GERALDLINE FLORAL SOCIETY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1785, 20 June 1895, Page 4

GERALDLINE FLORAL SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of members of the above association ; . was, held on, , Tuesday evening,*Ma,jorMt>ore(presidinO, m tne chair, and there was.a fair attendance-. of menroerai ... '\ ' v'---' .;"-V'r • '•'•/ ' ' i c The''repbr^Qfth^ retiring cOmmittee congratulated ihe^ SbcieJEy" on its satisfactp*y o pqsftipn.^i ffhei finances. iw,ere gratifying aa,the year comniencedvWith a deficit m'£i 75 ? 6d ic atid : dl6Sed Xi with a surplus-of •£? 18s-3dr.-Thiß;Tvaß due partly to -ftMittttet^tlJafc* t^- ; members|ilpi has beett latgfelyf'i^citas^d'- and partly t64he curtailment oisb&feof the privileges of members m the shape if extra admission tickets. This was.adppted after careful consideration, and for the purpose oi placing' the association -■; 'in-,, a rstrp^ger financial -position: wb.ieh was.' :mueji needed. > The membership liad incfpaged from>is6v to, 112; The show was held, xQ^t January 17th, and on the., % wholeiwa.a quite up to that of previous years. The numb6iv.pt, entries vas?.sP4, against 328 for the year before. The number of exhibitors was 82 this year, against 62 last Vyear: . ■. The '- number. *f fpsizetakers was 68, againsab ; »4sitot yearT; thus showing a considerable increase all round. The attendance at the show was very good. The entianceNifipney amounted to £19 5s 3d, agairisC £12 5s Id last year. Thanjka • «a«e aecoijded ; toitliej4udges, pn»egivers/. stewards, and others, and regret was expressed, afe.^he death of rthe late president, Dr Fish* Some alterationsiof/the rates^ete'i recommqnded.— The' repoit was adopted. - - > < i , ■ ; The. proposed 1 alterations -m ; the tiles were-mowd* but only .a few were adppted. TheassptiHtien-s year is : to.begin. on June W instead of May Ist. wd a- neural*? was Tnaub onaL — xivcij cAiiiurtui snan before [such day and-hpur, as the Committee may direct hand' in* a list of his intended entriea on the; form provided. Suchv- entries; -ehali; not^-afterwards be altered.'^ J ' '.-.< i 1,..,/,...I^ r was f esplved-— M That it be, a rgcommenaatipa tostlijfrincoming. coxhmittee to see about carrying out a chrysanthemum show under the auspices of the association." Mr J. W. Pye proposed a hearty vote of thanks to 'Moore for i the great intere_st/ho'had; taken m. the assaciation. Mr E. Logan moved ,ai hearty, vote of thanks to the' secretary \ Mr! L.i Orbell. The f Pllowiiig officers were elected for the ensuing, stear :—a?atrons, Messrs A. E.-Gv&htties, and C. H. Tripp, the Rev. A. fe. Tpdd, and Mr H. B. Webster; patronessess, t Mes'datnes - Angus Maiedonald afld <ML •'■ (X "OrbßH. ; . president, Major-Moore ;- vice-presidents, M«ssi"S L. H : . Orbell^.i White, IA; E. Hawkins^ arid J. W;Pye? secretary.-MrL. <H. Orbell ; treasurer, » Mr -J* Wy/Pye; committee, Messrs v& Pye^ Ej Logdn; 'Crafar, R. H. Orbell, Kennin^tonV and-Mcllroy ; auditors, Messrs.B,vß. Macdonald and ß. H. Pearpoint. • At a committee meeting held afterwardaj- iMessre ■ Howards-Dean and Pizzey 1 were added to their humber.