WAIKATO SHOW AND THE WAR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16502, 30 March 1917, Page 5

WAIKATO SHOW AND THE WAR

EXECUTIVE TO DECIDE IN JUNE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON, Thursday. The annual meeting of the Waikato A. and P. Association was held to-day. The report showed a successful year, both from the financial and the exhibition standpoint. Officers were elected as follow :—President, Mr. 0. A. Atkin; vicepresidents, Messrs. W. G. Park and T„ Clarkin; treasurer, the president auditors, Messrs. R. English and G. Edgecombe. The present executive was reelected. Mr. J. A. Young, M.P., was added to the list of patrons. The retiring executivo submitted a recommendation that the show should ba abandoned. This gave rise to an animated discussion, during which members generally said they considered it inadvisable to cancel the show, as they failed to 1 see how such a course would assist the war. Members thought the cancellation of excursion trains would not affect the attendance at the show materially, while if it was allowed to lapse for one year, probably there would be considerable difficulty in resuscitating it. It was unanimously decided to refer the matter to the executive to decide in June, -when it was thought it would be better able to judge the advisableness or otherwise of cancellation.