ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

Shannon News, 29 October 1924, Page 2

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

PROMISES OF GREAT SUCCESS

OVER 2000 ENTRIES OF STOCK

.Although lor niuny years tij)e noiuin f ot a Royal Agricultural b“Ow m uie Dominion has oeen touted, oi, “ Has at last neobme an aoouhipnsueu met, and U/is lonunate tnat ton North ias been' chosen' loi the i mat venture, as it has at the present time the only show grounds m ti e Dominion capable pi housing 11 '- large entries Qi stock vvfiicn have entered lor the champion contests. accommodation includes over ib%,bJu square ieet ol covered space, the location has also the advantage' of being right in the town and 4 Um; adjacent to. the Railway Station, mus affording facilities for the receipt m stock, and being quite handy lor outentries of stock from ..both islands form a record lor Dominion shows, and the Manawatu A. and • Association, in conjunction With whose Metropolitan fixture the exhition is being held, is .making every endeavour to see that both the sto k and victors are well looked afte^ Accommodation in the town itseil ■ already taxed to ite utmost by early applicants for accommodation, but arrangements are being made fiy the secretary to the Association • for- R*rither facilities in the surrounding cen-

+ reS The Railway Department is mak ing complete arrangements . for tm conveyance oi show, stock, and is a running cheap excursion lares to iuc siiow from ail parts. The dates are the 4th, sth, \ and (sth of Novembei, the show closing on Thursday, so as to enable visitors from a distance to return to their homes 'by the week-

His Excellency the Governor-Gen-eral, Lord Jellicoe, who i s patron oi the Royal Agricultural Show, will visit the exhibition on the judging day Wednesday, and will be present, ed with a farewell address by the citizens prior to. his departure mr England.