H.B. A. AND AND P. SOCIETY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 48, 9 February 1912, Page 6

H.B. A. AND AND P. SOCIETY.

A committf c Hireling <f the Hauke's B,\v Agricultural and Pastoral Society v. ,i - held in the S<>cietv’" roi t.i, r. ti.is inorninc. Mr. A. 11. Ri:--. 1 presided over a fine attendance. Leave of aLsom-o was "ranter] t<> Messrs J. 11. Co'iman. T. Horton. H. M. Rathbone. 1-. L. Gordon. B. V ha.libers and A. (). W«d!w<»od. (. ORRESPt )NDENCE. The Potash: Symlirate. Sydru-y. wro?" r. commending tin- in.-t i‘t io;; of a crop r i-;npct itioii. Received : to l>e sent to the Fruitgrowers’ As bociation fur th- ir coiisidr-raticn. The Dunedin Stork Agent-,' A-sn.-iation forwarded a let tor vvhi-4: they had sent to the Mini.'trr o; Labour concerning the absurdity nt the d» mamis of rhe Wat<id*. Workers Union for the handling <>: manure. They chara- t. risi d the demand that the fertilisers should be shipper] in paper lined gags as frivolous bt s:<lf ■; b» mg m< 'e- s am] expensive.- Aftc I diseiir.riun . f. P b ttor v. as received.

O. !?. B-id'ii k wro'c proting agamst the omission of a class foi commercial In at the forthcomieg sh'.v-. Litter refriru] to the J'r* 'irati.tiic R< x is-.u.i l'.>n:ii;itti r. IL M. < 'r.mp’.i it. M.P.. m.t died that he v.ou'd not be ah,';- to a< ; a .- rtev.ar-1 at the f<irth<<.ming Aid umi Show as be umdd probably be r.b-. scut i i V,'tl:i;tgt< it at the time, lie-j

Tite Den;;'v like Raring ( lub wrote asking t!u:t the date of the Autumn Stio.v. which is on March 6th, lie changed, as the firs! day of tite rttics will clash with it. They offerrd to bear the • xpi.'.-c for the ch.-.ngo in advertising. Rcccivi d and regie: expt*"d that no alteration ca;. now he made in the date. J. Holt. W. M. Peacock ard F. B. Logan were « k '-ted new members. Accounts amounting to £‘26 13 1! were passed for payment. GENERAL. The secretary repotted that last year the rent received for the Ram Fair was £s ! >. now it is £'SS 98. so , that the result was very satisfactory. 1 The chairman stated that there ; bad Been some delay in the arrival j c-f the p< rlrait of Mr. J. IL Williams :

but this b.ad been due to the fact

that two copies bad to he made and ' Mr. FenO-.g b.ad not yr* returiie-l the me for tiie A.‘ am.i F. Society. A letter is to be sent to the Educat:on Board r.-ktng t!::;; the cb.il dren get a holiday on the date of the Autumn Show.