OTAGO A. AND P. SOCIETY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26115, 30 March 1946, Page 2

OTAGO A. AND P. SOCIETY

MONTHLY MEETING SOUTH ISLAND ORGANISATION PROPOSED The monthly meeting of the committee of the Otago A. and P. Society was held on Thursday aiternoon, and was attended by Messrs S. P. Cameron president), in the chair, D. McLeod, A. H. Templeton, C. V. Smith, C. T. McCallum, P. R. Clarke, J. Hellyer, K Clark, J. Fox, A. C. Begg, J. Young. J. A. Miller, W. S. Thomson and R. D. Stewart. The Finance Committee recommended payment of accounts amounting to £bL. 3s, and these were passed for payment. The bank balance was m credit *-J>o 4s sd, and outstanding cheques amounted to £475 7s 7d. Approximate figures weie submitted for inclusion in the annua report and balance sheet, and it was left to the president, treasurer * and secietary to complete these, so that the report could be distributed with the Winter Sl tt W »s2“S«£i mat the army aumortiis,fy*VT» e nss.vSe e n. o '?< r T.‘hu , s; Park after the expiry of the lease The Rugby Union wrote asking for the terms on® which the grounds would be made available to it for the season. It was agreed to °ft el the use •«* *»“ Club to erect a track in the north-eastern corner of the ground was approved subject to certain conditions, a £h tee->eur lease to be given, after which a year-to vear lease would apply- _ y A request from the Army Department for the use of the Agricultural Hall for the sale of army stores from Apnl 2J W Thi^e P new members were elected, and, as this brought the total to 981, it was agreed that an endeavour should be made to reach the 1000 before the annual meeting at Winter Show time. A report was received irom the Gymkhana Committee, and the programme drawn up and published for this gathering on Saturday. April 6. was approved. The schedule for the Winter Show was revised the recommendations of the van ous sub-committees being approved Judges were nominated, and JP 60 . 1 /!} donations for prizes were received with thanks Sir iPatrick Duff, High Commissioner tor the United Kingdom wrote accepting the invitation to open the show officially on Friday, May 31. The entries for the Burnside ram fair 'were closed and showed a small increase on last years totals. It was considered that there was a well-balanced offering of the various breeds. In accordance with notice from a previous meeting, the following resolution was moved and was carried unanimously. —“ That this committee approves of the formation of a Highland and Agricultural Society of the South Island, and that we write to the Christchurch and Invercargill A. and P. Societies and ask {hem to send a delegation to Dunedin during Winter Show week to meet a subcommittee from this society to draw up i proposed constitution, to be submitted to the three societies for approval. Further suggested extensions and improvements to the Tahuna motor camp were generally approved, and the Camp Sub-committee was given authority to proceed with these negotiations after consultation with the city engineer and the superintendent of reserves.