NORTHERN A. AND P. ASSOCIA- TION.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12533, 30 June 1906, Page 10

NORTHERN A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

■* , *y& The annual meeting of tho Northen\,"f| Agricultural and Pastoral held yesterday at Rangjora, wtos attend* ed by thirty members. The presidentfj|| Mr F. Lance, occupied the chair. »yj| The Chairman referred to tho work bIM the year, and alluded with feelings of' ; {| regret to tho deaths of members of-theix 1 " committee, namely, Messrs H. J.*& Clark, C. Dampier-Crossley, K. tosh, and C. E. TH"«it|s society owed a'good deal of its su«sea*S| to the untiring efforts of tbeso men. He referred ateo to tho colony*»S great loss in the death of Mr Soddon,|| and moved that suitable letters of oon«|s dolence l» forwarded in each Mr E. W. Relph seconded the which was agreed to in the usual way;?J| The statement of accounts showed w*M ceipts* as follows:—Subscriptions £2W*m special prizes £130 14b 6d, entries £181*?$ 16s 4d_ sundry charges £118 3s 7d t is balance £193 7a 6d. total £833 la 7flM Tho debit side of the accounts showe&ji balance £199 Us, prizes paid £425 officials £43 14s 6d; printing and advatfg tiding £74 3s, expenses £89 lis Id, Tmftf; value of the assets was £821 14« 6d_J% the liabilities being £193 7s 2d. >/"*&_ The president moved the adoption ojfe the balance-sheet, and referred to ti*\?j® necessity for making the next show popular in the afternoon by getting thjf _ competitions forward early. He poinieaL'r* out that the judging might bo token *£| littlo earlier. The Finano© Conunitto«,»j_ hod agreod with him to an advance £10 towards the Canterbury Court *%'** tho Exhibition. The secretary had not' * accepted his usual commission, about"! £10, on subscriptiotas paid, as society had .nffercd in «a last show tho bad weather. £ Mr J. O'Halloran seconded the mo- * tion, which was carried. , ' Three new members were elected. •'**» The officers appointed were:—Pa*--rons, Messrs D. Buddo and A. W.;=j Rutherford, M.H.R's., M. MacfariaM, v. W. O. Rutherford, W. Buss. R. and R. W. Chapman; president, MrF.Lance; vice-presidents, Mofsrs JolttV:, Wvllieand K. Mcintosh; treasurer, Mf .« E.*W. Relph; auditor. Mr C. I. Jen-'.; nings, and a general committee _tf thirty-six members. Messrs E. «»■■ Relph. J. W. Foster, M. Macfarlanc, * and C. Leech were elected as t»« '*"> Finance Committee, Messrs 0. Kin_* .- HTHudson, C. Leech. R. Liggett, and ( _ J. W. Foster as the Ground Committeo, ' ; and Me?sr.s T. Wvllie, I/.-Y. Donald, J.; G. Macdonald, F. E. Fairweather, i*. \ B. Starkcv. R. Liggett, and J. as the Horse Parade Committee. _ It was agreed that in future nations for committees be made foitr--, t:>rn days before the election, and tbat : C this take place by ballot. ■■ ■; Tlio next show was fixed for 0&- . tolwr 19th. . . . ' Mr W. A. Banks called attention W tho question of certain c'asres for <**t*™« sheep, hflrMr., and pigs, in vhich tno total ontrv money received was only £12 15*. compared" with an expenditure on prizes of C 122. Tlie Catalogue HP- . vising Committeo was strongly advtfea by motion to take tho mattei into con-' Mdc ration. ' , Votes of thanks to the president ana retiring officers wero oarried.