CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 191, 10 February 1912, Page 6

CORRESPONDENCE.

I «» WINTER SHOW PREPARATIONS. 1 To the Editor. Sir, —Permit me to bring before the | notice of town and country the very great importance to the whole district and every individual of the coming winter exhibition. In the first place, it will be much larger than any previous attempt. Even more important that that is the fact that it will be held under infinitely better conditions in our splendid new Agricultural Hall, the extent of which no one at present quite realises. Then the fact that the splendid building and the winter show are to be opened by his Excellency Lord Islington, Governor of New Zealand, on June 5, will give character to the whole proceedings. Everybody will want to be "in it" and it behoves every person in town and country to do something (be it ever so small) to advance Taranaki and show his Excellency and the thousands of visitors that Taranaki is very much alive and "right up to the moment." "Do it NOW" is the watchword. Farmers, while you are harvesting, save a few sheaves of your best grain of every kind, your ensilage, hay, seeds and grain; save a little for, your farm exhibit. Ladies, while you are making your jams, jellies, sauces,' pickles, bottled vegetables, and fruits of every kind, save a few nice glass jars for the show. Ladies, as the evenings get darker and fancy work is on hand, make some useful article worthy of the Governor's eye, and it will be useful in the home after the show. Boys and girls of a mechanical turn of mind, make something at home or at the Technical School that will attract the crowd who will visit the show. Children who take an interest in the school gardens, get your vegetables forward and save all you can for the schools competition. Children at school, put in some of your neatest and best work during the next few months, so that your school may come out on top; you will get a holiday to visit the show, all being well. Farmers, with your root and fruit crops, save your fruit that will keep, touch up your roots now and bring them on, so that this show may demonstrate more than ' anything else possibly can what "we can grow. You farmers in the various districts who are going to help your district exhibit, which was the talk of New Zealand and a credit to the Dominion last ) year, begin now.' Write down a list of everything you have on the farm t and see how many items you could put in. Wives, write down how many items in the house, fowl run and dairy you could add. Children, seo how many things you could do and prepare to fill up your } ) district exhibit. It will be the surj prise of your life. After tea, when faj ther, mother and children reckon up I the nineteen hundred and twelve item* *■ you can muster on one farm, you will all exclaim, "Who would have thought it!" You havo read this. You are now responsible for the success of the show. It is our show. Every Taranaki-ite is responsible for its success.' Come right in, everybody.—l am. etc., W. AMBTJRY.