NIGHTCAPS SHOW

Southland Times, Issue 21087, 20 May 1930, Page 5

NIGHTCAPS SHOW

THE SPECIAL PRIZES.

(From Our Correspondent.)

There was a large attendance at the Nightcaps Winter show on Saturday evening, and an auction sale of produce was conducted at the close by Mr. J. C. Miller (Otautau). The sheep-guessing competition was won by Mr. G. Prendeville, who guessed the exact weight, 72}lb. The following special prizes were allotted: Most points in the show, £5 5/- set of cutlery, donated by the Southland Mineowners’ Association, to be won outright: Mrs. Cosgriff 97’. points. Most points in produce, 10/6: Mrs. Njsbet, 144 points. • Most points in butter, 5/-: Mrs. Nisbet. Most points in fruit, 10/6: F. Klemick. Collection of Vegetables: Mrs. Lyons 10/6, F. Klemick 5/-. Most points in Roots: Mrs. Lyons 7/6, (23), F. Klemick 2/6 (20). Most points in cabbage, cauliflower, marrow, lettuce, carrots and parsnips, roll of bacon, donated, by Purdue and Reed: F. Klemick, 31 points. Most points in potatoes; first 7/6, second 2/6: Mrs. Lyons 101 points; Mrs. Fahey and Mrs. E. Cosgriff (equal) 2. Most points in onions, leeks and eschallots, first 7/6, second 2/6; J. Hamilton 14, D. Wilson 2. Most points in carrots, parsnips and beet, first 7/6, second 2/6; F. Klemick 1, J. Allen and Lyon (equal) 2. Most points in grain and seeds, 10/6: Peter Sinclair, 134 points. Most points in oils, first 7/6, second 2/6: Mrs. D. L. Baird 1, Miss Eva Sinclair 2. Most points in art, first 7/6, second 2/6: J. D. Sinclair 1, Sutton Purdue 2. Most points in needlework, first £1 1/-, second 5/-: Mrs. Sinclair (37) 1, Mrs. Duncan 2.

Most points in knitting, first £1 1/-: Mrs, Sinclair.

Most points in miscellaneous section (needlework), first 7/6, second 2/6: Mrs. Duncan 1, Miss Jean Irwin 2. Most points in crochet, first 7/6, second 2/6: Mrs. Sinclair 1, Mesdames Hamilton, Wills, Grant and Miss Anderson (equal) 2. Most points in needlework, children 14 years or over, first 5/-, second 2/6: Miss Edna Cosgriff 1, Miss E. R. Lyon 2. Eleven to 14 years, first 5/-, second 5/-: Miss K. Egan 1, Miss Annie Searle 2. Best buttonholes, first 3/-: Miss Annie Searle.

Most points in baking, first £1 1/-, second 5/-; Mrs. Cosgriff 1, Mrs. P. Grant 2. Jams and jellies and bottled fruit, first 7/6, second 5/-, third 2/6: Mrs. P. Grant (21) 1, Mrs. E. Cosgriff (191) 2, Mrs. Clapp (11) 3. Pickles, first 5/-, second 3/-: Mrs. E, Cosgriff 1, Mrs. T. Duncan 2. Plain baking, first 5/-, second 3/-, third 2/-: Mrs. Nisbet 1, Mrs. Cosgriff 2, Mrs. Duncan 3. Plum Pudding, 5/-: Mrs. Laidlaw. Fruit cake, 5/-: Mrs. Cosgriff. Sponge sandwich, 5/-: Mrs. Cosgriff. Girdle Scones, 5/- ■* Mrs. Croad. Children’s baking, 2/6: Miss N. Nisbet.

Most points in poultry, trophy, presented by Mr. F. Boyle: J. C. Wilson (Nightcaps). Most points in ducks, half hundredweight meat meal: J. Calvert. Best birds in the following classes, 10/6 each: Hambury, any variety: J. Clapp. Brown ' Leghorn: A. Smeaton. Ancona: John Perry. Wyandotte cockerel: J. C. Gardner. Black Orpington: S. Brumbv. Rhode Island Red: J. C. Wilson (Nightcaps). Utility White Leghorn pullet: R. Heathcote; cockerel: Tracey King. Black Leghorn: H. Matheson. Light Sussex: J.'Cracroft Wilson (Christchurch). Old English Game: E. Dockerty. Black Rosecomb Bantam: W. H. Pickford: Pekin Bantam: S. Brumby. Game Bantam: G. Clapp. Homer cock: J. Calvert; hen, J. Calvert. Duck or. drake, Mrs. J. Rewcastle; local bird, R. Heathcote. Novice class: Miss Jean Nutter. Canary: John Lawton. Pet: Norman Allan. Best Bantam in show : J. Clapp. Best bird by primary school Scholar: S. Sinclair. Championships. Following were the poultry championships: Open classes :■ Best muffled Tumbler Pigeon, no award. Best Homer Hen, 275 miles or over, J. Calvert. Best variety canary, other than Yorkshire; Norwich, Roller, or Mule, no award. Utility Classes: Best Utility Light Sussex, J. Cracroft Wilson (Christchurch). School Points. Following are the points for the £5 5/Callenge Cup, donated by the Southland Coalmine Owners’ Association, awarded to pupils gaining the highest aggregate points in school work, open to all primary schools in Southland, to be held for one year: Waihopai 38\ Nightcaps 27J, Wairio 241, Seaward Downs 22, Winton 104, Galdfield 8, and Riverton Convent 2. Previous winners: 1925 to 1928, Nightcaps school; 1929, Invercargill South School.