OTAGO RUGBY LEAGUE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21978, 13 June 1933, Page 4

OTAGO RUGBY LEAGUE

A meeting of the Otago Rugby Football League Executive was held last evening. The president (Mr W. Holloway) was in the chair. A letter was received from the West Const League advising that it was in favour of three selectors being appointed for the South Island team, but in view of the expense cutailed by this method it suggested that one selector from each League should be nominated, the New Zealand Council to have the £nal appointment of one selector—lt was decided to hold the matter over until an opinion had been received from the Canterbury League. The New Zealand Council wrote advising that the nomination of Mr A. Ferguson as the Otago delegate to the New Zealand Council had been approved. A letter was received from the Canterbury Rugby League advising that it would probably send a representative team to Dunedin this season. —It was resolved that the Of.ago League should do all in its power to* induce a representative (earn to play in Dunedin this season. DRAW FOR SATURDAY.

Tile draw for Saturday is as follows: — Christian Brothers v. Athletic, Oval, 1.30 p.m. (Mr B. Eckhoff); City v. Pacific, Oval, 2.45 p.m. (Mr B. Crawford).

The fact that every tropical fruit and flower can be grown in Britain under glass is beginning to be appreciated and acted upon. Towns of glass are springing up, and experts estimate that there is a market of the value of £30,000,000 open to the enterprise. Tomatoes, encumbers, grapes, mushrooms, early strawberries, and raspberries are the chief fruits cultivated at present, but there is no reason why others should not be added to the list. During 1931 more than 18,000,0001 b of grapes were imported. The largest glasshouse area in Britain is in the Lea Valley, where 1500 acres are under glass. There are now

more than 44 miles of greenhouses la the sheltered part of the South Downs near Worthing, and a new enterprise has been formed to exploit the Worthing hothouse grape industry. The aim it to put 100 acres under glass, employ ; 600 men, and getan, output of a quarter of a million pounds of grapes ‘a year. Other areas where hothouses have been erected are the Holland division of Lincolnshire apd the marshland district of Norfolk. The figure of £3,000,000 it mentioned as the fresh capital recently put into this promising industry, which, incidentally, gives work to many mea who are not gardeners..