MARIRI

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 8 September 1926, Page 3

MARIRI

NEWS AND NOTES | Scpiember cnzne m with a inanL’e of! snow o;i lilt' surrounding bills ;uid mountains, liu-.’td'oiv it. i.-, not surprising that some' rather sharp frosts are still. being exneriezieed. Ploughing and pruning are now practically finished. ami the spray-, mg campaign will begin in annul ten days nr a fortnight. Growers: are now; making a: live preparations for turning out a crop withal, they hope, will be in no way inferior to that of last season. EXPORT FA PUTTIES It. is a source of much satisfaction I" exporters In le.no tbal shipping con tracts have been arranged which will so- , cure Iho loading of a fair proportion <>l j fruit at Nelson, and also that. a. reduction of sixpence per case litis been made! in the overseas freight. This item should' mean a hand out of something like £SOO to ihe Mariri disl rid alone.

RETAIL PRICES The report of Hie Imperial Eeonnniir | Committee, which was recently publish- ! ed. deals, amongst other matters, with j the question of retail distribution, ami ' states “That boxed apples from British ! Columbia are sold lo the consumer at eightpence per 111., while the grower re-j eeives slightly less Ilian one-halfpenny.'’ i This can also he applied to New Zee- i land apples, as proof of which may be quoted art extract from an English letter. which the receiver has granted per- ; mission to use:—“l have just returned from a visit to my son at Stafford. where 1 had tin' pleasure of buying New Xea-: land apples on several occasions. 1 went to the best fruit shop in Stafford. They said they had only New' Zealand apples. They were in very good condition, but did not want for price. T paid one shilling per lh. for Cox's Orange Pippins, and eightpence for another sort, and ninepence for another.” There is anapologetic, air about the retailers state- 1 merit, that they have “only New Zealand tipples’’ which, it is to he hoped will he lost on better acquaintance. I

ROAD GRADING The Wnimen County Council's road grading plant recently cleaned up tlm roads in this district. The grader was drawn by a powerful "Titan” engine wiiieii seemed to have no- difficulty in hauling the big scraper. The machine' did good work in cleaning out (lie water tables, removing gorse and other growth from the roadsides. The roads are now in very good condition and much appreciated by those who remember the days, not so long ago, when, to pass over tin's •oad \va« something of an adventure. WELL AGAIN Mr and Mrs Henry Rate, who were both severely ill dining the winter, are now well again. CONVALESCENT

Mr 11. Small, who li a.s been an inmate of tin- Nelson Hospital for some weeks, is now convalescent. Mr Small s inunv friends will be glad to see him home again, and fully restored tp health.