BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14888, 30 January 1914, Page 10

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

-io!o y ard°ard of A e**'cuiture Act, IJI3, provision is made for the setting up of-a Board to advise tho Minister on questions m connexion' with ,the pur- I poses of agriculture and other rural industries. * Of the .members of tho Board eight (four in each Island) aro to bo appointed on tbe recommendation of societies incorporated under the Agricultural and Pastoral Society Act such recommendation to be made in the manner prescribed by the regulations under the Act. Those regulations have now been issued. They provide for the division of each Island into four districts from tho societies in each of which a recommendation is asked One saciety,. called for distinguishing purposes a metropolitan society, is selected m each district to take the initiative in securing a recommendation for the appointment of a representative of all tho societies in the district. A. meeting is to be called by the President of the Metropolitan Society to which each incorporated society in the district is to bo invited to send a delegate or delegates according te the number of members on its roll. "Delegates must be members of the society, or tho latter may appoint a member of another society te represent it if unable to send one of its own members. Particulars of the decision come to at the meeting are to be sent to the Minister of Agriculture. The Canterbury A. and P. Associartion is named in the regulations as the metropolitan society for this district, and in accordance wi£h the regulations the President has sent notices to tho other societies in tbe district, twelve in number, advising them that a meeting wW be. heid on Thursday, February 12th, at 2.30 p.m., at the A. and P. rooms, for the. purpose of nominating a representative on the Board. LEESTON. Somo months ago the Leeston Bowling Club entered into an arrangement to purchase an acre section of land with a frontage on High street on which to lay oat a bowling green, tennis courts, and croquet lawns with the idea of forming a combined bowling, tennis, and croquet club. Up to the present the Club has been relying upon private ontemriso to provide a bowline green,

and the Club has merely taken tho responsibility of keeping the green in order. It has been felt for a long timo that the Club, which is a f.iirly live institution, ought to havo a ground of its own. and it is this feeling that has led to the purchase of ihe property above mentioned. The question of finance, of course was a big hurdle for the Club to get over, but so far everything is going along quite satisfactorily. Tho price paid for the land was £I*oo and the purchase was effected by tho aid of debentures of £5 each, in which way a very considerable sum was raised. Tho section has been fenced, drainage works have been carried out. a well has been sunk, and two first-class tennis courts havo been laid in asphalt, and preparations have boon mado for layiing down tho bowling green and croquet lawns in due course. All this work has necessitated a fairly heavy expenditure, and the newly constituted controlling body, the Leeston Bowling, Tennis, and Croquet Club, finds that- it is running .short of funds. The Club's somewhat ambitious programmo provides for the erection of an up-to-date pavilion, and in order to do this and to effect other improvements more money must be obtained. The question of finance was recently considered by the Club, and it was decided to invite tbe assistance of the ladies of the district in running a bazaar. This is to be held <vn tho 1 stand 2nd of April, and the ladies are now making preparations for the event. At present wire netting is bring placed round the tennis court*, and it is expected that they will be fit to piny upon in about a fori night's time. Leeston can boast a good few tenni,« players, and a successful career is prophesied for tho new Club.