A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 168, 16 July 1921, Page 5

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

EXECUTIVE <X»rMITTEE MEETrXO. A meeting of the exeentivc committee of the Auckland A. ami I". Association was held on 'Friday afternoon. Mr. E. D. McLennan presiding. It was resolved to affiliate with the Connoil of Agriculture, and Major Sprajj: and Messrs. Hodge and Stanley were appointed to represent the Association at the meeting of the Council in Wellington The varions remits to be discussed by rh« Council were considered, and the delegates were given no parfioohlr directions, except with regard to the infin-i of eolonred aliens. Notice was received that the Association would be required to pay land tax on the Oxanulin fcrtiow Ground. It was agreed to provide Mr. Rowland Hill with suitable pens for exhibition of Ms imported milch jroats at the next show. Tlip Jersey Breeders" Association wrote offering £30 for special prizes for Jersey ••teimpionships (£2O for best birtl. £20 for best cow), and a further subsidy of SO on the Association's prize-money for Jersey classes. It was resolved to refer to the Home Industries section the allocation of prize-money, ini/lndiiig a donation of £10 10/ from \V. S. Laurie and Co. Tue Jersey Cattle Cltfb was granted permission to use the cattle pavilion Tor a Jersey sale on September 21. Twenty new mein'bcrs were elected, ft was mentioned that no fewer than :»0 new i members have joined the Association within i the last few months. The question of holding Royal jhoivs In connection with the Agricultural ajid Pasroral Association Shows will be disenssed at the meeting of the Council of Agriculture in Wellington next week. Some of i ter were:—That one Royal Know be held leach year in the Dominion, alternately in i the North and South Islands; that "only I associations having a -membership of li'lo should be allowed to hold « tioyaJ Show: that the classes for championships wonld be open only to lirsl prize-winners at agricultural and pastoral shows, and it was proposed to ask the Government to subsidise the scheme by a grant <if HOW* yearly —this grant to be used tn supplement the championship prizes at the Royal e^how. '■ Association hope that a lloyal Show will be • held In Auckland iv the near future.