OTAGO AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SOCIETY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 7

OTAGO AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SOCIETY.

I SUMMER Slir-W Tin OtaifO A and P Soc-'.««\'s 33rd fumimer show will bo held at Tahunj. Paik on , Wednesday, and Thursday, Xov ember 24 | and 25. The programme and schedule of j prizes is now i^ : t;ed. from which it will I*^ ■ n'jied that large additions have been mado ' to the prizes in several and also 11 an> spT-ial ])ri/Ch have been offered for . this yeai's •event. Particular attention has ' been paid by the comimttee to prov iding amusement- f< i* the second day of the show, and •~ver\ efiort is being made to make t'io snow of 1909 a lec-^id one. It is ex- , 1 ec-ti-d tha' a la)gt^ nunib'-r of entries will ' }<■? rec_-:ved from Canteibiuy and North Oraf^o. m addition to the large support thai come* fiom Soubhland, the Tdieri, and •jiher districts of Orago. During ihe la_st few monthis coimderable improvements have been cfiected at Tahuna Park. Th ; laige i-ina^ has been top-dressed with soil and levelled, and the grand stand lawn has also had careful attention, with the result that a fine few aid of grass is now gro ving in both enelosuies. At the south end of the ground an additional area has been reclaimed from the sandhills, thus increasing the accommodation of the , fchow groand for exhibits Numerous other ' details are now being attended to, with a view to making the park and its appointments as satisfactory as possible from both the public and the exhibitor's point of view. Judging from the reports received by the 1 secretary fi v om different parts of the pro- , vihee, the entries for .this year's - show shoul.l be both largo end of excellent ' quality. Moro Planet, Jr., agricultural and garden implements are in use in the world than any ' other three mSkea put tope* her. — Ximmo | and Blair. ' (