MAYFIELD A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17806, 4 July 1923, Page 5

MAYFIELD A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL MEETING. Tho fourth annual meeting of the Mayfield A. P. Association was held in the Mayfield • Hall on Saturday evening. The attendance was laTge; Mr Raymond Oakley, the retiring president, occupied the chair.. A vute of sympathy was mov.d, and carried in -silence, to the family of Mr D. Duff. The committee agreed to the receiving a bonus of £ls on his salary. • Mr Douglas Ciawiord and ihe Rev, J. T. Paadison were elected members of the Association. : The balance-sheet, drawn up to June 20th ■of the present year, was, then read, and dieclosed a sOLnd hnancial position. The secretary's fourth annual report confirmed the opinion i-ecently expressed by the .Hon. W. Noswoitiiy'.fUat the Mayfie.d A. and P. Association ranked among the leading enTeiprhcs of a like kind in the country. The ■year 19Z2-23 revealed a phenomenal growihj tho. exhibits at ihe annual show held on March 21th totalling. IVRO, an increase of 649 over those of the previous year. The entries in the c li3ep, cattle, and horse pectoris repnßented a very hi_,h standard, and it was diTicult to accommodate the exceedingly large and fins-diVilAy of f-oolljerv, root, needlework, and vegetable exhibits. The 'ncreis'.n; popularity of the .show was attested T>y the gate receipts, which showed an increase of JOO per cent, over the .receipts of the preceding show. The report was adopted w'th enthuß'asm. The retiring president, Mr R. Oakley, In his review of the work of the past year, urged vigorous unci unabated interest in tb n development of the. Association. He the good fellowship that' existed and the ah-s-nco of "personality." A brilli.-nt and successful future was assired. Mr Oaklev d-ew att"nti~n to the ir.tere-'t'ng fact that the first Canterbury r-how, he'd 58 years' ago, was at Shovtlrrd's Bush, in what is now the MnyfHd distridit. He had pleasure in handing the reins of office to a..B»"n—Mr Fl G. Greenslade-who commanded the respect of Ml, ond -who had been untiring in hii efforts for the success of the 'Association. ,At t'ie TV x' sho-v twe've. c. ! ns were in view to he competed for, with the probability of othe:«> being added. Tho Bev. J. Johnstone offered a trophy, to he won hy the school securing tho• largest number, of , points; Mr' W. 0. Sewell, jtm., offered a cup for most po'nts in fa.rm produce; and'Mr J. Brown will give special prizes of.flpprox ; mately twelve guineas in value, to be won in the juvenile and produce sections. The committee'resolved to take steps to secure, if possib'e, a permanent show ground. The new president, Mr F. G., Greenslado, was th»n formally inducted, and in reply to Mr R. Oakley's , expression ."of confidence, which was said on behalf of the Association as a whole, referred to the retiring president's hard wouk and unflagging zeal in pushing forward the interests of the Association. A vote of thanks to Mr Oakley for his s rvices as president was carried with acclamation ; Mr Grecnslade was welcomed with similar cordiality. The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows: —Patron, Hon. \Y. Nosworthy; president, Mr F. G. Greenslade; 11 ice-presi-dent, Mr A. V. Barrett;' treasurer, Mr A. V. •Barnstt; committee, Messrs B» Austin, F. S. Candv, D. EdrnonJ, L. J. Frost I». Harrison, B. W. Hol'and 1 , S. Hoed H. Lamb, J. Mooro, jin., D."'3. Sfoirow", F. 0. Morrow, G. B. Murdoch, D J. Melhaith, J. Mclver. L. A. Oakley, G. Bichardson, G.. Ross, H. A Scown, D. D. Sewell, 3°n., D. D. Sewl 1 , C Sewell, F. Tasker, E. White, and E. ."Withell.