HAWERA WINTER SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 629, 5 October 1909, Page 10

HAWERA WINTER SHOW.

";F''^ : ;viviStvS as : to' tlie ; test 1 ■plnco::to':Hold':tho proShow ■<: haVo';bcen''?cok ':'i'?:-'lMtea'.;by#the''£^^ •• !^v '■ ; '"llK : ':A.' :; M. ,; .Coiir6y,; secretary,; of tho, Hawora v ,;vChamber of Commorco.-.declared unequivocally '<■' .'for a'tbwn show.Y Ho had (ho said) written to .':, tho. Secretary', of nthe/'Waikato Winter; Show •'-': asking his opinion as /tb'vwhich 'best = "' place to : hold" a winter show covering some • S 20,000": toV 80,000 '.ijquaro ..feet..--. The . reply 10- '•' • ceived favoured '■ such X> a• show 'being.';'.held•■-.'in ;: i■; the Tcentre, of v tho .town,:.-because -the;, require-. \ ■':!: merits -.'for- a.,'winter ';: exhibition' : wcre -. multi- ; ■ tudinb'us-. as compared -with..those, of. 'p.-. spring :-''•"■ ; 'eh'ow: : Mr. •••.Conrbjr - suggested' sites - near r. the ■;;'-'.'-'-;.Technicttl'.'-School,:-- or 1 - tho -Drill Hall, 'which --■"-' 'would -enable.the ..promoters to uso that build- ■ ■>' :• ing. ■ '.'The A.- and 'P; Association grounds were '.:' ; '- 'too.:.':distant : for >,'peoplo : bringing ."heavy; - ll machinery for exhibition. ■■: New . Plymouth . -•' 'people found.'.that-their..grounds were too -far ':.■;■'.'-'..away* arid so,had, decided upon a central pqsi- ' V-tion Within ; 'three minutes'. walk of the' station. ';''-■' XA big building inthe.centre;of tho town-would. S'■'•• be '• a,.' valuable' ■ asset - to.:: the". townspeople. It ■'''-could-' be; ;: made,; levenue-produoing for six ' -months, of the year as: a skating rink. It would . /, /also''be/a ,very! good' thing :for .'the. Poultry --. :'j' Society "■■ 'to; hold, its'- exhibition', in : . conjunction ■ •:.,witn!.'the wihtershbw.; 1 ;' ,:.-' .''■:'.•'■"•';'•.■■ \ - "■■'■;. Mr. , 'A.,'W. Gillies, treasurer of the A.'.and P. ■v : -Association,', admitted that if , the .show .were 1 ';.-'' to'be'held on tho show; gronndj'; eitherUhe'A. :';,', "and jP. Association 'would,'''have ;to ;;find" -the' :'•': necessary .£2500, or ..the subscribers would have / i, .'to'ba- persuaded to put',their .money, into a-V-.-i" building on tho association's., ground./ Jf.the v< show-,.wei : o-:to bo held in .'-.tho : town, a separata .:, ~'A': "winter/: show .company must.; bo-- formed../ -The ';.-, i members ', of the Diiriedin A. and } P. Asso-,:.-;':V c.iatioh' had .formed /the; winter rshow -company :, '.there^t:Partv.wn^v' e t' :^-:o ffl ci! 'iS-Jand';part i; for ; '. -'sa the.tttrfefPo'rhups^ ■ : ..r;..be''adapted;or';extehded,-'.tqgive an early start. >.w jl -Mr. .'.T.''Brunette '..considered: that tho. show s ' ■: ehonldbe held bri 'the;presentshow ground, and '■' .'b'y.the.'A.' and-P.'Association,': because i evehtu- ■'■'' ally,ih ; b7was''c6h'vin'ccd,r;it'-:w^ -'' '- big "■■ catHe^sbbwv^ih' .'ah^jcasej \ thai association; /":>antedi;additi6nat!bbildingsS >'. ■■!/<% *;* ■ ? : _i--"'-''v 1 " ■" : ;;: -.Mr. >K >W.'"Sargent;-'and" Mr. ■ C.; A. Strack :towri : 'show,:;f6r ,'the; sako of getting. ■ :':?the ihightrattondaiice.: '-v' {.':„:>'.'_;.''.''i'.-'■:; -. ?;'::•; :' ; of - ; tho .Chamber. l of f-' /'Commence','-.in";declaring: for '■■ the"-town, said: '•;.;' ;1 that in-tho exhibition year .the nromoters'^ere'; ; --'. able '.£SOO oniai;building,-and - ' v vet m'aVeiiprofit after"sevendays of..oyer £l<i% : '''■'•'■ Mr. Btfrton considered,' that? as-tho population; -.'.'i had[ itcfctised,' ; and ~ the district 'be'eorae much ''/wealthier;'it ought;'tb ?bo ablo to,form a com- '- "panv'and*;'raise.- .£ISOO in' \£l'-<;shares,/ and -. an-; : - ; -'-\-- oh-:"ddbcntnros.-at'.s or^..•per.;,cqnt. ■ ■'l-' , -"By:this'imeans,''" ! Mf.--BaTto'n;said,-. r we;:ought '■ -' "to'bo r able' to put -up a building costing ■- ' '■:•v■^^:'a^ordip'r•'' ; •<lobr''B , ; : - : -'•-'feet'-'ViAdditionai /revenue. wbiild;.<be.vobtainable i r : ■;' ■ by' letting the building, as '.''a skating Vrink;;-;br; -v- ; '--'.-for" sah'nple,rooms. : ■,Money ''■-'■;. ; -guaranteed V for.'-'tho : exhibition ;;.pros;-! '< ;j' pebt of-i;etnrn,'. but, in the .present^.instancoi ; -it; ''•■'.■ -.shouldivha-shown -'that the. investment '/Would' ' ■■:' .._—l--l.il- :,l.- —«K*-«M«'.-: • Hi fl ; "n.inAVliM-

: profitable/;^Forfe-.theiDuricdiri ;•■'.. ; -wmt*r.-.Show,\tho' building was', erected .1)7.%: . •i'/i'J; .V.'privsite' company. 'He\tb.bright. the' satte' method, :. : >i'.V local commerce arid'land :inte'res(3Sby'';iriaJ&'ng. '•'•■•v-V,-.!!<Hdwera;-'thß''"ctetre'-df; ; .tKei .■ .v ;v i''?.:>^nd3 :! wqjild not. be readily 'subscribed', if the ' : ;V.x:: bmldirig.'were ; going r 'to.tho'A. and t '-I*.-"Asspcmj:; ; :s?■ ■ V,'; ton's; grounds..' In- 1 a-town -/shijw^ihere; 'could; •. '■■■'-;- ; :-:ibe .a JDJaJihinery'display,' . ?;* - '•■ ■*■■"'■' mints Vmight be! made;,*or , coTering'AinfV'by- ; j-i'i '< : ;".': :streetsbi;..^ther =, 'exhibits, ■.;■ as, ..New: : PlyniSiitK, '&,* :..Wpropose'i*to'do. 'y._ >.■'':.'.-.■;;'■.■■. ■:■,;■■ '';./.' ■ ;s:s■''"'"'.: