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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2668, 13 January 1916, Page 5

At a meeting of the South Canterbury Jockey Club, a letter from the president of the Racing Conference, Sir Geo. Clifford, was read as follows I "Very large 6ums havo been voluntarily dedicated to patriotic purposes by the racing and trotting clubs of New Zealand. Tho absorption of such offerings, into a common ftwd will before long cause their origin to be forgotten. It has Been suggested to me that their amalgamation for some acceptable object would be of practical utility in itself and might be made a continuing record of the patriotic unselfishness of the contributing institutions. The exact destination of the combined fund is a matter for agreement with the War Funds Council recently appointed. The main point is to secure lasting recognition of the sourco of the contributions, and of the sacrifices made in accumulating so large a sum. My desire in addressing racing clubs is to obtain an indication of the feeling of each club in regard to this proposition, and to ascertain its willingness or otherwise to accept it. If it bo generally welcomed further measures can be adopted to carry it out, bnt before any public step can be taken it is advisable that the clubs concerned should, as speedily as possible, express concurrence or the reverse." After discussion, the following resolution was adopted: "That this club, without committing itself definitely, is of opinion that the object suggested by the president of the New Zealand Racing Conference is worthy of discussion, and suggests that the New Zealand Racing Conference and the Now Zealand Trotting Association take the necessary steps to call a meeting of those interested, and thereat formulate some definite proposals to put before the several clubs." Tho remarkable wheat harvest in Canada last season was referred to by Mr. Adam Watson, representing the Dominion Flourmills Company, of Montreal, Canada, who arrived in Auckland b.v the Makura, en route to Svrtnrv •-nd Melbourne. Mr. Watson stated tliati after providing for her own leqi'irements Canada had 30,000,000 bushels for export, and the bigger part of this surplus was being sent to Great Britain. Yields in the great wheat belt had averaged between .60 and 60 bushels per aero and the oat crop from 70 .to SO bushels per aero,