N.Z. DAHLIA SOCIETY

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31316, 11 March 1967, Page 14

N.Z. DAHLIA SOCIETY

Annual Meeting

In Ashburton The Dahlia Society of New Zealand at its annual meeting in Ashburton allocated the 1968 South Island national dahlia show to the Timaru Horticultural Society. The North Island show will be staged in Papatoetoe by the Horticultural Society in that centre.

Mr C. R. Wood, of Hamilton, was elected a life member of the society at the meeting. Officers elected were:— Patron, Mr O. W. B. Anderson (Hamilton); president. Mr W. A. Pollard (New Brighton); /vice-president, Mr J. Dempsey (Petone); secretarytreasurer, Mr T. C. de Lautour (Christchurch); hon. solicitor, Mr N. E. Taylor (Christchurch); hon. auditor, Mr A. H. Taylor (Christchurch); hon. editor, Mr R. A. Lowe (Christchurch); publicity officer, Mr A. D. Stewart (Rotorua). South Island Executive: MesdamesJ. C. Fraser, H. J. Quarrel! (Christchurch); Miss D. M. Jordan (Blenheim); Messrs G. S. Gunn (Ashburton), O. D. Sewell (Timaru), F. M. Wadsworth (Nelson), E. Yates (Greymouth), J. R. Farthing, S. L. Holmes, K. R. Whittington (Christchurch). North Island Executive: Messrs A. D. Stewart (Rotorua), F. J. Truelove (Hamilton), F. V. Frost (Papatoetoe), K E. Adams (Thames), C. M. Bunning (Hamilton), A B. Roderick (Feilding), N. Tipping (Otorohanga), R. C. Twentyman (Thames), R. J. McAusland (Napier), C. R. Wood (Hamilton).