The Evening Star THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1923. TAHUNA PARK.

Evening Star, Issue 18171, 11 January 1923, Page 4

The Evening Star THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1923. TAHUNA PARK.

O.v November 29 the A. and P. Society hold a special mooting to consider a proposal to soil Talmna Park. Tho vordict, after tho hearing of what wo new believe to have been some special pleading, was for postponement. The date then arrived at was January 15. There has been another postponement until January 51. On that day tho voting should bo 'assertively against the sale of this valuable property. It is handy to Dunedin. Tho A. and P. Society depends largely on gate money., Should tho society decide to accept the disinterested offer - of the D.J.C. to migrate to Wingatui the .gate would surely suffer. Tho Metropolitan Show would place itself | on a level with the Taieri Show. So far j M the exhibits go, tho Taieri Show can hold its own with many more pretentious shows. That is very interesting to tho breeders of stock ; but the public has to j be,considered. If the public docs not atteucl. adequate prize money cannot bo offered. That means that a representative competition is no certainty. At present bleeders of stork exhibit at tho show held at Tahuna Park. In a measure they do so under protest. If tho railway line were extended to give them more direct access to the show pens their protests would cease. If the Dunedin City Corporation, instead of trying to make a haul that looks well in tho departmental balance-sheet, would co-operate with the society to take the public'to Tahuna Park on a joint ticket protests from the patrons of the society would end. To sum up, the breeders of stock are in favor of sticking to Tahuna Park, the Dunedin public strongly favors tho same venue, and the issue rests with tho meeting to be held at the end of this month. It appears that personal attendance by members is imperative. Those members who vote for a transfer to the Taieri hare many arguments behind them. It is to be hoped that there will ibo at tho meeting (for personal attendance is necessary] a greater number who will frustrate this subversive idea. The town would suffer, the society would suffer, eathibitors would suffer. No benefit would accrue to anyone.