Year Reviewed by Horticulturists

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 11, 14 January 1936, Page 8

Year Reviewed by Horticulturists

ANNUAL MEETING HELD. There was a good attendance and an enthusiastic gathering when tho 15th annual general meeting of the Palmerston North Horticultural Society was held last evening. Mr. A. W. Just presided. The aunual report (previously published in the “Times”) was read and adopted together with the balancesheet, which revealed a satisfactory position.

Officers Are Elected. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted: —Patron, Mr. J. A. Nash; president, Mr. A. E. Mansfovd; vice-presidents, Mesdames A. D. Russell, A. F. FitzHcrbert, A. Coombs, and Miss Parkes, and Messrs. J. Hodgens, M.P., Cl. Tremaine, J. V/. Ruthcrfurd, T. R. Hodder, A. AV. .lust. J. AVallacc, J. Galland, B. IL Just, G. H. Bennett, AV. L. H. Chapman, E. J. Keiller, F. J. Nathan, D. S. AVylie, T. AVebb, AV. Y. Kingsbeer, AV. Devine, AV. Cl. Black, A. J. Shailer, .T. P. Inncs, F. J. Oakley, J. C. Young, A. J. Graham. L. H. Collinson, AV. G. Ross, J. AV. Smith, P. Black, and Dr. F. H. McDowall and Canon G. Y. AVoodward; hon. auditor, Mr. E. G. Sim; hon. treasurer, Mr. AV. M. Tapp; hon. secretary, Mr. J. Galland; ladies’ committee, Mesdames N. Stidolph, E. P. AVard, R. A. McKenzie, J. Galland, A. J. Shailer, A. AV. Just, AV. J. Phillips, B. M. Munro, L. T. Brown, J. Louisson, 11. D. Smith, 11. B. Prideaux, A. Dymock and Misses D’Ath and Woodhouse; men’s committee, Messrs. F. Carpenter, C. H. Barrett, G. AVeller, E. P. AVard, A. AV. Just, W. H. Chapman, AV. M. Tapp, A. J. Shailer, S. Shailer, H. J. Ogier, G. H. Dawick, .T. Adamson, A. O. Meyrick, L. Morine, D. C. Pryor, A. L. Miles, J. B. Morgan, L. J. Plank, F. J. Melhuis'n, H. D. Smith, C. J. Erenstrom, 11. Silson, A. AVylie, J. AV. Hodgson and T. M. N. Rodgers. The usual honoraria were granted to the secretary and auditor. A revised constitution was read and approved after lengthy discussion. The merging of the Garden Circle and the society was next dealt with and amalgamation was agreed to unanimously, - Mr. Russell was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for the donation of a trophy for the open dahlia class,

SOLE QUALIFICATION. “ll’ni,” the publisher murmured. “Your handwriting’s so indistinct I can hardly read these poems of yours. Why didn’t you type them before bringing them to me?” “Type ’em?” the would-be poet gasped. “D’you think I’d waste my time writing poetry if I could type?”