THE RECENT BABY SHOW

Patea Mail, Volume XLV, 12 September 1921, Page 2

THE RECENT BABY SHOW

SOME NOTES AND COMMENTS The Bulb and Baby Show Thursday was without doubt one of-them: most successful shows ever hold in the town. Everything went smoothly -without a hitch of any kind proving that those responsible know what they were doing as we can see by the result when they appointed Mrs. W. F. Sheild as Sec rotary with Mr. G. H. Peacock Assistant Secretary. The organisation was perfect and there was no sign of bustle or hurry throughout the day and not a jarring note—a record by the way for a Baby Show.

Speaking of the Baby Show, it was a glorious sight to see so many fine healthy babies most of them we believe brought up under the Plunket systemi It was often said that what New Zealand wanted more than anything else was populating with the body, bone and muscle of Great Britain and it was a significant fact that many of the mothers of the babic s shown were English * girls who arrived in the Dominion after the war. “Nearly all the fathers of the youngsters, saw active service in the Groat War. The father of one bonnic boy was one of the first to leave the shores of N. Zealand for the Great Adventure and was wounded at Gallipoli, vhilst the father of another pretty lit- . lei girl was wounded twice after taking an in practically every engagement of note on the Western Front including ho groat Sounnc Push, the battles of .Tcssines and Passchendacle. The day was a most successful one George’s Church both socially and financially. Besides bringing the members of the congregation together, -,s was most desirable, it also resulted in the funds of the church being cou■•idcrably increased. At the conclusion of the Show a sale of produce' was hold Mr. D. Kcrrisk wielding the hammer in his usual capihlo manner. A brief concert programme was renI ere cl each of the items being well received. His Worship the Mayor made an exellont suggestion when opening the Show that might very well bo given ef-\ feet to. We refer to the proposal to make the town more attractive by the establishment of flower beds in front of he Municipal Buildings and by the Jouth African War Memorial in the Triangle. We have already had offers from :\vo residents to look after a couple of bods if they were established so there hould bo no hesitation in carrying odt he suggestion.