STAGE NOW SET FOR FIXTURE

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 223, 17 June 1936, Page 15

STAGE NOW SET FOR FIXTURE

Attractions With a Wide Appeal

The stage is now set for the most comprehensive and interesting Winter Show ever staged in Palmerston North, under the control of the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association, which last year celebrated Its golden jubilee with two outstanding shows, but from present indications, this week’s fixture will be even better than last year’s. Entries constitute a new record and, in addition, a particularly outstanding programme of attractions has been arranged. Live-stock breeders will find much to interest them among the various classes in these sections, while commercial and industrial people will also be well catered for. Even the youngsters are not forgotten, and will find untold numbers of things to keep them interested and at the same time improve their general knowledge of this fast- , moving, modern world. Continuing over six days aind five nights, the show will conclude with a grand gala day next Tuesday, the King's Birthday. Indeed, when one studies the schedule of competitive classes and the programme of attractions arranged for this fixture, the comprehensive nature of the exhibition becomes striking. In

addition to the usual classes for dairy produce, fruit, honey, home industries and garden produce, many new sections have appeared on the schedule. These include bakers’ bread; frozen lamb, bacon, horticulture, photography, model aeroplane building and flying and classes for philatelists. Stamp-collect-ing has been a very popular hobby for many years, as has been the art of photography, but interest in these hobbies has never been so keen as it is to-day. The exhibits in these sections, together with the model aeroplanes, will be of wide interest to all. The exhibition halls, covering 78,000 square feet, are crowded to overflowing with exhibits, so much so that one trade exhibit is staged in a marquee, adjoining and opening into one of the trades’ halls. Three halls contain all the competitive sections, including the huge poultry and cage-bird show of 1340 entries, which is being staged separately by the Poultry Breeders’ Association. and promises to be particularly outstanding. Tn the remaining three halls are set out the motor Olympia, a maze of fascinating trades stalls, and the wood-working machinery exhibits.