AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11539, 28 March 1898, Page 2

AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

TIMARU. The thirty-second annual meeting of tho Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held on Saturday. There were about forty members present, and Mir George Lyall, the retiring president, opened, the meeting. The report stated that tho annual horse parade and the ram and 1 ewe fair had been held, and had resulted in a small profit.. Special reference wai made in the report to last year’s turnipgrowing competition. As there was so little interest taken in it (there being only five entries for two classes), and as there was a prospect of a had season, it was decided not to repeat the experiment this year. Thanks were accorded to various honorary officers, contributors of prizes and subscribers to the cost of the new grounds, and to Mr W. Grant for his generous assistance in lending the Association £3OO to carry on with. The statement of accounts was as, follows: —Receipts—Bank balance, £95 7s lOd; members’ subscriptions, £lB6 10s; subscriptions for nevr grounds, £1619s 6d; donations and private prizes, £55 ss; entries, £2lO 19s 6d; booths. £BB 10s; catalogues, £10; gates, £234 Os 6d; weight guessing, £l4 (total privileges, £347 6s); rent of grounds, £8; horse parade, £3 9a; ram fair, £9 15s 6d; W. Grant, loan, £300; total, £1378 2a 4d. Expenditure—Prize money, £367; printing and advertising, £4l 4s 9d 5 auditor, £2 2s; secretary, £SO; show wages, £24 13s; band, £8 18s; bonus to secretary, £10; general expenses, £62 5s 4d; Meason and Marchant, £lO 10s; luncheons, £26 16s; rent of old grounds and rates, £2O 17s 4d, balance turnip, competition, £2 12s; repairs, improvements and expenses incidental to the new grounds —by railway siding, £297 10s; clearing rushes and draining, £3l 6s 3d; contract, removing and re-erecting yards, buildings, &c„ £223 8s 4d; fencing and material, £24 4s sd; tree planting, £9 11s, 6d; painting, £l3; law costs, £l6 Is 4d total ground expenses, £615 Is 10d; balance, £136 2s Id; total, £1378 2s 4d. The retiring President, in moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, congratulated the Association on the possession of the new grounds, and on the fact that while they had spent between £llOO and £I2OO in the purchase and fitting up of the new show ground, they now possessed the freehold, with £136 in the Bank, and a liability of only £3OO, the interest of which was paid by the grazing rents. The Association was, therefore, in a very much better position than the most sanguine member had .expected at this time last year. He eulogised the memberu of the Ground Committee for the interest they had taken in their work, and tho contractor, Mr J. Kane, for the thoroughly workmanlike manner in which he had removed and re-erected the buildings and yards* and also the secretary (Mr Gordon Wood) for the care and zeal winch he had bestowed, upon all matters relating to the Association. Mr Lyall also expressed great gratification at the greatly increased Interest taken in the Association by tho members during the last two years, every meeting of committee being well attended, whereas formerly it used to be difficult to get a quorum, and sometimes it was. difficult to get a president. He hoped this interest would continue to be shown. Mir D. M’Laron seconded the adoption of tho report and balance-sheet, and moved a vote of thanks to the retiring President. This was seconded by Mr Guinness. There was some discussion about the election of President. By an unwritten rule, this office has hitherto been filled by the retiring vice-president, but as it was understood that Mr D. M’Laren, the vice-presi-dent, had stated that he would decline the office, other nominations were made prior to the meeting. Mr M’Laren intimated that he ought to have been given tho option of accepting before anyone else wan nominated, but as he was not he would go to the poll. A ballot resulted in the election of Mr John S. Rutherford as president by 24 votes, D. M’Laren 4, R. H. Rhodes 3. Mr R. H. Rhodes was elected vice-president with 25 votes, against Mir W. R. M'Laren’s 11. '

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