MANAWATU SPRING SHOW

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1938, Page 7

MANAWATU SPRING SHOW

WILL OPEN TOMORROW. The leading spring show of New Zealand will open at Palmerston North tomorrow and for this year’s fixture there are several outstanding features. Tomorrow the six finalists in the “Miss New Zealand” beauty contest will arrive in the city and receive a civic welcome by the Mayor at the band routunda in the Square and appear at the show in the evening. This will be only one of a number of features that will raise the show above the ordinary run of agricultural and industrial exhibitions. Entries in the stock sections are strong and of the highest quality and the dog show, which is being held in conjunction with the main event, will be one of the best in the Dominion and there will be many rare kinds of dogs some of which have been imported from overseas. The judging facilities will be of the very latest type and everything promises that this section will be conducted in a noteworthy manner. The main grandstand has now been reroofed and there is ample provision for at least 5000 people in covered seats. "In addition there are large covered halls and all the livestock are housed in specially protected stalls. The final day (Saturday), will be in the nature of a special carnival with the object of raising funds to pay for the improvements carried out to the main grandstand on the oval. The beauty contest finalists will arrive in the oval after parading through the streets on magnificent floats. A gymnastic display, trotting and cycling races and a band quickstep exhibition will be the chief events on a very good programme. The competitors in the chariot race are Bon Hur. Caesar. Brutus and Nero. The installation of a modern public address system has done much to help the crowds to follow what is going on and at the same time keep them fully in touch with the progress of events on the oval wherever they may' be.