SPLENDID DISPLAY OF BIRDS IN THE CITY

Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7486, 9 June 1934, Page 4

SPLENDID DISPLAY OF BIRDS IN THE CITY

Manawatu Club Stages Its Annual Exhibition The first annual show to he hold by the Manawatu Canary and Foreign Bird Club was opened in the Majestic Buildings, Broadway, Palmerston North, yesterday afternoon. With Auckland and other outsido ccnties strongly represented in a total of over 200 entries, the fixture is to continue to-day. The centrally situated show-place and the well-arranged benching of the birds were features which were appreciated. The exhibition, which is being held under the rules of the New Zealand Federation of Cago Bird Ci'ubs, has created much interest among fanciers, and is well patronised at'all sessions. THE PRIZE LIST Details of the prizes awarded are appended:— Yorkshire Section Champion classes, natural colour. Clear or invisible ticket yellow cock or hen: A. M. Bartley and Son 1; only entry; cinnamon ticked, variegated, self or foul yellow cock or hen: T. Parker 1; only entry. Clear or invisible ticked buff cock or hen: F. HPalmer 1, Mrs E. A. Cox 2, W, ± ■ Moore 3; four entries. Ticked or lightly variegated buff cock or hen: vv. \7 Binns 1; only entry. Cinnamon ticked, variegated, self or foul' buff cock or hen: A. M. Bartley and Son 1; only entry. Heavily vanegated seU or foul green, yellow or buff cock or hen: Mrs.E. A. Cox 1; only entry. TJnflighted.—Clear or invisible ticked yellow cock or hen: W. A. Binns : F H. Palmer 2, W., A. Moore 3; four entries. Ticked or lightly variegated yellow cock or hen: W. A. Moore . , F. H. Palmer 2; only entries. Clear or invisible ticked buff cock or hen: T. Parker 1, W. A. Mooro 2, F. H. Palmer 3- only entries. Ticked or ligbtlj variegated buff cock or ben: T. Parker 1, W. A. Binns 2, A. M. Bartley and Son 3; only entries. Cinnamon ticked, variegated, self or foul a cock or hen: B. G. Gillington 1 and 3, T. Parker 2; only entries. Heavily variegated self or foul green, yellow, or buff cock or hen: T. Parker 1; onl> entrv. ‘ ‘ Colour red Cock or Hen Open or nnflighted.-Colour fed yellow or buff cock or hen: W. A. Moore 1; only entry. Border Fancy Section Cock or hen, any variety: J- W. "Watts 1; only entry. Budgerigar Section Open class.— Light green cock: J. Twcedie 1, Malcolm Watson 2 and v.h.c., A. W. Just 3; II entries Light green hen : Mrs E. A. Cox 1, Mr and "Mrs H E. Edmunds 2, T. E, Cookslej 3- four entries. Light yellow cock: Malcolm Watson 1, Mr and Mrs H. L. Edmunds 2, A. W. Just 3; only entries. Light yellow hen: Mrs E. A. Cox x, Malcolm Watson 2, Mr and Mrs H-L-Edmunds 3; only entries. Sky blue cock: Mt and Mrs H. E. Edmunds 3, S. A. Wood 2, Mrs E. A. Cox 3, A. LHenley v.h.c.; 10 entries Sky blue hen: Mr and Mrs H. E. Edmunds 1, A. E. Henley 2; only entries Cobalt cock: S. A. Wood 1, Mrs L. A. Cox Mr and Mrs H. E. Edmunds 3; nine entries. Cobalt hen: Malcolm Watson 1 Mr and Mrs H. E. Edmunds 2; only entries. Mauve cock: G. Rowland Hutchinson 1, A. E. Henley 2, S. A. Wood 3; six entries. Mauve hen; Mrs E. A. Cox 3, Malcolm Watson 2; only entries. White cock, any colour suffusion: Mrs E. A. Cox 1, Mr and Mrs H E. Edmunds 2, Malcolm Watson only entries. White hen, any colour suffusion: Malcolm Watson 1, Mrs L. A. Cox 2, A. W. Just 3; five entries. Grey wings, any colour cock: J. Twcedio 1, G. Rowland Hutchinson 2, Mrs E. A. Cox 3; only entries. Grey ■wings, any colour hen: Mrs E. A.Cox 1 and 2. Any other colour, including green-blue, cock: S. A. Wood 1, Mrs E A. Cox 2, J. Twecdie 3; only entries. Any other colour, including green-blue, hen: Mrs E. A. Cox 1; only entiy. Breeding Pairs Green: E. A. Allan 1, Mr and Mrs H. E. Edmunds 2; only entry. Blue: Mr and Mrs H. E. Edmunds 1, Malcolm Watson 2; only entries. Yellow: T. E. Cooksley 1, Mr and Mrs H. L Edmunds 2; only entries. Any other variety: Mr and Mrs H. E. Edmunds I. Mrs E. A. Cox 2; only entries. Novice Classes Light green cock: E. J. Hickcn 1; only entry. Light green hen: E. J. Hicken 1: only entry. Light yellow cock: E. J. Hicken 3, H. B. Richards 2; 'only entries. Light yellow hen:E. J. Hicken 1; only entry. »Sky blue cock: He B. Richards 1, G. Blackwell 2, Murray Watson 3, E. J. Hicken v.h.c.; only entries. Cobalt cock; H. J. Both 1;" only entry. Breeding pairs: E. J. Hicken 1; only entry. British Bird, Section Goldfinch, house moulted: A. E. Henley 1, Mr and Mrs 11. E. Edmunds 2, A. W. Just 3; only entries. Bramble fin eh: A. E. Henley 1; only entry. Greenfinch cock: Mrs E. A. Cox 1 only entry. Mules and Hybrids Clear or lightly variegated mule: Mrs E. A. Cox I; only entiy. Heavily variegated mule: A. E. Henley 1, Mr’ E. A. Cox 2, A. W. Just 3; only entries. Any variety foreign bird: A. W. Just (hybrid) 1, A. E. Henley (hybrid) 2; only entries. Poreign Section Zebra finches in pairs: F. Ronberg 1 and 2; only entries. Strawberry finches in pairs: F. Eonberg 1; only entry. Any other variety foreign finch other than Australian: Mrs E. A. Cox (parrot finch) 1, A. IV. Just (cut-throat finch) 2; three entries. Three pairs finches, other than Zebra and Strawberry: F. Ronberg 1; only entry. Nun, any variety: F. Ronberg 3; only entry. Java sparrow, blue: Mr and Mrs IL, E. Edmunds 3, Duncan Snciting 2; only entries. Java white: Mrs E, A, Cox If only

