RODNEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 19, 2 August 1901, Page 2

RODNEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

A meeting of the above society was held iv the Masonic Hall Warkvorth on July 27th. 1901. | Present: Messrs Sainsbury (Chair) Trotter (President) C. Dibble, J. M. !King, A. IX Martin, X Morrison A, Hood, O Thomson. Scandritt and Secretary. Minutes of last meeting were rtac! and confirmed. Re measuring curved fenco— Mr. C. Thomson reported that Mr. Meiklejohn and he had measured if, and found that it contained -ichains o6feet 6inches; the cost being, roughly £3 10 o- Resolved that the Secretary pay the amount. Re not-ce to adjourning owneTs, ro fence. The Secretary reported that he had heard Verbally from the own-M-s who were willing to comply providing the fencing was lot by contract and it is erected on the proper line. Resolved, the secretary request the owners to submit this agreement in writing, I j'J he matter of -where'the next show is to be held was brought up by the Chairman who' said that the Society has been at great expense in having the pavilion and other improvements erectod on the Warkwpri-h ground, ; and from financial considerations, he l thought that the next show should foe , held in Warkwofth, and proposed a ; a motion to that effect-. Mi\ Hood saijg, he rrishod to knov - j!..-ofore the discussion pi^oceeded, ii i tLt members of the comittee I;.d been properly notified o: ■* Mie moevi g. On receiving an ailirmat .. iv« from tiit secretary sttid covA<

li/rou'ji-at&a-x-s tsquM voto lor i-hs- ;■■•:-. reiution, but it they Lad ]>Co£ present, tad -fl-leiied tie sh»v at Matakana, he vouid la view of lie previous &i'rai!gaaeiits fe«l baucd to- go with them. Mr. King; said ho thought, it heitev o hold the show ia Wark worth iaßentiy, &s this iovni was the centre, f the district. It is the county towc rom which all the mails are distribd; by far the largest coiumerci d Genre, and cot least the head quaters f the "pives" the Rodney and Otalatea Tianes. There vere also other >asons why the County show should c held permanently at Warkirorth ad aa the^tinae had now arrived for iis he would second the motion. Mr. Morrison pointed out that if ie pressnt reolution were passed it teant nothing less than to hold the low permanently at "Warkworth. ft was pointed out by othors present tat Matakana shows always resulted i a lose, the usual thing being to. wild the profit made at _Warkworth > meet this los». Upen the jeßolution 9mg put to the meeting it was aa£ od unanimously. Ec D -bemuTos Kr Tr.tt»r moved ad Mr. Hood seconded that the loney advanced br itr. Morsison £ 5 ad Mr. Martin £1 be"paid and -rJeentures to th« amount of £6 be 'wip--1 o£E— Carried ATALOGUE3, The Proprietor of tho lodney and Otaraa«ea Tin»ey. vrdte. Efeving to print Catalogues for the ext show or; certain, conditions prof iding the Society ga*e a guafaut«e I £S\l<) 0 Mr. King proposed, and Mr. Ohas. homson seconded thst the Society lopt catalogues -ior ihe next sliow id that Mr. La Roche's..offer be acjpted. There was a discussion on th©t ibjectand the falling into line with her progressive societies by jufoptg the catalogues was censi iered to bo move in tim right direction— tsarrie f aanimously. Mr. Carrie wi'ote in reference to •veral outstanding accounts con-. 3cted with the last show. The sectary stated that all' had • been Settled, ccept Smith's. ■EVISKfif OF Sc-ITEDtTLE: ■ v ... TiiE Tcike That Kilted The Old COW. Ariah—Drimmin Dubh-a-r-ftgi-iti Arrah-^-Driraniin Bubh-a-r-agra 1 Arrah—Drimniiii Doelisk Wurrusthi. ma crce x WuiTusthu ma cree~e-e-". >on't be alarmed, gentle reader iay lental fixings are right and sobrieiy I ono of my strong points. But as tbe bove simple little refrain has been estling like a 1 tlisome uncanny urden upon my bosom, since the anquet last Friday night, I feel infin;e relief in tiring it off ray chest hi his abrupt Tray. You ask! \vh;it is it all ■bout ? Well; trutli to tettj though it .urts my tender feelings to be obliged 0 expose the si us of a fellow mortal^ait our friend the " p»*t" iasbeeu " t it again." Most of you knorr by this, liat a banquet was held at "Warkwoi th » give a hearty recep io Ito a brave id "who has "been fighting for the onouV of : our coun'ry, and we have II been rac dag our brains and searchag'through our dictionaries for words i-ith which to best express all the nice iiings. we intended to -say of him. We, «>t well on with he programiae i» air style, when some Lilian emp'elled o doubt, by fiendish impu'se, per-" uaded the ex Life Guardsman te ierpetrate his vileness on the comj>any> )ur guest, who had faced the 'din of hot and shell Upon, the battle field, ■*' tood manfully by until the refrain of he second verse—which I give below, raa being enacted'^ and in sympathy rithall present a fearful expression ame o'er his face, and 'his and their ealings rausr have been beyond- description. This is the effect it had or, ne, Fear, surprise, anger, indignaton—collapse—then pity and forgivejess; Oh! Shake Speare, why did yon Jo it ; To dj^re such an atrocity and be allowed to livo, is more th n yon leserve, " Song and Refrains :— '' It's a sorrowful ditty I'll sing to you no»v, It,s about an old man , Who had but one cow; He oftentimes brought her. To the br\ c to be fed, But now to his great grief His p-u-o-r cow is dead. Arrah—Driinmin Dubh-a-r-agra. ?> '.' Her sides they were short And her tail it was long Arrah—Drimmin Dubh-a-r-agrn''? ArrahdrimuindrinminidubhuraLsm Wurrusphunhtsurruw Deolisherlud^H Fugpgvpdvfjbwz Oylvjylvbghpvf VVurrusthu ma cree-e-e-e-e.