AUCKLAND SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1612, 2 December 1912, Page 8

AUCKLAND SHOW.

. PRIME MINISTER ENTERTAINED. (By Tcleiraph.— Press Association.) Auckland, December I.' The Auckland A. and P. Association's show was concluded yesterday, when fine weather wiis experienced. On People's Day the attendance was about 25,000, and the-cash gate takings for the three days totalled £1,091. Thfe Prime .Minister, who was the first president of the Auckland A and P. Association, was entertained by the association at a complimentary luncheon on the show grounds on Saturday. There was a good attendance of members, and Mr. Massey's health, which was proposed by the president of the association (Mr. 0. If. Phillips), was enthusiastically rexeived. Mr. Massey in responding, said that :the country had of late been under a cloud, but he hoped that it would reveal its silver lining very soon—long before his term of office came to ah end— (laughter and applause)—and then he would be able to fulfil his ambition of establishing an. agricultural college equal to those of Australia and other progressive countries. CHAMPIONSHIP AWAiiDS. Auckland, NovVnber 30, .'The following were the championship awards at the Auckland A. and P. S-'bnv: Horses—Draught entire: A. !'. Harding's Sir Thornly; draught f.ltj: W. Johnstone's Princess Garthland. ' Cattle—Shorthorn bull: .Woo'Jwara Bros.' Duke Belinda; cow, W. John'stone's Springleigh Queen; heifer,' W. Johnstone's Te Aute Lily (reserve); Hereford cow, R. G. Lewis's Oral. HolsteinFriesian bull, any age: W.J. Lovelock's King Segis;.bull, two years: W. Tutt's Cleddas Lad (reserve); cow, any age: J. Niccol's Jewel II; cow, three years: (x. Kay's Daisy (reserve); Ayrshire bull: IV C.' Litchiield's Royal .Prince; cow: Auckland Mental Hospital's Ada; heifer, Auckland Mental Hospital's Olive; Heifer,, yearling: Auckland Mental Hospital's Ada' (reserve). Jersey bull, over two years: C. Day's Charms' Lord Twylish; .A. Moreland's Brighton Twylish (reserve); cow, over', three years: J. Forsyth's Flora II: Ruakura Instruction Farm's Mayflower (reserve). "'Sheep—Lincoln, ram: C. T. Barriball; ewe: C. T. Barriball; Romney Marsh, pen of two ewes: S. Standen. English Leicester, ram:'G. Graham; ewe:-G. Graham; pen of two ewes: .S. Standen; Shropshire, ram: E. Barriball; pen of two' ewes: E. Barriball.