MANAWATU METROPOLITAN SHOW.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 24, 21 September 1912, Page 3

MANAWATU METROPOLITAN SHOW.

The twenty-seventh of flip famous Shows for which Palmerston .North has become noted is scheduled for October 36th and 31st, and November Ist next. “This year’s fixture is to bo no laggard in rank of importance with former shows, and, to judge from present indications,” says our correspondent, “is to bo something quite eclipsing pro--1 vio'us records, iui unusual amount ‘oi ! interest is hoing displayed all over the I country, particularly in the north, 1 )■>■■■■ in whence n large number of en--1 tides arc anticipated, the Minister oi i it ail ways having granted a fast show i stock special from Auckland and the ! Waikato, which is being taken advan- | tago of by many breeders and exhibit- | ors. The prize schedule is _ replete with special prizes, and trophies, and 1 the ordinary prize moneys are again ahead of previous years. The' cominit- , too maintains its progressive policy, and is doing a splendid work far the benefit cf the community generally.” ■ The Association is to he congratulated for its unsparing efforts in this direction, and wo trust.that the forthcoming Show will meet with the success it 1 is so richly entitled fo. The Secretary 1 is Mr. W. T. Penny, 'from whom all information may ho had.