THE TIMARU A. AND P. SHOW.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1506, 30 October 1886, Page 2

THE TIMARU A. AND P. SHOW.

Id our last issue several exhibits of great importance were omitted from our report owing to pressure on our space) and we now hasten to give them the prominence their excellence merited. Foremost amongst these we must place the products of Local Industries, which certainly occupied a position worthy of special praise. The exhibit! of the Timaru Woollen Factory were greatly admired for their quality, as well as tbeif variety. Almost every class of dress materials, from the finest quality of woollen goods suitable for ladies dresses to the strongest kinds of tweeds for men’s wear, were exhibited, and their finish, as well as the designs of the patterns, wai generally admired. The shawls, ruga, stockings, and everything else, showed that the quality of the material employed) as well as the workmanship, was excellent. Mr J. D. Slater also had a large show of the woollen goods manufactured in Timaru. The tweeds ahown by him were excellent. Perhaps the next important industry represented there , ;was the Temnka Linseed Oil, and Fihrei Manufacturing Company. This. Company got first prize for the best sample of raw flax, ■ second prize for the best’sample of A dressed flax, and first prize for ite twine. The quality of the Tatte'r article cannot be over-praised, and ifslinportanee cannot be over-rated. Hitherto,farmers have had to depend almost entirely bn'imported binding twine. In 1883 we imported £17,453 worth of binding twine and in 1884 £11,460. It is evident therefore, that the making of binding twine is capable of expansion, and as the 'oca! institution has been so fortunate As to be able to turn out a first-class article, there is very little danger of ultimate success. This is a very important -matter. It is of vital importance :in the present depressed condition of .;the colony 1 to keep the money in it, -and this can be done only by producing locally what we have hitherto been importing. Another in* dustry recently founded in South Canter*

bury is that of Mr A. Maxwell, who has started makingportmsnteaux in connection with his other business. His exhibits were certainly creditable. His portmanteaux are mostly made of English leather, and are splendidly finished. Some of them have very ingenious contrivances in them, which enables the traveller to stow away an immense quantity of wearing apparel while preserving hats snd such articles from being crushed out of ahape. Mr Beckingham also made • good display of furniture, nnd Mr Hedges showed a large number of easy chairs, occasional tables, etc., made of willow twigs grown in Temuka. dairt jbodtjok. It was rather encoursging to see the large number of exhibits that were entered in this department. There were altogether 40 entries, 39 of which were butter and only one cheese. It does m t at all say much for the enterprise of our local cheese factories that they had no exhibits there. Even if they did want to advertise their gsods, they might very well patronise the bhow, iheduiij industry » growing one, and, as its produce ■ fit for export, its expansion is much in be desired. Just ss it is necessary for us to contract oar import*, it is necessary to expand our exports, for w u want to brine into the colony all th<money we can, as well as keep in it ns ■much of it as possible. BACON CUBING. Messrs D. MoCallum and Co. »n this department were very successful, ard brought te Temuka two first and one second prizes. The principal rival tlu-y had was Mrs, Stack, who took two first prizes. WOOL. The only exhibitors in this department were Messrs Pi McCaakill and B. P. Bartrum. Mr McCaskill, as usual, got first prize for everything he exhibited, which speaks well for the care he bestows on the classing and the scouring of the wool. ■ implements. There was a very large entry of implements this year, and the vast improvements made on previous exhibits shows that the makers are competing keenly for pre-eminence. All the reaping machines in the market were exhibited, and all of them had some new improvements to show. Messrs Booth and Macdonald got the Association’s prize for an {automatic chaffeutter, and they bad also a very large variety of farm implements. Their disc harrows deserve special mention, as they are so contrived that, notwithstanding their immense breadth, they can be folded up in three minutes so as to make them capable of going through a small gateway. XXTBA EXHIBITS. Amongst the extra exhibits were a lot of carriages made by the rival coachbuilders of Timaru- Mr John Barrett and Mr Archibald Fraser. Mr Fraser showed a fine, substantial station waggon and a very handsome single-seated boggy, and Mr Barrett had a large show of dog-carts, phaetons, etc., one of which got specially commended for an invention for adjust* ing dog-cart seats. The invention is useful and bandy. THE SPECIAL PRIZES. The N.Z. and A. Land Company carried off the Challenge Cup, value 40 guineas, for the largest pnzetaker in breeding stock - steep, cattle, and Mr C. Delnmain took the Vice-Presi-dent’s (Mr Q. H. Rhodes) cup, value £lO, for the best horse that has hunted with any recognised pack. . Mr Robt. Balfour took the prize of £5 for the best light-weight hooter, given by the Hunt Clob of South Canterbury. Messrs P. and D. Duncan took the Association’s prize of && J°* * ,l > rn, P drill, to sow from 501bs to 200Ibsto an acre of bone-dust or super-phoepate, in the •ame drills, to sow from 6< zs to 2bs of turnip seed, to the acre ; suitable to sow either level or down lands. ’ Messrs Booth and Macdonald took the Association’s prize of £3 for the best automatic chaff box for feeding sheep. Mr J W. Ziesler and Mr Jas. Gusscoit look the first >nd second prizes respectively (£3 and £2) offered by Mr Jas King for the best yearling colt or filly by Matthews took MrJ. Ballantyne’a prize of £2 2s for the best jar of potted batter suitable for export Mrs S. Graham took Mr J. Ballanlyne s prize of £2 2s for the best cheese suitable for export. , , _ . , The N.Z. and A. Land Company took Mr A. Grant’s prize ot £2 for the best English Leicester ewe with or without lamb at foot. Mr D. McOallum took Mr S. Shappere s cop for the largest prizataker in the ham sad bacon classes.