BLUESKIN A. AND P. SOCIETY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 11

BLUESKIN A. AND P. SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of members of tie Blueskin Agricultural and Pastoral Society was held at Waitati on Friday, 22nd, and notwithstanding the inclement state of tne weather, was well attended, 16 members being present. Mr W. J. Bolt, one of the vice-presidents of the society, occupied thechair. Before entering on the business of the meeting the Chairman feelingly referred to the great loss the society had sustained in the death of its late esteemed president, Mr James Green, who had filled that position almost continuously from the earliest days of the society, and had in the course of his long connection with the society never ceased to further its interests in any way that lay in his power. He would movei that an expression of sympathy from the members of the society be conveyed to ihe immediate relatives of th© deceased in their sad bereavement. This was unanimously endorsed by the members present. The annual report and balance sheet for the year ended August 31 was then submitted to the meeting, and adopted. The financial result of the year's transactions shows a

credit balance of JBl 4 0= 2d, the expenditure in prizes and working- expenses being £96 3s 3d. The nomination of offic&ra for tho ensuing year was then proceeded with, and resulted in the unanimous election of Mr W. J. Bolt, as president, and Messrs W. Park and T. M'Connell as vice-presidents, Mr D. Ferguson as treasurer, Mr J. G. Fenviek as secretary, and Mr A. Hamilton as hon. veterinary surgeon. It was resolved that the next meeting, to consider the programme and prize list for the forthcoming show, be held on October 9.

The City Council on Wednesday gave permission to a firm of meat exporters to wJI in Dunedin certain carcases of sheep bruised in places, or otherwise useless for the English market. The fact mei-its some meditation, because if meat goes much higher in price it is just possible that it may pay some London speculator to begin sending us frozen Welsh mutton— a scheme, since it might greatly benefit poor folk, otherwise much to be commended. New Zealand prices are occasionally deeply mysterious. Why, for instance, are those paper-covered English editions, which are sold all over Biitish earth ifor sixpence, and specially published at that price to catch the big sixpenny market for the benefit of authors and publishers, retailed in Dunedin for ninepence? The price all through Australia and London is exactly 50 per cent. lees, is doubtless some, reaeon, but it should De made plain. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS restores mental and physical vigour.