WINTER EXHIBITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 10 June 1926, Page 9

WINTER EXHIBITION.

LARGE CROWDS ATTEND. MANY ATTRACTIONS TO-DAY. JTTDOES' AWARDS. Although there was a decrease in the takings compared with the opening day last year, it is estimated that the number of people -who passed through the Auckland Winter Exhibition gates yesterday was larger than the takings would indioate. The takings totalled £202 10/, compared with £250 on the opening day, 1925, and £197 for the first day of the 1924 show. The attendance on Wednesday was larger than the takings would indicate, however, on account of the great number of member's tickets which had been issued. It is estimated that the attendance wag at least 10,000, and during the evening the sheds were crowded. Last year the visit of the American Fleet attracted huge crowds to the city. In addition there was an official opening ceremony, which was not held this year. Programme For To-day. To-day's special attractions were the Ponsonby Boys' Brass Band, together with orchestras playing in the afternoon and again this evening. Between whiles, moving pictures are shown, and this evening a concert party will present an attractive programme. This year's Winter Exhibition has more sideshows than ever before, and there is plenty of amusement for young and old. Various schools in the city attended en bloc. Visitors to the city include large, numbers of people connected with the dairying industry, and many events are being heid of interest to them. The North Auckland Dairy Conference was held today, and this will be followed by a smoke concert in the show buildings this evening. To-morrow morning the delegates will examine the butter and cheese exhibits. Grading competitions for managers and assistants will be held tomorrow afternoon. District Field Root Competition. ; One outstanding feature of the Exhibition is the field root competition, which was won by Te Kuiti, with Pukekohe Technical School second, and Rotorua third. The entries, which were not eligible for any other competitive class, were of exceptional merit and the competition was a keen one. The judge of the roots section (Mr. H. Brown) said the field products appeared to be improving each year. The display at the last exhibition had been the best up to that time, but this year's entries showed a distinct all-round improvement. The excellence of the exhibits wa9 striking proof of the fertility of the arable land in the Auckland province. DISTRICT COURTS EXHIBITION. EXHIBITION. WON BY FRANKLIN COUNTY. THAMES-HAURAKI SECOND. TE KUITI TAKES THIRD T>LACE. Franklin won the district courts competition with 392 points out of a possible 550. Thames-Hauraki was placed second with 365 points, aud Te Kuiti third with 233 points. This competition was for the best and most comprehensive collection of agricultural, dairy and pastoral exhibits, and also of natural or manufactured articles produced or made within the district. The competition was open to farmers' clubs, settlers' associations and district committees from any district within the province of Auckland. The first prize was £20 and Messrs. Kempthorne, Prosser and Company's silver shield, valued at twenty guineas. 'Ihe second prize was £15, and t/hird £10. In addition to the prize, the Auckland Winter Exhibition Association donated £35 to each court towards expenses, and provided the timber free fi# the stands. HOW POINTS WERE AWARDED. FRANKLIN DISTRICT COURT. Maximum. Points. Dnirv Produce 50 4i Joints of Fresh Meats ~-> 4 Preserved Meats 20 nZ Wool ' M -° Grains, Seeds, Pulse, Field leas, and Horse Beans .. 2u -4 Hums and Bacon 20 lt> Cured and Tanned Skins and Leather 20 }£ Potatoes and Roots 30 Wheat, Oats, and Fodder _ Crops -•' -- Minerals I'j 0 - -I'iesh Fruit -'«» -- Poultry and Game -•• Honey and Bee Products .. 