THE COMING SHOW.

Timaru Herald, Volume XV, Issue 669, 25 October 1871, Page 4

THE COMING SHOW.

If figures mean nnything, it is safetoprci diet that the showi of US7I, to take place to-dny, Wednesday, will be the largest ev.-r held m Tiniaru. ■ It is satisfactory to record this as evidencing that m spite of the bad time*, shortness of money, and a variety of other depressing onuses, the annual show held, BtvW the Bii«pic?s of the Ttwirn Society, D»t- only keeps to the standard mi pnst yours but advances beyond. Comparing the number of entries. this year with those of 1870, we find ilutl^ureyery class of cxhibiis with tho exception of fat wethers, sheep dogs, and agricultural produce, the entries nre far m excess, m long-'woolled sheep, cattle, pigs, poultry, implements and dairy pro.-luce are noticeably so. Compared with 1 869, the sheep entries ar» far more numerous this yeiir, m horses, cattle and pies, taken together about on a par, m implements and dairy prod.ice j frir m PxceA, in ' agricultural produce, considerably less. It is strange that, with a prize of £5 ft* offered by the Society for wheat., it should produce so little competition, there being but three entries. Below, we give a tnble of entries for the last three years. Included m the gross total; there are m eluded several extra exhibits, which either being entered too late or from other causes will only be. ,nhawn m the. yards but not m cWifWition'i but thW entries henr but a very ■mall comparison with the exhibits regularly entered for competition. Nature of exhibits. ' Entries. 1869 1870 1871 Merino sheep ...107.. .129.. .134 Ining-woolled ... 28... 35... 83 Fat wethers ... 1... 1... 1 Cattle . ... 28... 11... 22 Draught horses ... 18... !<>.„ 16 Other horses ... 18... 8... 12 Pigs ... 6... 3.. 12 , Poultry'; ... 13... 13... 21 Sheep d»f{«- ... 5... 5... -2 Implements ... 7... 4.. 44 Butter} 0... 29 Ham t ... 7... 1... 5 Cheese/ ... 3 ; AWenltiiral T>rodnce ... 29... 11... 6 Extra Exhibits for which . priaes are offered ... 7... 6... 8 TIMARU SCHOOL. The-^rat, meeting of the new School Committee took place on Thursday, the 12th instant.. ■--„.' ■■ Pr>«erit— The Kevds. Barclay and Bavin, Messrs Tumhull, Belficld, LeCren, Uaruey, Cliff and Chic-holm. The Bevd. Geo. Barclay proposed Mr 11. Belfield as chairman for the ensuing year ; Mr Bel field had worked woll m the previous year, and he trusted he would accept the office again. ■ Mr JEtftfi'lAjCren seconded the proposition ■which was carried unanimously. Mr Belfleld then took the chair. He thanked the meeting for electing him us chairman, a post he n6wi occupied for the third time. He would open- the meeting with v few remarks m order to let the new Committee know the position m winch the old Committee had left matters. The business stood its follows: On the Thnrsdny previous to the public meeting the old Committee had examined all the applications for the mastership. The Committee, m order not to elect any man hurriedly, appointed a sub, commit tee consisting of the Bevd. Mr Barclay.,. Mr Turubull, and himself to go through them again and report, ■which the sub-.cpmniittee had done on Monday last, and recommended that six of the applications out of the twenty-five sent m should Bgaiu be re-considered with a view of selecting one of them. What passed at that meeting wii» private^-Btriotly priv»te--but he thought Mr Turn bull would not object to him mentioning thj? much— thaf the Committee had agreed on »x in^'h except one of their number, Sir Turnhull who wished one of those passed over by the Committee to be one of the six se-l.-c*nd. Every man wus of course free to a difference of opinion, but himself aud Mr Barclay who were a mnjority of the Committee, considered that the six* they had f elected were the, beW six, and consequently they were recommended. The Sub-coimnitree went to a great deal of trouble iv (■electing the , rix they considered the best ; still, they were quite willing for the present Committee to go through them again.' , He did not know if he was right m purticdiurising any man out of the six, but there was man m particular he would casually mention who had high testiluoniol&jfroni Yarra Yarra College, iv Victoria and who, only recently, when candidate for another mastership m Victoria was chosen second out of twenty-eight candidates. This 1 1 ruck him as a very strong recommendation ; of coarse they knew nothing of him beyond the testimonials that! had .been sent. Who-t-ver was selected, other people would have to be written to and every enquiry made before .lin> definite appointment could be made. In conclusion he hoped they would all try to elect the brst man without any reference to private feelings; he had been asked indirertly to use his influence id a particular case, but m a matter of this sort no one of the Committee had any right to allow private feelings to interfere with public duty. , Th^e Ber. Mr . Barclay said he did not understand that Mr Turn bull objected to any of the six names selected. Mr" Tnrnbull thanked Mr Barclay for his remark: he considered that a name quite equal to any of the six selected hud been omitted ; he should be satisfied if the name was added to the six. The Chairman raid there was no reason why seven names hod not been submitted, except that the Committee considered six to be . enough for the incoming Committee to select from. In answer to Mr Bavin, he said that the names had been brought before a full meeting of the old Committee, which had decided . to leare the matter to the new Committee. Mr Harney begged to ask the Chairman why a gentleman (whose name he gave) had not been elected one of the six, as his testimonials showed he was a man of considerable ability. The Chairman said Mr Harney had a per,,feot right to more a motion to place Any man he, thought fit on the list of those to be selected from, but that by so doing considerable extra work would be entailed on the present Committee 'in their selection.' The gentleman Mr Harney. named as having been omitted was by no means a singular instance, a» the lub-committoe had, m eliminating the . .sixfrou the twenty-five, been obliged to pass over a great many apparently competent men. . . Mr jTurnb ull •uggeated that the ( /oramitlee should at this. meeting coufiue itself to, laying ' dawn j rules for business and arrange its time of meeting. ; Mr I«eCren moved " That the Committee ■adopt- the rales and bye-laws of the old Committee, and that the meetings of the Committee take place on the first Monday m every month at 7 p.m., the meetings to be called by ,adieisiseinent." . r The B*v. Mr Bavin seconded the motion ' wHicn was carried. „ ;'JChe discussion regarding the selection of a ;; master wai resumed, when the other two lt mflipl>erf of the. »üb-coinmittee appointed by , the ; foruier Committee contented to the addition of the seventh name to their report v* desired by Mr TurnbulL Mr Htrney moved and the Rev. B. Bavin seconded and it wm resolved : — " That m the selection of Head Mf tj > r this Committee accept the recouiend- . at ion (0^ the Sub-Committee, and confine their, attention m thu first place to the seven names submitted by them." Mr Cliff moved, Mr LeCren seconded and it was resolved : -" That this meeting adjonrn till this day week, and that (he whole of t,hu testimonials m eoinieetion with tho seven names submitted by the. SubCommittee be open- to view by the' member* oV the Compwa'-i*), the meantime at the Borough Council Cnitniber. Tiw UißutiMg tbeu keparated.