SHOW AFFAIRS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 May 1941, Page 7

SHOW AFFAIRS

MASTERTON ASSOCIATION POSITION OF EASTERN COUNCIL. COMMITTEE TO CONFER WITH CARTERTON SOCIETY. The monthly meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association was held last night. The president, Mr R. E. Gordon Lee, presided over a good attendance. Several apologies for absence were received. Prior to the commencement of business a motion of sympathy was passed with Messrs R. F. R. Beetham, P. H. Paku, lan Cameron, and J. Mulvaney in their bereavements. The secretary, Mr R. I-I. Williams, reported that Mr D. J. Cameron, a past president, had forwarded his photograph to be hung in the committee room. The Eastern district council of the New Zealand Royal Show Society advised that nominations would now be received for positions on the council. Sir William Perry and Mr J. M. James were eligible for re-nomination. It was pointed out that any members of the society in the district would be eligible for nomination. Dealing with the same matter a letter was received from the Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society suggesting that joint action be taken to improve the present working of the council. “There are very few members of the Royal Show Society in the district,” said Mr Lee. “The Eastern district council had little to do —it simply functioned. Sir William Perry had been a member for many years.” Mr J. M. James, delegate to the council, stated that he had not attended a meeting of the council this year. He considered they should meet Carterton and hear their proposals. Mr W. F. McLaren stated that the Eastern council had taken the place of the North Island Conference. The affiliation fees to the conference were £1 10s but to the council they were 400 per cent higher. Mr T. V. Caverhill asked why was there such a difference in*fees. What work did the council do? The Royal Society was wealthy—it had £6.000 or £7,000. He would say that £2 2s was quite sufficient. “I was a delegate when the matter was brought up. They are a lot of hard heads at the conference. Nothing will shift them,'' said Mr Lee. Mr W. Kemp said that the Carterton Society wished to know what the council had done to keep in touch with the Royal Society. Mr James said that he could not say what work had been done by the Council. A committee comprising Messrs R. _E. Gordon Lee (president). N. Blatchford, Caverhill, J. M. James and the secretary was appointed to confer with the Carterton Society. The New Zealand Kennel Club advised that the annual meeting would be held at Wellington on July 18. The resignation of Mr W. J. Jacobsen. caretaker at Solway, was received with regret. Mr Jacobsen had undertaken guard duties with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Tributes to Mr Jacobsen’s work for the society were paid by the president, and Messrs P. R. Welch, J. M. James and N. Blatchford.