DISTRICT PROGRESS
Wairarapa Meeting X Master-toil, July 25. The first meeting of tht year of the Wairarapa Progress League was held today Mr W. L. Free presiding. Tho secretary-organiser, Mr, J. M. McLean, reported that the formation of district committees of the league was proceeding satisfactorily. Four had boon formed, fthd he anticipated that the whole scheme would be in operation before the next meeting of the council, basing his statement on the sympathetic manner in which the proposal was being received generally and the ready response of public men. . , . “As a matter of policy and In the interests of efficiency as well as for other obvious reasons,” he reported, “the principle of accepting existing organisations in each locality as the basis of district committees was preferable to totally new committees.” He though' that such arrangements would be beneficial to the league in providing ready-mnde basic organisations, and would also strengthen the position ©£ the b»4iaa> ©Sv*-
tion of ex-officio members and other members of the basic organisations who from time to time might be appointed would result in the formation of very strong district committees. The Chambers of Commerce in Pongaroa. Eketahuna and Greytown had agreed to act as committees in these towns., in Carterton the following committee had been set uni—Mayor, Mr. W. Eishw, Messrs. D. McGregor, A. Rose, and W. Roydhouse (ex-officio members), L. HBarber (Dairy Association), Broadbent (Borough Council), and Mr. H. Henall. Mr. J. F. Thompson was appointed a vice-president, and Mr. A. D. Low was re-elected auditor. . Messrs. T. Jordan. W. L. Free (president). J. W. A. Fnlloon, T. F. Watson, and G H. Perry were appointed a finance and executive committee. ■ It wns decided to invito the president of the Royal Show, Mr. IV. Perry, to the next meeting of the executive committee to confer with them in regard to stimulating interest in the next Royal Show nt Hustings among Wairarapa farmers.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 257, 26 July 1930, Page 8
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