NELSON NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 27, 1 February 1929, Page 9

NELSON NEWS

AMMVEBSAKY DOINGS

A BUSY HOLIDAY

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

NELSON, 31st January

Councillor Neale will movo at tho noxt meeting of tho City Council that application bo made to tho Local Bodies' Loan Board to place before the ratepayers a proposal to raise a sum of & 14,000 for the purpose of reclaiming tho mudflat immediately north of Halifax street as far as tho lino of the suggustod now road from Auckland point across to tho present rubbish tip. Outdoor activities for tho holiday tomorrow (Anniversary Day) arc- Humorous throughout tho district. The chief ovont is tho Nelson Trotting Club's Mooting at Bichmond Park. Tho provincial lawn tennis championships will ■be played on tho Nelson Club's courts, and there is a bowling tournament on tho Wakcfluld Greens. At Motueka tho Returned Soldiers' Association will hold a carnival at the beach. Tho Nikau is making a special trip. At Takaka there will bo the show. Tho Minister of Public Health (tho Hon. A. J. Stallworthy) will perform tho opening cerejnony. The district championship riflo meeting will bo hold at Tapawcra.

Work is proceeding rapidly with tho erection of a now largo turbo-altcrnntor unit at tho Port Nelson Powor Station. It is of, up-to-date design and necessitates the erection of a largo water-cool-ing towor 65ft high on tho seaward sidu of the power-house. Tho new alterna-/ tor runs at 3000 revolutions per minute, and has an output of, 937 k.y.a. When it is in operation tho capacity of the ptntion will bo 1500 k.v.n.

Belief and satisfaction was expressed amongst fruitgrowers to-day when it was announced that tho Fruit Control Board had mado arrangements for tho steamer Hcrminius to load 20,000 cases of apples at Port Nelson about lOtli March.

Messrs. N. Oldershaw and AY. llucil will represent the Nelson Swimming Centre at tho annual meeting of tho Now Zealand Association in Wellington next week.

Speed boats aro becoming very popular in Nelson Harbour, and may bo sicen every calm evening racing up and down. Just before tho departure) of llio Wellington boat last night one of these fast little craft turned its two occupants into the harbour—making too fast a turn appeared to bo tho causo of tho, accident. The youths appeared none the- worso for their ducking. Mr. Broad, principal of the Nelson Boys'' College, yesterday stated that ;there would-be over 170 boarders this year.

Owing to a start having been made ■with, laying tho bitumen on tho StokeBichmond road tho section being heated will not be open for traffic, to-morrow.

Bridges which were recently smashed l>y heavy circus wagons at Motupiko and Norris'a Gully are to be repaired at once, tho timber having been ordered. Motorists have boon held up at Motupiko on account of these breakages, and it is hoped that repairs will bo effected quickly.

Edward Frank Dodson, a pupil of the Nelson Boys' College, came first for the Dominion in tho recent Public Servico examination. In all there aro 25 successful Nelson candidates.