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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14893, 16 October 1918, Page 4 (Supplement)

0 _ m The first annual meeting; of-: tho JSieE,J son' District Hopgrowers! Association was held in the Foresters' Hall ou B j Monday, when there was- a: very large? j attendance of members. Mr C. L. * ( BoyeSj chairman of directors, preside*!. p; The- balance-sheet, which, showed- that ..; th& association was in a- strong fina«- ---" j cial position, was read1 and adopted. ' | After a ballot the following directors "j-were re-elected: —Messrs C. L. Boves •j (chairman). R, Atkins, W.. HilT, EL M. , Holland, L. H. 'Palmer, Adolf Bensej ( mann, H. C. Benke, P. T: Bate and L. ~ | Francois. It was stated that the mem--3j ship comprised 160 growers, represent-' I ing 500 acreSj and that there were only [.! four growers not in tho association. jj j Last j?ear the association; handled 2821 bales, representing an approximate value to the district of £50,000. Mr { F. 0. Hamilton was present, and de- . | livered a most interesting address on tne posibion of the hop- industry. t A Blenheim correspondent writes: At the annual meeting of the Wairau Cricket Club, Incorporated, as ray <?ye wandered round the,room it struck me | what a, part Nelson bad in it. A Nel- [\ sonian knowing anything of Kelson's _j crickeii, history would' have wondered : ; what he had struck. The president is Dr Noble Adams, of Takaka; all the vicepresidents have at some time played in Nelson, W. D. A. (Qhisholm for many years captain and selector of Nelson representative teams, A. Bottrell who lived at Spring Grove from about 1856 to 1890 and played for the old Spring Grove team most of that time. L. Griffiths College XI 1889 and H. W. Eorton. College XI ] 887-8. Secretary arid treasurer, E. 11. Neale. The committee ! included J. W. Humphreys who played I for the old Wanderers and was in tho i Nelson reps about, 40 years ago, and ( Arthur Mills, who played for the same i club 20 years ago. Of the old commi,feI tee ther* were C. F. Allcott of the Mou- | tere, F. C. Ferry, of Nelson, and J. A. j Fuller, of the College team 3 years ago, who had all to be dropped on accouTif, of being on service or about to go into ! camp. There wa« also present George | Fowler of the old Wanderers and about j 40 years ago one of the.best bowlers in j New Zealand. He and Dave Burn disI missed the great 1882 Australian XI on i Victory Square for 77, bowling un- • changed. Incidentally the balance sheet j showed, a credit of £511, easily th» I wealthiest club in New Zealand, ay.d ; the Roll of Honour ■ stands at 42, iv- ! r-luding two Lieutenant-Colonels and'a D.S.O.