15 VFlax Fibre 15 } ~ Vegetables and Flowers .... -•> -•» Bread and Calces 20 i_ .laras, etc '■> l,> Frozen or Cured Fish 1" 4 Gmn 10 8 Wines 10 w Trophies of the Chase 10 10 Pictures lv *» Natural and Mineral Waters 5 -— Sweets 5 5 Curios 10 5 Manufactured Goods, N.O.E. 35 -4 General Appearance 50 So 550 392 THAM'ES-TIAfRAKI DISTRICT COCRT. Maximum. Points. liair.v Produce 50 " ,s •lointK of Fresh Meat 20 1 I'Ti'serveil Meats 20 — Wool 30 — Grains, Seeds, Pulse. FJeld leas and Horse Beaus .... 25 12 Hams and Bui-on 20 IS L'urPil nnd Tanned Skins and Leather 20 IS • I'otatoes and Roots 30 20 "Wheat. Oats and Fodder Crops 35 lo Minerals 10 8 l-'resh Fruit 25 24 Poultry ami Game 25 15 Honey and Bee Products .... 15 s Flax Fibre IS !•> Vegetables end Flowers 25 10 Bread and Cakes 20 1° •lams, etc 15 •* Frozen or Cured Fish 1° 10 Gum 30 <"• "rt'lues ....'.... 1° !) Trophies of the Chase 10 3 Pictures 10 10 Natural Mineral Waters 5 3 Sweets 5 4 Curios 10 1° Manufactured' Goods, N.O.E. 35 34 General Appearance 50 40 To!«t« 550 3Go

TE KUITI DISTRICT COUBT. Maximum. Points. Dairy Produce 00 45 Jointa of Fresh Meat .... 26 — Preserved Meat* i>o 2 Wool 30 20 Grain*, Seede PuUe, Field Peas and Horse Beans.. 25 18 Hams and Bacon 20 — Cured and Tanned Sklna and Leather 20 — Potatoes and Boots 30 25 Wheat, Oati, and Fodder Crops 23 18 Minerals ~ 10 ii I Fresh Fruit 25 15 Poultry and Game 25 2 Honey and Bee Products ..15 5 i Flax Fibre 15 — Vegetables and Flowers ->5 22 Bread and Cakes 20 — Jams, etc 15 6 Frozen or Cured Fish .... 10 — Gum 1O — Wines 1O — Trophies of the Chase .... 10 — Pictures 10 4 Natural Mineral Waters 5 — Sweets 5 — Curios 10 — Manufactured Goods N.O.E. 35 — General Appearance ...... 5O 45 Totals &50 233 ADDITIONAL AWARDS. COOKERY. Loaf home-made brown bread: Mrs. C. Bultimore (Waiuku) 1, Mrs. K. M. lirabant (.One Tree Hill) 2, Miss SI. Burke (Newmarket) 3. Plum pudding: Mrs. J. R. Eddy (Waiuku) 1, Mrs. J. Nicholls (Waverley) 2, Mrs. A. Franklin (Mauku) 3. lloinemade fruit cake; Mrs. W. W. B. Parkinson 1, Mrs. J. R, Eddy 2, Mrs. L. Cathcart 3. Sponge cake : Miss A. Rickards (Epsom) 1, Mrs. L. Cathcart 2, Mrs. A. Franklin o. Madeira cake: Mrs. C. Crowhurst (Otahuhu) 1, Mrs J. F. Beed (Parnell) 2, Mrs. G. Robinson (Glen Eden) 3. Iced cake: Miss A. Richards 1, Mrs. \V. W. B. Parkinson 2, Mrs. L. Collin (Ponsonby Road) 3. Sultana scones: Mrs. L. K. McLean 1, Mrs. T. G. Smith 2, Mrs. E. Dilworth (Kingsland) 8. Nut loaf: Mrs. G. D. Hardy (Devonport) 1, Miss L. Spencer (Hayden Street) 2, G. Moynihnn (Ponsonby) 3. Six Jam tarts: Mrs. T. U. Smith 1, Mrs. Waidrope (Fonsonby) ■2, Miss E. McQuarrie (Remuera) 3. Six sausage rolls: Mrs. T. G. Smith 1, Mrs. G. Robinson (Glen Eden) 2, Misses V. and E. Hastie (Mangere) 3. Six cream puffs: Mrs. S. E. Fielding (New Lynn) 1, Mrs. D. J. Best (Devonport) 2, Mrs. Warn (Mount Edeu) 3. Six pikelets: Mrs. L. K. McLean X, Mrs. A. Davies (Parnell) 2, Miss T. M. Walsh (Ponsonby) 3. Sweets.—Plate home-made toffee : Mrs. Robinson (City) 1, Mrs. A. Falla (Devonport) 2, Mrs. A. McMullan (Green Lane) 3. Plate home-made fruit toffee : Mrs. A. Falla 1. Mrs. L. Collier (Ponsonby Road) 2. Plate any other variety home-made sweets : Mrs. Robinson (City) 1 and 2, Mrs. A. McMnllan 3. Farmers' Butter.—lib butter (without salt), in lib rolls topeu): Mrs. F. M. HolUngworth'l, Mrs. R. E. J. Scott 2, Mrs. C R. Houghton (Papakura) 3. lib butter (with salt), in Jib rolls (open): airs. Alex Cathcart (OnewhDro) 1, Mrs. F. M. Holliuxworth (Mount Albert) i Mrs. Geo. FWright 3. Preserves and Pickles. —Four pots ot jam (assorted): iMlss D. Turner 1, Mrs, \V. W. B. Parkinson (Opotiki) 2, Mrs. W. Turner 3. Collection of Jellies: Mrs. W. Turner 1. Mrs. J. R. Eddy (Waiuku) 2. Three pots of orange marmalade: Misses V. and K. Hastie (Mangere) 1, Mrs. A. E. Bailey 2. Three pots of lemon marmalade: Mrs. W. Wilson 1, Mrs. Annie Oxley 2. Three botiles tomato sauce: Mrs. A. E. Bailey It Mrs. W. W. B. Tarkinson 2. Three pots plum sauce: Mrs. A. E. Bailey 1, Mrs. W. AY. B. Parkinson 2. Three Jars chutney: Mrs. A. E. Bailey 1, (Miss T. M. Walsh 2. Bottle j preserved tomatoes: Miss D. Turner 1, Mrs. . S. E. Fielding 2, Mrs. A. E. Bailey 3. Col- i lection of pickles: Mrs. E. DUworth 1, Mrs. J W. W. B. Parkinson 2. Collection bottled , fruits: Miss Gwen Firth (Ora<tia) 1, Mrs. ; Firth (Oratla) 2, Sirs. J. D. Perkins (One- j hnnga) 3. Collection home-made wine: A. J. Stratfield 1 and 2. FIELD ROOTS. Potatoes.