WAIKATO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2080, 5 November 1885, Page 2

WAIKATO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

A genkh \t, meeting of the members of the society was held in The \Vtiik.it<> Times Buildings on Tuesday, for the purposo of determining the time and place of the ne\t show, continuing alterations to the rulci, and for the consideration of ;uiy other business brought before it. Mr Graham was toted to the chair.

(Yi.rhitvriON in Kli.ks. —Mr (ieorgo Edgenmnue, honorary hecretary, reported th.it the committee liad met to consider the propriety of alteiing Kulo (i, which pr«>\ ides for the allotment of vice presidents, and members of coimnitteo to \.uimis district'-. Mr Wells, had submitted tho draft of a into to be submitted fm Killed, .md tiiis the committee h.id agteed to. It ».h lmw fur tho mootiner to conhim th" proposed alteration.— Mr Wells theuino\eri that the following be substituted for RuleG . — " Any bonm^h, town district, or highway district <>i .vny two or more of them Mtnated within the counties of Piako, Raglan, Waikato or Waipa, containing not le>s than se\en ir.embeis of the society, may by giving notice in writing to the secretary, form their disti ict into a ' local district, ' and tho membeis residing within the sud locil district -.lull, subject to the mling of the chief committee, have charge of the society's interest theiein. On ii day in the month of January, in every yeur, the niembeiri m every local dw tnct bhall meet to elect members of the chief committee, who shall hold office until the appointment of their micc^ssoi-i. Tho members ho elected nliull thereupon elect one of thenisohet to be churaim (if the local districts, who «h.dl convene and pieside at all local meetings Lolml districts Khnll return rcpreientfttiNcs to chief committee, on tho following scale, w/,,, seven members, two reprosentatn es ; fifteen niembert*, three repres>eutatn e1?;e 1 ? ; and one additional representative for eveiy additional ten member*. The chief committee shall consist of all the members elected by the local districts. K.uly in the month of Febiu.ny in e\ery year the chief committee shall meet and elect its pie>ideut, vice president, sccietary and treasurei, who ohall hold ofhye for tho year. Membeis may lepieient and \oto by piovy for and on behalf of their .ib-ent colleague.-i." — He referied at some length to the necessity fur the alteration, pointing out that representation should be based on practical suppoit. — Tho motion was scctuded by the chairman aud earned tin mimously.

Thk Nb\T Show.— Tho churni.in moved that the next show bo licld at C unbi ldge. He was dcsinxii tb.it Cainhi idgo and Hamilton should woiktogethui. Cambridge had taken a, l.iiye share in the wmk of puxhing tho district forward and lie felt qmto certain that no feelmz «>f nv.iliy except honest rivalry existed between the two places. Mr John Knot seconded the motion. —Mr Edgucuinbe in suppoiting tho motion, said it was undeniable th.it the -.how at Hamilton last .season had been made the gre't micfp-s it \\,i> by the hearty as-.istin.ee of the C.vnbudge member^ He hoped tint Hamilton would exhibit a similar spirit now that the show was to be held in Cambridge, and he trusted that tho .same desire to ad\ance the interests of the Waik.ato would animate the residents in different districts in legud to future shows. He believed the forthcoming show would be a gie.it miccl— >. Though the sittoiid.incu at that lnoctiug was small, he could assure the ropre»entati\es of Cam bndgo ]»resent (Major WiKon and Mr Wells) that Hamilton would co-opeiate hcaitily with them.— Mr Wells thanked tho mo\er and bewilder and Mr Edgo cunibo for tho courteous manner in which the question had been dealt with by them. It w .i-i no uioie than he expecttd, but ho tli inked tnem lu-.n tilv, ne\ctthelo— ■ At a meeting at Camhiidgti a few d.i) -tbefoie, the subject of the Horticultuial Show ctopped up, and he told the gentlemen nreient thereat that though ho expected Hamilton to oiler them the show, he foi one felt adifhdence in accepting the responsibility of nndei taking to carry out the show after the grand hucci» aclnmed by the lnembets of tho Hamilton cniiniith'e. —Mr Pegler, of Raglan, said ho \s.is glad to h.ivo thu op|)uitunit.y t>f being at tho meeting, ,mil n^tued tho gentleiiuu piesent that the settlers m hi.s district weie anxious to cn-operato with the Wtuk.ito people in all matteii of this kind. Hu hoped th.it Raglan would be lepic-eutecl at the next .-lmw,— Tlie motion was then put and carriul unanimously. — lu'g.irding the dutu <if the sho« r , some diseu->->ion took place. KwMitnally it was a grot d to leive the question of date to bo settled by tho local committeo at Cambridge. It waH icsohed to alter No. 0 of tho luk-s for thu guidance of judges to read : — "All fruit and vegetables aic to be judged according to their acknowledged excellence, preference being given to the best keeping varieties and their perfection ut the tune of exhibition."

