WAIRARAPA AND EAST COAST P. AND A. SOCIETY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10614, 22 April 1912, Page 5

WAIRARAPA AND EAST COAST P. AND A. SOCIETY

MEETING OF COMMITTEE.

.Mr .:W. Howard> Booth presided' over,' agooda.ttendan.ee of the General Gbrnmiittee if tflie Waiirarapa and Bait CWsfc P. and A. Society on Friday last, at .which vtai'iou-s matters and (correspondence were dealt witlh. Seven new members' were elected. The report and balance sheet to bo the annual meeting of ■members on. May 4th were read to tho .•meeting and approved. TJie Oom-mititee considered details hi connection with tho ploughing match, and the' offer of a paddock at •Ckureville of 20 acres was accepted ■with ftMaaiks.. > ,- - -• Mi- C. J. 'Birogden was reported to •have accepted the sw&i,t&Mi..;pf one of the itwo judges of rtlie ploughing. i It wa.s resolved, to give a smbke> concert on the .night of the match to competitors and judges, and also to ! present the ,p.rizes won. A comimit'tee ■wa-s appointed to inspect the ipaddock offered, aritr to lav offttbe ground when entries-had been Received. Th arrangements were nearly completed for a lundieoit /tent to be on rthle ground, and i* waft stated that the luncheon would be in capable 'bands. Jfc was expected that schedules of the 'ploughing match- " will be issued, and these will' state where competitors coining from a. distance can ibe accommodated close (to the gfrotmd. The- Committee expect to sec a large attendance of the public at this imatch, which, is ifo be held in such a, central position.: