AGRICULTURAL SHOWS

Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1926, Page 7

AGRICULTURAL SHOWS

PALMERSTON AS A CENTRE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Palmerston N., Nov. 2. “I think the day is coming when the agricultural and pastoral shows in the Dominion will resolve themselves into one or two main fixtures at the most suitable centres. Palmerston North must always remain one of these, and this is where the Royal Show should be held every second year, alternating with one of the South Island centres.” The foregoing was the comment of Mr. R. D. D. McLean, of Maraekakaho, Hawke’s Bay, a prominent stock breeder, who is visiting the Spring Show, when interviewed on various matters of agricultural and pastoral interest. Auckland, he stated, was too far out of the way as a Royal Show centre. It was too far to send stock there from the lower half of the North Island, and the risk of interruption in lines of communication with the northern centre was far greater than was the case in transporting stock to Palmerston North. "Here you have a first-class ground, with splendid appointments Auckland cannot bear all-round comparison with it. The Palmerston North showgrounds are the most up-to-date in the North Island and ideally central for breeders.”