CAMBRIDGE FARMERS' CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING AND DINNER.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 684, 2 November 1876, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE FARMERS' CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING AND DINNER.

The annual meeting of the above Club was held at th» xNational Hotel oa Tues< day last the 31 »t ult. Thel'ieaideut, E Maclean, E»q, occupied ' he chair, and the following members were present, Mojor Wilion, Mean H cks, Clark, James itunciinac, Juhn Runciman, IS B U alker, WiM» 'yn, H Ke nold^ R Rejno da, R Parr, BUD Ferguason, eccombe, Haut, D Battle. Tae minute* uf ti c previju* meeting having been read nd confirmed, Mr Clark iv aecordaned with notice gi»eu last meeting, pr pised th*t Mr H W Tinuo be admitted a niomber of the Club. Mr H Reynold* seconded, and on a billot being taken Mr Tiuao w»» decired to be unanimously electei. Mr Cl'irk apk"d if the Secretary had received any answer to the telegrams tfiit to Messrs WhiUkor and Cox re the " Restnolion of Importation of Cattle Bih." The Secretury laid he had rece.vcd^uu, auklowledgment ot the receipt of the telegram, also a few co|. e§ of the {..ropo»ed '• Bill," but did nit know whjthtrv it had passed the House. * Mr James Runciman b-ought on th» ' matter o the farm Inspection which h d been postponed from last mneUng. He ! laid that Messrs Clark, llicks, Richard Reynil s and he h>d (een appointed a cjuiuiittee to draw up a report two m -ciin {.'8 ago. 'J llia report' which had b^en submitted to the Club at the last meeting <md puased, had since been printed, aurt he must tay it lookod very ridiculous. Perhaps some thi g% might h^T l>Q«»a bet. ter arranged, but wi hout two inspectiant I hey could not see their way clear to put it in any other way. It was a very complic ted subject to deal with, as they had lound. It was necessary to give ttie mitbome thought before anything was done, iie csriaiuly did not think that the Club «ouli have puased the thin; aa it WjS, ttluinst without comment, as it did lait meeting. At the request of the President Mr Kuncimtn ieud the repoia i-gtun. He then m red that the whole Ui»tter bo rec )nsiderpd by the Club. A rather long discussion here ensued a< so the naturn of tl>e vnriuus artioles to be inspected, and tkj best time for sod.ing. It was ultimately agreed to K'rike out nil the claukes not relating to g^ain and hold an inspection for there ■■ /., wh ac, o ts, barley, pus an I bean-, in. J-inuiry next, leaving tiie tcin tinder 10 be dedlt witu nt -ome iuture raeeti' g. Mt*:sre James lluuciman, Clark HV *, and Ricuard Rsynolds were n -appoint* I a c'liiimutee to make the neitssary % • i rangemeuts for holding the lufu^uauu.

JSLECiION OF OFFICERS. Mr ITeiguss >n mud bciore proceeding witb ttio election he wiuld with to pro* posn a vote ol thanks to the outgoing IV si<iont, Mr Mac'eui, who had been* v lv& >1 ' oiiio< r, aluiont always kt his post wh cv lio U el hardly say be had til eil most efficiently, tie bad bad to netitiit-s to keep them in ord> r, but th'« disa^reahie duty h d l>'~en done with buc'i adinir.ihle 1»3% that 'he n cml er» f=oarc<-ly ever felt it to be a tepioif. He had great pleasure 10 proposing a voto of thanks to the outgoing P. esident. Air H ii ry K-yuolds a coadei — cairied u xtn.imous'y, Mi Maclean bicfiy te turned ihanks for hot or n«"i him. Mr YVa'lter pr< posed tbat the ou ,olng Picsidci t, Mi M cl<au l>e r..- uu-d, he w*k ure that ifhey c u'd not fr d a geu.lemau Vetter qua i tied for the < tfi:o, nor ona win would commaud & greater, am unfc of reap c\ Air John JLluucinan, said it gave him, ■jrtat pleasure to scondtln nomination, he felt that nothing bo cuild say would iv any way ad.d to the rtc nimendation. Mr Mac eat-, said he wished Mr Pirker had been pres nt, bacaus •, is nas usual in ui>h clubs as this to ask the outgoing Vc P efciimt to beocme the President fo- th*« next year. He had lieMUted a gi o 1 de*l a* some of the members could tell, before he consented to hoc me Preside lj, |,ut when he Wai <lecttd he had endea\oured to do all in his power to further the iutrest of th» dub. He bad hopei to h»ve rrcoived imre assistance from the Vice-P'e ilenfc' th<io he hat done, and he had wished to? poiut this out to the roembfU in neleoU inp a gentleman for tba^. oflice f r th»^ eneuiDg y-ar. !