VENUE OF ROYAL SHOWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19038, 11 June 1936, Page 16

VENUE OF ROYAL SHOWS

LIMITATION SUGGESTED TWO CENTRES ONLY (Per Press Association.) CIIRISTCIirjRCII, this day. A proposal that the Royal Show should be held at only two centres in New Zealand, at Christchurch in .one car and at Palmerston North the next, .vas discussed at length at yesterday's meeting of the general committee of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Although several speakers _ spoke strongly ill support of the proposal, no resolution was carried, the opinion being expressed that such a. resolution would not come well from the Canterbury association and that the proposal was one for breeders and not for agricultural and pastoral associations, as interested parties, to support. Reference was made in the discussion to the Press Association report of a meeting in Invercargill in which it had been alleged that Canterbury was playing! a big part in a move to have the venues lor the Royal Shows limited to the two cities. Several speakers said that the reference was unfortunate, and the remarks made in the southern report should have been applied to South Canterbury, which had long publicly advocated the limitation proposal. There had been no remit supporting the proposal sent forward from the Canterbury association. Mr. D. W. Westenra, who began the discussion, said that it was his con!<n'cd opinion that the show would be held alternatively at Palmerston North and Christchurch. Naturally, Invercargill and Auckland wanted to hold Royal Shows, but New Zealand was too narrow for exhibitors to travel from one end of one Island to the far end of the other. There should be one central site in the North Island and one in the South Island. Mr. J. R, Little said that only Palmerston North and Christchurch could Rive the facilities for the stock and the accommodation that were expected at a Roval Show