MANAWATU A.&P. SOCIETY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 174, 17 April 1919, Page 10

MANAWATU A.& P. SOCIETY

i ■ ANNUAL REPORT. ■ ■ (By Telegraph-Special Correspondent.) i r '■•-.■■ Palmerston North, April , .lβ. •■ : i The annual report of the-Manawatu I ''A. and P. Association mentions that it ' was generally considered that the inno- ' .ration of -increasing tlio prices of admis- ! sion.'at the sixteenth .National Dairy i Show .was justified. Special arrangements i by .which a British" trade exhibition had '•' been held in connection with the show, : although shipping facilities were not normal, had proved most successful, and it ,ivas hoped that when matters settled ' down again after the war if would be > the forerunner of many more important i fixtures.' The total profits of cC9O2 represented an increase of d! 342 over the 1917 : show. The Manawatu Poultry Associa--1 tion lad held a vory successful-exmm-, 1 tion in connection with Ihe show, .and it 1 ,was hoped that with the prospective : amalgamation of the three -governing ; bodies the next show would bo the pro- !■ -mier poultry shew in Australasia. Ihe : committee hoped to see the purebred ■ cattle sale worked up into a leading pure- : -ibred stock sale, as Palmerston Aortli I was"an excellent centre for assembling :■ arid-flistribiitinsstocfc. , deferring.tothe ; spring sliow,'the 'report states that as in previous years it -extended over only ! two days, and opinion was somewhat dii on the question of reverting _to the 1 original three days. The net profit was '■ U!960, an increase:of £12-1 on the- previ- . ons year. The membership showed ' a i Blight falling off, but,the committee ex- - messed the hope that with the return : of the soldiers from the front that the i ripwnward-move might bo arrested and ' turned iri"thd"6ther direction. - The roll ! cri March;'3l contained 1590 membora. ' , maintenance of -property had inT creased slightly 'on , the' previous years : figures,' owing'.lo'the cost of paint and ;■ material.' Partly on- this account , no nvorbof importance had been undertaken ! '-'louring tho 'year,:but several alterations fend additions to conveniences were coni. -itemplated near futuro.