ANNUAL BIRKDALE SHOW

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21277, 2 September 1932, Page 4

ANNUAL BIRKDALE SHOW

WOMEN'S ENTERPRISE Although a. five to tour decision aega- j r;vcd making inv donation 3 <innng the | current financial year, til® application of | the secretary,, Mrs. 51. Mers. for a sab- j smption toward the annual February show ; organised ht the women of Birkdale, bad: > stalwart. champions among members o£ • the Birkenhead Borough Council. In moving *hat the council donate the nominal ; sum of ana guinea as an indication of its j approval of the exhibition, Messrs. E- J- j SineL and P. Dennen passed soma compii- I mentarv remarks, regarding the enterprise and enthusiasm of the women concerned | in raising, funds and relieving cases of dis- ; cress at that end of the borough- To refuse J financial support, Mr. Dennen contended, suggested an attitude ot " save as from ' oar friends-" The exhibition was the only • advertisement they had in the borough, and it introduced visitors and increased traffic. Mr. Sinsi said the council recently sat our. i the annnai donation to the Birkdale j Library, and to act similarly in respect to j ihe annual show wonid cause a distressxnl j : feeling ".here. '* Thev may cail upon you to apea the show/* ha snggssted, in ; p'leading for the Mayor's support- "And f they might Be a power in the fixture," ha |. hinted. , : -liter a lapse of several years the annual Birkdaie Show, formerly organised by the Birkdaie Fruitgrowers' Association, ■ resuscitated by a committee of iocs!; women, and onened early in iSJI oy the Countess of Orford. and this year by Miss j Mowbray, of Auckland.