NELSON A. & P ASSOCIATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue XXXVI, 15 December 1902, Page 2

NELSON A. & P ASSOCIATION.

A apcvial tm-eting ( ,f the General Com mil teen vi Die Molson VtfricuUaral and l'cictoral Asfociation was held at Richmond on Salurdiy c veiling-. The President i.Mr 11. Haipen! ) cccapied the chair. I'hc uiinut -of the proii ms meeting wero r ad and continued. Too tiicretary iMr John Glen) snbanUedan inteiiiu balance sheet in connection with Ihß late Show. This showed that receipts trom admissions and en-Irie-lo tailed £ot3 17, 9d ; tbere were uni,H : .l -'ibscription* amounting to £70 i.s, a iia .^ici iuiil pii/.ca a: ii hj« mafcine a trand lo'.al of recti, ts i; 773 Os 9d The wh..|o of tho accounts had not been Bent in, lut, making a n ample Jallowanco for ouLsfandin? accounts, there was a profit ot x>.2 I. 1 !- led resulting from tbo Show Iho Avocation gare £311' 7s in prize munry, nnd ppf'cial prizes to the value of ill' »c ie i»iv6e ß t3<Uo tbo Aitociation JncJuded in the expenditure were the rate* and ether charges against the Aeeociu l ion for Ibe rear. •Mi- W. H. May won d that tho As-ocia-fou Mutlior.-o the payment of prize mnucy.— H,i-. »- 0 - eeonded by Mr Kin?don ai.d i urri. <J. Tho Chan man -aid that tl.e members would ho plta-id to hn,,w that the A-s o - usiion lnul Wm able to let Kicbinond lHrkata.cntaiof tluu p IT anumn as tcooi March nest. A letter was received from W Bay Tn' V7 r <»° De cf j h:i jud » es ( f horses aUl.oiHiebhow. He comphmented the Assocniioiinpon tho excellence of the bho W| aLdth«iuk t d that body for t£a con lt o« 8 .ay they bad ire.tSd hiS fij plcy uoio iadge>. several nicnher^ exp os ed tho opinion thaLinoreoHhejudffi^abomd t P ake plcn.e ou he first chiy . also I bat the ore Krnm.no be .trie ly adhered to. M r <?£ The B en7ot Mr ,V. Coleman, Marshal at the lat« jbt W| cxpl.ined that h 3 ha 4 tried to ad abiHt ealal0 = ue t0 !h » best O f |i d

fA \V °°u ke , tboUffhtthat the duties ot the Marshal was to follow the programme- not to be dictated to Mr Kingdon said ho sympathised with the steward*. He thought fchat too much responsibility had bwo photdon their shoulders. The suggestion of baring senior stewaids was a *o,d one Jf *h« »to«rjird« bad so much to do they wire bound to get into a " muddle." The Chairman thought /.uafc the stew fHeirrar 611 '^ 1^ '° *** grBate£t ****** Mr W. K. May statfd that ho" ra. S member of the Schedule Committee fl e said that the suggestion of hiring senior fctewardß wax not a good one. They had tried tj-e tystein some years ago, but that did uos work satuf actor ily t > M ( W»y a so explained that the detiMMia ik i programme were unavoidable, mo Assodation hail been unable to obtainjudges for the borses and cattle until at the last momeat. The Committee met on the Monday tight before the Show and the unavoidable »Uor^!i jn3 iv tho * programme that wore made al this meeting were to have been notified in the nest daj's paper, but they did not an pea: The *-bnle of bhf SZjfi* %

caused through nob having sufficient judging done on tbe first day. At tfie request of the Chai. man, who had to leave, Mr May took tbe chair. Several members expressed the opioion that not sufficient judging was done on the fin t day of the Sbow -also that the programme had not been strictly adhered to A member also complained that tbe attendance at the Schedule Committee's meetings had not been quite np to tho mark, and the resulb was that the Committee did not seem to have given entire satisfaction. Mr Philip Best suggested that the Association shonld provide more substantial yards for cattle. Mr Moßae considered that one horse should not be allowed to enter in several cIftBSGBMr VVratt thought tbat the Show would be male more attractive if brood mares and hackneys were judged onthe first day and the ponies also judged and jumped on the first day. The parade of ponies coold be held on the Fecond day A ringeaJion that the butchers sa rts b 8 jud^d Oil the first day and ha. tner parade on tho,seoond day »-».. also mootCd Mr Best moved, That lho Assnciati on drawupaprog.amnie, which bhould be Bdhered lo as closely as possible. Some discußßi .n ensued upon thi, motion, but eventually the res ,lu tion was seconded by Mr Wratt and carried. , A letter wa. recerved from Messr-* W. Bout and Sons in reference ro the Bara and Ewo Fair, to be held next February. , It was decidsd that a Committee consisting of Messrs Hunt, Paton, and Cook, J make the necessary arrangements for the Fair on behalf of the Association. Messrs Harris an<L.Stonc were elected members of the Aesociati-m. Mr Chisnall complained that his recommendation to raise the height of tbe hurdles for crossbred sheep had not been . attended to. -It was stated that tbe recommendations woald receive attentioi.. A letter waa received from Mr t «ton, | suggesting tbat-(t) The Association ; Bhould allow one hon>e to compete in two single harness classes , (2) givo a prizo for limbering a binder on tbe Show ground ; (3) a edecial prize to the person who makes the three nearest guesses f.»r fit stock j (4) a prize for fancy bread and C *lt 6 was resolved that the railway time table b«;^ printed on the catalogue next. ye it'was iesolved on tbe motion of Mr S. Wratt, seconded by Mr Felix Green that " in futurethe three hack classes be divid- i ed as foUbws .* 11. 13, and lo stone. Mr W B. May stated that a deputation had wniteof on the Premier in reference to Clearing "2 the mortgage on Bichmond | Park, and the Premier had promised to reconflneiid the Cabinet to give £ftoo if the Attbriation would secure the balance Of *£10pOi Mr May wanted the meeting to give & expr. ss ion of opinion as to how the £$300 could b 3 obtained. Aft|r discuasion the following resololipil* was put and unanimously carried -i^T__J.t the matter of raiding the _31600 to bgcmg lhe J3BOO promised by the Premier be left in the hand? of the Finance Committee to report at the general meeting, with a recommendation of the best means of raising the money. Tha meeting chen adjourned.