TARANAKI POULTRY SOCIETY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 178, 20 August 1909, Page 3

TARANAKI POULTRY SOCIETY

ANNUAL Tlie annual meeting 01 the iaranaki Powtry, Pigeon, ana vauary was held last evening, 'mere wua a siuau j. ? attendance 01 memoers, All - . lee.* (president) presiding. ine Jfresiuent, in reviewing the worn of Me year, said the society had Uiu usual uphill worK of combating a by liability contracted under previous management. A further big liability, and an unexpected one, was the amount lor carting and timber, the society's property Having been lost or cut away. Uut, thanks to the lxome industries section, the show had been a. financial success, for the first time in many years. The balance-sheet, which was adopted, showed entry fees £44 lis, door takings .£32 19a 3d, members' subscriptions Xid

ISs, donations £5 (la. Otner receipts brought the total to £lO5 4a Id. Principal items of expenditure were; Prizemoney £4l 10s Bd, labor £7 7s, secretary £lO 10s, judges' expenses £4 as, ana payment of an old account £1 a .(reduced from £2l 10s lid). There were unpaid accounts from this show amounting to £ls 18s 3d, and there was a small credit balance. Assets comprised pens, £SO; liabilities, £35 0s sd. ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

Upon proceeding to the election of officers, Mr.' Teed insisted upon being relieved of the office of president, but consented to act on the committee. Several members proposed for the new ' committee declined to act unless Mr. Xeed gave them the benefit of bis experience. Mr. H. J. Hobba pressed hard to be relieved of the secretaryship, but yieldled to the unanimous desire of the meet- . ing that he should hold office for another fear. Very eulogistic reference wta made to the result of his year's work. Officers were elected: Patron, Dr. *i. I. Fookes; president, Mr. S. W. Shaw; pice-presldents, Rev. Butler, Messrs. H. Okey, MJ?., 6. Tisch, M. Rudd, R. Cock; secretary, Mr. H. J. Hobbs (re-elected); treasurer, Mr. T. King; committee, Messrs. H. Moverley, & Brooks, V. Beat, T. Francis (pigeons and cage birds), A. T. Moore, J. J. Staples, H. Tiplady and F. Boulton (poultry), F. W. Sandford, H. J. Gilbert, G. W. Browne, and 6. Teed (home industries, school work, and general), and officers ex-officio. A vote of thanks was accorded the outgoing officers, the ladies' committer, and judges, and others who assisted. The meeting decided that in future birds entered in teams classes shall not be eligible for open classes and championships. It was decided .to call the committee , together at an early date, to take steps to extinguish the society's liabilities, revise the schedule, and so on. Votes of thanks to the Coffee Palace proprietary for the use of the iVkmh, and to the chairman, concluded the meeting.