CANTERBURY EGG CIRCLE.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16812, 19 April 1920, Page 9

CANTERBURY EGG CIRCLE.

c ANNUAL MEETING. Tho annual meeting of the Canterbury Egg Circle was held on Saturday, Mr J. Ligsins tt presiding. . °° 3* poTt statod that 3 membership was 372. and during the year 205,784) dozen eggs had been marketed. The average price of Lr iiret grade cg ge had been juet under 2s per *, dozen, aho difficulty in securing fowl wheat i- was referred to, and members were advised, a wherever possible, to make use of oats, peas, •° ™-, The showed a surplus of e- JL7 Hβ Oα, e i U £ J, j VsS in *> delegate to the conference r 5- / )ll " cd in. outlined the work done by the * Poultry Association, and eaid it wae w "rthy of their beet support. Hβ approved s of the rew ey stern of finance—that every [. produoer pay at the rate of eixpence per fundred dozen of egge marketed, ana moved g that the Canterbury Egg Circle adopt the system. X „ seconded the motion. Hβ i, contended the Association should be liberally i for ould gJadly pay doubk ~ Hansen and WhitiorS (Kaiapoi) sup- >- ported tho motion, which was carried unani- . mously. fj Tho election of officers resulted as follows: ° m t w j J * Li^ine ; vice-president, Mr t" r' red f. n ; secretary and treasurer, ° m J- B-Merrett; committee, Mesera Gee, o Han ?cn) Whitford, Wigglesworth, Blinkhorn, y Aolcox, and Gibson. & Votes of. thanks wero accorded Mr "W. A. Geo for lus valuable during the year, ?& ™ • * M ?" ot ' for excellent '. in connexion with tho Circle's business and ;. .the eecunng- of wheat, to Mr J. Liggins as deleptetotbe conference, and to the "VTheat ! Controller for the fixaUon of the retail pri«S oi wheat.