WAIRARAPA AND EAST COAST PASTORAL SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1413, 25 June 1883, Page 2

WAIRARAPA AND EAST COAST PASTORAL SOCIETY.

k jjBETiNa df committee of Society, was Held},at tho Institute," Carterton, on Saturdayiafter-: noon. Present, Messrs' W. C. ; Buehaiian J'., Donald, ''IX! j McMaSteiy' E^.R., 1 Armstnmg|. J. SmithV,. B.' KirabM6y,;'A. ; Matthews, J. Reynolds, H. Beotliam, "J;Drummond,_P. F,.TancreJ and D. 'Donald, i; The hiiriute : sr of tho' 'annual 'meeting were 'read foivtho iriformati6n of'the meeting. ■ The'minuteS of -theinbeting of tho Committee held on the 10th July; 1882, were read and confirmed. The question, of,the r date, on the next annual'show' should' be held, wits then brought, forward .for discus-

Sion. ? : ■ i : J -■. ! ■ Mr, D. .Donald stated that, he. andi ■Mr Tancrcd attended as a deputation from the Wairarapa Jockey ?Club, to 'advocate' thtf Springmeeting; of the .Club and the annual of the Society beipg'held 'on-succeeding days. Mr N, Grace had also .been appointed o'no of the'deputation, but was una voidably . iprevented > from - being jpi'esent, The Spring -meeting of : the G1 übi was to jbeheld that day being a public Holiday, aiid the facilities goffered; i by-!' excursion trains, it was found a more numerous 'ail&daiiijie ! c^W f ]be'wli«l orii:, In,'his opinion the holiday of the ' t\)ro meet : , ings'on succeeding, days would be alike beneficial to the Club and the Society. He might-state: that if this arrangement,;were made; henknew;. oLoi\e gentleman -who was prepared to exhibit in all classes of' sheep, but if it were not, caaried outj .would not send anyj .. H» ; .,trusted .the; Society be able to meet the Jockey Olub' in this •matter. Both meetings were supported by tho same people, and he thought some amicable arrangement might be come to.

• ( Mr P.F. TantfreU ihpuglit it would be advantageous to the Society to postpone the date of. their show, ilint the one meeting might follow the other on successive da^s." ! ' 'were not always iii'priiiae" order at'tho beginning of the mouth, aiid : hfl- thought the ad- ; journmentfor eight ,oi\ten days would stow n marked ' improvement in their i coiuliti6n:. fi V ii 'A >! id.M

Mr H. ft ■ Bunny- thoughtthe Society jWpuld 'Willing'to .Tall in' with the yiejvs of the- Clubjif; it .. were possible, but the; Canterbury'sliow was fixed for 'the 9th November,. and; miany] would like to be .present,; ;Jf the Jockey .Glub ■were willing-to'fik' their 'meeting for the 2nd' November, he would be prepared to support ,thelc'suggestion. He ■that thej next annual shjtw of the Sociefcy. -lieheld^„ on• t rae Ist JSfpyeuibettwH^r'w a" '3*.*.o

j • jTJie JPreßident seconded Mr Bunny's < jinbtioni;-,The and Wanga- ' nui Bhovfe,T^p^)to/be ? the. ; W j iiui and NApier, and.if they fixed the ; dato of their shpw|as=latejas suggested, thoy { inighf. have a|r6ater difficulty ' $ ob-- ! ;taming . it wouldhirider'.'those''desirous of doing so, -frotf attending, either .of those shows, if:they'-tfished'also to be present, atfilieirbwnii "-The postponement" might be'most; _defflrable ! frojn ; the point of view;of'the : Jd'c% Old^'tut 1 would it be equally the Society ? He wished to sfebotlMe Society and the Glub, go; ah gnd the; case mightbe. met by.ithe Club fixing, *V. w ,'Mr that the next annual held on /the ;Bt% j ji : Mr Jt. K. seconding |whb rfluppoT{^; it^idj'no l jqome ft'oni Canterijury.;Thel. outside public rwisb ißtwp/meebi ngs,. to nmr p Mri that the Society were not*' receiving the supporfcthcy wero a coi)plcfof<yearß ago, and conten* V S> ' *%!<;-j";?

