Public Meeting

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 34, 2 September 1884, Page 2

Public Meeting

A meeting of settlers interested m promoting the Bangitikei and Manawatu Poultry and Produce Assoenftioik; • was held at the offices of Messrs Hdlcombe and Sherwill on Saturday eTening. Thpre were scarcely a dosen persons present* who, however, manifested a warm winterest in the project, and lit was evideft^tb#y meant business, as the resqltof the jpceting further showed.

Mr Sherwill, one of the rice presidents of the Society, presided, and explained the Society's objects, and why the meeting had been called. He spoke in faror of the movement, and read a report rf the meeting held at Bulls when the* Societj was started, the substance of which has already appeared.- in our columns. He said the principal . business that eyening would be to rae signature of intending members,,, and to form a local oommittee.J , , v., ■ Hetfien called npon^ Mr Retemeyer, who still farther explained'iihe objects of the Society, and 1 th^'rUs&ns for' his seeking to form a local 'su^cp^niii tee, whose duty wQulcf, be sugges- , tions to lay before eeneral committee, and to arrange, and prepare^ a' schedule for a local show. ' j • ..After a Httle further conTersation, and the answering of a few questions i>y -Mr Betemejer, each person present who had not already done so. put down his name as a member of the society, and nearly all paid their annual subscription of 5g each. X.was. proposed by Mr Letnbndge, seconded 'by Mr H. Worsfold, ThaX the following gentlemen form a workingtlocal comihittee, with power to add fo tKeir number Worsteld, Gicbard, Boe, E. Goodbehere, j^iphplas, Saxon/Haybittle.Eeadine^ai^tLenWTi^. Carried. .,,„., . ;, ■ \ •. ; ; / cUi?/ : ' : It was resOJTed that the cote'mifte» meet again on, Saturday evening nexfc gat the same hour and plioe. ,:. „-, y*T A vote of thanks fa the; oharrraan, >ptl also to. Mr Eetemeyer, for eaHing * and ntjending the meetirig, t blo'sed'lhe Business. v • .'.'■ . '■'" ' , ;.v' ' -