WINTER SHOW FINANCES

Taranaki Daily News, 16 April 1932, Page 8

WINTER SHOW FINANCES

general committee elected. presentation to' secretary. To give an indication of the chief items of expenditure and income for the past year as compared with those of the previous year the following figures were submitted to the annual meeting of the Stratford Poultry and Winter Show Association on Thursday night. The 1930-31 figures are shown in parentheses: —• Income: Subscriptions, £9B 8s 6d (£l'23 9s fid); donations, £4 5s 6d (£lO 8s); entry fees, £193 10s 8d (£133 l’2s 6d); , show door admissions, £2lO 5s 6<l (£264 14s 2d); show space, £l3B Ils 6d (£236 9s 6d). Expenditure: Labour, £37 5s 6d (£75 4s)*; printing and stationery, £65 8s 9d (£7l 5s 6d); advertising, £4B 15s 6d (£42 5s 8d); lighting etc., £l5 4s (£l5 7s_6d); show prize money and trophies, £259 7s 7d (£174 18s 9d); freight and cartages, £l6 18s 4d (£l3 Ils 2d); hire show pens etc., £l6 8s (£l5 17s 6d); rents, £7l 10s (£57 6s). The show buildings, it was stated, had been written down by a further sum of £52 6s 6d, and appeared in the balance sheet at £157 Is. The original had been £366 7s. The total assets as disclosed by the balance sheet stood at £391 dL7s. The following general committee was appointed: Mesrs/T. Kirkwood, W. Pettigrew, E. Vince, F. Weston, H. Bishop, R. H. Benefield, W. Hardy-Jones, A. G. Craig, Vincent Bros., W. A. Betts, A. E. H. North, R. D. Milne, W. J. Davis and H. J. Kirkwood (all of Stratford) J. Jones (Tariki), J. Shotter (Midhirst), Gibbons Bros. (Ngaere)', A. W. King (Auroa), H. A. King (Wharehuia), L. C. Milne, T. T. Murray and R. Sextus (Toko), E. Bayly (Huinga), J. Stewart (Cardiff), T. Old, J. O’Neill and D. McGuiness (Pukengahu), H. W. Hancock Road), E. A. Cave (Mahoe) and M. Knox. Owing to pressure of business Mr. F. T. Hale was obliged to resign from the secretaryship and the president, Mr. A'. J. Davey, said Mr. Hale could not bef permitted to resign without the association’s recognising his splendid services. Mr. Hale had been secretary since the inception of the association eight years ago, and nobody could have rendered i more efficient service. He presented a gold mounted fountain pen on behalf of the association. “Mr. Hale has been' a tower of strength to this association and his successor will have a very difficult task to emulate his example, remarked Mr. T. Kirkwood, A true team spirit among members and officers of the association had been | responsible for the progress that had 'been made, said Mr. Hale. He had heard it remarked in other towns how

well the members of the Stratford association pulled together, and that was true because the show had always been the main object and any litle differences there had been had invariably been submerged in the feeling that one had to do one’s best for the association as a whole.