NELSON NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 102, 4 May 1925, Page 7

NELSON NEWS

JERSEY CATTUE BREEDERS

(FROa OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NELSON, 3rd May. The Nelson Jersey Cattle Breeders' Club met at Richmond at the homestead ol Dr. H. 0. Washbourn. A glossing feature was the number of enthusiasts from outlying districts who attended to witness a demonstration by Mr. H. Ct. B. Watson, official demonstrator of the New Zealand jersey Association. Some most interesting information was imparted by the speaker, who dealt with the increasing popularity of this breed of dairy cow in New Zealand, which now exceeded in numbers three times more than the number of Jersey breed on Jersey Island. Mr. Watson stressed his agreement with the dehorning of every bull. Owing to the number of recent accidents and fatalities from goring by bulls in this district since last season, this matter is one that is engaging the serious attention of farmers in this district. The position of the New Zealand sawmillevs in the matter of their inability to compete with the imported fruit case, as explained by Mr. Seed, and quoted in the "Evening Post" touches on a point of vital interest to this district. This last season some scores of thousands of fruit cases were imported by the local fruitgrowers' associations, and there. has been an impression that I the price of the local article was unduly high, and that this accounted for the ready acceptance ot the- imported article. Mr. Seed's explanation that the mixed nature- of the New Zealand bush and short tenures make mass production .of fruit cases impossible locally puts the position in a new light; It is sad to contemplate that because of the lack of demand for the local article many hundreds of feet of useful sap timber is being thereby wasted, besides the' point of even greater importance that the importation of foreign cases contributes to instability in the sawmilling labour market. The ocean liver Port Wellington completed local loading and departed for Auckland on Saturday night. In all some 70CO tons was put aboard, mostly wool, tallow, and pelts. Tim representation of Nelson and district at the coming Duaedin Exhibition is receiving the be=t attention of the Nelson Provincial Progress League, when a, sub-commiltee met on. Thursday to consider the replies from the various local bodips. So far, the contributions fall short of the required capital amount, but it is sincerely trusted that it will happen that the'district will be well represented at a district court. The attractions of the district from a tourist point of view are too well known to be overlooked, and the Tourist Department has offered to exhibit photographs of the scenic beauties, but to retain theidentity of this section of tho exhibit js. the definite intention of the league, and thus an industrial court is a vital necessity. The exhibit of the Cawthroii Institute in itself would be a most interesting one . Mr. G. W. Hazelton, Chief Postmaster at Gore, lias been transferred to a similar position at Nelson, in place of Mr. Ayling, and is due to take up his duties in a few days. The weather conditions throughout April were ideal, some sixteen days ,of the month recording over eight 'daily hours., oi. bright sunshine, with an average of high barometer readings for the month, and with only seven days' rain ■ So far. only two frosts in the colder localities have been experienced, and the weather conditions have been ideal for the farming community and gardeners generally. r . * An interestinif exhibit of locally-grown tobacco was made at the Autumn Show n was- grown by. M r. : Petersen, of Vanguard street, who kindly distributed a fragrant lea? free, to be" readily accepted, iho show takings were a record for the society, and warm congratulations on the beauty o.f the exhibits wore made by visitors from ■ Australia- and overseas. The annual"meetings of householders to be held on Monday evening will, no doubt, draw a good number of tho public, as school matters are at present ■receiving the earnest attention of parents. Ihe re-arran.>ement of school districts has had as its outcome the decentralisation of local committee authorities, and the presentation of the annual reports will be of added interest A new school is to be erected at Auckland Point, and a start has now been made to demolish the existing outbuilding oil the site recently purchased by the Department. For the new school area of Nelson South, an election of coninuttee will not be held, owinn- to the number of nominations equalling those required, but opportunity is being taken ot the assembly of householders to discuss matters in connection with Hampden School. This meeting is to be followed by one convened by Mr. Alfred Robinson to consider the proposal of a post office for Aelson South. This portion of the city has grown very considerably of kte, years, and although a telephone bureau has been established for some years, the need of post-office facilities }* l§n 'p aS at, -is some -distance" to the <•'•!.0. from this suburb of the town I'or some time past the matter of alate shopping night has been discussed' a vur«ms .meetings of the Nelson vein IT ,! c ucfc oC Nclso" »ot bti »s lying of tho Saturday half-bolidav sovtim- yCi t -1' Sn i"lV ? oXPre^d the deliberafelt that th e _ c ,t y , ad bee,, denied one n■■ ft C? m'C"'PIICCS b-v t!le lilte Saturday mm ,l '■'■"JPP'IS P*™ that wns such i pnpi'liu institution many venrs ami 7 e attracted to inspect the sho,? w'n ami inereioie the decision to .men on * .'May evening* will, „0 doubt 0 prohtablo one. Thus the "sidu" \lir-,." ""'•s or ti, c k U . , liir |,. t , h;il ™}£-- I'.wns ,„ i hp Dominion enjoy will u ,, a Ur by lie oi.poi-tu.nly to make „ bngT.tcr tho game of basketball hns Uken cn-wnh>n,e enllmsiuwn. and, as «.p= ed .„ these nolcs previously, v, ■ "H;. Is-players >„,. lllki {|i ; m .Hi some «p.nl. Last TlmVaduv «-,-<„ n.r.. 8 . (can,; tooli „l c n<xu . ,„, , ..M.O.A. Gymnasium, r.nd Hip .r llmos i.-Jn.t,. On Monday evening, the ladies' trams w,ll mmmcMirtr llici^ season, v.-hon t.ic same result will, „,, doubt !„■ ,c-