was made by the Nelson Employers' Association that the shops recognise a holiday on the fol* lowing day, Saturday. It. was suggested that the proposed change would be beneficial to retail trade, avoiding a broken week and enabling the late shopping night to be held on Friday as usual. Though storekeepers gave general approval to the proposal, it met with solid opposition in other quarters, and in view of fixtures having been made previously, it was eventually considered inadvisable to make any alteration. Inquest At the inquest into the death of Winifred Kathleen Rowling, aged 19 years, a daughter of Mr Sidney Rowling, of Riwaka, the coroner, Mr T. E. Maunsell, S.M., returned a verdict that the cause of death was peritonitis, due to a rifle bullet wound in the intestine, the occurrence being accidental. The evidence showed that the girl took a rifle outside to shoot starlings, and in going down the step fell, the rifle discharging into her stomach.