NELSON PROGRESS LEAGUE

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 121, 26 May 1925, Page 4

NELSON PROGRESS LEAGUE

MORE MONEY NEEDED,

{FROSI OUR OWH CORRESPONDENT.)

NELSON, 25th May. A letter was received- by the City Council from the secretary of the Noison Provincial Progress League requesting that the contribution of £150 for tire Nelson court at tho Dunedin Exhibition .should be given unconditionally, and stating that a final appeal was being made to local bodies to endeavour to raise £500, otherwise the project would have to be dropped Councillor Moffatt moved that not only a contribution be given unconditionally but that it be increased to £200. In speaking to the motion he strongly urged that every effort should be mado t-o make a good showing at the South Seas Exhibition.

Councillor Nightingale seconded the motion and strongly supported the mover, whom he congratulated on the way he was taking up the matter. Councillor Nightingale said that to ensure success it must be seen that exhibits promised were collected. ]Iv agreed with Councillor Moffatt's remarks concerning the need for representation ill view of the railway agitation.

On the suggestion of the Mayor, the former resolution making a contribution of £150 conditionally was then rescinded.

The Mayor said it was of importance that Nelson should be well represented, but he considered that the council was being asked to contribute more than its fair share compared with what other local bodies had promised. Councillors Plum and Watson also spoke strongly in: support of the motion to contribute- £200 unconditionally.

As secretary of the Progress League, Councillor Neale was pleased with the way the proposal was being received, but agreed with' the Mayor that £150 was a fair share. But if" an extra £50 meant that Nelson would be represented he would support the resolution. The motion was then put and carried unanimously.