entry. Pekin nightingale: C. Baigent 1; only entry. Any other variety foreign bird not belonging to tho parrot family larger than a Pekin nightingale; A. E. Henley 1; only entry. Parrot, any variety: C. Baigent (gold-en-naped Amazon parrot) 1; only entry. Pnrrakeet, any varioty: Malcolm Watson (Bourkc’s parrakcets) 1 and 2, Malcolm Watson (Red rump parrakeet) 3, Malcolm Watson (Rosella parrakeet) v.h.c.; seven entries. Any other variety foreign bird, belonging to parrot family, including lories and loriokeots): Malcolm Watson (Rainbow loriekeets) 1 and 2; onty- entries. Lovebird, any variety: A. W. Just 1, Mrs E. A. Cox 2, G. Rowland Hutchison 3; six entries. Children’s Section Any variety canary: J. Priscott (buff cock) I, J. Priscott (buff cock) and Jack Bo'll, equal, 2, Keith Worboys 3; eight entries. Any variety finch: J. Priscott (Strawberry finch cock) 1, E. Hicken (goldfinch) 2, Jack Bell (goldfinch) 3. Any other cage bird, except canary and finch: Jack Bell (Budgerigar) 1 and 2 and v.h.c., J. Priscott (cobalt cock Budgerigar) 3; seven entries. Norwich Canaries. Championship classes: —Clear or invisible ticked buff cock or hen: G. Lambert 1 and 3, E. B. Looney 2; four entries. Ticked or lightly, variegated buff cock or hen: E. Taylor 1; only enfry. Heavily variegated self or foul, yellow or buff cock or hen: E. R. Looncj f; only entry. Unflighted. Clear or invisible ticked yollow cock or hen: C. Wheeler 1; only entry. Clear or invisible ticked buff cock or hen: C. Wheeler 1, E. Tayltfr 2, E. R. Looney 3; only entries. Ticked or lightly variegated yellow cock or hen: R? G. Gillington 1 and 2; only entries. Novice Classes. Open. —Any varioty yellow cock or hen: B. Bennett 1; only entry. Any variety buff cock or hen: B. Gardiner 1 and 2, B. Bennett 3; four eutries. Cups and Specials. Cups aud special prizes were won as follow: — Manawatu Canary and Foreign Bird Cluib’s Challenge Budgerigar Cup (presented by Mr. A. W. Just) for best budgerigar in show. —Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Edmunds. s Hicken Novice Cup (presented by Mr. E. J. Hicken) for best budgerigar in novice section. —L. J. Hicken. Miniature silver cup (presented by Mrs. E. J. Hicken) for points prize in children section. —J. Priscott (HamilHenley Miniature Shield, for best finch in show.— Mrs. E. A. Cox (Hamilton). Special- for the best budgerigar m novice class, opposito . sex to Hicken Cup winner.—E. J. Hicken. Special for best pair of breeding budgerigars.—Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Edmunds. Special for best open class budgerigar of opposito sex to Just Challenge Cup winner.—Malcolm Watson. Special for best oxhibit in British bird section. —Mrs. E. A. Cox. Special for best Yorkshire canary in show. —W. A. Binns (Auckland). Special for.best Norwich canary in show.—C. Wheeler (New Plymouth). Officials in Charge. The canaries were judged by Mr. G. Fleming (New Plymouth), while Mrs. L. ooliin3 (Now Plymouth) made the awards in tho classes for budgerigars, British, foreign, mule, hybrid and miscellaneous sections. Officials controlling tho show are as follow: —Patron, Mr. A. E. Mansford; president, Mr. A. W. Just; vice-presi-dents, Messrs H. G. Bagnall, J. A. Bell, A. M. Davies, H. E. Edmunds, E. J. Hicken and E. J. Watson; hon. secretary, Mr. E. B. Watson. Stewards’ duties were carried out by Messrs Hicken, E. B. Watson, F. Bonberg, Edmunds, Just and H. J. Bott. Opening Ceremony Held. The president (Mr. A W. Just) art, the official opening ceremony, said the club had started 15 months ago with 14 members. Now .there were 40. Tho object of the club was to encourage tho keeping of cago birds under proper conditions, and to make available information to fanciers. The. club was affiliated with the New Zealand Cage Sird Federation, and was progressing very actively. Mr. G. Fleming, who judged the canary section, said that, though the entries were not as largo as they might have been, the quality of tho exhibits, could not bo surpassed in any centre of the Dominion. The budgerigars were a very lino section of birds. Children should be encouraged to keep pets, ho said, and cago birds were both interesting and attractive. Mr. J. Hodgens (Deputy-Mayor) in officially opening t’Jie show on behalf of tho Mayor, welcomed tho visiting exhibitors, particularly thoso who had forwarded birds from long distances. He congratulated the club on its splendid exhibition. The president ol: the club thanked all who assisted in the organisation of the show, also the judges and exhibitors.