Cavalcade of Agriculture

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 143, 20 June 1938, Page 6

Cavalcade of Agriculture

MINISTER WANTS IT TOR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. The probability of negotiations being made by the historical comraitteo of the New Zealand Centennial to secure for the celebrations in 1940 some of the examples of old-timo conveyances and implements used by the pioneer farmers of Manawatu, which the Young Farmers’ Club produced with telling effect in the “Cavalcade of Agriculture” at the Palmerston Show, was mentioned by the Alinister of Internal Affairs (Hon. W. E. Parry) replying to a deputation on Saturday. “Watching those aged vehicles, a vivid picture of tho olden days and the struggles in the transport and tilling of land came quickly into my mind,” said Mr. Parry. “A remarkable display in all ways, there was a living story in every one of the exhibits. It seemed to me to bo just the kind of realistic show wo need in our centennial parades—• something that will kindlo the imagination and cause people to live, if only momentarily, with their forefathers in the making days of their fino country. I am suggesting to the Centennial Historical Committeo that it makes an effort to socure those particular exhibits.”