PATRIOTIC SHOW

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2552, 28 August 1915, Page 8

PATRIOTIC SHOW

, AT PALMERSTON NORTH. Tho' committee of tho Mauawatu and v. -. iWest. Coast Agricultural and Pastoral :S;;" ;:;' : has decided, .to make; the. I ; .of'fits -poptilar.; shows- a pat- . riotifieyent; the: net-profit: of: which' .is' ,-v- to go to -swell'tlio fuild for.our sick and ;. woundedTlio dates .set' down. ■ are ; ; .'November- 3, 5 , 4, and-' sv-. Tho associa- ' tion's i. show grounds. havo been placed r - - ; st' tho disposal of • the Government' and ® :;vaT^us;,societies :;ftir.Jwar::and ; ,. patriotic V; ■ purposes- smco-tho war.began. ....In- ad--. . dition to the valuable use obtained by tho Defenco Department as a Remount • Depot and. training camps, tlio . groifnd l ? and, buildings'.proved a • real iWGod-send at.'.tlie tiiiie. of tho 'transfer '"-of tho Trentliam Regiment to Rahgiotu. -"■ / Several functions - have' been ; held - there for'patriotic puipososj and some thousands of pounds have been raised thereon. ' .' . .. rJCaivSthe committee is/dMrous of', doing; . • -• Jittlo.'bit as' ai body lien'co tho decision :beforeistated. : lt ; is . • posed to interfere with the prize-list, m ■ -any !way, members rather looking to big '(V sujipprt*; > to,' ;prize .: ' . fund, : and a big attendancq to.maker up ... a satisfactory • balance for, transfer,.•;to ill :-S? V; Wellingtpii'ifiocieties kreceived - :great - as-; ri'sistancej-i-and .-it. isjiiow^hoped 'that,;,the ' City'will'tally to the cause,'for it is : tlio Wellington show just as much as it i- ;;:-. -.js --Palmerston's and- tho -West Coast. , ■ It is 'definitely decided that patriotic and;.includiug .TVellingtbnl •; v to "ffanganui may -have - stalls . m the i 'maelmiery -building*' all, moneys raised I -•' : being'specifically for tho sick and wound- i cd fund - .-'Tlib; show' itself is well known both. v.;to;'city:>aud;'country, residents, ,; _sb. it is i- unnecessary to enlargem this direction. Fuller details will-appear later as also f;;:jwilMfhb' jadvertisement'-> relating : to the' j'-: . 'Tlib proportion; is of all v ~ the support possible, and m view of the v.. great .assistanco reudered,.by tho assoV ciatioln to. other .bodies .wo trust our will do all m their power to - furtner <the- success of-this .undertaking, of the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association