MANAWATU SHOW
Winter Exhibition
The schedule of prizes for the big Winter Show at Palmerston North, which is open from Wednesday, June 17, and continues to Tuesday, June 23 (King’s Birthday), gives a good indication of the comprehensive nature of the show. Competitive classes are included for dog trials, horse competitions, national dancing, wood-chopping, steer-riding, field roots, vegetables, honey, produce, fruit, home industries, bakers’ broad, model aeroplanes, photography, poultry, cage birds, etc., etc. Other noteworthy features of the programme which will appeal to patrons of the show include representative hockey (Wellington v. Manawatu); football (To Aute College v. Palmerston North Boys' High School); dog trials, wood-chopping, national dancing, horse competitions, steer-riding, motor events, trotting exhibitions, amateur cycle races, free vaudeville entertainment in No. 5 hall afternoon and evening; poultry show, cage-bird show, woodworking machinery in operation; model aeroplane exhibition, a house built of butter, pryamids of cheese and fruit, Women’s Institute courts galore, bakers’ bread exhibition, the finest collection of farm and garden produce and home industries in New Zealand, and last, but not least, every available square foot of the trade exhibition space occupied with the brightest of trade displays. Arrangements are in hand for additional attractions, full details of which will be advertised later. Anyone desiring to enter in the competitive section should do so without delay as entries are advertised to close on Saturday, May 30. Free schedules are available on application to the secretary, Box 85, Palmerston North. Poultry show schedules may be obtained from A. E. Burgess, honorary secretary, Manawatu Poultry Club, 231 College street, Palmerston North.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 147, 6 June 1936, Page 9
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262MANAWATU SHOW Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 147, 6 June 1936, Page 9
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