PAPAROA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4487, 31 March 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

PAPAROA.

Our second agricultural show, so long anticipated, and by some carefully prepared for, is now a thing of the past. The account of it furnished to the Herald by its energetic special reporter was sufficiently exhaustive, and was by no means less interesting because appearinga week earlier thanreportsfrom this region usually do. A few. small errors and omissions are, however, discernible in the report, principally caused through the partial lack of that management so necessary to success in these undertakings. The omis- | sions in the names of prize-takers occur in j the produce department, and are the natural I consequence of the neglect to number the exhibits and record exhibitors' names in that . department. The corrections of these, supplied by the Society's secretary, Mr. Ariell, are as follow:—Mr. E. Coates, Pahi, acted as one of the judges of produce, &c., in place of Mr. Brown, Wairoa, who at the last -moment declined to act. In the section, " Mares or geldings for agricultural purposes," the mare which received the iirst prize is, together with the second prize animal, the property of Mr. Coates instead of Mr. Wales, who was not an exhibitor at this show. In the section " Mare and foal," the only exhibit (Mr. Griffin's) was commended, but no prize was given. In the sheep pens, the shortwool ewes exhibited by Mr. Coates. received no prize, but were highly commended. That a -first prize was awarded;to Mr. J; Smith for an exhibit of white,' potatoes, and a second prize to Mrs. Coates' for a sample of hops, and yet. another second 7 prize to Mr. Haszard for an exhibit of table

cabbages, was not mentioned, doubtless because the names o£ the prize-takers in those . directions could' not at the time beascer£amecL' -TKe' : six'- parsnips--which gained, a: second prize were the property .of Sir. Haszard, not of Mr. Sykes,'to whose successful cultivation they were ascribed; while Mrs. Symonds, instead of Mrs. Hurndall, succeeded in gaining the second prize for quince jelly. The opinion expressed by your reporter, that our show surpassed any other north of Auckland cannot be otherwise than gratifying to its promoters. I may mention that the committee expect to have a sum of about £40 to distribute in prizes when all moneys, as from the hurdles, &c,, shall have been received. „ „

Hopes are expressed here that the talkedof telegraph, which is much wanted to connect the populous and rising Northern Wairoa with the rest of the world, will be conducted through the chain of settlements of which Paparoa is a central link, on which route it would be certain to meet with more patronage than if carried across the uninhabited country further north, not to mentiou other advantages more imporfcaut still.—[Correspondent, March 22.]