P. AND A. SOCIETY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 August 1938, Page 7

P. AND A. SOCIETY

MONTHLY MEETING SHOW PROGRAMME DISCUSSED Mr J. Fisher, presided at the monthly meeting of the general committee of the Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society. The treasurer reported a credit balance of £470 13s lid. The position was considered very satisfactory. Receipts since last meeting amounted to £B2 4s, and accounts amounting to £62 15s 2d were passed for payment. It was decided to proceed with the installation of electric lights in the motor pavilions. The secretary reported that the result of the Wellington canvass was a sum of 30s in excess of that obtained last year. The members of the canvassing committee were accorded a hearty vote of thanks. The programme for the show in October next was discussed. It was decided to discontinue the. handy hack jump and substitute a consolation jump. The object was to make the afternoon more interesting for patrons. Mr W. Howard Booth reported on Mr McDonald’s wishes concerning the challenge cup which he had .presented. He had suggested that the cup replace the one which may be won outright, and that the Society donate a small cup to go to the winner of the event. ‘A small cup would cost £2 2s. The committee decided to act accordingly. It was decided to convey thanks to the Hawke’s Bay Society for their offer to help in obtaining entries for the Show. The Hereford Association stated their intention to donate £2 2s as special prize money in the Hereford section of the coming show. The allocation was left in the hands of the committee.

Maintaining that hill country sheepfarmers were not sufficiently catered for at the Shows, Mr Morrison moved that a class for four crossbred ewe hoggets bred and reared on hill country be included in the programme. He said that it was a generally accepted fact that hill country farming was going back, and the class should stimulate interest.

Mr Booth, seconded the proposal, and said that he considered the class a good one, although there would be difficulty in defining hill country. It was finally agreed that the definition would be made at a later date. It ws unanimously decided that the class be included. A letter was received from Mr L. J. Wild, president of the Royal Society, in which he freely withdrew any imputation of impropriety conveyed by the report of his remarks concerning a circular letter written by the local Society. The circular was sent to all Societies, and was a protest against the clashing of dates of ’he Wairarapa and Royal Shows. Mr Wild explained that his remarks referred to a letter from a southern society which, he said, contained words calculated to arouse resentment, and it was against those words that he protested. He maintained that he had been misreported. He also denied any wish to “cloud the issue” as was suggested by a member of the Wairarapa committee at the last meeting. The apology was accepted.