DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
WILL' AUCKLAND'S WINTER' SHOW. ' ,'' v . ' LAPSE? . , : l ' Our Agricultural'and Pastoral Association (writes, our Auckland correspondent) has got itself into an awkward corner. •' Last year it held a highly successful 1 winter exhibition and determined to make tho. event an annual feature. Against the warnings; of 'the 'moro'L progressive . members, '. 'however) ■'.it neglected to form ' a permanent ': committee to- carry, on th'tf necessary arrangements during the year, but : in a-happy-go-lucky style allowed the matter to stand over. Now it ljas -awakened 'to . the fact'that it will have to set to work. vigorously to get ready. l It went a few days ago' to secure the Drill Hall, where the> show; was held last- year, only to-find that the hall is not available.' The liall is the only suitable place in the city/;' At. the- time 1 of the last' snow the Association, which is fairly wealthy, was advised to secure a piece of ground and erect a- galvanised' iron structure, but _it' let- tho chance slip by, and consequently it looks as -if-the show will have to be abandoned. ■It is understood that the opposition to allowing the,use of the. hall comes from only' one or tvi'b..-voluntoer officers, and rthgre.is hope that the % Minister. for . and DefencO may usehis influence - to secure tho hall.-;:
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 106, 28 January 1908, Page 2
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216DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 106, 28 January 1908, Page 2
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