THE MASTERTON SHOW GROUNDS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 2

THE MASTERTON SHOW GROUNDS

" ■ QUESTION OF SITES; '■' It- appears as if there, is to" be. a battle over the, question of shifting.the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Snow'' Grounds to Sohvay, near the railwayline at. 'It isra, fairly', well-known fact ;that. the,. Syndicate which; purchased the property of 161 acres at £9600.is p(fering:\thq; wlipje;:or, 90 acres of .it, at'" practically the' cost price to the Association., . This. price..ip, actuallywas asked'by Mj-.-'J. Renall some years" ago. In order to placp the facts beforo the people theso details are'being , made public.' The portion of 1 tho ■ Solway Estate which has been -offered to 't|\o; Masterton Agricultural and' Pastoral Association •is a second; Tauherenikau,'. but .with -more 'advantages. The feeling .among-spm'e business pooplo ■is that the town Hvill '^uffer. by the ohange of .positions. Those interested in tho welfare of tho Agricultural and Association, however, point out. that, byshifting to Sohvay the Mas tor toy.sliow will' have a chance 'of "recognition among tho principal 'shows of the.Dominion. ViTliis is an important' point,, because before ,long it is expected, there will ,bo 'inaugurated - Royal Shows','iti.New, Zealand. The first will undoubtedly be-held ;in Chris£church,' 3 £ho next ,at Palmerston North, and it is contended that, with its;splendid geographical,"(position at Solway, Ma'sterton will be-the next selected. By the increase in the impprtann'o of tho show the .'Masterton. business will loso nothing.; It is only natural, that the saleya'rds. in the town will be 'mpfjcd tp; tho now . spot.'.' Manawatu,, Hawko's Bay, arid AYairnrapa stock-breeders are openly m favour of the new proposal, which is'-'Vp -bo further considered at a meeting of General Coiiimittce on Saturday next, ; and later at a general meeting of tlie Association. V.