*■ w«s very dt»i able that either the P esident or the VioePresident should be preaent at every . meeting. Ho had come prepare Ito hand over the chair to another member but in he wou'd like to leave the olub in a better organised state 'hit it wits at present, aud as it wa* then wish that he should do so he would consent to he their Pri'si lent again. 1h.3 motion was earned unanimously. Mr Runciman sta ed that the cause of the non-attei dauce of Mr Parker at to, many meeting < lay in thi fact that, for ihe greater part of the year, tho road between hit |l.»ce was positively dingeroiu for night t-avel ling. Mr Clark proposed that Mr R H T) F'ergusion be Vice-Presulent for (he eubiiJDg year. Mr E ynolds seoonded. — Carried Mr Fergusson, in leturning thanks, naid be hoped that ho wtu'd be to the President all that the latter could wish, Mr James ltunoimati proposed that Mr Buttle be re-elected Stcrotary and Treainrer. He said that the c ffice filled by Mr Buttle was no sinecure, and he deserved the hearty thanks of the Club, f«r the able way in which he bad served it There was not (and he said it with efference to the mcml ers present) another menib r so cjinijeleut m Mr Buttle to fill this office. M> H'oks seconded. — Carried. Mr Buttle said he thanked ihem for the honor they had done him in rc-eleciiog him Airything that he could do to forward the interosts of tho Club, and make i f . more useful, he would do. The f blowing metn'iers were eleoted t6 fill the oifi, c of oommittecmen : — Metsra Wa ker, litoks, Jainea lluncimaa and Clark. The report, read by the Secretary, -bowed the Society to be in a flourishing «iate. Not having been furnithed with a oopv, we are compelled to omit it. Major Wilson gave notice that he would read, at the December meeting, an -<SHay on " S a'» >n Sheep." Mr John Fisher will d' liver an essay at fch(i n<>Tt mer»t-irnj This was all the busiue.6, and the !mfMbets adjourned to

THE DINNER w ich wa> s-t out in the »«7» "^JJf |B uSr^-n.-h.tof Vto Cl.irman P * Xocel n. some twenty gjOemn Dull •,tt»i.g «o»h '^'^ Af(cr * , o".,h^clf.r d the Oha.r«» l-o jj»l thehe u lhofilie Queen, andthm, tint « f the rnn.* „n i Pr n en o* W ales. »i*& ie<t Of tl>e Koval Faiu.l,. In B>™B the Inter t.*«, Mr M.eton .Hn led to the J.e: that H» M" 1 " 1 " 1 * 737 3 fc „1. b member -nd Present of. Farm. r» CW.b, a practical breeder of s o k, a, d one who n<>u S ht freely and largely to imp i»T* hi. stud. The toasts were drank with the ui«ual honors. 'Jb.'Ch'unmn »h«?n read a' letter rocvnuilrun Mr JC Firth of Auckland, who was to h itb propo-rd the ton't of the con.nercial interests, re. retting Jim waImifv to be|.r«-»i»t, BBl»eh»d a previous • , gnte.nt.it to attend a public meeting to bt hi Id in Auckland tb > wme cTening. A tt'l. gr»m irom Col L\on waa al»o rend, thaiihu q the Club for the invitation, but pltading ihe weather as a reason tor his M>n attendance. After the toast of the Governor had bee., given, the vice Chairman proposed the J\rmT, I^avy, ony Volunteers, coupled with the name ofC.pt Ja9 Bun' town. He Mr Ferpmon scarcely new t»uy m ■liuuld have been called upon to propose I tl»s tonet, but as a New Zealand settler he felt in common with others how mum. was due to nil three branchts of the «ervct mr »hr position of *c ttntj »rj«< \ y ihe inhabittnty of this Colony. t'«|)t Hi)nc»nian in Tes^onding tbanked those present for the compliment ptud him m coupling hi. name a. a Volun. tier » itb the loast. He •inoertly truat. d thit ihe attire serncea of the fjree to *lu(^be telon fe ed would never be called for hutir^jwerr, of this he was certain, tli»t they would be found ready when vanttd. He belit-^ed, however, in the ( Id *t)tf«^ (hat preyentK/n wm better »)m» (lore, and though.it might aeem aomewlnt i\radcxicol the tety i«ct of their ix sto.ie rendered them unneci swy. 