WINTER SHOW

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10880, 26 April 1929, Page 3

WINTER SHOW

AURA NO EM ENTS K< )11 FESTfV.\!/ MEET LX Cl GF COMMITTEE A general meeting of morn hers of the Poverty Hay Winter Show Association was held on Wednesday evening, Mr .1. H. Greig presiding over tt rather small attendance. Following on previous notice., a motion that the. Association’s fina.nAal year eiul on August .‘il ami that the annual general meeting he held in the mo ll tli of September, was carried unanimously. A new draft of (lie: Association rules was read and approved.

Tlio meeting then resolved itsell into a general committee meeting. Three letters were received from the Auckland Winter Exhibition concerliiing the 1029 distent. courts competition, and a warm invitation to attend was extend: d to Poverty I’-av. It was poitnu'd out that 1 lit* - onditions this year would be I'm

sime' as Inst, with the exception Liiat Ihe schedule, regarding wool, was altered to ‘‘'wool, in theca and

scoured.’’ A matter 'oming before die committee shortly, add"d tin letter, was a request from Hrankloi ihnr the g ,- :int b.* increased from toll to .L 75. A protest, from Poverty Ibty against the high expanses incurred in staging the court at Auckland last year and a request for Auckland to p:tV ft share of this, had I -;. ■ll referred liv the genera] committee to the finance, eommitte for immediate report, while the matter o'

a cant factor’s charges, also considered excessive by Poverty Hay. was l.e:!ng«. investigitted.— This matter was hit in the hands of the secretary (Mr W. M. I’ayly). for a suitable reply. The Department of Agriculture advised that it would be pleased to make a display at the annual show and sought information as to tlm

soace available, an area of dibit. Itv I Hit. being suggested as tie' l)e- ---! ailment's requiremems.—The see-

args action in writing thankin

e Department for their olfer was hi finned ami the sit a • ol the display

res referred for attention to the hull committee.

A protest was received from an exhibitor at previous shows wherein objection was taken to the alternt’on of conditions governing pliotoerapliy in the art section, tie* new t lause making the photograph not nr- essarilv the whole work of at: amateur. This avernd the v,Titter of the letter of protest. simply turnisl the section into an open one and was hardly an encouragement to amateurs. — It was stated that most amateurs had their photographs dm veloped and printed by a professional. therefore a new and wider Held of compel it ion was opened up by the new conditions : the arguments of the profe-tant were commented ttn favorably and it was decided to write him pointing out that no alteration could lie - made this

'car. but tlmi: the question of mnkcg two clttsse*. one in terms of the Ad conditions and the other as urn d*r the new. would be considered t ext year, thanks also to h * extended for the < onsr-riietivo criticism contained in the letter. Messrs .J. Gamphell. X. V. Shaw C. Leggett. L. L. Mawson and A. •J. Rusher were elected as new members.

An offer from Mr A. C. Langford of a -1-th wether with two years’ growth of wool, for use in two estimating competitions in the -show, one for weight of carcase and the otlr.'r for weight of wool, was accented with thanks and a prize of 12 2s was allocated to each compi tition.