HORTICULTURAL SHOW.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 281, 27 November 1915, Page 8

HORTICULTURAL SHOW.

?THl<l -ji/tji y. • COMPETITIONS

. > ..There wero maay visitors., to--the '.. ,tMarlborQtigh; Hdrfciciiltur&l; Society's ':," -sh-c^.r in, 15ia Tow a Hall yesterday, and r ilie flowers and vegetables, which the • ■-co.ntihitfpq' c&tik'tVed to keep;'in .fresh ■"-and; presentable condition^ again '■afeaoted iha-interest due to- one of '"'tiija ■ 'finest ovihibttion»s yetoffei'ed by tlia. Society.; ' . • J "The baby competitions held in the af^piQon wove -well attended, and -R.ffo|'"9ed. jniic]»' -entertainment. Be-'..;-i.t.w,e©n.-30 aiicl ,40 children-refine speciriliefia of liealfcliy babyhood— -were sub- !.-■ iinitted for •, oxammation, and the jvldge, Dr Noble-Maims, had no easy ta|k in making Ms selections. The winners Vvevo; — Cgjxl- "under «.ik months:, Esfcella • ■ I. ■■ ... ■ Koynndev .^ix months: Cedric Price 1, Gordon Kitchener Potter 2. j Girl- : undei- .. 12 months i Una ; .Kennedy J, D'Arcy Platchett- 2. Boy, ; tiuder 12' months: James 'l Jliil>ps. t l, George Tunnicliffe 2. . • .OiH; und^r- two years: Margaret ; Middle 1. ,;: : :

.Boy une'er 2 years: jDhaiies,Thomp«on:.l;. . , .. • ', •.-"". .-V.--.:/

Cfiampipn . t»ab,y of all classes: Mai.;garei lliddle, "Picton. . . Ah especjistlly interesting '. feature ■*viifi the...-fljujearcwice. of two sets of

'....^iri^'-4>lie.-c4dci^^f;>whicli^wi as';2.yeaiis r*Mi(l"a mottthfj - and the younger 3 <r-*noTilihß. '?S%m who was ■firesenfc,1 is Mrs Onddy, of Spring- " "lands: AU four babies, were well

■Reared -n.Tid of excellent development. Aft Noble~-Aclrvms remarked, that the--c?ass!£; \vus one fully deserving of the '•'CirSdia" bounty and suggested that :«rf application for this form of reodg:*iiti6ii should be made to the Goyerri-

tneui through the- Member■ for the 'dfstrict.. Jfc is understood that this

rSiig^Sstion is to be followed ui>. IJi is n'ori'hy of note that iri~; the 'dnSi xer.-babies undor six monthsonjy ■one^girl Avas onte/ad, and thfere were -41-baps. : - ■/" ." . ■•■-''-. ■'"■ ! ■^Tlis giu^siutg <x»mf>etition, tJte ssub- i jet-t of wlsicii w«<s a sheep, was wonJ "by" Mr IT Ki'-ni-in;^ v,3io.ret«i-(|ed .J.he ! • oxuvt wpighf- -Sill*: " Mr ••' Ke*atmg: i generously <loTir<f^i the sheep to the!