THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3643, 23 March 1869, Page 5

THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW.

Te tk» Editor ot tht Dai&t Socxhjskh Cuesi. Sib —la your issue of the 17fch there appear* a letter ia your column*, signed " Edward Plum Ley," od the above wibj -ct. Ths apaihy which you Complain of in your remarks on the show is very de^ plorable, ia rcipeot of tbt settlers not coming forward and supporting the show. I think th»t the leason is that they bace nothing to show, «r nothing worth bhowiog. Another reuon is th« dUappoint* ment experienced by some of the tetfclers growing for exhibition Iwb y«ar, when the Society decided not to hold a ihov. Now, »r, to ensure the sueceii of suoh a society, every Rattler mu«t more or l«is take »u interest ia It ; tho»e tb»t oannot prodttoa for ■how Bhoutd grace it »»y thfir presence. Now with respect to Mr. riumley'o gri-Twncea, I tt>s»t ta ju.tiy complains. It it is a dignity to be an aristoeras, 1 tuiuk ie would be more graceful to accept the honour, tad not the »iWer me I*l, when even Mr. P., who was awarded three piiz*s by the jndees, wa« not allowe> evea (as he *uys) a leather und»l, which I could readily have furnished myself, but three oardi. Now, sir, in the post»cnpt to Mr. Hdmley's h tter h throws out an invitation %a ( any out who will accept, ia which he says he wil! show thin year or next, for £5, wbioh m*yW given to my charity you ibill mtaUon, who will show tin

most »Qd bwt of anything, as parfcioulaniied in y«terday'e toll of bhovr. Now, sir, t bar« i the pleMttre to inform him hw challenge i» .unoouditaonally »oce, te<i, »nd th»t I will «how »g»wst him at the next autumnal the be»t two out of three of the following Mticlei-, namely, oniow, rhubarb, carrots. - lam &c. T. bTRIHOIB, Maroh 22, 1869. Bootmaker, Otabnhn. -~ 4* *-— —