THE OMAHA AND PAKIRI SHOW COMMITTEE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10423, 22 April 1897, Page 3

THE OMAHA AND PAKIRI SHOW COMMITTEE.

The annual meeting of aubscriberi to the Omaha and Pakiri Show was held in the hall on April 10, Mr. W. Greenwood in the chair. The secretary (Mr. Alex, Matheson) read the account* in detail. The total receipts were £89 13s lid, and the expenditure £84 7s sd, leaving a balance of £5 6d. The total amount paid in prizes was £56 16s 6d. On the motion of Mr. Joseph Greenwood, seconded by Mr. John Greenwood, it was agreed to pay the secretary the usual remuneration of £3 3s. The accounts were passed by the meeting as read. A vote of thanks was passed to the outgoing committee. Mr. Rwk. Matheson was appointed auditor for the ensuing year. Names of intending subscribers were taken down, and a committee of nine elected to carry out the next year's show, consisting of Messrs. Henry Brown, William Nesley, Alex. Haskell, William Greenwood, J. 0. Wyatt,JosephGreenwood, Thomas Handley, Alex. Matheson, and J. H. Hadwick, Mr. W. Greenwood chairman. The following are the subscriptions received from Auckland, for which the committee tender their best thanks: — Richard Monk, Esq., M.H.R., £2; Rose Casey, £2; Hunter and Nolan, £1 Is; A. Buckland and Son, £1 Is; G. W. Binney and Son, 10s 6d; R. and W. Hellaby, 10s Gil; J. Jones, 10a 6d; J. Wiseman and Son (goods), 10s; Woolcott and Harvey, £1 Is; Loan and Mercantile, £1 Is W. Gunson and Co., £1 Is; Rush* brook and Co. (goods), £1 Is; R. W. Gallagher, 10s 6d; R. Carson (goods), 10s 6d; R. Raw, 10s fid; Esam and Arthur, 10s 6d; E. C. Pilkington and, Co. (seeds), 108 6d ;J. Burns and Co. (goods), £15s 6d; W. J. Hurst and Co. (goods), 10s 6d ; Wingate and Co. (goods), 10s 6d; E. Porter,and Co, (goods), 10s 6d; Richard Hobbs (goods), 108 6d; J. T. Garlick (goods), 10s 6d; Cruickshank, Miller, and Co. (goods), 10s 6d; Richard Arthur, 10s 6d; W. S. Jones (goods), 10s 6d; T. and S. Morrin (goods), 16s; H. Brett, one year's subscription to the New Zealand Farmer, 10s; Wilsons and Hortoo, one year's subscription to the Auckland Weekly News, £1 2s 6d;. Ehrenfried Bros., £1 Is; Salmon and Co., £1 Is 9 Sargood, Son, and Ewen, £1 Is; Mennie and Dey, 10s; Foster and Co., £1; A. McDonald, ss; Hayman and Co. (goods), £1; L. D. Nathan (goods), £1 ss; Kempthorne, Prosser, and, Co. (goods), 8s 6d; A. Yates and Co. (goods), 7s 6d ; R. Hall, 10s. There were twenty-six local subscribers at ten shillings each.—[Own Correspondent.]