A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13237, 18 March 1907, Page 6

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

THE AXXUAL MEETIXG

The 41t-t annual meeting of the Timavu Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held in the Sophid Stieet Hall on Saturday afterndon. There weie'some few shoit

of a quorum at the bom of staiting, and a .few minutes waiting was necessary. Members oittinued to drop m until theie ■were about 50 presenft The letiring president, Mi Arthui S. Elvvorthy, occupied tlie chair. The minutes having been lead by the secretary,'Mr R Leslie Orbell. and con filmed, the president mov.:d the adoption of the report and balance sheet, which, being in prmt, was taken as read The outgoing committee's report was very brief, it merely mentioning a few L.cts disclosed in the balance sheet.. 'lhe season commenced with, an overdraft of £lO 15s 4d, and ended with £330 16s 7d in the bonk, -the annual shoV having yielded a profit of £253 The horse parade gave a profit of £ll 19s, and the lam fair of £l2 18s 9d. -• During the year 26 ■ iiew.'members had been elected, and 15 bad resignetl The committee recorded their thanks to all who had materially assisted by givmg many private and special piizfc. and to the judges who gave their services gratuitously at the annual show. The following is the statement of account's, for the veai ended Februarv 28th, •1907 . Receipts—Members' subsciiptioDs. £383 2s; donations and private prizes, £136 14s; entries, £321 2s; booths, £115; catalogues. £ls;. guessing-competition. £l6 1*; grand stand, £2l 6s; gates. £315 12s; lent, £2O; hoise parade (net) £ll 19s; ram fair_(net), £l2 18s 6d; total, £1368 14s 6d. '' - Expenditure—Overdraft Bank N.Z., £lO 15s 4d; -prize money, £5lB 4s; guei-s-

ing competition, £7 10; printing and advertising and stationery,: £69. .lis.:. 8d; salaries and uages, £lB4 6s; luncheons*. £43 2s 6d ; judges expenses. £lB 17.- lOd ; ( interest on debentuies. £44 ss; yaids, sheds, and buildings. £ls 5s lOd : gereia l expenses, £134 19s- 9d; balance .it bank of X. Z , £530 16s 7d; total. £1368 14, 6d The outstanding liabilities coim«t of de bentme-s £BBS. I he asset* consist ot pio perty, £524 Is 3d: yaids, shed", and buildings, £2360 5s 10* d; furniture. £25 16s 6d i car-h m ISauk oi Xev Zealand, £330 16s'7d; total, £3241 0s 2d Mr Ehvorthy made a few leniarks on the documents The Association had had a. very good yeai, thanks to the -neathei, and to the good quality of the stock exhi bitcdi The judges complimented the As sociation on the quality of the exhibits. Everything had gone smoothly and well Since the repoit n* piinted arrangements bad "been md.de with tlu Radwa\ Depail ment to admu membeis fiee at the latl n ay gate* . and later on he ■« ould mv\ e <i farther contei--~ion to members, m the shape of fiee admission, nith. then unes, to the grand stand. Mr S._ Cain : seconded; and (alluding to the proposal to alter the date of the show to March,: mentioned in the reading of the minutes) said he'did so with the greater pleasuie because of the president's lemaiks about the quality of the stock at the show They co'ild not expect much of a.show if they held it nest Meek Jle remarked at the time of the discussion thafan natunin shown m ould be a. failm > in a dry season, and if they had changed the dite then first shon would luue been a failure Questions -nera muted, but only one was asked, an 1 the answei was- that of the -£lls received fiom " bootlis ' £9O came from the publicum' booths The repoit and balance'■heet ha\mg b-cn adopot&L, Mr Ehvoithy te'ired fiom the chair. fh>6 thanking the committee .ind secretary for the assistance they had given him. .The Association had done exceedingly well dunng the past year, not through any efforts of his, but he had done his bo L (.*pi>l.in>c> Before leu ing tJie chair he wished to draw attention to line of the difficulties of the management, and that was the difficulty of getting in the c-üb*ci»ptiQn><. or some of them There were about- forty outstanding subscriptions n'>w, after lepcated requests fur pavment. 'On this account he thought inducement' should h a . nfWed to poop'p to pay up and, to..others" to become members Mr Elwortby then, retired,' amidst ap-

plause, and a. \ote of thanks, for the able and courteous mannei in -which he had conducted the aftans ot the Association during hii term, of office, was moved by Mr Cochiaiie, seconded bv Mi Rutheifoid, and earned with applause Mi Richaid living, of Albuij. ice pie sident, mm un imniously elected president On taking the chair lie thanked menibeis for the honoui done him and said that wilh then assistance he hoped to do good woik for the Association duung the yeai Messis Tv H, A E Cr , and p H Rhodes weie le-appointed patron <■ Mi J S. Rutherford was elected v ice piesident, and Mr W Plies' tie.u>urer, wd Mi K G "liimei audito;, weie ie elected Mi Puest st.ited that he puipo'-e.l taking a hobday tup, .mil would not be piesent .it the next show _but a.s he had been tieasurei so long (Li reals) the piesident nio\ ed his re election

A discu<=sion took place 011 a question leferred to the general meeting bv the committee legaiding the redemption of :some of the £BBs'.worth of 5 per cent, debentuies, bv meins of, which .1 loan vv is. raided for the election of buildings some tune ago Ihe whole falls due m 1910 and a-, theie was £3CO m hand, some of the commit'ee thought it would be well to pa\ off the holders of small amount*—£s "t«> £lo—ibout £l2O being s 0 held Mr TcscheWkci ad-\ocated uMng the money in hand to incieixe the pn/e money I ,md tliPieby impiove the Show ,Hi C X Oibell thought tint moie coidd be done in tliat dnection bv 1 educing the entiance fees, os men looked less to what '"thej' had It chance of winning than to wliat they bad ceitainly to pay o-it. It wasiesolved to recommend the cm mittee to ])<-y off the smaller The laxper holders, it was stated, did not ■ desire to be paid off. , On the motion, of Mi- A. F5. Elvfoitliy 'the committee wa's lecommended to allow members and holders of ladies' tickejS frpp admission to, the grandstand. 1 Mr Witbell moved a recommendation ,'that the rommit'ee should take steps to incieaj-e the-membeishij}, which in Midi 1' distiict oucht to be moie than 300 Even poorer A-hburton bad 600 membeis, and Tiinaru should have at least 1000 Mr S. Cain recommended separate classes in light boises, for farmers and farmers' \suns. who could not hope to compete iitrain--t Messrs Elwortbv. who could "get •h; b'st tba 1 money could buy," and theiefoie fhev did not try.—This suggestion w -s referred* to the future catalogue committee A vote of thanks to the new president closed the meeting.