NELSON NEWS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21809, 15 June 1936, Page 16

NELSON NEWS

WAKEFIELD CHURCH MEMORIAL TO PIONEERS UNVEILED t [THE PRESS Special Service.) NELSON, June 14. Use was made of an old diaiy «$ Father Garin, at the Wakefield Cktho. lie gathering for unveiling the me. mortal to pioneers of the church. Begun in the year 1850, it a very complete record of all matters of Catholic interest in Nelson in the late ’eighties, but a few weeks before the death of its author the diary ceases. From its pages Father Cullen gives a verbatim account of the beginning* of the new Catholic centre created in Wakefield 70 years ago The book bore witness to the importance of Father Chareyre’s work * * building the first, and still existing/ Ch Through two old residents of Wakefield there was a living link with file past Mrs Thomas Shea, who is in her ninety-second year, and Mr Henry. Fowler. Personal Mr T. Rigg. director of the Caw. thron Institute, has accepted an Inyi. tation of the council of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, to deliver a Liversidge lecture at the science coq. cress to be held at Auckland in Jam. ary ’Mr Rigg has chosen for his nfi>. ject “Soil Deficiencies, their relation to plant and animal health.” The Liver, sidge lecture was established as the result of a bequest by the late Professor A. Liversidge, F.R.S., for the encouragement of research in relation to chemistry and its application. The lecture is delivered every two or three years at the science congresses* the association. Rugby Football The brightest Rugby football sees in Nelson club matches for several setsons was witnessed yesterday, wheat Nelson beat Waimea by 15 points to g, The scores did not indicate the even, ness of play. For Nelson, McLwn, Hawthorn, and Blair were outstanding, while for Waimea, Lovell, Craig, Fewler, and Brooks played good football Other results were:— , Senior Grade—Old Boys 17, Rovers «i Rivals 13, Pirates 10. Junior Grade—Regiment 16, Nelson 3; College 14, Pirates 6; Rivals 10, Old Third Grade —Nelson 6, College B 0, Fourth Grade—Waimea 37, Nelson 0, The Nelson junior Rugby representatives to go into training are as follows:—Backs: Carpenter, O’Connor, Cox. Hurley. McMorland. Dee, Staliard, Young, Biggs, Winter. Forwards: Jones, Pye, Smith, Withers, Kemp* thome, Bonnington, Schwass, Hanson, Niven, Sinclair, Woodward. Hockey hockey results were a» follows: —Senior grade: United 3, Wakatu 1; Federal 1, Stoke 1. _ Junior grade: Wakatu 3, Federal 1; Stoke- 8, Boys’ Brigade 0; Waimai 3, Tahuna I Road Cycle Race Yesterday’s road cycle race round the three bridges (33 miles) resulted as follows: —T. Langley 1, T. Blackett 2, Sowerby 3.