NELSON NEWS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21456, 24 April 1935, Page 20

NELSON NEWS

«—- 4 HEAVY FALL OP RAU* POSTPONEMENT OP HOLIBAX FIXTURES (SdCllL TO TEE IfttSS.) NELSON, April 23. After several weeks of fine and mfl4 autumn weather, a change took phee during the night, when rain fell, and heavy rain brought in by boisterous north-easterly wind continued all day, resulting in the postponement of Easter programmes except the g<S championships, which were completed in a downpour. Golf Further results in the Nelson pro. vincial golf championships are as fei. lows:— SEMI-FINALS Cock defeated Letford, 5 and 4 Park defeated Moulder, 1 up. FINAL , H. C. Cock (Nelson) beat T. Park sWestport), 2 and 1. « Municipal Elections Further nominations for the municipal elections include the following:— For the mayoralty, Mr H. E. A. Wash* bourn; for the City Council, Messw Walter Black and Leslie Charles Pettit; for the Waimea County Council Messrs John Corder (Wangamoa Bid- : ing), Conrad Lyell Baigent (Wai-itO Richard Teece, Alfred E. Lindup (Moatere); for the Power Board, Mr Hear? B. Everett; for the Nelson Board. Mr H. W. Chisnall; for the Nelson Hospital Board, Messrs Hon Tunnicliffe and William Bernard North. Personal Mr G. H. Menzies, chief clerk to Nelson Mental Hospital, has received advice of promotion to the position 8* receiver at head office, recently vacated by Mr A. T. Wells. He will leave Nelson on Saturday next. Flowey Show There was a good display of autumn flowers at the Nelson Horticultural &>• , ciety's show which opened to-day, tin® chief feature being "the chrysanthemum section. The judges were as follows: —Open classes, Mr E. S. Merrick; novice, Mr W. Cannington; decorative. Mrs Rudman. . In the chrysanthemum section, thf championship class was won by Mrs P. Fieldes, who also exhibited the champion bloom of the show (Golden Majestic). The runner-up in both - classes was R. Branford. The championship awards in the Chinese claysanthemum section were won by W. J. Thompson.