MASTERTON;S NEW SHOWGROUND.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 486, 20 April 1909, Page 3

MASTERTON;S NEW SHOWGROUND.

An - important matter camo. ; before': the Masterton .A., and P. /Association's general committee ,on>. Saturday .last; ,(writes our special correspondent), when the. question' cf whether tho next show should ,bo held at bohyay or. on the, present'grounds was -discussed. \ ■ A special committee reported -that -' the .fact of.the -association-• still having. on its .. ■?'S r punds „":"madej ! yt, ;; almost: '.a .-matter ,;of from a financial - standpoint' for the- .association ' to. move to bplway for tho next show. . lhe.,,matter was , discussed -briefly, and ' members .generally admitted, that the special committee s report took the right view in recommending ,tha}>. tho . next jshow be held o l tho .old grounds, in view of the position of tho association.. ■Mr, J. Strang said he . believed the association could, easily raise the : necessarv amount to finance the association into Solway, this : year, .estimated. ■ to: be , between £3000 and.;.i64ooo v - ..., , . ■As . several members ,were -not-fully conversanfc -'with , tho - financial- position, further discussion--,was: deferred till. the next meet* liig. :; BRANDINC AT RAM FAIRS. £ report to the General (.Committee 'of' the. Masterton. A.: and P. : Association con-' corning tho oonduct of tho.-Ram. :Fair, a special that ~the Vqiie.s-C tipn ,pf-fire-branding; the gentries .''instead of; tagging them, as now done, should be optional, with the auctioneers, but one or two members of tho conimittco considered that the vendor should have the option ■Mr. O- p- Cooper, who had first: suggested the .branding, .said that'in "conversation with' breeders, the matter-had- been 1 favourably commented upon by them, ; an by: the tag system , losses 1 and., lnijonvenienco .were common. The committee adopted •. tho suggestion, leaving the branding optional, 'however, with the vendor. . i:. SHOW DATES. Jnno 1 to 4.—Dunedin Winter Show. - Juno 15 to 17.—Invercargill Winter-Show. Juno 22 to 25.—National- Dairy Show (Palmerston North). July 6 to 10.—Waikato Winter Show (Hamilton). , ; October 20 to 21.: Hawke's r. Bay Spring Show- ,