To Meet In Auckland

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 888, 4 February 1930, Page 8

To Meet In Auckland

EMPIRE FARMERS ON TOUR PARTIES of farmers from England, Canada and South Africa will meet in Auckland on February 25 to begin a combined tour of the Dominion. They will study conditions and note how New Zealanders are settling problems of common interest.

The party from South Africa is due in Auckland from Sydney by the Ulimaroa on February 18, and a tour of the North will be begun immediately. They will arrive back by express from Whangarei oil February 24. The Englishmen are expected on the following day by the Remuera and, with the other two parties, will be entertained by the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. ENGLISH VISITORS The Englishmen of the party are all well known at Home. They include: The leader of the party, MR. SAMUEL R. WHITLEY, is a brother of the late Speaker of the House of Commons. He has farmed in Surrey for several years and has been a member of the British Dairy Farmers’ Association for about 30 years, and is connected with the Dairy Research Institute attached to the Reading University. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Whitley. ALCOCK, ARTHUR HENRY, Welling Hill Farm, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dairy and arable farming. For three years had a grain ranch in Montana, U.S.A. BACON, EDMUND CASTELL, Raveningham Hall, Norwich. Mixed farming, 450 acres in Norfolk. BATHO, FRANK, Grey mount, Gobowen, Shropshire. Keeps a herd of 100 Friesian cows. CAMPBELL. WILLIAM JAMES, Edinburgh. Director Scottish Society for Research in Plant Breeding. Interested in potatoes. CHALK, VERNON BEECHER, Beckenham, Kent. General farming and horse breeding. CHARD, DOUGLAS, Chatham, man-aging-director Strood Engineering Co., agricultural engineers. CHATER-FAWSITT. HENRY GIBBON, Beverley, E. Yorkshire. Has farmed in Queensland and U.S.A. COCKCROFT, JOHN WADDINGTON, Halifax, Yorkshire. Wool merchant, formerly dairy farmer. CRAWFORD, DANIEL, M.8.E., J.P.. Hatfield, Herts. Well-known potato grower. Will b© accompanied by Mrs. Crawford. CRIDLAN, JOHN JOSEPH, Maisemore Park, Gloucester. Well-known breeder of Aberdeen-Angus cattle. Has judged at the Palermo Show, Buenos Ayres and at the Chicago Grand International Show. Will be accompanied by Mrs. Cridlan. CROSHER, JOHN FRANCIS, F.R.G.S., Melton Mowbray. Wellknown dairy farmer. CRUMP, WILLIAM EDWARD, dairy farming in Sussex. Chairman Rye Branch National Farmers’ Union. CURTIS, WILLIAM THOMAS, Effingham, Surrey. Interested in Guernsey cattle, and thoroughbred horses. Will be acompanied by Mrs. Curtis and Miss C. I. Curtis. DLTNLOP, WILLIAM, Overslade, Rugby. Renowned Clydesdale breeder. Also interested in cattle and sheep. EDWARDS, B. MAJOR, M.C., J.P., Hardingham Hall, near Norwich. Dairy and arable farming. GLOSSOP, CLIFFORD W. H., Bramwith Hall, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Founded Lund herd of Friesians in 1921. GURR, HENRY, Chatham, Kent. Fruit, dairy and general farming. Will be accompanied by Mrs. Gurr. HORNSBY, ROBERT, J.P., Sillotli, Cumberland. General farming and cattle breeding. PIILL, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, Hatfield, Plerts. Mixed farming and sheep.

JOHNSTON, ALFRED. J.F., Sheerness, Kent. Breeder of Friesian cattle and Kent sheep. LANE, THOMAS W., Holbeach, Lincolnshire. Arable farming and grower of seeds. Will be acompanied by Mrs. Lane. LLOYD, MRS. LLEWELLYN, Gorubi Springs, Iyanzura, Southern Rhodesia (English address Oxford). Ranching and mixed farming. 'Will be accompanied by Miss M. L. Llewellyn Lloyd. _ MILSTEAD, FRANK HERBERT, e/o W. H. Milstead and Co., Golden Lane, London. Engaged in colonial export trade since 1881. MURRAY, REV. E. T., M.A., Rector, Bourton On-the-Hill, Moreton-on-Marsh, Gloucestershire. All spare time apart from profession spent in farming. Dairy farming and lighthorse breeding. Will be accompanied by Mrs. Murray. NOSWORTHV, WILLIAM E., Nortonhampsteal, Devon. Interested in stock breeding. PATCHETT, ELI, Bradford, Yorks. Breeder and exhibitor of Shire horses and Shorthorn cattle. Managingdirector of A. and E. Patchett, Ltd., wool merchants, Bradford. PATTINSON, GEORGE H„ J.P.. Windermere, Westmoreland. Dairying and sheep farming. POWELL. C., Otley, Yorks!.. , Moorland sheep farming. RANKIN, H., J.P., Rocliford, Essex. Dairving and general farming. Manag-ing-director Stambridge Flour Mills. ROWLING, JOSEPH H., Plymstock, Devonshire. Mixed farming and vegetable growing. RUSSELL-FERGUSSON, MRS. E-, Appin. Argyllshire. Well-known breeder of Aberdeen-Angus cattle, and pigs. SCOTT. JAMES, Forres, Morayshire. Grain growing and cattle raising. SMALLEY, JOSEPH BERTRAM. Cark-in-Cartmel, Lancashire. Milking Shorthorns, Shire horses, Wensleydale sheep, and pigs. . SMITH. A. GERALD, Woodbndge, Suffolk. Breeder of Red Poll cattle, Suffolk Punch horses and Suffolk sheep. SMITH, JAMES. R.C., J.P., Kelso, Roxburghshire. Well-known breeder of Border-Leicester and Cheviot sheep. Will be accompanied by Miss A. I. Smith. STEEL, ALEC., 0.8. E.. J.P., South-end-on-Sea. Dairy farming and sheep farming:. STEEL. JOHN, Rochford, Essex. General farming in Scotland and Essex for 35 years. THISTLETON-SMITH. JOHN T., J.P., Fakenham, Norfolk. General farming (5,000 acres). Will be accompanied by Mrs. Thistleton-Smith. TIPPER, LAWRENCE, M.R.C.V.S., Mosely, Birmingham. Interested in poultry industry. Late principal of Messrs. B. C. Tipper, Veterinary Chemical Works, Birmingham. WINFREY, SIR RICHARD, J.P., Castor House, Peterborough. Member of Parliament for S.W. Norfolk 190623, and for Gainborough 1923-24. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, 1916-18. Will be accompanied by Lady Winfrey. YOUNG, MARK, Sandy, Bedfordshire. General farming. Reputed to be the largest grower of onions in England. UPTON, JOHN, Ashley Hill, Bristol. General farming. WATSON, EDMON STONE, Gretna, Dumfriesshire. Mixed farming. WEST, ALBERT, Brighton. Dairy farming. CANHAM, A., London. Secretary of British National Union. Will act as manager of the tour.