NO ROYAL SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 153, 29 June 1940, Page 11

NO ROYAL SHOW.

SOCIETY'S DECISION.

WARTIME DIFFICULTIES.

PRESIDENT RE-ELECTED.

(By Telegraph.— Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. ! The abandonment of the Royal Show this year was decided on by the council of the Royal Agricultural Society, which met in Wellington to-day. The show was to have been held in Hastings in October. It was pointed out to members before they came to this decision that in wartime it was difficult to make arrangements as far ahead as had to bidone for a Royal Show, that the tending of exhibits and the travelling 0 f people long distances to the show placed a load on the transport system of the eountrv, and that the holding of the show would take exhibitors, judges and officials awav from work on their farms at a time when they should be producing. At the annual meeting which followed, a proposal that local shows be abandoned until after the war found little support. President Answers Criticism. Mr. L. J. Wild was re-elected president of tlie society. Mr. Wild said that he intended to relinquish office. Answering criticism of himself ami statements which, he said, misrepresented him. he said there were many calls on his tim» and he could give it. to activities that would be better appreciated. He nominated Mr. W. Howard Booth, a vicepresident, who declined, and urged the re-election of Mr. Wild, which was carried by acclamation. Officers were elected as follows: — Vice-presidents. Messrs. (_'. H. White. Hastings, and W. M. Bishell, Blenheim; treasurer. Mr. A. Hunter. Hawera; auditor, Mr. S. E. Lambert. Wellington; executive, Messrs.. J. A. Edwards. J. M. James, W. H. Booth, H. J. Lancaster. T. Wylir, district council representatives. central. Messrs. W. M. Bishell. A. s! Elworthy, L. R. S. Macfarlane, R. K. Laidlaw, W. O. Rennie; eastern. Sir William Terry. Messrs. W. Howard Booth, ,1. Graham. L. MacLcan, A. M. Retemcyer; northern. Messrs. S. Austin Carr. C. S. Leggett. W. 11. Mieis. W. E. O'Donnell, J. Wylie; southern. Messrs. A. L. Adamson, J. A. Edwards, A. S. Holms, G. Ross, R. D. Stewart: western. E. W. Barnett, W. Craig, H. J. Lancaster, H. C. Sampson, (_'. E. Vile. Bieed Societies' Representatives. Following are the breed society representatives: Corriedale Sheep Society. Mr. O. T. Evans. Ha warden; Aberdeen Angus 'Association, Mr. J. Webb, Taihape; Ayrshire Cattle Breeders' Association, Mr. J. G. Donald, Feat hers ton; Clydesdale Society, Mr. J. W. Harding. Waipukurau; Friesian Association, Mr. H. E. Johnson: Hawera Hereford Association, Mr. J. M. James, Wangaehu: Jersey Association. Mr. C. G. C. Dcrmer, Cheltenham; Milking Shorthorn Association. Mr. J. S. Allen. Hatuma; Pig Breeders' Association, Mr. K. S. Glendiiniing, Palmerston North; Red Poll Association. Mr. J. M. Campbell, Feilding: Romney Marsh Association, Mr. H. Voss, Longburn Ryeland Society, Mr. E. Averill. Hastings; Sheepbreeders' Association. Mr. E. Lyons, Christchurch ; Shorthorn Society, Mr. A. Hunter, Hawera: Southdown Society, Mr. J. Knight, Feilding.