RANGITIKEI A. AND P. SHOW

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 178, 31 July 1940, Page 10

RANGITIKEI A. AND P. SHOW

TO BE HELD AS USUAL. PROFITS FORi' RED CROSS FUND. (Own Correspondent.) TAIHAPE, July 30. After a short discussion the Rangitikei A. and P. Association decided at its annual meeting on Saturday, to . carry on with its annual show, which is to be held next February. Any profits made during the year will be donated to the Red Cross. The secretary read a report of a conference held at Palmerston North recently at which the great majority of delegates representing A. and P. Associations were in favour of annual shows being held as usual during wartime. e Mr. N. Anderson: I think that we j should carry on. j Mr. A. J. Mickleson': We have al- t ready held one very successful show t during wartime and it would be un- r wise to abanddn our annual show. We should at least hold one more show and we can then review the ; position if necessary. Mr. W. J. Williams: Shows and J races should be cut out in wartime. We must wake up to the fact that the British Empire is engaged in a life and death struggle with Germany and every man, woman and child should rise to the greatest war effort. * Mr. A. R. Fannin: I agree that we 7 should all do our best to help win the J war but I cannot see that A. and P. ‘ sflows and races are in the same category. Shows help to increase produc- Ji tion and the loss would be greater if we abandoned them. It is in the in- .

terests of the district to hold the show e and I will move in this direction. J Mr. W. R. Anderson seconded the J motion that the show be held. He expressed the opinion that the time had not arrived when shows should be abandoned. It would be a great pity to cut out the Taihape show. s Mr. G. E. Anderson endorsed the re- ) marks of the previous speakers in re- i gard to the advisability of holding the I show and added that if the function c was to be a success it would be unwise i to reduce the prize-money. 1 Mr. J. Collier suggested that the 1 show should be held as usual and that e the profits should go to the Red Cross, c The motion to hold the show was I carried. Mr. J. Collier then moved a motion that all profits made during the year should be devoted to the Red Cross. ? Mr. A. E. Samways seconded the ‘ motion. A member inquired if it was in order to give all the profits to the Red Cross. J Mr. A. W. Bignell thought that the motion was out of order and said that he wanted £25 set aside for repairs to the yards. A Voice: Only the profits go to the Red Cross. We can easily set aside f £25 lor repairs to the yards. I Mr. E. Fannin: We run a better £ chance of making the show a success \ if the public know that the profits go \ to the Red Cross. < Mr. A. .1. Mickleson: It must not be t forgotten that we gave £BO to charity last year. We had a successful show and yet we lost £29. I think it is a little early to say at this stage what y we are going to do with our money. , Mr. W. R. Anderson suggested that J the funds from the guessing competition to the war purposes. | Mr. V. Nicholls: I think that Mr. x Collier’s idea is a good one. If we make a profit on the year the profit t goes to the Red Cross. If we make | nothing then we will have nothing to give. Mr. J. C. Revell spoke in favour of the motion. Mr. Collier thought that expenses in ' connection with the show should be curtailed by employing as much vol- ’ untary labour as possible. J Mr. A.: F. Fannin thought that the 1 profits on the year should go to pat- 1 riotic funds. He moved an amendment to this effect. Mr. A. Mickleson I seconded the amendment. ' Mr. L. O'Callaghan was of the ' opinion that the association should be ' careful with its funds and pointed out I that the association had no security. < Mr. Collier’s motion that any profits I made during the year should be don- ' ated to the Red Cross was carried. ' I