THE POULTRY CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 29, 29 October 1907, Page 2

THE POULTRY CONFERENCE.

■■■■•.. ■•■ TROUBLE BREWING. ■■ ■'■ ■ Our' Palniorstoii. North ..correspondent,, in, telegraphing the.'.ordbr paper .'for, the. North Island' Poultry .Association meeting'to bo held at lVmerston. North on October 30, ..during the.show, says that.from "what lie can gather to-day the meeting.promises t,o.be stormy, as several of the matters set downior.discussion will affect A. ,and V. ' Associations, and the local A. and P. Association in, particular. The circumstances aro extremely-unfortunate, especially.as so much personad feeling in the town is. involved, and this/in a; great measure led to the previous'complications when the Manawatu A. and P. Association decided to stand-alone;.- The Auckland Associatipny as will bo seen from the.notices appended, is'in-i cliiied to view, tho matter in a broad-minded spirit, while Wanganui, on tho other hand, wishes to continue the strife, which can: only havo tho one.result of widening the gulf between tho. Manawatn A. and P. "Association and' 'the North Island Poultry' Association. The; order.' paper lincludes -'tho'following, amoWg other, matters:— ."•■.';.;•:.,.>•'.. From Auckland. : - ' Rule 10.—Deleto;. and ■substitute "if de-. sired, Agricultural Associations r: may. be,:allowed to affiliate on a'ppli'cation, .ori '. same terms and with,same privileges as Pdultry'.A'ssociations." ' >. ,' ' '

;,, Rul.p.;lP v —','.Any person' exhibiting! at' a poultry,-pigeon, and canary .show" notaffili-;. ,atcd. with this .Association,.(agricultural.,or' .liorticultural' Assbcjatioiis,, excepted) ■ sliall. be .debarred from exhibiting, -at'. ari : .affiliated-. North Isjand. show." .'-...' '"..'" ■~ ' 1 . "That the, North'lsland .Poultry ,tion-;recousider ; theyresplutioii carried atitho' recent annual;meeting held at New Plymouth,, .which; meeting' disqualified . fanciers >:w]ioj ox-, hibited -at the■ Mapawatu A., and P. .Associa.tion, show,,.and this,Association:strongly, re.commend that im.mediately; removed."-. ..-'. -.'. ~..,',... .";,:■,.,, .From Wanganui. ■" "That in tlleje^entlof'an;application being ;'made for a license under 'Rule 10 by an Agn.cultural Association holding its show, during tho months o( "Jiino, July, or within a radius of twenty'miles from anyplace where ■an.affiliated' Poultry Society ; exists," such'affiliated Society shall at once be , notified , by the pNorth Island Poultry Association'of such l.application." , - ; "■■.'■■' " •'■'

"Such Poultry Society, if.opposed to the granting of the license, should,' within the ten cliiys' from date of notice, notify"' the Association 'of-such op-' position:" The North : Island As'sociation shall' , thon'imniediatcly , notify'all affiliated Societies' of iiicK , opposition', and shall require such ■.Societies to record their votes for or'against the , granting of such'license on voting papers ,to bo. sent out. by .the"North Island Poultry. Association.", ', ' ".. ..,"..'■..>.' : ''.■ '"If three-fifths .of .the affiliated Societies. .vote against the. granting,of .such license, the license shall bo refused.. -Otherwise,, it shall bo.granted.".' ,'''.' .',' .-'.' . ,' , , '■■ '"That the .headquarters of .the Association be removed to Ha'wera." , ,■.'... ~: ; . :,,,, .....