NELSON NEWS
THE SATURDAY MATCHES
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
NELSON, 13th July,
The New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Federation has received advico that of the 4G,0U0 cases shipped to the South American market 17,500 have been sold. A comparison ot present prices with prices a month ago show thut the market has a htu'deiiing tendency; the grosa prices ftr Delicious a month ago were 15s sd, and have now risen to lCs. la Rio the net prices for Delicious have risen from 11s 9d a mouth ago to 13s 7d at -present. From the gross pricey duty and selling expenses have to be dedjictcd. The duty is 32 per cent, ad valorem, which works out at approximately 3s a ease, and selling charges usually average Is (3d a case. After considering representations from the Nelson branch of the Farmers;' Union, Mr. R. Teece has consented to offer himself m a candidate for the vacant seat on the Waimea County Council as representative of tho Moutere Kiding. In Saturday's Rugby competitions the results were as follows:—Senior: Old Boy? 11 Nelson 7; Rival 8, Waimea 6. Junior: Wakatu 11, Pirates 8; College 48, Rivals 0; Old Boys 12, Nelson 3. Third class: Marlborough College 5, Nelson College second fifteen 0; College v. Waimea, 3 all; Old Boys 31, Rivals 3. The Nelson senior representative -Kugby team to play a home match with Golden Bay-Motueka at Motueka next Saturday has been selected as follows by Mr. h.. M'Gregor:—Full-back, Reed; three-quar-ters Boyce, Busch, Snodgrass; five-eighths, Glover, Alexander; half-back, lowler; wing-forwavci, Newman; back row, M'Lean : Bird; middle-row, Duinbleton, MaVloM; .'l,ookew, Howat. ShuttleWorth. Emergencies: Button. Thompson, BThffollowing. third grade i-ep™enta-tives have been selected to play thy Mo tueka Sub-uniont-Full-back, Delaney; three-quarters, Haase, Reed, Neve; fiveeighths, Morris, Cox; half-back, Chapman (captain)'; wing-forward, Page; forwards, Rycler, Hawthorn, Burns, Marshall, Capes, Wj&Kr^ootb.H results were:YM.CA.I Athletic 0; Thistle 3, HoapitaThe-. senior hockey fixtures were- postponed to allow a trial between A and B representative teams. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 12, 14 July 1931, Page 12
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323NELSON NEWS Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 12, 14 July 1931, Page 12
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