'Die toast of the Cambrdge Farmer. Club vaa proposed by Mr Yon Stunner und ntfotitied to by Mr dark, who nid, th t though the Institution V»i young itp irogreasand success had exceeded the most mngume hope, of ihe projeo or*, ami it »as getting strength daily. Ho feit fully convinced that it wa. calcu'a«ei to rifict in immenie .mount of good mi.onys-t the settler*, bringing thew tojrrtMrlor tl.e interchange o' ideas anj fc lhd- in connection with their own pirli*cular bii«in en and promotirg .ociabillty and goi>d frchnjj among«t them. The Club tow numbered njettbersfrora.il part, of the Wuik lo and bid fair in the coming yur to ni»ke mor* rapid strides in ad* vuTicciiient 'han it had done in tb. past; Mr Dicks proj oird thu ladies, und fouii little (1 iSdtnce being shown by the yout.ger u<« tubers preaeat ia replying for tlium, Sir T?Htf]e chirnlroualy threw himoelf into te br>ach. remarking that he was eoirv to tee uny buckwuri ness on such an <>' cuttoD. The ladies th' m^elres were not ailmuer. of too much diUidu^ce. An foe I iineclf, he uhs t toud te 'band there »s tb" nprtfieiitative «t tho*e who were hlmots reiidy to a«siat in making life hn.uij bi d endurable, Mr John Kuncin.an proposed 'he toast of tin ll J iew>, whit h was duly responded to. ■'Th Host" w»* the la»t to»«t on the snoi>riiitittie, and wh» propowd by Mr U Wtlkcr, who said tl>a' judging from I 1 o 'invoi' made. upon the di»h«s, h« felt I Inn wt.t no OC' Mion »o any a word in iklv.ic ey of Mr B Xirkwood's claim ii| oil their vciifideration. 'Jhoni present hud ftill^ flu wn th«*ir apprMintion of hit ill.<il« in iintke their atiuual dinner an bpt-ealilt* sukwm. The to«.t w<s drank m it)i < )\e< r* und tn the r> frain of " !£«'• a Jollj good fellow." There were loud iH<!-> tor Mr Kirkw >od, but he was not, like hn dinner, "all thtre." After home I tile time i' was announced th«t be was not t)i<>n in tho hotel. The dinner was a m at nc«llcnt one, well co>ked and .fiij. tn'iy Btrted, utid consisted of all ( cli suva procurable at this siMon of the jear. 11k- Cliiirni.n then Tscited the chair, i.i <l the Vice Preri lent, Mr R H I> ] crgii>»un, wp. toted lo the rarant w%l I 1 at I hi' remainder of the evening might le <le*ot- d to ootmviality. On takitiu Die cbuir, Mr Frrguison laid 4l,err w»» ju»t one toast more which he (•liould b in i forward a. a eypp'ement to the ) rograirme, In which it ought cer tniiily to have appeared, and that wai the iieulth of Evt ry Maclean, £aq, tbe Trident, of ilie Club, to whose effort. ai d exertio a thr Club owtd much of the lurt-e mcostiro of succes. which bad attrrdi d its opemtions up to the presefl^ time. Hiui to whein as a breeder of stock Il<t> »f Ulemof the province perhapa owed mi re. 'I I o toast waa drank with full honors. Mr Mrck-un, in responding, said he hod fiUdtlie position somewhat reluct* imtlj, but na» unwilling to hold back froii^aa^, thing tLnt would advance and fuither the intresta of the dUtriol. '1 hen- wus tro little encourngement given in tt i» colony by the general public to »j.r e»lt7n> and mntters pertoiniag to it, vi (I i otuHly was he sorry to see the ,\ii(.k!uml I'rr.", with pirhap. the aiDgle (Miption of the WaIKATO TlMt., £0 lit (<nt upon agricultural mattera general y. Thi y were r>i»dy enough to publish <t(iy i urn in the flour market, but wool via |iiiFf<eil by alnu st unnoticed. He had jhpiil tin- Cambiidge farmer.' Club to rn«>«t, m fur a. he could, boih Club and tliMnci in going nhead. and whether they In d licen na suet- asful as they might l..t\< hun or not he could noteav, but of 1 1 ir h frit iure, that if they all pulled t '^tlurnnd worked an harmoniously in t)>. future as they had done in the past, tin ( lub would grow in sinngth and iiMfu'new, »»d »cci me. on institution of win h Cimiliridpe nnd tho whole Wtukato ihstnct would feel justly proud.