CATTLE PAVILION TO BE ADDED AT SHOWGROUNDS

Wanganui Chronicle, 31 October 1946, Page 7

CATTLE PAVILION TO BE ADDED AT SHOWGROUNDS

ARRANGEMENTS FOR FORTHCOMING SHOW A new show building housing 25 cattle stalls is to be erected on the Wanganui racecourse by the Wanganui A. and P. Association. At a meeting of the general committee of the association the Wanganui Jockey Club wrote offering a site on the racecourse for the proposed cattle pavilion, which was accep.ed with thanks. Tenders for the removal and reerection of a building purchased by the association were opened, and the tender of John Jones and Sons of £349 was accepted. The building, when erected, will have ft floor space of 90ft. by 40ft. The Wanganui Rugby Union wrote agreeing to their buildings and grounds (outside the playing area) being used for show purposes. The letter was received with thanks. The tenerflr of Dustin's Ltd. for catering and ice-cream stalls and the tender of A. Temperton (Castlecliff Hotel) for publican's booth were accepted. The Taranaki b"anch of the New Zealand Milking Shorthorn Association forwarded a cheque for £1 Is to provide a special prize of 10s 6d each to the Chamnlon Milking Shorthorn Bull and the Champion Milking Shorthorn Cow at the forthcoming show. The donation was accepted with thanks and the special prizes will be featured in the catalogue to be issued at the show. The secretary submitted the names of 43 new members Who were accepted. the president expressing the committees' appreciation of the evidence of public support. The opinion was expressed that many other people who had been aproached might also join. The secretary pointed out that privilege tickets would be sent to all who join up prior to November 14. PROSPECTS FOR SUCCESS OF SHOW The entries received to date were considered to be most satisfactory. The stewards were asked to make a special canvass to obtain record entries if possible. The secretary also reported that as a result of his visit to the Hawke's Bay Show three chilled beef and eight Aberdeen Angus entries were received, while sideshows had tentatively booked £l6O worth of space for this year's show. This exceeded anything previously booked at a Wanganui show and the standard of the side-shows had also improved. The secretary was thanked for his report. The general committee and stewards are to form a working bee to attend at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, November 12. to prepare the showgrounds on the racecourse for the show. As it .is expected that there will be a large increase in cattle and sheep classes, the provision of the extra pens will be a formidable task, and the committee hopes that there will be a large attendance of workers on the racecourse o n this occasion. The meeting closed on an optimistic note expressed by the president, Mr. C. C. Baldwin, who said that he was convinced that the Wanganui A. and P. Association has got over the difficult period of the war with a substantial credit balance in the bank, debtfree assets, and a much improved membership roll. “By all pulling together, with the determination to make the Wanganui show worthy of the district it covers, we must succeed, and I predict that our November show this year will eclipse any previous show,” concluded Mr. Baldwin.

Mr. Baldwin presided over Messrs. L. A. Kellick, P. Isaac, J. Hunter, L. K. Monk, S. Hughes, p. G. Blair, Lindsay Bull.L. A. Mackintosh, R. Young, A. Symes, R. O. White, W. G. Bason, W. K. Burtt, C. J. Masters, S. Friend, A. Macnab, M. Hill and W. G. Handley.