RANGITIKEI A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 197, 30 April 1915, Page 5

RANGITIKEI A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

<#~WiNTER SHOW COMMITTEE. A meeting c.f .the Winter Show Committee of tno :--...- i L Agricultural and Pastoral -. uan was held last evening, tao.e b-ing but a moderate av^^—ice (-i members present. the chair. Leave cf absence; wu £ granted to Jar A. R. Fannin. The secretary said it was proposed to hold tine show en July 21 asd 22. The appointment cf judges for the various sections y.'-3 discussed and it was finally decided to ask Mr J. Nixon, Epsom, to judge game, ;;a:n e bantams ana pigeons; Mr F. C. Brown, Qovsrn- ', ment Poultry 7v::c?\ to judge utility poultry classes; Mr Occrge Ellis, Keiiymcon, Bulls, field roc-is and sarden produce, and Mr T. E. Bliss to., judge fruit. The chairman Ibcujrht it weald be well to secure t ,; e -.•r ices of the instructors at lh3 '•e-'Enic-al'S'-.hccl if possible to judge the Home Industries secticn a s it was most d'acirable that most efficient'judging Bliould be provided. It was probabla tl- ■ Miss Grant or Mrs Woolf would unde.-.ake to judge and it was decide:! that the secretary approach thorn en the subject. It was also unanimously resolved to ascertain if the inotru"tre>s at fh e Tesanical School would judge the HomeCooking, class 33. Mrs Dr Boyd, ry unanimous wish of trie meeting is to ba asked to adjudicate in the pa'nting end carving classics. Schedule Reviving Committees wre appointed as fellows: Poultry, Mes: 5 'Fraser and McKoiuie; Field Roots ; 1 Garden Produce, Messrs Fannin r »td Bicknell; Home Industries, Mcr rs Darvill and Champion, The chairman suggested that the ordinary newspaper advertising S;'"uld -be supplemented by small sign s e hibi- ■ ted at various."similar shows held in other centres; the cost would not be much and they would come under the direct notice cf breeders and eshibi-t--ra who mlgh.- erLibit at Taihaue. The secretary w~s ashed to ascertain the cost with a view to having sfrns & hibited at Aucklnnl. Falxrierstcn, Hastings ana W*iko't>.-' S'nows. It was resolved.to ask the Fins"';© Committee for a gram for adverting purposes and that the utilised last yeai; he again arrar red wi'h for tl*" j.W-v.v *.•.>» -f /adve-iise-m.ents, wifh t'e ~' rf the IrhA Weeklv >J?vfs. T 'he cost is within their means. A cahvasfi-uq r cor-dsting c-t the Rev. F T " c *-~nt and Messrs Fraser, Matl'ie Fannin. Field, J." An<*ai'son and Chs*?"*s-i*. was appointed if collect special rfijes. rort T»ioA*fn«- h to rilled when the t-I"<Wh?.3 00151'"]''' «-* ■['" work.