POULTRY, PIGEON AND CANARY SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 539, 21 June 1909, Page 11

POULTRY, PIGEON AND CANARY SOCIETY.

'.The ; Wellington-Poultry; 'Pigeon/and' Can^ : ary, Society ;held.-their annual dinner at:the Victoria .Hall on Friday evening, .'Amongst the;■",visitors':,were;,the:-well-known fanciers,-;Measrs.-Holland,- of Buhriythorpe.; Barry, of Nelson] Sowmatt and Wanden, of .Blenheim, ■Wflkrason;-r• rand "Butcher, iof. - Ghfistchurch;: and 'Stringer, .of: Nelson.: o-:The/'fol-lowing : .toasts . were - honoured:'—' 'The -Visi-:tpHj!!-i proposed by\Mr.-'Littlejbhn, and re'Spondetf/to by Messrs. Wilkinson,' Holland.' and -Wanden; '.l^Tho.-..': Wellington., Society," proposed -.by"Mr.: Wilkinson; and responded .to ;by.;Mr.:: D." Murphy; : "Kindred . Socie--' iies," proposed:' by, Mr.' Grohsido.; and ' .sponded'to iby.Mr.-VVanden;..'.'Judges,"-pro-' posed by Mr. J-: Currie, and responded^ to by/Mr..J. Casey; who.gave a very interest-, mgi account of' the various .classes -judged, by ,him. He' regretted '.the poor, number .of minorcas shown, as. ho.considered them.one of ('-the. 'beat. - varieties."; ;He ■"' also spoke -in' glowing:-terms;:of :the| wyandotte and- or-: .pirigtons, which, ■he Baidj.;were. the• best-he' ;had:ever..seen. Mr.; Doig, who. judged theleghorns, said that they were ah.exceedingly good lot; and; compared : more than favourably with the, birds ~shown> at the -J i recent southern show., ' Mr.; Thompson -responded on .behalf:of the canary.section; : which.he:said, contained .some fino:specimens. The ticked yellow : Norwich .vfas'a; beautiful' bird,' 'and won' the special > and. North'. Island ■championship; ;'Mr. 'Casey, proposed .Clubs,'-.and Mr.- Jv' jOurrio responded on.be■half ■ of : ithq'Wyandotte' Club,;and'Mr."-Gren-ade/ on., behalf; of the' newly-formed Magpie Pigeon Club, yHo stated/that these clubs elected iheir'own'.specialist' judge,-- and' the result; was the large and meritorious entry. Hol.asked !the'.canary-men.to -fall, into lino, arid, push their branch of the.. fancy...: Mr. "Tho.Xadies,'.' and . Mr. rauvel. responded. ■;. > v.-f ■'.'•'■--' '• . .'.