HOROWHENUA A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Shannon News, 27 June 1922, Page 3

HOROWHENUA A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL MEETING. IJhie sixteenth annual meeting of the Associaton was held on Saturday. The president (Mr A. McLeavey) was in the chair, and there were 25 members present. The Council of Agriculture forwarded the preliminary order paper for the annual conference, which was sent out to give the associations an opportunity of considering the various matters before the delegates left for the conference. It was decided thata the order paper be handed to the Association’s delegate to the conference. Mr J. McLeavey was subsequently appointed delegate.

REPORT AND BALANCE-SHEET. The annual report was presented as follows: Your committee, has pleasure in presenting to you the sixteenth annual report and balance-sheet, and, in doing so, wish to express their appreciation of the support which has been accorded the Association by all concerned. You will note from the appended statement that the past year’s working of the Assaciation has suffered financially, as is the case of many similar bodies, owing to the adverse times experienced; as commencing the year with a credit balance of £ll3 7/11, it ended with a debtor of £63 1/4. To meet this deficiency, yoqr committee made satisfactory arrangements with the Association’s bankers for an advance of £IOO until such time as sufficient money is in hand to redeem the liability. The entries lor the last show, although not equal to the previous year, exceeded expectations, and the quality of all exhibits was exceedingly good, including several outside competitors. The post entry competitions showed a decrease of some £7 as compared with the previous year. Taking the chief items of revenue, viz., donations, Members’ (annual) subs., entry fees, and gate receipts, as compared with the previous year, it will easily disclose the reason of the present financial position, as in these' four items alone there is a difference of £165. The guessing competitions and sale of stock also show a decrease of £47. In addition to. the general expenditure in connection with the -show, your committee also had the competition ring fenced in and partly regrassed at a cost of £52, which proved a great benefit in the judging of the horse classes and ring events. Your committee wish to thank all who so willingly assisted in various ways with donations, etc., also the many stewards in charge, of the various classes and competitions in helping to carry the show through. They have every confidence in the future, and feel sure that, with the continued support of members as in the past, together with that of exhibitors and general public, the Association will continue to advance in spite of the bad times experienced during the past year. As the annual subscription for the ensuing year is now falling due, members would be greatly assisting the Association by making an early payment, which ■ would be much appreciated. The balance-sheet showed receipts to the amount of £BBs' 18/3, which included a sum of £ll3 7/11 balance in hand at June 1, 1921. The principal items of revenue were: Donations £llO 12/3, subscriptions £276 10/, entry fees £162 2/6, gates £9l 17/6, ground fees £22 13/6, privileges £29 10/, guessing competitions £ls 3/, sale ' stock £3B 2/6, catalogues £lO 13/. Expenditure amounted to £948 19/7, leaving a debit balance for the year of £63 1/4. The chief items of expenditure were: Prize money £406 3/6, printing and stationery £65 7/3, postages ,etc., £27 4/9, wages and salaries £lB9 0/10, competition ring £52 12/2, amusement tax £25 8/7, band £lO 10/, insurance £ll 15/6, luncheons £36 3/, feed £l2, sundry accounts £33 14/3, finance committee £SO, besides several smaller amounts.

The assets totalled £572 18/6, as follows: Hurdles, yards and tools £SO, cattle and pig buildings £425, members’ subscriptions, outstanding £79, entrance fees outstanding £9 10/6, ground fees outstanding £i; donations outstanding £8 8/. The. chairman stated that, the Finance Committee thought it advisable to make arrangements with the bank for an overdraft of £IOO to meet some outstanding accounts. This had been done, the bank meeting the wishes of the committee in the most satisfactory way.

Mr J. Sigley asked how wages and salaries amounting to £lB9 0/10 were made up.

The secretary explained that the sum comprised his salary, cost of all the labour done on the grounds, and the gatekeepers’ expenses for the two days of the show.

Mr Sigley: It seems a large amount for the work done.

The secretary then read the individual amounts included in the total sum.

Mr Sigley said he was quite satisfied with the explanation given.

Replying to Mr R. V. Brown, the

secretary stated it was necessary for the Association to take out. a risk of £3OO to cover possible accident to the public at the show. This cost was £6 tor the two days, and, with the insurance against fire, totalled £ll 15/6 for the year.

Mr Sigley: Do the outstanding members’ subscriptions include any for years prior to last year.

The secretary: No, they are outstanding'for last year only.

