THE CHRISTICHURCH SHOW.

Evening Star, Issue 3966, 10 November 1875, Page 3

THE CHRISTICHURCH SHOW.

[By Telegraph.] _. . „ . Christchurch, November 10. I he fo lowing are ih,- champiou medal takers at the Agr cd'urnl I- bow yesterday :—Merino ram, (j. \v. H. L/.e ; merino ewe, R. Chapman ; Leiceoter i«n, W. Marcrofts ; Standard bear r Leicester ewe, P. C. Tbrelkekl; Lincoln ram, Messrs Xel K on ai.d Williams, of, Hawke's ■Bay, for Hieir ran, " Uiokland"; leicestoewe, 11. M. Vorton ; Uoniney Maish ram, Palmer and Peter; ewe, A. P. M'Callaghan ; best bull on the ground, Griggs's Alphonso; best cow or heifer, Fantham's Rosebud ; best draught entire, Walls's Pride of Scotland ; draught mare, VValls's Maggie Oaig. Over 10,000peopl* attended the show. Attbedinnerin the evening the Governor in replying to the toast of his health, said he bad heard great things of the Canterbury Agricultural Shows, and what he had seen that day had more than realised all his expectations. He spoke warmly of the good that agricultural s-hows had done at Home and must do ar.d said all that he could do in his official <.r invite capacity to promote Buch institutions would be cheerful'y done. Later on, in pro- osing success to the Canterbury Agricultural As.-.)ciation,he said he might perhaps be permitted to digress a little and speak on a subject of considerable importance. He h"d the honor to represent Her Majesty in another Colony which had a great future before it. There were no two •■ olonies he i knew of which bad so many interchangeable commodities as Queensland and Now Zedand. (Hear, hear.) H- believed that Queensland would take all New Zetland's surplus wheat, butter, cheese, and b.i:;i>n. The distance from the North Cape to Queensland was shorter than from the North Cape to Sydney. He hoped, therefore, to see a regular trade established between the two Colonics, in the welfare and p of wh : cb he felt deeply interested. Queensland could supply New Zealand with sugar, which was an article of daily constirnpti-.n in every household. IT* be'ieved that if this i>terchange of commodities were established, the result would be one of great benefit to the farmers of this Colony. —(l.oud cheers.) Bi fore bidding them goodnight, be wished to propose ''Success an.l prosperity to the Agiiculiural and Pastoral Association of Canterbury."'—(l.oud cheers.)