TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8144, 18 November 1905, Page 6

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

./'. ' (Per Press Association.} /: l CHEISTOKUECH. November 17. *•'. ":The annual meeting of the New Zea- ,.'■■;• land-Amateur Athletic Association was ••' held;'to-night. g _ The report stated that ' ~Ac "net profits from- the Shrubb and ■-•Duffey tour were £19 103 Id. Reference ; was also made to tho backward state of '•'■ amateur athletics in the North Island. : .It was decided that Dunedin should be .^offersd the N.Z. Championship Meeting . " ifor the coming year. A motion for the ■ - xeinoval of the headquarters to Dunedin ■ was lost by 7 to 5. _ The weekly official review of the progress of the New Zealand International Exhibition states that the contract for • the main building was signed this week ••' and the work should be completed by •the 11th July next. Mr J. G. Gow, who . represented the colony as Com..naercial Agent in South Africa, takes up /.Ms. duties of travelling representative :vjbr the Exhibition; and Mr Younge, •!;;' .manager of the Canadian Manufacturers' \ Association, Toronto, Canada, ha 3 been Commissioner for Canada for S the purpose of working up an extensive .[/ representation of Canadian manufac-.-•turers. . 1 ';'; '* OAMAEU, November 17. J*^ ;' -The second day of the Show of the „;-■ North Otago Agricultural and Pastoral ..Association was held, to-day in fine iv^'weather. There was a record attendance. ' i r The entries' o£ draught stock have been ..^rger, but the quality was good. Mr J. • -Eeid's Agitator wa3 champion horse, ■_s..."with Glenturet reserve champion. Mr 'v;3sobert_ Jackson's Princess Fanny was .^tshampion mare and Messrs. McCauley ■»-.Bros' Herd Lassie reserve champion. Mr J. Mitchell's Boan Dake was cham3|i»ibn bull, and Mr S. Eutherford's ■ijPrincess champion cow. In the rough i^liiding competition, Lambert, of Masterifl^bn, was first, Sell, of Milton, being xSaßecond, and Cuff, Oamaru, third.