Mr R. V. Brown considered that allowing the public entrance .to the stand enclosure, free had made a difference to the revenue. People could go right through, and were only sepated'from the stand and the front portion of .the enclosure by a partition of netting wire. Mr Tully said this should be looked into this year. Mr Tully then moved the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, and, in doing so, congratulated the Association on the position it was in considering the. hard times. It was worse, he considered, with associations in other places, and instanced the Wairarapa. Taking all things into consideration. the Horowhenua Association had done very Well, and he thought members could congratulate themselves on the year’s results. The motion was seconded by Mr R. L. Horn, and carried. ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

The election of officers for the year resulted: Patron, Mr W. H. Field, M.P.; president, Mr A. McLeavey (reelected); vice-presidents, Messre. J. Kebbell and J. McLeavey (re-elected); committee, Messrs. C. Bartholomew, F. H. Best, S. A. Broadbelt, R. V. Brown, D. V. Brown, F. Davies, H l . E. Denton, R. W. B. Evans, F. H. R. Gorringe, L. Griffith, C. I. Harkness, R. L. Horn, J. Howell, N. Horrobin, S. L. Jackson, G. H. Kingdon, H. J. Lancaster Ranald A. MacDonald, Rod. A. McDonald, >J. A. Mitchell, G. Tully, C.

E. Waller, ' W. H. Weggery, F. R

Wright and C. H. Wildsmith; auditor, M. C. H. Pyke (re-elected); treasurer, Mr P. W. Goldsmith (re-elected)^ In taking the chair for another term, Mr McLeavey stated that, though the past year had been a difficult one fdr the Association owing to the changing conditions, the members should work all the : harder for the success of the next show. He took the opportunity of thanking the committees and officials for the, Way in which they had worked during the past year, and was sure they would do the same in the coming term. Messrs. J. Kebbell and J. McLeavey briefly returned thanks for their election as vice-presidents.

In reading the names of the committee that had been elected, the chairman said he regretted to notice that .several old committeemen were not on the list, lie specially mentioned Mr Sigley and iMr Stickles,.both of whom had been hard-working members of the committee.

Mr P. W. Goldsmith, honorary treasurer, stated that since the two-days’ show had been, instituted, and the new arrangement in regard to the gate receipts, his duties as treasurer had been very light, more so as they had such excellent, officials as Mr Wallace (secretary) and Mr Pyke (auditor). Although, it had been stated that the past year had not been* as good as they could wish, the Association had paid out. more prize-money than for the previous year—£4o6 as against Was not a bad sign after all. Except that there had been a deficit on the year’s working, the bal-ance-sheet was in other respects quite satisfactory. On the motion of Mr J. McLeavey, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr Pyke and Mr Goldsmith for their past services. He felt quite sure that the i interests of the Association would always be closely watched when they had such a capable auditor and treasurer.

MEMBERS’ OVERDUE SUBSCRIP-

TIONS.

In accordance with notice, the chairman moved: “That no member’s tickets be issued to any member -\yhose previous year’s subscription is in arrears.” The chairman said the large number of overdue subscriptions in the past year made it necessary for the Association to draw .the line. The motion was seconded by Mr F. R. Wright. Mr ,J. McLeavey said the motion was a wise move. There were members who overlooked paying once they had got their tickets. They should not have the privileges, of membership il they did not pay for them. The'motion was carried. SHOW) COMPARISONS.

The secretary (Mr Wallace! presented a comparison sheet of the receipts and expenditure for the years 1921 and 1922, which contained some interesting details of the Association’s operations for the periods mentioned. The particulars are as follows:

It will be seen, the report states, that after allowing the small increase in ground lees and catalogues, the decrease in the general revenue for the past year is some. £230. EXPENDITURE.

There is an increase in the general expenditure during the past year of £7, although the sum of £2l was saved in printing and advertising.

RECEIPTS, 1921 1922 £ s. d. £, s. d. Donations .« 130 110 Members’ subs. .. 335 256 Entry fees 162 Gates 92 Guessing comp. ... 47 15 Privileges ...... 45 29 10/ Sale of stock 53 38 Sale of milk 8 3 Picture benefit .. 13 — Sale catalogues ... 8 17/ 10 13/ Ground fees 20 13/6 22 13/6 £969 10/6 £738 16/6

1921 1922 Prize Money 390 406 Printing and Stationery ... 86 65 Postage and Petty 24 27 Salary and Wages 153 189 Finance Committee 99 50 Commissioner of Stamps — , 25 Miscellaneous 136 133 . £888 £895