NELSON NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 62, 15 March 1933, Page 4

NELSON NEWS

A GOLDEN WEDDING

MR. AND MRS. S. F. BOLTON

(From Our Own Correspondent.) NELSON, March 14. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Bolton, of Waimea Street, today celebrated their golden wedding and were the recipients of numerous congratulatory messages. Mr. and Mrs. Boltou were married in Nelson on March 14, 1883, by the Bey. W. Lee, and have resided continuously in Nelson ever since. Today there was a happy family reunion to celebrate the event, among those present being the three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Bolton—Miss I. Bolton, Mrs. R. Lilley (Invercargill), and Mrs. W. Moynihan; Mrs. Fred Poole (Sydney), Mrs. \V. Poole (Auckland), Mr. and Mrs. T. H.I Hall and Miss Hall (Tauranga), Mrs. F. i Hooper (Wakefield), and Mrs. J. B. Sadd i and Miss P.-Bolton (Nelson). JDuring the day there was a constant stream of callers, who extended to Mr. and Mrs. Bolton felicitations on the happy event. A pleasant surprise awaited Mr. Bolton, who is chairman of the Permanent Building Society of Nelson, when a meeting of the Finance Committee of the society assembled last evening. The Hon. W. W. Snodgrass, . M.L.C., acting as . spokesman for the directorate, stated that the members had come along to make a small presentation and express to Mr. Bolton congratulations and good wishes on the eve of his golden wedding anniversary. Mr. Bolton and his late father had been associated with, the society for at least fifty years, Mr. Boltou's father having served as a director for a period of eighteen years, and Mr. Bolton himself for thirty-one years. He had been chairman for thirteen years. The directors and staff trusted that both Mrs: Bolton and Mr. Bolton would long be spared and that Mr. Bolton would carry on his good work not only with the society but with the other organisations with which he was associated. The Mayor (Mr. W. J. Moffatt) returned this morning from attending the Municipal Conference at Botorua. Since j the conference Mr. Moflatt has been I occupied in different parts of the North Island on business connected with the Cawthron Trust Board, of which he is chairman. The overseas steamer Tekoa, which has been in port since Saturday loading fruit for England, in addition to 1000 freight carcases of pigs and a quantity of raspberry pulp, sailed this evening for Wellington. She lifted 37.000 cases o£ apples, of which about 20.000 are to go to Glasgow, approximately 12,000 cases to Liverpool, and 5000 to Avonmouth. Some consignments of large-sized Jonathans have been rejected owing to bruising. The next Home boat to load at Nelson will be the Mamari on March 18. This shipment will comprise 30,000 cases for Dunkirk. It will consist mainly of Jonathans, with a small quantity of Desert Gold and Cleopatra. Mr. A. Seamer, of the Wellington office, has been added to the inspecting staff at the port for the season.