j Show Rmjumhs. —In reply to Mi i Well", tho hun. seciet.vry siiil the v>eii'ty had iv balance of about t'2o to its ciedit. — At tho instance of Mr WelK it \v,i> decided to iiuich.i.sulOOdo/. 4-inch plates for holding the ovlnbit-*.

THK HoCIH.n AMI I'HK Coi.ONUL E\Hl»iiion.— Mr Wells moved that the t>ociety send Homo a collection of apples, to be shown .it tlio Indian ami Colonial Exhibi tion in London next year, and tli.it tlio Hecret.iry be instructed to apply for «.p.ice at onco. It was not necessity to point out how very dear.iblo it \va.s to adopt tliis course. The Government would bear the whole of the expense in connection with the matter, tike charge of tlu> ft uit, place it in cool ch.unbeih for the \oynge and see it deposited at the Exhibition. Moieo\er, the apples would not be reqniied till April, t>o that they could make a selection from the exhibits at the show, together with many good soit^ which would i be just ready at that timo.— The pioposi- , tion was seconded by Mr Gco. Edgccumbo, ; and carried unanimously.

Ihk AicKi-AM) Show.— lt was resolved \ that tho Waik.vti) lloiticultural .Society i exhibit as ft hi>ekty at tho Auckland show, i tlio aiLuiKunicntb to bo left in tho hiuids of i tho C.i!iibrids<o Cdinmittee. ' Thi> \\.n .ill the bu^ine^^, and a lio.uty i votu of thanks having been acuordud tho t chairman, the imoting sojiariitcd. i

Russia is resorting to every rreans at her command to promote the manufacture of steel within her borders. MrJ. Knox will stll .it the Hamilton Auction Mart on Saturday, tweed-., drapery, dra>, implements, saddles, fowls, hack, &c. Mr J. H M.indcno's Ian«l at le Awamutu, 2Soacn.s, uill be iold by auction by Mr J. X Hurkland, on Wednesday, the 2.VU inst., in one lot or in JJ sections, hec ad\crti->ement. MrJ. is HucUand has received instruction* to fll by auction on Friday, the l.ilh m*t , at lam there, the live and dead stock, the properly < f Mr S. Urirerod, who has sold h>» Urni and slp ivinn the colony A full list of tho lot* will be found in the advertisement.

"Wickfu ion Cinu.\Mi'N.~" I believe it to be all wrong and even wicked for clergymen or other public man t'-> bo led into giving teiti moni ils to quack doctors or\ilc stiil)s <..i)l*il mediLinc? but when a really mDritorioUi .irtiLlc is made up of common valuable remedies to a'l, and that .ill pli) sicinn.-. use and tr n«.t in duly, we should freely commond i f. I therefore cheerfully and heartiK commend Hop Hitters for the f,'oo(l they ha\e dorm mo and my fnend>, firmly believing they ha\e no equal for family use. I will not be without them."—Key.- , Washington, D.C.U S.A,