WAIRARAPA EGG CIRCLE
Feting. By . Carterton, February 24. The seventh annual general meeting taf members qFfte Wairarapn, Egg Circle was .'held afc Jfasterton on Friday night, plr, H. Hi Armstrong, chairman, presiding over a fail; attendance. ; The chairman, in moving the adoption j,of the annual report and balance-sheet, istafed that notwithstanding the- high |.prioes . idling for poultry food, which jiad- forced many people to givo up poulcircle members had, remailed very .satisfactory. The average pribd ttceived for eggs during tho ; '-feeven (years the circle had been operating was fid., la, 2d,, Is, 3d., Is. 4J<l., Is. 63d. He congratulated the " 'secretary- (Mr, Hi Jk£. BoSdinjion) upon ■ i being elected president of the New Zea[land Poultt? Association, which was also j-an ho'nour to tjie Wairarapa Egg Circle, .who were tho pioneers of the movement (in New Zealand, , Tlje folloVfiife officers were re-elected [for .' thtf ensuing year Committee, (Messrs, JL J[» Armstrong andW. Tucker (Cartertcnl B, 0. Jarrett and Jas. Siljlars . (Masforton), A; Murray, ami M. ffllaxton (Greytpwn)j' hon. auditor, Mr. Mark Sfftstojl (Greytown); secretary &nxl (treasurer, Mr t H. M. Boddington. . It was decided that the circle still continue its affiliation to tho New Zealand I Poultry Association and that Messrs. ]Armstrong- and Boddington be the delegates to the annual association conference, to be held at Wellington at Easter. Votos>_o£ thanks were acoorded to the chairman,''committee, hon. auditor, and secretary and treasurer for their past year's services. The teecretary stated that in connection with the single pen egg-laying competition, that was to be hold at Mr. W. E. Ksmball's poultry farm, under the auspices of the "Wairajapa Egg Circle, entries so 'far had been received from Auckland, ilvondale, Sontli Midhurst (Canterbury), Linwood (Chvistllinrch), Greytown, and several locally. The competition commences on April 1, and ends,' on March 31, 1919, "" /
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3014, 27 February 1917, Page 8
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298WAIRARAPA EGG CIRCLE Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3014, 27 February 1917, Page 8
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