SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19928, 15 May 1930, Page 15

SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW.

MOVGH NEW ZEALAND EYES. an LVOKS BEPOfcIB tO A. A P. . ASSOCIATION. Tfce Canterbury A. and P. Associaijjaeent their secretary ftlr M. E.' IMS*) to % d,!ev to attend the «°ynt jMfcaßurAl Association's show at Sifter, «ith a view to learning some' |ifrg there that might usefully be Ljujjted in connexion with the CbristJJarch Show. To a meeting of tho fieterol Committee of the Association %fo Lyons reported fully yesterday.' ' ' In the course of his report, he said , titit the total revenue of the Society jut year was just over £IOO,OOO, and *} this, £BO,OOO was on the show acfjant. Tho remainder was made up £r IBcmbprs' subscriptions, etc. Gate -Leipts totalled £41,700, though this -JsHot a record, £4/,300 having been ■teeired under this head in 1928. The Scripts torn privileges total 510,000, \jjt those from space, rents, and enZoce fees, £22,500. The pfiiie money jjrtributcil in cash totalled £14,385. <urt before the i:omniencement of the TMO show, liio bank overdraft of the fteiety stood at £(50,000 odd. but this jut not oerturb the officials, and they gneoted' that it would be wiped out H g result of the show. Xn 1924, '■rirttt a new stand was desired, tho {■bitty raised the amount necessary SrtM*—£l3o.ooo— by mortgage, the <Heir South Walaa Government fftciliMfHr the work by consenting to legjsjjjitfrw breaking the trust upon which (|h -ground was held to enable the Sogjtfj to finance with ' more freedom. 3le' freehold waa vested in the Solajeijr. I Sfitao figures quoted by Lord Stortejkten. Governor-General of the Cotn:«ginrealth, at tho official Show lun]s»n. illustrating the strides' made by £ Society, wero striking. When i* first visited the Show, the receipts | •$r the rear from all sources were fj0783. - In 1628 when he returned as IftWrnor-General, they were £77,267, ma in mo, £104,100. ' At the ahaw there was evidence on all sides of the closest co-operation H the Government, and all Goveru- / Stent Departments, with the Society. %• 3Fhe- showgrmuid covered 68 acres. i Easily the beef breeds of cattle stood i mat as the leading feature of the display. - Tbfc Shorthorns, Hereford's, and Aberdeen Anguscattlo among the beef breeds end. th* Dlawarras on the dairy aide were noteworthy. The Shorthorns *«nd Aberdeen Angus, contained a leaven of imported blood, the !Australian porta being open to im- * ported cattle. New Zealaad bred jtattle were prominent in the black food, and a Hawke's Bay bred cow *as champion over Scottish bred anifgfls. The regrettable economic condipftea of Australia plus the drought ifedftiona prevalent aver a. great deal South Wales and Victoria jpifted a slump in prices at the sales. prtno; dairy breeds, probably with' the yupjption of the Guernseys, the Do"■MM show rines were above the Aus* itandarcL A New Zealand bred tow led l»er section. !« of tho committee who had this show return full of enfor tho district exhibits, that had been said or written mnezion over-emphasised their ■Macular nature, and they were nnMtflr worth making the trip to tjpfhere were five district displays fMJBga space 60 feet frontage by 45 The society offers £SOO fSb bay for organising expenses Mm addition tho society provides a ipqa stand erected, and in addition Mpto freight from the district the ■HMts are forwarded from to the Jjj£ Prfee money, totalling in this PMM £IOOO, is divided among comfmtss to proportion to the r.uniber fjttata gained, and tho first prize mjm awarded the shield. There is S*2sy keenest competition among wwriets, and each year one or two PNrai Dave to stand out of the cotn'*s»> ef the most striking exhibits 4f*jso groand wa3 that made by the lisftßtan Meat Board. This 'insti- ' the equivalent of the ■fWfJSßaad Meat Board, had orgagJS'i eonmrehensive Meat Industry gjlgjft* AT & * ft d erected a subwiifhl Dnllding and practically every |gA'«f the meat trade -was reprefWjMj tk'tt, It was interesting to note jjy* w Zealand lambs vpete ■JWfcb a eaWnet aa typical of the fJMJtottte Dominion produces. He no*jtTOl»jfegret that these were drawn *gjjt Wairarapa district, and were * ffWWowi-Boianey cross. One lamb j-y.tliy bard to fanlt, but the others Sfyybff long in the shank, and any JwfjßWuj works could hava supplied »jWa. tetter half-dozen lambs than JWJiwra, as represonting the Do'.•Waav^est. JfQMfoOing his report, Mr Lyons ■» ,ttat sot manv feature? of the W&f. &** could he adopted in with proft, and he had W tMasaaendations to make, but he ■ Jftf** *»** tha knowledge gained SP*natter of the conduct of the g* Sad made the visit well worth JP» jwddent fMr L. B. O. Macfar- - iSS tt Tote ci thanks to Mr : r "port, and said he was 'S22*/* r vonß ' s to the Byd--•l^^Wr WonM **> wc]l "Paid. '*lps&3?s t ?9*. was carried unanimously.