ded would JbG beneficial tliafc the two meetings-should be held together at the latter dsk\Mr Armstrong then made apereonk}|ttaokon the President, which i rijther an emeute in thevroonij. however, being very^generally .. Condemnatory of tho attack, which -Mr W. C. v Buchanan briefly replied to and refuted, ■■ " .j: Afteiv a. few further remarks ..from other members present, generally in favor, of the Annual Show being held i on the Ist November, Mr , Bunny's motion was put to the vote and earned by an overwhelming .majority.} . '-Mr the meeting'for deputation withdrew. ; A letter was read froin tlie Secretary of the Hawk<\'s" Bay Agricultural and • tt i " •- I \ .'ft • if"'' ''* • i •' Pastoral ing Resolution That* in ; outbreak- of : fM'ancl jmoutli disuse' in Great Britain, this Society take!action to induce, ;oser < jto, unite 1 in memomlisin'g 5 th'e'^oWymentt& pro'- 1 hibit/the • live stock ifrom i any .icountrieSiSexcept tlie Australasian; ( Cpl6niea j' and' that the Secretary'-tfe' instructed to coihmfc nicate at onceVwitli -all the prmcipnr ; Agricultural' Societies on .the subject," i ( The iPresident,- referring to the ;. impossibility of .establishing- any' effectual means of quarantine, moved—- , Th|it.this meeting endorse and adopt 1 the resolution' forwarded by the I Bay Society, and a resolution;; was ! carried (to that effect. : Tlie following' gentlemen -were appointed' a'Show ' Committee for;■ the' current year':—TkyPresidtot; "'Yicepresident. Treasurer,; airicl Messrs R. : R. Armstrong, W. 0. Bidwill, B. Boys, D. Donald, 1 J. Donald, N. > Grace, H. Braithwaite,. B. jKimberley, \A.s Matthews, : H. McMaSter, Reynold, and J. Stuckey. The .President 1 next, suggested the expediency of holding a public meeting of settlers as to the frozen" meat trade. In' : tliree ! weeks 1 time* tlie buildings and machinery in; Wellington would ;; be ready; to operat'e -on sheep or' an ' equivalent number of cattle, and he.'thought if a suitablo gathering could : be'gottogether it would be beneficial. He referred to the new , facilities;! offered;,.for the transport jof the cargoes' by the different shipping companies, the success 1 of the Lady • Jocelyn's shipment, and : tlmt : the re-' ; sulfc prognosfcicated fcwo years ago had been secured. . In the Wellington Dis-; they had only succeeded in placing £12,000 out' of. t £2p,ooo'': wortlt; of Shares,.and of., course they .had; not a :fiiir chance of success unless- ; they had sufficient funds to' with, arid with the facilities offered/to settlers' for; disposing of all their produceto advantage it whs for the - settlern -to- provide: the ;nieans for carrying on tlie : work. ; ' 11 Mi' J. Donald said tho frozen meat 'trade was now to most, of them, and the more information they got on the ,matter the better. He would : move tlmt a public meeting be held at the ipublic 'liall, Carterton, on Saturday the ! :30th June at 2 p,m,, to consider the frozen meat question. ; ■ ">• ') j Mr Matthews seconded tlio resolution, flind; thought they might at the 'same time get teiiders for'thesiipply of jnuitton. ' ' ' 'i ; It was resolved ;on the motion of Mr Matthews, seconded by Mr J.,Donald, That the president and Mr H. R Bunny be appointed a.deputation with :power to add ijo their ■number, for. the ipurpose.of waiting'upon the Wairarapa |Jockey Club with tho ( view of having |the race day fixed as. following the day tof the show. -. : '.*• iI j ' ! The meeting then terniinared.