TE KUITI SHOW

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 702, 29 June 1929, Page 5

TE KUITI SHOW

KING COUNTRY PRODUCE FIRST CLASS EXHIBITS (From Our Oxen Correspondent) TE KUITI, Friday. The first show under the auspices of the newly formed Te Kuiti and District Winter Show Association, was opened in Barraud and Abraham’s premises in Taupiri Street today. The opening ceremony was performed by the Deputy-Mayor of Te Kuiti, Mr. Arnold Blackman, and there was a fairly large attendance. In declaring the show open, Mr. Blackman congratulated the executive on the splendid display of produce. Exhibitions of this nature should go a long way, he said, to dispel wrong impressions regarding the fertility of the King Country lands. The principal exhibits comprised rot crops, the turnips, mangels, leeks, and potatoes attracting a great deal of attention. Prominent among the numerous trade exhibits was the fine display by the Waitomo Electric - Power Board, whose woman demonstrator showed the capabilities of the electric ovens. Practically every local business was represented in the trades section, while the school exhibits from Te Kuiti, Rangitoto, Trooper’s Road, and Mahoenui Schools were of a high standard, the map-drawing and plasticene being especially prominent. In the annexe, several local motor firms had on display the latest models of popular cars. A merry-go-round provided amusement for the younger visitors. Much thought and hard work had been devoted to the decoration of the hall, and the contrasting posters and designs in coloured paper hung round the building, and vari-coloured crepe streamers reaching from corner to corner created a very pleasing effect. Coloured electric lights were erected in the building, as well as in the principal streets, giving the town quite a carnival appearance. The show was well patronised in the evening, and, given better weather conditions, a record attendance on Saturday will be assured. Phil Swift’s orchestra enlivened the proceedings with enjoyable selections. PRIZE LIST Following are some of the awards made today: ed ? s -^r S / i T c Slobe, purple top: E. Larsen 1, J. E. Cate 2. J. Walker 3, s. Wath ; c - Tankard purple top: J. F. Kobei ts 1 and 2, E. Baurensen 3, it. Boddy 2*5:-, Ciiobe, white fleshed: C. SomerSfeal h.c W ’ N “ 1 2 - v 3. H. Turnips.—Six globe, yellow flesh: Mrs W. Stringer, l. Mangels.—Three yellow globe: Tappin -Bros, l, -Beckerleg and Mcueay 2. Tnree r e «Lver 1, Tappin Bros. 2, J. i*. Dickson 3. Two heaviest, grown under any conditions: Tappin Bros. 1 Carrots.—Six long red: Tappin Bros. 1. toix white field: ft. Boddy 1, D. Rapf on Matchless: Beckerleg and JlcjLeay 1. Potatoes.—Six kidney, white: J. t. -, 1 and round, white: rn°£- y „ 1 and -• Six round, coloured: J. r. Walker l. Maize.—Six cobs white: J. W\ Bong 1 and 2. b Clover Hay.—W. Taverner 1. Grass or meadow hay: W. Taverner 1, j. t Walker 2. —E. W. Larsen 1, E. H. RapLucerne.—E. H. Rapson 1. Pumpkin.—A. j. Donne l, H. J. Irvine Vegetable Marrow.—J. T. Walker 1. Squash.—C. Harrison 1 and 2, H. McKenzie h.c. Kumeras.—M. Horne 1 and 2. Beet.—J. W. Bong l and 2. Carrots.—Table: P. Xaish 1, IT. Cullen 2, C. Somerfield 3. Red: C. Somerfield 1 and 2, M. C. Stranger 3. Parsnips.—A. Cullen 1, J. Bawson 2, M. C. Stranger 3. Onions.—Straw Spanish: Mrs. W. Stringer 1, C. Turner 2. Brown Spanish: H. Ellison 1, E. H. Rapson 2. Shallots.—Red: W. Walker 1, E. Rapson 2. Straw: J. TV. Nicholson 1, Mrs. Stringer 2, K. McKenzie 3. Beeks.—G. H. Fearnley 1. Best Selection Dessert Apples.—J. W. Bong 1, TV. Murcott 2 J. Hart 3. Best Collection Apples.—H. A. Ellison I. J. TV. Bong 2, F. Colclough 3. Best Plate Passion Fruit. —Mrs. W. Stringer 1. Best Plate Oranges.—C. Turner 1. M. Rothery 2. Best Plate Bemons. —Mrs. Collings 1, Mrs. B. C. McKinnon 2.