FLOWER SHOW DATES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 165, 15 July 1938, Page 17

FLOWER SHOW DATES.

TENTATIVE FIXTURES.

HAMILTON" SOCIETY,

(Prom Our Correspondent.)

HAMILTON, Thureday. Mr. A. W. Ward, president of the Hamilton Agricultural Society, at the society s annual meeting said that the summer show had marked the 40th annivcreary of the foundation of the society. A feature of all four shows was the good exhibits of cut flowers and the high standard of the work in the decorative classes.

The pi-fncipal prizewinners were:— Hamilton Daffodil Cup, Mr. H. M. Hammond; MacDiarmid Cup, novice class, Mr. A. D. Brown; spring show points prize, Miss D. de Lacey; cut flowers, summer show, Anniversary Bowl, Mrs. Vere Chitty; Country Cup, Fairfield Women's Institute; Hamilton Dahlia Cup, Mr. W. Stony. Aggregate points prizes for all shows: Rose Bowl, Mrs. E. A. Cox; decorative classes, Mre. H. H. Fow; all classes, Mrs. H. H. Fow; novice trophy, Mies D. de Lacey. t The balance-sheet showed that accumulated funds stood at £116. Tentative show dates were fixed as follows:—Spring show, September 8 and 9; summer show, November 24 and 25; autumn show, March 2 and 3; late autumn show, April 20 and 21. The following officers were elected: Patron. Dr. H. Douglas; president, Mr. A. W. Ward; vice-presidents, Mesdames H. M. Hammond and C. L. MacDiarmid and Messrs. C. M. Gudex and H. M. Hammond; committee, Mesdames C. W. Armstrong, T. Simpson, A. G. Downes, J. Smith, T. A. Blake, D. Seymour, A P. Sandford. E. C. Day, A. W. Ward, F D. Pinfold, A. L. Fea. H. H. Tombs, Mioses B. Pinfold, von Stunner. I. Vercoe, S. Tudhope. Messrs. T. Simpson, E- C. Smith. Storry, Hansen, K. Johnston, S. A. Handley; secretary, Mr. R. A. Johnston.