THE FEATHER FANCY.
' ~ * (Notes by Domino ) / < Already:l;liavo evidenco of tlio value of ! . such a column as this./ Sinco my, first notes 1 appeared,'a most pertinent question has been . put to mo. This is—" Has tho North Island ■ . Poultry Association any fund at itdi disposal, \ ■ or does it . intend- to pay out-tho champion- ■ - : ship prizes won,' last 'siiason?", .'Tlio . first . query is an casyi niattor, and my reply , is , ' vi'," thati'.if- AssociationMiasidbno; -its duty i ■■■in thoimalter of compelling affiliated societies -■ ■ to pay inp arrears for?last year, amito mako . thomsolves financial. for the/ present .venr, : th'ero should bo no 'shortage ot funds, after ■.' allowing for tlio amount to the credit 011 first . deposit ,to remain' so fixed." , As to the sec- . . ond portion of the quory, I mav say that I : | haye/n6;"idea' ; ofjitho/'Associatioii's'Untciition, : " ■ but : ;ani ,compelled,;to;:rt .is.'.not ; .to tho-credit of, tho Association if theso chain- . plonship amounts are ; still • unpaid."-- ,1 am : iaw^rjij < th*at;" , it'.:isdifficult"'and costly.. pro- ■ ceduro ito ca|l delegates together for all mat- 1 . ;'ters';that..'arise, but I:am.given'to''understand •' : .th'ttt;the;necessafy .jipwer/has'.been vested in the executive officers: to deal with such matr tors as'.that^under.'.notice; .if 'npt; :tho;sooner , . thei power-is-given the better. .1 It is. hardly consistentifor a igoverning bodv >to lav down : ,lnws .for/.affiliated societios regarding . .tho 'fy "( their, prize - money : ,aliould bo'paid out in full and promptly, l ' and •' . then to lapse, into a " don't care '.' stylo itself. ' ••Anent .these - cash: championships,, avgreat ■ mistake;was:madevwhon;the Association ,al- • lowed; itself, to -bo•'■.lured' into 'altering tho . / original conditions attached to these—i.e., to ' I- be won . twice, and . tho amount to .he £3 3s. AVhkt ■ valuo is there to bo attached' to a ohampionship: woiivm perhaps some obscure ! part of the Dominion, ,total : entry of ■ three-or. four, as against the 'samo having to : be. won; t\vice and to ,bo competed for, -it may bo, half a dozen times? Championships, liko lliflo-Association belts,- should bo. dim- ' cult:to wln, and whon<won appreciated; ■ ' Eanciers aro to " 'know. : whether ' thero.will.beiono or two f shows'at Palmereton . }■.;. ;■' , a-. boori'Vto V as ■ eachVsectionof . : the-.Eancy. aro anxious to map'out their plans ii) good time.
4836—ativincrcaso of ' 500 ' .on Tisfc»jre!if.. j was tho rccord entry, of-pigeons at •the -last-Palace (England) 'show.-':,.'Long-facejl.. 1 Tumblers (550), Dragons • (426), •. Oriental i . ; • Frijls"<(4oo),'■ Japolnns. ■ (340),? Magpies' (290)i .this;xolbssal'total. (At -thia I , varieticfi 'that,.are absehtoes at. ono show. i v '-;.r-\;;d6n'"Bi^rds , (lb2)', .Soandaroons (32)j- Starlings'.(l6),-Snip or <Blazo Pace (16),/Runts (52). f „ •t ■■■ consifelied -to: a Nelson fancier three 1 trios of. ; : Bantams;from the Old Country : Thev com- ) Pf'sX'-A. "each 0f... Sib'er jSjbrights, Golden!; , Sibfights,-and Whito Rosccombs.- They. will . ,■ mako ia -wolcome addition , to . the . variety , Bantam I 'Fahcy-m.-.tho Dominion.' l .; - /Miy.F.'Dficro's appointment as judgo of tho n ~A\yindottesat»;the. Club's show'at'Hastings; • has [been'approved by vtho.v Council of -the , North Island Wyandotte.Club. ■ ■ - in.., connection -with I'tljeVrecent'-young - bird .: of..tho Christchurchj Pigeon. and' Canary ■ > Clubi.ccmes out, it«frill discloso a substantia) ~,: oredit.,;Tho .mcmbers'aro>to; bo congratulated 'i ■i '• v. upon ...this. result especially as. the-shorf. was - ' \worlrtd upjn- s ( o>liort'' : a time.-, 'V. : i}?' (to • town . this/'week, were Mossp, R. ;E. ; Bannister.; (Palmerston'North), ; baS v a?;firid- lot thV season, and pli 1 W B M'Kenzio) of '.thc'newly- ... formed Pigeon Clilb there. ■* .'"•'lyn. Hii/l /
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 11
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518THE FEATHER FANCY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 11
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