TO SINK OR SWIM”

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 112, 14 May 1931, Page 6

TO SINK OR SWIM”

WANGANUI SPRING SHOW PUBLIC MEETING TO BE CALLED BUSINESS FOOTING WANTED. After a full discussion the Wancanui A/rieultural and Pastoral Association yesterday decided that a public meeting be called, with special refer’ • nee to breeders and farmers of the dismet and business men of the citv i-onsider how matters were with "the Association financially, and to decide rom hat meeting if thc spring rtow Ltenee-’ e ° nt ‘ DUe ' J ° r uf «’ On being elected to the position of chairman, Mr J. K. p rankljn r t appeared to him that the A and p Ihey’shou’idT; t n „Hl t ? C l^^ l ' P ' ” Up P° ri breeders, farmers and the city peonle 'h-iught that there should be a ge , ~ a tim^'fJ/dos't/uctiv^ 1 ‘v’-'* Was not had to act! „“ tr “ ctlve criticism. Thev » general m eeting PI, Th ( ,he ‘ ai ' in g 'eft to a willing fe w lh Tk k - had beOn been left too Ion! or nl i P K Sitlon harl difficult. He ha.ri h d be eome too Donald Ross am? he a '° J,r by Mr Ross that theV’' V™" assuredgiving dXt "To” d spoken to n fnw ' nad R ’ so had told him that sh’"” t"'" a " d use to the™from T ■ d “- Vs wcre no view. m a business point ot

Auditor’s Opinion Wanted.

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whether they had’t'be “JS ‘ dependent n t s US,DCSS nien ' A ”7thing were going into debt. Their overh>.'i expenses had not been com"g°Z™ « “ 7 UP? 11 show as being for the good 01 the city and country He would not like to say that the show wi* defunct. That would be a great pi ” He was quite satisfied that Wanganui was quite capable of running one of tho bee- shows on the West Cott. bpcaking plainly, said Mr Farley he P’ould >.ay that the president had not lad the support ot the committee in the show a s he should have. If they went to the other shows they would find the committee working much harder. There Z™ I fcw in Wan ganui. Thev thought that a general committee wa's doing it, and “that was all right.’’ He instanced the carnival that had been held in former years and ability was there to raise money again, thev onlr > wanted to bring that ability odt. Business Man Speaks. Mr J. Williams thought that he could speak tor a number of the business people in Wanganui. It was the opinion Of a great number of them that one Of tho things that they would no*, like to see slip in Wanganui was the show. The public meeting was an axcellcut idea, he thought. If the business people knew that tho Agricultural Association was in such a state then would got behind it. People- coulu say what they liked, this was purely an agricultural community. He thought should should call a meeting, see if they could got some enthusiasm behind it, and put it on a proper basis. Just at the present time any associa lion that depended on voluntary contributions was in a rickety position, said Mr W. Green. He would support the chairman’s suggestion. Nobody in thc town nor in the country wanted 10 see the show go down. It was immaterial to whom the direct benefit eame, it was all the same a benefit to the whole community. The show, he thought, helped the people in the town to see how dependent they were on tho - farming community. Mr J. McL. Blair said that when the Association was faced with the same IF position in the past it had been said that it could not be revived. But that hud been done. There were the same potentialities to work on at the present time. They would have to wipe the debt aff their ground, rebudget fo r the future, start the show on its own basis and then it would be sink or swim* apart from the new grounds. Now was the lime to take the gloves off and not burke the position. It still had > chance. Motion Proposed. The chairman then proposed a mo tion that the Association call a general meeting of thc breeders of the district, farmers and the townspeople, see if it was wise to continue, and attempt to put the Show on a sound financial basis It was no good drugging on as thev bad done in the past, ho said. Mr R. Lilburn seconded, and the mo tion was carried unanimously. Mr Green proposed that'the Mayor be asked to take the chair. The suggestion was endorsed by the meeting. Mr Blair then proposed Mr R. Fa-ley as the president of the Association Mr Lilburn seconded the nomination. Mr Farley accepted, and took tho chair. A small committee was set up to po into the matter of the'date on which the public meeting would be held.