MARLBOROUGH'S JUBILEE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 624, 29 September 1909, Page 7

MARLBOROUGH'S JUBILEE.

PREPARATIONS FOR 1 ITS CELEBRATION., lily Xelccrauh,—tJccclal Cornunopdont.l Chrlstchurclii September 28. -The Blenheim Correspondent of the -"Press" 'Writes :,The ; approacbing jubileo of the proyiheo of Marlborougn, in the iirst week of fNoveraberVis the,absorbing topic here just now;.,An association called. "The Marlborough Jubilee Association" has been formed, consisting.-.jof members o^- every local bidy in thb province, as wellns residents from any part of tho district who chodso 'to join; .' Much enthusiasm has prevailed'at each,: meeting libld 'by thiit body.' In.a.few days a list of old identities will;be available for -publication, and'is likely :to bo lengthy.- The, Jubilee Band Contest .Com- ' mitteo -has ,not been (die, and,- although: only six ban4srhavo , entered, .the entries•;for the solo competitions.; constitute ' a record, there .being no fewer'thah 200 in the different dales'. The Jubileo Agricultural and Pastoral Show will be a jrreat foature of the celebrations,, -and thete '.isevery indication' that the'show will be, the largest ever held by the sbciety. All the implement firms in \Vellinftoh and Christchurcli have' promised to exhibit' oh',a large scale. The Agricultural Department has reserved a Cohsiderable area for ,the:'purpose ,of displaying to'. advantago its different exhibits. It has been .arranged that samples "of tho soil from all parts of the province! Shallbe obtained,, and, bo analysed by a Government expert;'who willalso supply information, as to , the kinds of fertilisers' ncces'sary.'for ' tho' ioil in the various -pkrts of the district:-'.. The association' his. prepared a certificate of merit, which will servo is ft memento Of the jubjleo .of Marlborough It is effective in design;-and contains a representation of every product of the province, and, in addition, a' photo tof Captain Coot.