WAIRARAPA AND EAST COAST P. & A. SOCIETY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 309, 24 September 1918, Page 8

WAIRARAPA AND EAST COAST P. & A. SOCIETY

K • .: MONTHLY MEETING, j ' The monthly meeting of the Wairaj, rapa and Kasi Coast 1". and A. Society [■'■Was held tit Carterton on Saturday, j'-'Jln (j. IS. Allen presiding. ■ j The treasurer's statement showed a ('■'. credit:; balance, at the bank of £12 2s. !•' 10d. The amount held on deposit at [.call was £IWK). Accounts paiil since, ■last meeting amounted to L'iO. lie-, I, ceipts since last meeting were ±.'141135. | (id. Accounts amounting to £127-T7s. j':. ba. Accounts amounting to £127-178.' I canvass for donations towards the i forthcoming" 'show had amounted to ( £509 35., as follows:—Wellington, £278 ': lis.; Masterton, £111 135.; Carterton, L £108; and Grey town, £10 19s. The • '"secretary reported that a sum of £152 !■'■ 19s". 6d. had been available for trophies. ! j Of this amount £145 14s. had been !;. expended, leaving a sum of £7 ss. Od. [■available for engraving.. J.i Mr. A. Clarke reported: that" he had j: .arranged .for the. services of the !; .Featherston Camp Band for' show day, /.the society to arrange, for the transi port of the band to and from the show--1 ■-.-■■ Mr."J. Hodder reportedvthat Mr. -W. ' Howard Booth had placed a paddock.at [ the disposal of-the society for: the pur-, '•■pose of the dairy,competition..-" _ \. Miss Talbot . wrote .intimating her ' willingness to' act as judge of ; the- cook- ! ing classes.' '' '.'-.] -.". , ' ■'-' " ' ■■' The offer-of the New Zealand Sliort-

horn Breeders' Association of; a' shield

\ ". valuc'd.'at'£3 ;35.: lor ■■.the .champion i Shorthorn/bull, v : was -.accepted with • thanks. >;,;.'•■ '-.V ,:."'..■ .-.■'.

The. Carterton- lied Cross Committee

j. oieiedto. 'control jvduricheou booth 01: ; show..;: day,.oir'-conditiou ' that the ' ,§pcL-eri/iind ; 'c«t]ery.we'reprovided. A \ *a'jhaH; comiiiittce was..appointed to ar- '"■ raiigc. for the crockery and-' cutlery. ' Tpe" Npw Zealand -Holsfccin-Friesian | Association 7 forwarded : scale -upon" ■ which ,the points : prize .. ; for :. Frisians was to'be;-alloted. The dif-' ■. iic'ulty, it was.' pointed- out," would be 'iu securing asuitable judge. ■■■..,■ j Mi'.T. E. Mauusell's offer to graze twenty,;head of stock at'show time was

' accepted with thanks. ; • ' :•"-. It ; wa.s decided- that' the society's [ afternoon tea'rooms be run'as in. for-' : raer.years and to call tenders for the ; .fruit-stall.'' -An offer of £10 from Mr :' A. Birss,. of the Ta'ratahi Hotel, for the 5 privilege/of; the '''publican's booth. was !' accepted. ' :' . It was decided to mako a charge of i one- shilling lor all motorcars, entering !, the show grounds. ;' ■' It'iva's resolral" th.it tlic prizes for • ; the Lloyd-Lindsay competition for soldiers' atih'e slww bD'£4:firsb place, £2

'/second, place."' '.'■.-.. — :■; It was decided that all the ai'ic-' /■'tioneers tal« part in the sale of fat c'stock at the show, and-that same bo - Tield at 3.30 p.m. on.the first day of

'■, the show. _ ! ';; : It was decided that no canvassing ■'for patriotic or other .purposes be allowed -in the grounds on show days. !:;; Twelve, new-members were elected._ |. ■' A,discussion"ensued'on .the definition

lof grade'stock, and it'was ultimately i decided that purebred animals be not | •,allowed to compete in the grade class. !'.''■■ As it is probable that eight or ten :' trucks of stock from the South AVaira•l;rapa. will ;be, ; comneting..at the forthi .corning HawkeVßay show, and the i Railway Department require teirtrucks' | .to be used before a special train from j the South AVairarapo can- ho provided, | tlie society decided to write to the ty , |'/ partment," pointing out the absurdity' cf i'. theiregulatioiu.oUen.: trunks, and ask-. ! • iiig if .a. guarantee of ,eu;ht.trucks "would !• cot-he "sufficient. i- A contribution of -C2II was received | from the AVairarnpa Rugby Union as !. the. society's share of the takings' at I the gates of the show grounds for football matches during the'last'session.