SHEEP-SHEARING CLASSES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15445, 7 September 1914, Page 4

SHEEP-SHEARING CLASSES.

FOP. SOUTH CANTERBURY. At a meeting to makes further arrangements for the sincop snearing classes. he.d -n Tivnaru on Saturday there wore present —Messrs i\. J. -VI eKcown, J. Armstiong, J. Henderson. AV Hr.rper. A. Cienand. Hi tellings Grant and A. E. Thoreau (secretary). Mr Harper was voted to tlio chair. The chairman sa:d that Mr Bnssett and himseit' had inte;v.ewed the president of the Timaru A. and P. Associaton and liad asked if the Association would guarantee J-7 10s towards the cost of the classes this season. The A. and P. Ass-c.atiniL had not held a meeting to discuss the. matter, but the president- said he would undertake to guarantee £5. 'The Canterbury Sheepowners' L"n:on had generously offered to £'2o towards the class again tin's ye^ir, and t'iie Chr.'stelturch MeatCompany, with equal generosity olfered to lend the r Subthtic-:d slaughterhouse in which to carry on the Timaru class. ilr Smart, director of the Tennika Teelmienl Classes, forwarded a balance sheet showing how tlie class worked out there last year. Receipts—Cap'tation £S 16s, fees £G, donations (carry.ng subsidy nt beginn.rig of next year) £L(>. total £24 1 (J 3Expend ture. —Advertising £4 Is, instructor £lB, stamps, stationary, telephone. etc. £1 15s fid. Credit balance without taking next year's subs'dy .nto account £0 19s 6d. Generally speak.ng they expected to make a prol'fc of from £s*to £lO per class to allow cf carrying on. ' Mr ll'tcitings Grant, of the Timaru Technical school, reported on. .stst year's class, and made some use fid suggestions which were adopted. He presented a balance sheet in connection I with the class, which showed: iUeceipts.—Fees from . students £l6, capitation £l4 Us, donations frcm farmers £lO. subs'cl es £25. donation from Union £ls, total £81) lis. Expend .tare. —Instructor £26 10s. cost of nuiter.al £2 Is 4:1, advertising and lvrinnt ng £3, n fund of fees. £]6. In tlies? li-iurs notlvng "s allowed for the cost of adnr'n'strat'ou. The figures both tor tlie Timaru and Tennika classes were considered very satisfactory. Mr Grant said tlie Asscc'atiou could net legally make a cln.rgj for shearing as they proposed to do, hut they ceu'd let it be understood that tii<\v cou'.d expect a donation from all farmers whose siiecp were shorn. It was dee dec! to do th s, and Mr Gpuit was thanked for attending the meeting. 'Hie chairman said ho had already received < ffers r.f 1103 sheep for the class: and the secretary sad that applications from inteud'ng :;tudents wore already being received. A": vote of tliank< to the chairman concluded the meeting.