SHOW CONTINUED

Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1929, Page 14

SHOW CONTINUED

SCHOOL CHILDREN PAY VISITS. CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SPECIALS. Large crowds attended the Stratford winter show yesterday and last night, the bulk of the afternoon sightseers being school children who visited the show class by class in charge of teachers. The crowd was in a good humour and the side-show men report business was satisfactory, while the merry-go - round was in continued demand. The gleaming arrays of cars and the artistically decorated stalls, almost bizarre in their galaxy of colours, lent a festive appearance to the building, while the home industries and field sections furnished a more sombre background to cater for contemplative tastes. And sound was not lacking. The .music of gramophones, pianos and wireless sets, intermingled with the numerous natural noises from the poultry section, were not displeasing if hardly harmcni-

Besides the cars, stalls, poultry, field displays and side-shows, there was the art and photography section, the exhibits in which represented, perhaps, hours of endeavour to obtain the. correct perspective and to interpret it on canvas, or paper. The cooking stall attracted the housewife, who could readily realise the expenditure of painstaking care over the- stove necessary to brirw to perfection tho carefully mixed ingredients that had finally made their appearance as cakes, scones or buns upon the show stall. . Championship and special tropey winners are:— . Special N.I.P.P. and C. Championships. Poultry.—Utility Orpingtons: James Patterson (Wanganui). Also £1 Is donated.by the Association. Pigeons.—African Owls.—K. Rogers (Hawera). Cage birds. —Finches: Airs. T. Loi. 0 (Stratford). New Zealand Leghorn Club. Tho Utility White Leghorn Shield, value £lO, to be awarded to the be-st male or female in the utility clas-s at club show.--N. Higgins (Wanganui)... The John Cunninghams sterling silver teapot, value £lO 10s, for the best brown or white Leghorn, male or female, in the fancy classes; to be won four times before it becomes the property of the winner.—G. H, Ambler (Auckland).

CASH SPECIALS.

English Leghorns, Open Class. Best 'white cock or cockerel—G. H Ambler (.Auckland).

Best white hen or pullet. —G. H, Ambler. Best brown cock or cockerel. —E. R. Adams (Marton). Best brown hen or pullet.—Waiter Jones (New Plymouth/. American. Leghorns, Open Class. Best cock or cockerel.—D. Starr (Frankton Junction). Best hen or pullet.—D. Starr.

CUPS AND SPECIALS.

Or>en to all Competitors. English Sussex Club’s silver medal for best young bird, male or female, to be won outright,—A. J. Davey (Stratford). . New Zealand Sussex Clubs ribbon for the best adult bird, male or female, to be won outright.—J. C. Wilson (Christchurch). Fancy Section.

Best Bird, Campinc section—W. Corkill (Stratford). « n Best 'bird, Minorca section. G. G Thornton (Clive). Best young bird, American Leghorn section.—H. R. Allridge (New Plymouth) Best adult bird, American Leghorn section.—D. Starr (Frankton). Best adult bird, Orpington section.— W. Hogg (Castlecliff, WanganuiH Best bird, English White Leghorn section. —G. H. Ambler.

Best bird, English Brown Leghorn section —Walter Jones (New Plymouth). Best fancy pigeon.—K. Rogers (Hawera).

POINTS PRIZES.

Fancy section.—Gibbons Bros. (Ngaere), 68 points, winner of the cup, and H. Campbell (Stratford), 65 points, run-rnr-up.

Utility section.—Petrie’s cup: W. Parker (Bell Block), 95 points, and A. J. Davey (Stratford), 48 points, runnerup.

Wyandotte section.—Gibbons Eros. (Ngaere), 68 points, winners of the cup. —, George (Wiwtara), 32 points, runner-up.

Pigeon section.—A. Malcolmson (Feilding). 87 points, winner. Rhode Island section (Messrs G. T. Gibbons and Son's Cup).—W. E. Watson (Hawera) and G. Fetch, tied with 24 points each. Bantam section (Mr. H. J. Kirkwood's cup).—Messrs Betts Bros. (New Plymouth), 86 points. Points prize for members of the Skattord Egg Circle (novices only).— Mrs. H. A. King and G. S. Strack tied with 13 points each.

SCHOOLS’ RELIEF FUND.

Following his offer at the first meeting of the Stratford Earthquake Relief Committee to assist as far as the schools were concerned, Mr. A. H. Pi. Arness, principal of the Stratford Technical High School, circularised the schools in the Stratford district requesting head teachers to introduce a collection scheme. Schools that responded, with the amounts to date, are: —Douglas £1 2s 6d, Eaekohua (Tangarakau) £4 4s, Toko £L Ils, Marco fl 7s, Cardiff £2 4s Gd, Tuna £1 Os Gd, Tututawa 13s 3d, Radnor Road IGs, Pohokura 7s, Malice £1 Gs Gd, Stratford £4 6s lOd, S. Mary’s £3 Gs, Whangamomona £1 8s Gd, Stratford Convent £1 Ils, Pembroke Road £1 3s Gd, Stratford Technical High School £ll 7s Bd.

THEFTS IN THE COUNTRY.

Charges of theft of benzine and other articles will be preferred at the court to-day against two men who were arrested yesterday by the Stratford police. The thefts for which the men are alleged to be responsible occurred in the country.