NEW PLYMOUTH POULTRY SHOW.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13484, 25 July 1907, Page 7

NEW PLYMOUTH POULTRY SHOW.

The annual show of the Taranaki Poultry/ Pigeon and Canary Society (affiliated) opened this afternoon in th<j DwllrKHair. It compares f avourabl / witforthose. o.f previous years. The entries p^ow. a 'slight falling off in the aggregate compared with last year. Two of I the large exhibitors at previous shqwsjftlre nflt. among the entrants this yeftr. /All told- there are about 410 birds onj eiji'ibition, /comprising many big winners at the shows of the North Island. The majority of the exhibitors' arf from outside districts. Competition is ■naturally very keen, especially insj the /ehxsses for which the North IsMnd championships are awarded — Mtfdefcn game,- buff leghorns, and plainhead.oßfarw.ich canaries. Good prize m<iies;;is K being gi ye . n by tne Society ana the specials are numerous, including thifefaSociety's - trophies (3) t each valued £5 os.Qd and Messrs . Sargood Sot, Even's .trophy valued at £2 2s od| therj. conditions, in each case being th|t^hejy !l hh i av4 tobe won twice in suc-cessi6ji-7or''Wiree ll i times at intervals before tiecol^injj ithe absolute property of an^exJub^tor.,, JT^ie judges are: — Poultry;, ftfr^V^Hall (Lepperton), and Mi A.|Ci v JoliristoilS.XT,arikiX; pigeons, Mr A.$C. Johnstone; canaries, Mr A. H. Mfrtiri ■''(^b^Elymouth) . The secretary^ Mr. J' Clark, has been untiring in hisj^lfofis' to 1 ensure the success of the show. He is assisted by an energetic anfl obliging' b^nd' of stewards. The staging of^the tnfds is good.