The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED DAILY. THIS YEAR'S A. AND P. SHOW. The return of tire annual exhibition

Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9848, 29 October 1924, Page 4

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED DAILY. THIS YEAR'S A. AND P. SHOW. The return of tire annual exhibition

under the auspices of the A. and P. Association will be welcomed bv all classes. Jt is, happily, the case that the association has been favored this year with a record number of entries and, given fine weather, there should be no ground for complaint in regard to the extent of attendance. With the advancement of the times, expositions of the class to which we are referring continue to change in character, in by-gone years, A. and P. Shows served to he instructive for the most part. True it is that sideshows have always been a feature of such exhibitions. But, in the main, the stock exhibits and the produce, together with the machinery exhibits, held pride of place. The scope ot these shows is, however, now rapidly widening. As for the local Show, several new sections as, for example, the deg section, and, again, the poultry. section, are now being more strongly featured and represent small exhibitions in themselves. But entertainment, too, is now being superimposed upon instruction to n much greater' degree. Thus it will be found that the Competitions on this occasion will alone be well worth going to see. And, similarly, in the case of the machinery and otherftrade exhibits, a more modern tendency will prove to be increasingly pronounced. It is no-longer the position that “the mail on the land” will require to bo content to examine, in "liis spare moments, implements, machines, etc., which aro manufactured to assist him in his work. There will also be staged in much larger numbers motor cars, home appliances, and various other devices calculated to promote comfort and convenience. But, in one respect, no matter how greatly they may continue to ho transformed, expositions of the character to which wo are now alluding will always be bound to serve as the occasion for a special re-union between the country-folk and the townspeople. Unhappily, both classes have, in recent years, had to face strenuous times. In discussions on to-day’s outlook, however, it should be agreed that the future is now much more hopeful and that the day cannot be far distant when this centre, thanks to the complete recuperation of the districts to which it must look for its prosperity, will again be entitled to the enviable title of “Gisborne the Golden.” The stigma of isolation which, for so many years, has attached to this district, is being steadily removed. Everything is in preparation for a bigforward move in the direction of vastly improved internal communications. A pledge lias been given that the railway southwards will again be proceeded with, albeit by a new roJte, and the harbor authorities will lifiv themselves be to blame if better l/irbor facilities are not speedily provided. The big crowd which will attend the local Show should, therefore. in view of the continuance of improved markets and of the progressive local body spirit that is abroad, prove in a cheery mood and profit by the instruction and entertainment which is in store for both young and old.