TAIHAPE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 180, 31 July 1936, Page 3

TAIHAPE

GENERAL NEWS ’ At Monday's meeting of the Tai- • hape School Committee, a letter was received from the Wanganui Education Board stating that it was necessary to have a total of 121 pupils in Standards V. and VI. before a junior high school could be established at Taihape. The headmaster remarked that the roll for these two classes was about 100. so that the proposal had distinct possibilities, especially as the Raukura and Ngawaka schools were closing shortly, with the resultant in- > crease in the roll number of the Taihape School. THE MAJESTIC “THE RED SALUTE" . Barbara Stanwyck and her leading man. Robert Young, go through a I series of exciting and hilarious ad* ventures as a pretty, socially prominent co-ed and a young buck private who find themselves stranded across the Mexican border and make a breakneck dash for home, in “Red | Salute.” Edward Small’s rollicking Reliance comedy, which comes to f he Majestic to-morrow (Saturday). The story, which Humphrey Pearson and Manuel Seff adapted from an original by the former, runs the gamut of comedy, romance, and thrills, and offers Barbara her first comedv role. Hardie Allbright. Ruth Donnell. Cliff Edwards. Gordon Pratt. Arthur Vinton and Nella Walker are also prominent in the cast of this Harry M. Goetz presentation. Among another excellent supporting programme is a Mickey Mouse cartoon in colour. “Pluto’s Judgment Day.” SHOW LAMBS | The secretary of the Rangitikei A. and P. Association has received the following report on the fat lambs that were exhibited at the Taihape show and then killed at the Longburn works, and exported to London to be judged at Smithfield by Messrs D. C. Messent and Son: - “At the request of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board T to-day examined a consignment of lambs ex the Taihape A. and P. Show shipped Port Brisbane by the National Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd. The consignment consisted of 96 carcases. 27 being lambs and 69 tegs which were divided into seven classes. I was requested to judge these classes from the point of view of the most suitable pens for the London trade, and to dc/?rmine the best three pens in each class. This combined exhibit generally comprised a type of carcase for which there is very little demand on the | London market, witii the result, that by far the majority of the tegs would (so far as the London butcher is concerned) come into the category of small mutton, with its consequent price value. Generally speaking, with the exception of lot No. 162 this consignment was of good quality and the carcases were fleshy. The absence of excessive fat and internal waste was noticeable, but it must be pointed out that the development in recent years has been almost entirely for small carcases, which puts the type of carcase constituting this collection in a category for which I there is only a very limited demand. Awards are as under:— Class No. 162 (average weight 52i .3s.).—First pen No. 296, J. Duncan. Three very good tegs. Lean and full of meat, and of good shape. Second pen No. 297, J. Duncan. Two exceptionally good tegs. One inclined to fat. Third pen No. 294. W. N. Anderson. One very good teg. One good teg. and one of good shape and make, but carrying an excess of fat. Fourth pen No. 295, W. N. Anderson. One exceptionally good teg of beautilul shape and make. An ideal carcase for its size. One of good average quality, and the other fat, and slight of meat. Class No. 164 (average weight 39.6 lbs.).—First pen No. 322, J. Law. Three good carcases. Well shaped and full of meat. Second pen No. 325, D. G. Gordon. Three good carcases. Third pen No. 323. J. Law. Two good carcases. The other unfinished on , loin, and not up to show standard. Fourth pen No. 324. G. E. Anderson. Three useful tegs. Class No. 166 (average weight 491 lbs.).—First pen No. 346. J. Law. Three very good tegs, well covered with plenty of meal and not wasteful. Second pen No. 348. G. E. Anderson. Two good lean and fleshy tegs. One ■ slightly inclined to fat on loin. Third I pen No. 343. W. N. Anderson. Three well-shaped tegs. Very fleshy. Fourth pen No. 345. J. T. Duncan. Three useful tegs. Class 167 (average weight 51 lbs.). - First pen No. 360, C. Revell. This pen has been placed first because the carcases are lean, good cutting carcases with plenty of meat, but so far as the London trade is concerned are outside the lamb class and have only a very limited demand. Second pen No. 362. D. W. Reid. Three good tegs, well covered, and full of meat. Only suitable so far as the London trade is concerned for small mutton. Third pen No. 356. W. N. Anderson. Two good lean carcases. One inclined to fat on chine. Fourth pen No. 357. W. N. Anderson. Two useful carcases. One fat on loin with, (tendency to slightness of flesh. Class No. 168 (average weight 39.9 lbs.)—First pen No. 369, J. Law. Three very good lambs. Well shaped . and full of flesh. Second pen No. 372. W. N. Anderson. Two good lambs. One not quite so well shaped, but vet full of flesh. Third pen No. 366. W. N. Anderson. Three good lambs. Quite a useful and saleable article, but of no exceptional merit. Fourth . pen No. 374. D. W. Reid. Three good lambs of no outstanding merit.” Mr W. R. Anderson remarked that the show was held too late in the season to secure the best results in the fat lamb classes. Mr L. A. Sherriff suggested that the lambs for export be selected at one of the local stock sales held at a time when the lambs were at the best for the purpose required. Mr Anderson put forward the suggestion that the district be divided into five areas for local competition, and that the highest quality exhibits be sent to Smithfield. After further discussion the matter was referred to the committee.