Young Farmers as Debaters
MASSEY COLLEGE WIN COMPETITION FINAL
The final of the Wellington, Young Farmers’ Council debating competition held at Massey College last night, resulted in a victory for the Manawatu team which scored 310 points. Northern Hawke’s Bay with 299 points were second. The subject of the debate was ‘ 1 That disease in stock is of greater economic importance than the breeding of highly producing strains of stock.” The adjudicator was Mr. Gordon Elliott, of Feilding, who congratulated the two teams on their very excellent performances. The chairman, Mr. E. W. Barnett, welcomed Mr. A. H. Cockayne, DirectorGeneral of Agriculture who stated in reply that he considered the Young Farmers’Club movement one of the finest institutions in New Zealand agriculture and he congratulated the teams on their fine performances. Professor Peren, principal of Massey Agricultural College, also spoke and congratulated the teams on their arguments.
At the conclusion of the debate, votes of thanks were passed in favour of Mr. Elliott for judging the contest, to Massey College for the use of the hall and to Mr. F. E. Sherwood, secretary of the Wellington Council for his very efficient organisation of the tournament.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19390704.2.89
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 155, 4 July 1939, Page 8
Word Count
195Young Farmers as Debaters Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 155, 4 July 1939, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in