WAIMATE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20776, 10 July 1937, Page 3

WAIMATE

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING The conimitte of the Waimate A. and P. Association met yesterday: Present —Messrs H. J. C. Harper (chairman), J. T. Hay, H. H. Meredith, J. C. Hay, J. M. Bruce, J. Dempsey, E. B. Harrison. J. H. Milne, C. C. Douglas, F. G. Brown, M. Mcßae, E. Stokes, T. Hamilton, J. Mcßae, E. C. d'Auvergne, J. Briggs, A. W. Barnett. The Clydesdale Horse Society forwarded a donation of £25 to be allocated as additional prize money in the Clydesdale section. Mr C. H. S. Johnston forwarded an annotated copy of the agenda of the annual conference of the Royal Agricultural Society, which he had attended as a representative of the Association. A vote of thanks was passed to MJohnston for representing the Association and also for his action in replacing the Corriedale Cup which he had won outrgiht. A recommendation that Mr J. I. Hayman be elected a life member was carried. On the recommendation of Mr T. Hamilton four classes for Ryeland sheep were Included in the sheep section. It was stated that several flocks of this breed had recently been established in the district. The classes for three ram hoggets to be shown in natural condition, Included in the Border Leicester, Southdown and Romney divisions did not go too well at the previous show stated the chairman, who suggested that the class might be changed to one ram hogget. Breeders, he said, were apparently unwilling to leave three valuable sheep uncovered to qualify them for the classes.

Mr F. Brown said that many breeders had been unaware of the competition until it was too late. He moved that the class be left the same as last year. It was likely that there would be better competition this year. The motion was carried. Johnstone Cup The chairman reported that Mr H. B. L. Johnstone had offered a cup for the most valuable Romney fleece or fleece of Romney type. It might be advisable, said Mr Harper, to institute a wool section, which might become popular. Mr Brown agreed, stating that classes could be provided for crossbred, threequarterbred and halfbred wool.

Mr M. Mcßae: Mr Johnstone has offered the cup for Romney wool. The chairman suggested that Mr Johnstone might be agreeable to giving the cup for most points in wool. “I think we should keep to the terms of the offer,” said Mr Hamilton. There was much talk about Romney wool at the present time, he said, and the cup would serve a good object. After further discussion it was decided to thank Mr Johnstone for his offer and ask him to submit details of the form he wished the competition to take.

It was agreed to notify Young Farmers’ Clubs that the Association was willing to carry on with the sheep judging competition as last year and to ask for any recommendations. It was decided to hold an exhibition of the four placed dogs after the sheep dog trials. Tire holding of a dog race was also approved. On the recommendation of Mr E. C. d’Auvergne a new section for kennel dogs was approved. A similar section at the Fairlie Show, said Mr d’Auvergne, had proved an outstanding success and he was confident that the section would be self-supporting. Mr J. C. Hay said that the allocation of the £25 prize money given by the Clydesdale Society would have to receive consideration. The Clydesdale sub-committee suggested the purchase of a challenge cup for competition among young stock, using the balance to increase prizes in the other classes with a view to attracting more entries. In the horse section it was decided to make no award in the thoroughbred section unless there was sufficient competition and also to award ribbons to prize winners in light horses, cobs and ponies. Mr J. C. Faulkner reported that eight or nine Women's Institutes would be competing in the bay competition. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY At the monthly meeting of the Ladies’ Benevolent Society there were present—Mesdames E. C. Studholme, F. Nash, F. Ackhurst, C. Douglas, J. B. Sinclair, E. d’Auvergne and C. Coventry. Six applications for assistance were granted. A donation of £5 was received from the County Council and a parcel of clothes from the Ikawai Women’s Institute. Mesdames Studholme and Nash were appointed visitors for the month. INQUEST « The inquest into the death of Thomas Edward John Bennett Wilson, of Point Bush Road, Waimate, who was accidentally killed at Tawal on Thursday, was opened before the district coroner yesterday, and adjourned after evidence of identification had been given. PERSONAL Mr H. Morland has been appointed Waimate manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd.