ROYAL SHOW OPENED.
FINE CATTLE EXHIBITS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) LNVERCARGILL, Tuesday. The Royal Show, held this year under the auspices of the Southland Agricultural and Pastoral -Association, was opened on the ■ picturesque grounds adjacent to the town to-day. At the ceremony Mr. W. Perry, president of the Royal Agricultural Society, presided. " The Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, and Lady Alice Fergusson were present. Other ■ visitors were the Minister of Agriculture, Hon. G. W. Forbes, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. P. A. de 3a Perrelle, and Mrs. B. B. Wood, who represented her father," Sir Joseph Ward. The feature of the show is the cattle section, in which competition was extremely keen, and which is described by some judges as the best they have seen in New Zealand. The cattle ejitries total 635. The sheep section is also a particularly strong one and is considered to* be easily the beet, both as regards numbers and quality seen at a local fixture.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 293, 11 December 1929, Page 11
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