WAIRARAPA AND EAST COAST P. & A. SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1434, 8 May 1912, Page 10

WAIRARAPA AND EAST COAST P. & A. SOCIETY.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The ".following officers frere elected at the aumuil meeting of the \Vairarapii nml East Coast I'. and'A. Societyl resident, Mr. E. Eagle, -jun;; vice-presidents, Messrs. \V. Henry Hootli and H. Morisoii; treasurer, Mr. CI. W. Deller; auditor,' Mr. J. MoncrieU'; committee, Messrs. Booth, W. H. iicotham, A. E. Booth, W. C. BuChhuan, J1.P..'.? Jt.V&;Jun'iß :*f.' Court,'A. Daysli, \V.-Eisher,»|\., A.-Haif, J. Ilodder, J. M. Lig'utfoot, T. V Moore, A. D. -ll'l.eod, 11. 'M'l'hee, b. I'olson, C. lieid, T. Keid, and S: C. Skellcy. ' : It was resolved to add to the rules that all draught stallions, entered at the. Carterton'Shou* be examined by a veterinary surgeon for defects .in tho feet. throat,'and elsewhere. It was also letoived to rccoiiimend the mcomini; committee. to consider the advisability ot establishing Carterton as a recognised stock centre. Mr. W. C. Buchanan, M.l 1 ., referring to tho-. dairy industry, suggested that dairy fanners should lake an example from the sheep-farmer, and use tho plough'.. "When sheep were hrst expoiteil it was'a tax upon the Dominion to supply one million'wether carcasses per an--3UIIII. 'Now there was no difliculty in finding* five or six million—-an argument in favdjir of the plough. r the question of freight. The licj r lit iiednctioii' Committee had teen la years m operation. This was a body of fouior Bve men, who-chartered slnns, and took wool 'it a reasonable ' 'ireight, 1 thoieby forcing: the shipping companies to come into line and cliargo reasonably i this manner, comparing the ditureiice in freights on wool paid by Australia! and New Zealand, there ; had been over a quarter of li, million.,pounds,in favour of i\cu. Zealand. He was of opinion, that some suc.li "sclrcinc should be maugtuated "amongst the dairying people.