CHRISTCHURCH CATTLE SHOW.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 450, 12 November 1880, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH CATTLE SHOW.

By our Special Reporter

President—Andrew Duncan, Esq. ; VicePresident— J. E. Hill, Esq.; Hon. Treasurer—David Craig, Esq. ; Secretary—M. Murphy • Committee—Messrs J. Anderson (foreman), Boag, Brie. , , Cunningham, Deans, Ferguson, Ford, Garforth, Gebbie, Gilmore, Gould, Grigg, Hon. J. Hall, Henderson, Mann. Matson, Mcßeath, Mcllraith, Money, Murray-Aynsley, Norman, Sutherland, Walls and Wilkin.

Taken altogether the show which took place on Wednesday, under the auspices of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, was immeasurably superior to any of its predecessors. The day was simply delightful, and at an early hour crowds began to pour into (he town from nil directions. A very large number availed themselves of the comparative privacy obtained by the payment of the higher figure in the early morning, but soon after noon the road from Cathedral Square to the grounds was one dense mass of human beings. The tramcars were filled to overflowing, and were a new and interesting feature in the arrangements. The 'busses, too, were crammed, and.the cabs had all their \vook;.eiit out to serve their customers while the names of private vehicles, horsemen and pedestrians was legion. At noon the public began to pour in through tie gates, and the greatest ciedil is due to the gatekeepers for their urbanity under somewhat trying and onerous circumstances. Our reporter estimated the crowd at from 10,000 to 12,000. The admirable dress of the ladies, and grand array of machinery, articles of local manufacture, cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, and poultry, the booths all doing a roaring trade, the merry-go-round, and the splendid weather, all went the enhance one's individual interest in the spectacle, until the conclusion was forced upon us that Canterbury might indeed be proud of her position today, scarcely inferior to that of any other association in the Southern Hemisphere, and the exhibits would hold their own in many of the premier shows of the world. As much as £1230 was offered in prizes, and there were forty-one private prizes given. Ir. a future issue we propose to review this Exhibition at greater length.