SHOW CONCLUDES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 541, 26 May 1933, Page 6

SHOW CONCLUDES

RECORD ATTEND ANCE PROVES FUNCTION A SUCCESS GOOD GATE TAKINGS The rnost successful show so far held by the Rotorua A. and P. Association was concluded yesterday when a large attendance was in evidence all day. The public evinced close interest in the exhibits and the quality of the items shown was well maintained. During the morning, His Excellency, the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe and Lady Bledisloe attended and spent two hours inspecting the exhibits. The function was a pronounced suceess in all departments and the officials headed by Mr. H. P. Ford (president), and Mr. H. Wilkinson (hon. Secretary) deserved a great deal of credit for the satisfactory organisation. The Evening Session Though not as thronged as on Wednesday evening there Was a good muster at the show and the public attention was kept fully occupied. The stalls began to show signs of the purchases and rapidly emptied of their contents while interest was still well maintained in the exhibits. During the evening the Girls' Gymnastic Club again gave a display of drill and acquitted themselves exceedingly well. The finals of the machine gun competitions and bayonet fightmg were held on the stage and atiracted considerable attention from the public. Tne standard of work was very high and the times are well in advance of the average time as laid down in the regulations being at least five seconds faster in the assembling gun lock and three seconds faster in the gunmounting competitions. This shows very careful and enthusiastic piactice as well as sound instructional methods by Lt. Haycock and Sergt. Major Bates, D.C.M., the instruetor. The squad is one of which Rotorua may well be proud and is deserving of full support. During the evening a number of competitions of various sorts was decided, the results being: — Cake guessing. — Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Galbraith a tie- with 221b 8oz (actual weight 221b 9oz). P.g. — Chas. Burrows (Ngongotaha) and Miss Lorna Downey (Rotorua), 116Nb correct weight, E. G. Guy 1162 1b. Turkey. — Mrs. Tuck (Rotorua) No. 4, 71b 4oz (correct weight). Goose. — H. Brown, 61b 8oz (correct weight 61b 9gOZ.) Duclc and Fowl. — A. de Luen 91b 9oz (correct weight 91b 8oz). B..x Ghocolates. — A. de Luen. Winning Ticket numbers: Wednesday evening 72001 (unclaimed) ; Thursday afternoon 104 (E. La Trobe H.ll); Thursday evening 8351 (a child). Machine Gun Mounting. — No. 1 Gun (Corpl. R. Wood, Pte. J. Kelly, Pte. A. Rarron), 21s, 22s, 23s, 1. No. 4 Gun (Corpl. Ingram's team), times 23s, 23s, 22s, 2. Bayonet Fighting: — Semi-finals: Pte. W. Christophers beat Pte. H. K'ng; Pte. J. Alexander beat Pte. J. Wylie; Sergt. A. Ford beat Pte. A. Beckett; Sergt. A. Ford beat Pte. W. Christophers. Final: — Sergt. A. Ford beat Pte. A. J. Alexander. Putting Lock Together. — Sergt. A. Ford (48s), 1; Pte. H. Gray (54s), 2. The Boys' Band under Lieut. Tregiigas, rendered an excellent progi amme of rnusic during the evening and came in for a good deal of praise from the audience. The total door takings for the two dcys were £128 5s 6d, which constitutes a record. At a late hour, exhibitors were bus-

ily removing their go'ods and in many cases the owners of produce gave them to the families of relief yvorkers.