INGLEWOOD NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 71, 17 March 1902, Page 2

INGLEWOOD NEWS

(FBOlt ova OWK OOIUBFOSBI■*«) The fifth annual horticultural was held here on Thursday tot, owing to the band eantest beiig hew on the same day, the attendants we» not so large as lust y«arr. Rr Sym'ic, member for the district, likened) the show with a few well choeei remarks, complimenting the stewarn Mfc the fine display of flowers and fipi fc The chief exhibitors were Mr Laird, of Wanganai, a fine display of fruit (ipt i competing); Mr A. Boy, of Tarikl/a very nice selection of dshlsis; ir , Goodacr?, cut blooms; Mrs Menbeolet sixty entries of various tbiogs; Hi i Vickeiy, fruit and vegetables; Mi* E»' Benny tt, forty exhibits of vegetable* I and fruit; Mr £l*ll, fine show (£ ■ t poultry. Thejudgeswere: Messrs Laird acd Rowe, flowers atd fruit; Messrs ' Tate and Rowe, faro and garden; Messrs McDonald and J. Allen, dairy ■ produce; Mr Good acre, poultry; Mils j Cottier and Miss Orbeli, fancy work. , The weight guessing competition wtf t won by Mr 'A. A. Fromn, tbe society t olearing a net proffc £3 4« by this means. , The takings at tbe gate were about ] £25, being some £7 lese||fcbsn last year, which is very much to be regietted, as tbe show itself was a great Uoprovement on any y6t held here. A very J pleasing feature of the show was that no pilfering was done, as bas been the ' case in oiher years. A large number of InglewooditM

travelled to New Plymouth on Thurad<y to htu the much Ulkfld of band contest, and from what I ## gather tbey enjoyed theme*l»ed very well, but a great number left the fiecreatiou Ground before'the «nae*ed ,fcnd# played, for fear of loeiog tj» i™™* thereby mianing aprumwent feature of the afternoon, wbiob wae qaito ■»- neoes»»ry, a* there was ample time to catch the train after the fjl *• day's performance was over.