P. AND A. SOCIETY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 September 1943, Page 4

P. AND A. SOCIETY

; MEETING AT CARTERTON 1 MEDALS FOR SOUTHDOWN CLASSES. J QUESTION OF AN AUTUMN SHOW. ; (“Times-Age” Special.) 1 The monthly meeting of the Waira- ; rapa P. and A. Society was held at Carterton today. Mr O. A. Cadwal1 lader presided Reference was made to the death of Mrs M. J. Diamond, a Carterton centenarian, and a motion of sympathy was passed with the relatives. The secretary, Mr L. H. Smart reported a credit balance of £370. He said that a splendid response had been made by the people of Carterton to the annual canvass. General satisfaction was expressed with the reconstructed P. and A. building, which, Mr Smart said, would cost in the vicinity of £2,600. Mr Smart added that the bu-ilding was a good job, and was carried out at a satisfactory price considering present day costs. Mr F. C. Daniell, the architect, he said, had done a particularly good job. Mr Smart said that the show se- ■ quence this year would be: Hawke’s ■ Bay, Wairarapa, Poverty Bay, Hawera 1 and Stratford. ! The Southdown Sheep Society wrote ’ advising that it would make available ’ for competition two medals. One • would be for the Open Class, best ram -i under 18 months, and the other for the Natural Condition Class, under 18 months, AUTUMN SHOW SUGGESTED. “I think they have made a mistake, 1 but it is their own business,” observed Mr Cadwallader when a letter was received from the Masterton A. ahd P. Association advising that it would not make use of the Carterton Showgrounds for a show this year. “Considering the season we might as well be having an autumn show instead of a spring show,” said Mr C. Reynolds when a discussion was held as to whether or not the society would hold an autumn show. It was decided to defer the matter until the next meeting. “It looks as if we are jumping the Masterton Association’s claim,” observed Mr A. E. Hall. Mr Smart said the society would not hold, an autumn show permanently. Mr Cadwallader said the aim was to provide an autumn show as a show at that time was lacking. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY DONATION. The Wairarapa Caledonian Society offered its assistance at the show, and forwarded a donation of £lO 10s. The offer was received with thanks. It- was decided to send Mr T. Arcus a letter expressing sympathy with him in his illness. “The association has always treated the Wairarapa Rugby Union very well,” said Mr Smart, when a letter was received offering £6 as rent for the use of the showgrounds for the past season. He added: “The Union is not so pleased with the Masterton crowd, as it costs the union two to three hundred pounds -a year for rent and lease of the showgrounds.”