SHOWS AND SHOW DATES

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 733, 4 February 1910, Page 8

SHOWS AND SHOW DATES

!'' : and Akitio 1,, (i. t, and P. Siion. ' ; A.: and 'P. bflOW. !'■ V \;':v y •• Districi: : Ai ; and : v.P. bhow.* ;; r . I'ebriiary Clo and :16.-iiasterton A. , and : ; •IV Show. '• ■ . v,. , ; 'JFobruary: 17.—Jliisterton Earn Pair.

iK??or: the-' initial'' slioiv of: the . Agricultural and PasfollowHorses |v, !302. catfle,73,. sheep.^vjjp..to the pre--KV-;; 80 ventriesy. have besn • received in' :the horticultural divisibn : ' w" ®nes for • the Dannerirko A; 'anid : closed/vand total 535.v are . CoApetitions/ 125;-: draught.'horses, -36; j > rattle, 93,. sheep, IM)pigs, 4; dairy pro--4 industries, '37; dogs, . 23. show v is -a r comparatively, new oue; ; ; tlw .'secretary,; Jlr. Stubbs,; considers' JrCTe,entries ; veiy satisfactory on the whole. ? ® -. says^: " " sliee P aro yearly- all; dis-£!>-•trict..entries>, /but tnero . arc a • few good K - c ?W!°^ rs ?y s , a nd\ Ayrsliires,: from ■ out- 1 f.""-«««•' f - Some, of the dairy, classes-are ,nar- \ ■ ticularly well filled, but I am bound to thar-iwe; might\have expccted : : con-' "riderablj: S. greater.. 'competition from" the P?duw-Xfaraew.. in -tho localities -near Vat [~4,: hand; iAll/.things considered, however, I ■ it'., as .a 'very "satisfactory result, '.and think it will ensure - our having a g.y :'thoroughly.-interesting show.. Tho entriesfoiSthe''competitions and horse classes aro' splendid."' . ..- \ - VV- :; ; The ar"ea';ovqr:-which excursion" tickets : :-t6;--the.vDaniicvirko--Shb\»-Sffehas^beeiHcxtended 1 to Hastings this-year Vpartment."/'. - - :J -• ; Tt is expected ' that " tenders for the erection;'o£' buildings Ifbr; tho South, Tara-

it S: iiaki ; ;!\V"i;rite'r Show, Company,, Ltd.,; will |.;:V;be.■invited;in about, a fortnight, and that 'fcW!itlie , lbuildcrs'-'.B"iU--be' : at -work,by March 1. : ; A good' tlaal r lias been -r'oceived"suggesting,.that'the winter -show C.; should ljo -held sonie ten- or.-fourteen' days f ; j- i North: flxtu'ra' ! -in ; ; orjrler.: that .the' firms' exhibiting at Jfanawatn may have time to lake ( up their plant and bring it on to Hnwcro. : BONED MEAT REGULATIONS. : r-S^ r -A 'PHEE HAND. ; . f/V--,, . .There.'stiirseenis sonic uncertainty: as; to are. the - exact intentions of the Bri-. -/ . ' tifih Local".Government Board with 'regardJ. . to..the.regulations laid down for tho cut-. I.- ting and .packing 'of foiled: beef.'', 'The- re-. gulatioris,are by-no means as explicit-in kJ:'..-:some"; respects as . exporters .at ■■'this 7crid r ;. . would like to see- them. ' Considerable qtiantitios-' of American boned beef ,arc, -going into'.the United Kingdom jßSnunderthorn,, and : it is gathered -that the Ki'':; idea;, of>the; Local Goverimient Board in !?,- ; /.',drawirig:ijip, the regulations has been to r.fc;';Jpye:its:'inspuctiiic ofiicers as free' a-hand as:;possibl«.tol'.'deal-Switli-'.eacli .'consign-' ;. ment on.its-nicrits. : - :