CARTERTON POULTRY SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1115, 1 May 1911, Page 8

CARTERTON POULTRY SHOW.

; PRELIMINARIES UNDER WAY. A meeting of the General Committee I cf the South Wairarapa Poultry, Pigeon, ■ and Cage Bird Association was held at > Carterton on Friday afternoon, Mr. E. J. i Chapman presiding. j Correspondent was read from tho Min- { istcr of Internal Affairs granting permis- ;• sion to hold an art union in conjunction ; with the show in July. Donations to tho t funds were received from Messrs. J. Mar- !. tin (Martinboivmgh) and Mr. W. C. I .Buchanan, Jf.P. 1 ■ It was decided to procure a challenge ; rilvor cup for competition, to bo awarded •;.- to tho best bird in the show, pigeons, ■ bantams, and cage birds exempted. ; The programme will bo issued shortly, i Mr. If.' J. E. Meyrick headed tho list : for the silver cup with a guinea, and was ; accorded a hearty vote of thanks. Other :' mornbors of the associations are also con- . bibuting to the object.—Exchange. ; Tho managing director of tho Welling- ■ ton Farmers' Meat Company has received : n report which shows that tho shipment I of meat sent Home by the Eotorua realised ! from to 41(1. for best quality mutton, I ' and from s}d. to sld. for best quality i lamb.