TIMARU A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1716, 27 March 1888, Page 4

TIMARU A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Tin t'-.venty-Hecond annini nieHing of lin-t :«bi<ve Association VTaw ..ield m 't'iin iri) on Stturduy afternoon. There was -\ ve r y g'Kid attendance, autl. Mr John S. itutherfopl, vioe-peaidem, wna voted to the «.:h .u', on the niotinn of Mr McLaren. The aciDiii] rep.-rt'Wns road oy the b%-c:-etary, Mr !■". W. Stubhs. It showed U>■ f. dijrii g Miß y«ar a debit balance of £O9 os\ 4d hi;.d l>*en wiped offj and the Association had now a credit balance of £65 18s. The annual horse parade held on the 12lh September had resulted in a losu, the weather being;moat unpropitious. Tho entries for the show showed a falling off of 32 wh«n compared with the previous year—the entries being io 1386 639, ia 1887 587. The report concluded : " The Committee greatly regret that the farming community do not take a greater interest iu these exhibitions, particularly with regard to grain, knowing that this district can produce samples equal to anything that can be grown in the colony, and which should be one of the greatest features of our show. We should like to recommend that a committee of farmers by appointed, representing the outlying district)*, to look aft-r this class of exhibit, and we'feel coufidunt ti:at bH'li a course would u'timitely result in great benefit to South 'Canterbury, G«»eially the show must be looked upon as a success, taking ! iiito consideration the fact thai many breeders of stud stock, who io previous years have favored us, laid themselves out to exhibit io Ohnstchurch, being the first year of the new show grounds in connection with that city'B siiow. We i rust that in| the Timaru Show of 1888 farmers J wil ! be, liberal in their cosiwibutions, *md enab'e us t<; fiiva Biich prizes as vili induct) s'ock feeders o exhibit h re if wrll tmC r'Hicliurch. Ampl* piovisio > having been made to the OhrisiciiU'di ground? for the depasturing and housing of stock, there ih no reason why stuck should not be exhibited here and trucked through to Christcburch, instead of being f»ken home, held for a few days, and then forwarded to Curistchurch. The hearty thinks of the Association are due to Messrs G. H. Rhodes (Fmsident), Jas. King, J. Mundell, 0. 0. Matthews, J. S. Kocherrord, E. Rutherford, Smith, and Saunders, South Canteifriry Hunt Club, aud the N.Z.L. and M.A. Company, who so liblsrally .n>.me forward with special pr'zes. The Committee also recommended that the thanks of the Association be accorded to the judges, stewards, ground, committee, etc. The b<iUnce-aheet showed that th« Society had received £153 in subscription*, that the gite money *t lust show had been £*<?oß |lßi 3d, and entranoe money £155 103. ;The Association had now on is books the names of 28 life members, and 200 aqnual members.

The report and balanee-sheet were adopted. The ejection of officer* resulted as follows:—President—Mr J.S. Rutherford. Vice-PresMedt—Mr A. M. Clark. Committee of Management—Messrs W. Baifour, R. Davie, H. Fori, J. Goldie, A. Grant, K. if. Gray, W. Hay, R. Irving, B. KelUnd, 1). McLaren, R. Mackay, A. Macpherson, C. N. Orbe ', A. 0. Pringle, R. T. Rhodew, W. S'evenson, T. Teshcemaker, G. Tulbot, A. Wyllie, 0. K. M. K.ye, T. Mitchell, W. Ccrtwrigh't, ~diid 0. G. Ttipp. It was rssolved that the following be « recommendation to the committee : "That there be a class for housed aud dollied sheep in both merinos and lo>gwools j" also to invite the public to subscribe for » v turnip and manure drill suit ble for down land, (he amount sab -cr bed to be by the Association io the extent <>f £lO. The nieeii' g 'den ternauiated.