TE AWAMUTU SHOW
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8. ORGANISING IN HAND. The nineteenth annual Show of the Te Awamutu Agricultural, Pastoral and Horticultural Association will be held at Albert Park, Te Awamutu, on Saturday, February 8, and it has already been arranged that entries will close with the secretary (Mr J. G. Wynyard) at 5 p.m. on Thursday, January 30.
The catalogue, which has now been printed and copies of which can be obtained on application to Mr Wynyard, opens with a timely and optimistic note by the president (Mr h. C. Rainey) who writes: “Notwithstanding the war that is being waged by our Empire against the forces of Hitlerism the Committee has decided in the interests of production to carry on. A Show is of great value in maintaining and encouraging good stock and crops and in advertising the capabilities of a district.
“The Te Awamutu Show has been built up to its present state by the hard work and enthusiasm of its members, past and present, and the Committee feels that it would be a pity to let it lapse this year and to have to rebuild it again up to its present standard. “I therefore appeal to all to heartily support the Show this year so that the reputation of this institution at least will be maintained and preserved for the time when the war will be won and the normal occupations of our men at present overseas will be resumed.”
It is hardly necessary to stress the matter further, except to endorse the appeal for the hearty co-operation of all in making the Show a worthy advertisement of a district so richly and abundantly endowed by Nature. The schedule is a comprehensive one, providing sections for all classes of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs, with the usual competitions for horsemen —and horsewomen.
A pleasing feature is a special class for the Boys’ and Girls’ Calf Clubs not a new departure certainly, but one which should be supported and encouraged to the hilt. The horticultural, home industrial, needle and fancy work, preserves, etc., and children’s classes are all provided for.
The prizes are of a liberal nature and in themselves should attract a large entry.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 62, Issue 4378, 15 January 1941, Page 5
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366TE AWAMUTU SHOW Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 62, Issue 4378, 15 January 1941, Page 5
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