THE WINTER SHOW.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13453, 1 June 1907, Page 6

THE WINTER SHOW.

THE ATTENDANCE NOT SATIS.' ' FACTORY.

"Was there anything wanting j tt the ,4 | traction of the Winter Show?" ~./ *' tion asked by .Mr. Coate., at yejteS : I meeting of the A. and P. A«sodaS%! • occasioned some discussion. i t ' ' ? : pointed -out that the popnktton «* »* ; city of Auckland, with it, ,uWb» J* I | roughly between 80,000 And 90,000. '*v? } the estimated attendance at the Wit* I Show was 12 ,000. Ail the fagi said the show, as'! a show, V a 6 T " fine, but all agreed that the .lUeirfli? , was' a reflection upon the public of S? ! land. The most feasible reason for »\ $ S comparatively moderate attendant, 3 % | thought to be that the people hi/*' j conception of what the «how »,,' &> -' jto be. This was, said tb* secretin- 5? I out by the fact that the awiSi? , doubled from the first to the second drr*§ j and from the second to the third di j while but for the inclement weather tf' | attendance on the last day would'ty also been doubled. Mr. R. Dic?£ cowifo ed that next year the townspeople Ww w give their patronage on ii rw . scale »-•' also would the country folk, who woW come greater distances and in l lirger m i bcrs. " w

Reference was also made at the awning to the value of the. show from, ta ;i educational point of view, and i hope w» ' expressed that in the future more .yotafil people would be found taking an interest! in the exhibition. Mr. J. R. Rutherford said that he believed that some & n Y' organised movement would be made in tin ! future to enable school children tc »L | tend the, Winter Show. He remarked a* j the excellence of the Agricultural D*raM. m cut's exhibit, which he said was dK "' t e features dl tho show. It was worth the farmer's while spending a lot of tim! ' ■ there. Tho Department had gone to » great deal of trouble in preparing rt»' >! exhibit. Mr. Boucher, in particular, fi ' t done a good deal towards making th« v ' j hibit a success, and the information '■£" ! and ins staff" bad given was most val^l? ■'; i He moved a vote of thanks to the IV purtment. and Mr. Boucher personally Mr. Dick seconded the motion, and 'lit the president (Mr. Massey) endorsed 111 remarks of Mr. Rutherford. On the £ gestion of the president, Mr. E. Clifton s '" , name was included in the motion, which. ? j was carried unanimously. j A motion was also' carried expressm* appreciation of, and thanks for, the wort done by the Winter Show Committee ' < - | ho secretary announced, in connection . with the weight-guessing competition held at the show, that no one had estimate' ; the exact weight of the three sheep Si 1 lied for the occasion. The sheen ffi > l wo lg he d 1721b, „nd five persons hudrum*' ! ed their weight to be 1711b. h * .