—Six, early kidney, any variety : Pukekohe Technical High School 1, H. A. Hancock fAwahuri) 2, N. Hughes (Maxwelltown) 3. Six main crop, white, any | variety : H. A. Hancock 1 and 2, N. Hughes 3. Six main crop, coloured, any variety : H. A. Hancock 1, W. Bridle (Rotorua) 2. Six distinct varieties, six of each: H. A. Hancock 1 and 2, N. Hughes 3. District Field Root Competition. —Te ' Kuiti 1, Pukekohe Technical High School 2, Rotorua 3. Mangolds, three heaviest, grown under any condition: F. J. R. Goodwin (Okoroirel: 1, Pukekohe Technical School 3, J. de Jongh (West Tamaki) 3. GRAIN AND SEEDS. Maize.—Horse tooth, 6 cobs : H. G. Lever (Tauranga) 1, Pukekohe Technical High School 2. Dent, 6 cobs: 11. G. Lever 1, Pukekohe Technical High School 2,. T. Plummer 3. White, C cobs: Pukekohe Technical High School 1. Flint, any variety, 6 cobs: F. Miiri-iner (East Tamuki) 1, Pukekohe Technical High School 2. Grass or meadow hay: R. Dawson (East Tamaki) 1, W. Richings (Buckland) 2. Ensilage: C. V. Grnnt (Karaka) 1, R. Dawson 2. Lucerne bay: W. Richings (Buckland) 1 and 2. VEGETABLES. j Vegetable marrows, two: Pukekohe Techj nlcal High School 1. Citron melon :J. T. I Rock 1, Mrs. W. W. B. Parkinson 2. Pie I melon : J. T. Rock 1 and 2. I'otatoes, six all one variety: U. A. Hancock 1 and 2. Kumaras, five, red : Mrs. W. W. B. Parkin- ! son 1, Pukekohe Technical High School 2, |E. J. Hawkings (Ellerslle) 3. Five, white: I Mrs. AY. W. B. Parkinson 1. Beet, three turnip rootod: J. T. Rock 1, E. C. Brown (Ellerslie) 2. Carrots, table, three intermediate : J. T. Rock 1 and 2, Mrs. AY. AY. B. Parkinson 3. Parsnips, three : Mrs. W. W. B. Parkinson 1, Mrs. W. Bridgford (Henderson) 2. Onions.—Five, Straw Spanish: W. Thompson (Raglan) 1, Hon. Mrs. E. J. Blyth (Kohlmarama) 2, J. Holland (Remui era) 3. Five Brown Spanish : Hon. Mrs. lE. J. Blyth 1, 11. W. Wedding (Remuera) 12. Collection of onions, not less than four varieties: Pukekohe Technical High School 1. Red eschalots, 12: E. .T. Hawkins (Ellerslie) 1, E. C. Brown (Ellerslie) 2 and 3. FRUIT. Apples.—Best plate five Delicious: J. Holland (Remuera) 1. Best bushel case Delicious, best bushel case Munioe's FavourI He, best bushel case Stunner: U. Ormsby J (Te Kuiti) 1. ART COMPETITIONS. ' Model of the mouth, nose, ear or eye from the cast: Miss I. M. C. Rout (Elam School of Art) 1. C. R. Mitldlebrook (Mount Albert) 2, Miss E. Luxford (Elam School of Art) 3. Model of head in relief from life : C. R. Middlebrook 1. Piece of interior ornament: C. R. Middlebrook 1. Lettering In black and white : S. H. Beckett (Onehunga) 1, T. J. Lowndes (PonI sonby) 2, A. O. Woodall (Devonport) and R. P. Fletcher (Devonport) 3. Lettering in colour : K. H. Melvin (Green Lane) 1, R. P. Fletcher 2, S. H. Beckett 3. Showcaid writing: K. 11. Melvin 1, R. Taylor (Parnell) 2. Fashion drawing: R. P. Fletcher 1, T. J. Lowndes 2. Original poster in colour: F. Sherman (Ponsonby) 1, T. J. Lowndes 2, R. I. Fletcher a. Original stencilling: Miss L. Bnrton (Papatoctoc) 3, Miss M. Lockwood (Elam School of Art 2. SCHOOL COMPETITIONS. EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD WORK. It was unfortunate that there were not more entries for the school competitions. Those which did compete, however, gave excellent displays, and these wore the admiration of all who happened Ito see them. Primary Schools. The Hnapai school received first prize in a three-section display for schools, average attendance under Slj with Te Kohanga school, Tuakau, second. District High Schools. I In the classes for district high schools, • Kowhai Junior High School received first prize for the best exhibit of work from any district high school. j The judge said it was a very fine I exhibit of great, variety and demon- ' strated the benefit of pupils developing J their natural aptitude under special i instructors.