CONGRATULATIONS TO OTAGO

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 24 July 1923, Page 4

CONGRATULATIONS TO OTAGO

FROM NELSON APPLE GROWERS (By Telegraph.—Special to The Mail.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. . In these days of provincial rivalry it is refreshing to find that a spirit of goodwill still exists in some quarters. m view of the fact that the Nelson fruitgrowers have been distinctly unfortunate in the results of their London shipments of apples this season, whereas Otago has fared much more favourably, i the following letter received by Mr H. Turner, of Dunedin, from the Moutere Hills Fruitgrowers’ Union, Mapua, Nelson, under date July. 16, will be much appreciated by Otago shippers of apples: “Mr H. Turner, Dunedin.—Dear Sir, — At a large meeting of this Union, held on Saturday, I was instructed to forward you a copy of the following motion which was carried unanimously: ‘That this meeting offers its heartiest congratulations to Otago growers on the good prices they obtained for their apples, on the London market this year, .and wishes them equal good fortune in the coming years,’—yours faithfully, ( Ksigned) Wm. Benzies, lion, secretary.” Needless to sav, Mr Turner has suitably acknowledged the communication on behalf of the Otago growers.