PAHIATUA A. AND P. ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 530, 10 June 1909, Page 8

PAHIATUA A. AND P. ASSOCIATION

AN ELECTION HITCH. | "Pahiatua" writes rto .The Dominion, aakiig- for an expression of opinion on a point that lias- arisen out of ihe election of committee: to tho nojvly-formed A. and I'. Association in Pahiatuii. It appears thatamong' those nominated for the Mr.' A. Barroll, but his namo; -was printed,; ori the : voting: papers sent out .by; post as "A Barron.". i'No,.corrected : voting'papers were, spnt out, and'lt;,'is to be inferred . (though - our correspondent docs not say so) that Mr. Barrell (or "Barron") was not .blected.' All. opiniorihas been advanced, that if Mr. Barrell . retires voluntarily - from tho contest; there will be . no need for a now : election. If a new election is held, some of ; the;elected. committeemen- threaten , to . resign'.,.' Our cor-:; respondent' asks.... whether a - committeeman,has power, :to. ana whether,' at' a" new' election, if held, there-' ought to. be new ■ nominations. • ; i; If a voting paper is sent out with a .namo wrongly' spelt, the. election ;ivould ''be con-: sidercd, in- moat cases,'as,valid, so long, as it was'clear what .candidate-tho name was. 'intended ,'to represent; ' But many ' votersfavouring Mr.- Barrell,, might hesitato over"Barron," this hesitation, of course, ■ af-'-fecting .the i voting. - That 'being the case, the- officers, in common fair playj ; : should have immediately.,issued fresh voting papers,' witholit waiting -for a formal demand. Even nj>w that' t the election "is nominally' 'p'v'erj .it is: evidently still inValid.; There are, appartwo sources from which a 'demand for a' 'fresh ballot could emanate —Mr. . Barrel! himself, or. his 'nominators. ■ thess ; could '.reasonably demand :;that' tlie..''correct 1 riaitie of ,the nominee should - appear on the ballot' paper; Even were Mr. .Barroll, to re-; •tire .in - order.?to; avoid trouble,,'.the. nominators, still., have a right 'ini '.tho matter,

though, for, the. sake of harmony and neighbourliness,.'tliey' Would \'Miirel] advised -hot' to" press it./.lf ;a : new.-otation', were decided on,, there should not,, be now.,nominations. The repetition' should ' start from' the! point tvhero the; error . began—the writing .of the voting If,, other,' candidates, retire,, . they can .do -40. <. If their retirement'caiiscsv a lack ;.'of candidates I .to_. fill the . vacancies, : then the nominees; Remaining ;WoUl'd be";<l<£ ' clared.;'clectixl,'' andV a''new . :Voto ;taken . on' .new .nominations, whatever seats then r<v mained vacant. • 1 '' '.

PRACTICAL TRIALS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. A ' Ckristchurcli. Press Association telegram /states . that at the.; meet-, ing of' the;: . Canterbury A. and I'. Association a letter : was; received from the North.Canterbury Farmers'. Union. Conference covering a. resolution approving of Sir. Murphy's, suggestion' that I .': practical. ': tmls should be. hold of agricultural implements: entered, at the association's metropoiitah bWw. Mr. Murphy said that in conversion with' Mr. Lowrie .before ho left that gentleman > stated .that the only place whoro trials could properly be held was at Lincoln College. Tho exports and the various machinery necessary ; for., the tests .were, there.. It ;was, .however,. not intended to' carry out the proposal tali' xiort ycar, so aa, to' allow', the new director" to, 'gefc.a grip The letter was -received and rtiferred to the Implement Committee. ' 'V- v.-.'> 'i-

>. THE RISE IN BUTTER. increase tin' tbo price of butter,, anp nounced m iHE - DoiumoN -yeaterday, wa? ,It. is obviwisly causcd by the, apparent shortage of. abont 6000 boxes on .the...quantity . required for ordinary, winter needs, . The current make is not 'so. great as was expected'"when- storage . was proceeding, .and .there: lias been some uncertainty' as to the possibility of an Australian shortage, - That possibility appears.to be weaken-, in^,'Vand, .wfiile :a fprther increase ..locally .'does,.not seem - likelyi-this s,winter,•: it-' is stiU . possible that private storings may show the local supplies available •; to';. be ample. But even; so, a winter.;reduction'.in .pricei is ra very rare occurrence. ■ •. ■ ' ;

NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW. SOME OF ITS FEATURES;'('/Although/, the entries are'.--' riot ■ yet - com-' plete for the National .' -Dairy : Show;.:aufli;cieut: headway has been mado against the great pile by the clerks to show that, in some departments' at -least; some: great: .records haita been; put ;,up. 'In. addition., to. the splendid'.:6xhibits^ : the machineryhall, 1 -' and tho hugo' .entries in thiv butter.' and cheese classes; 'there is. a finei- entry in the' apple class; " The display; of-apples (says" our; l'almerston correspondent) will be' tho largest over seen ill .in; tho 'Domiuion, and will be probably -just, twice as '.large .as any previous-record < at. the local, show.; . It will require .a' table. ovor.l3oft.>;longvto*stage it, there being over two' hundred.' different exhibits, and'-no fewer than collections. in the. champion class, -. while •• th.o. exhibitors irieludq lioarly. all the , principal] growers of both islands. : . ■ t -'- i| :. Aiotlier fine' class is that devoted,to farm' .roots and vegetables;, The entries are equal to ithe very -best the society r has . ever, had;and, contain ;a wide .range of exhibitors fromthe' different 'provinces. ' : ' • The school', garden -work always has - been a feature of "the exhibition; and, this year, it has assumed greater proportions than over. . No fower than ten schools aro making displays in school gardens and nature , study work, besides the many, entries jin the competition classes, and the natural history, cpl-' lections. ■" ■'

Somo industries liavo hitlierto .been rather, a weak featuro of the dairy l show, but, this -year,'they ftill bo exceptionally ; strong, exhibitors having entprod' from' air far away as Taranaki :and.,tho,AYaiknto.; ■ For tho milk-tostiflg obinjtetition, 25.»upila'

have entered from the-' different 'schools. Tliero is likely to be a 1 very fine display of fat sheep tliis year also, while, the poultry classes have drawn exhibitors from Wellington, Hawke's Bay, and Taratiaki. ' Tlio • greater variety and uumber of the entries this year has necessitated considor'able alterations in tho staging of exhibits, and . visitors to tho show will find that the benching of goods is a great improvement on previous years. Altogether tho exhibition promises to bo a huge success, . and the association, aro looking forward to, a record attendance.