SHOW ATTENDANCE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 25, 22 October 1937, Page 4

SHOW ATTENDANCE

Society Anticipates a New Record WEATHER A FACTOR A reeord attendance at yesterday's People's Day at the Hawko's A. and P. Society 's Spring Show is indicated by the incomplete returns to hand, but at this stage it is not possible to state definitely by how much the previous best figures have been eclipsed. •The reason for such a large attendance is due in a large measure to the very suitable weather which inducfed people to the showgrounds to spend the day amid the attractions which ofiered. The official figures are not complete at tbe present stage owing to the fact that the Railway Department, which supplied ground-admission tickets in conjunction with the railway tickets, wa& not this morning in a position to advise its returns, while the society' s own returns require ' to be completed and checked. The indications so far are that the gate takihgs are £150 better than they were on the second day last year, while those of both the Royal Shows of 1935 and .1930 have also been surpassed. "We have never had such a good day and I am quite sure nothing has eclipsed yesterday's figures," said Mr, F. O. Wilkinson, one of the show officials, this morning. « The society has a' great deal to be thankful for in having such favourable weather for both days. Yesterday was an ideal show day; in fact, a better

day could not have been wished for. It is not always that the society has such good luck to .crown its year's efforts, and there were doubts about the weather in many mjnds even until late in the. first day. But even though the weather is the deciding factor in the end, it is the work which is put into the organisation right through the year that makes or mars the show's success. In this connection the greater part of the burden falls , always on the shoulders of the secretary and the president. In its secretary, Mr. A M. Reteraeyer, lies much ot the society's strength, and Mr. J. H. Absolom, as president, contributed Ikrgely to the smoothworking of the committees. Under his lead, willing co-operation was assured, and this goes a long way in such an ofganisation.