THE A. AND P. SHOW.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 7326, 29 January 1891, Page 2

THE A. AND P. SHOW.

The approaching A. and P. Show, we understand, will be one of the best displays of horses, sheep, and other live stock seen on this coast; and mil convince lisitors that m theso classes Wangamii can hold her own .igaiust all comers. The .ittiactions of tho Show will bo many and \aried, and will ineludoseveral novelties ; among others, n Woholoy shearing-machine, which will be exhibited at work, so that shcop-owners can compare its operations with hand-shorn sheep. Tho Shearing Competition will be largely contested, as all tho best uhoai era on the coast hai c entered. In the dairy and produco cliißse*, tho displays will bowoithy of tho diatiict, and provo tho excellence of its coil and climate. Tho competition for Nelson Brothers' (Limited) pri/o of £10 for tho best pen of freo/ors will bo vory keen, as there aro eight entries for it fiom ow ners whoso fat sheep aie alw a) s acknowledged to bo something out of tho common. Mr Thatcher's exhibit? of crossbred LincolnMerino sheep should provo a big attraction, as they show whf.t cm be done by a judicious blending of long and short woolled ohcop. Mr Thatcher has for many yours pursued tho subject of establishing a tjpc which should combine tho longth or et.iplo and weight of carcaso of the long woollod Lincoln and tho shoit fine woollod Binall carcaso Morino. That ho lma gono a long i way towaids success, a glmco at his sheep w ill satisfy oven tho most sceptical, as his sheep are equaro, well shaped animals of suitable weight for butchers' requiromouts, possessing lleccos of good length of st.iplc Cnone33 of libra, and general lustroiib quality, weighing well up to Lincoln Btmid<ud. This wool commands ncurly as hijb a price par lb in tho London markets as Merino, and is in groat demand thero. For broken country unfit for heavy weight Lincolns or Loicestcrs Mr Thatcher's type of sheep aro eininontly suited, as they can tnucl ovor giound and got a good living whero ,i Lincoln sheep would alunc. We commonil this subject to tho f.ivourublo attention of shcop owners on this coast as it is one tho Moat Freezing business has brought most prominently beforo tho sheep bleeders eLcwheic; us thp requirements lor freezing aro best met by an infu-ion of Mcrmo blood «ith chat ol along woolled cheep In Canterbury the ehecp breeders have long locogmsed this nnd bred sheep specially with a view to tho wants of tho free/.mg trade. Tho result has been that Canterbury frozen mutton aluajs tops tho English market. If our »hoi>p breeders are wise thoy will bear this in mind, and givo moro than apassing glanco at the crossbi od shoopattho approaching A. and P. Show, which we trust will ho largely visited fioin all parts of tho district. The committee of management aro working hard to make the affair a big success and deserve Iho Hunks of the agriculluial and pastoral population of this and tho adjoining districts for the largo amouut of timo and energy they aro gratuitously dmohngto the aflii rs ol 1 lie Wanganui A. nnd P. Show, winch ho hoj c to see the most successful di o pla\ of Hiu kind on this Bklo of tho Island.

The House of Commons hii3 uummmously expunged tho motion forbidding i-ti- Jir.idlaugu to take tho oath. Tho .unnlg incited railway unions hare formulated demands for a reduction of hours on tho English hues uEtorEnatcr. Tho Times announces that tho Victoriuu loan will bo placed on tho market at tho bogimng oC Mai eh. The mortality in London, owing to the roc-nt fogs and frost, was over 3000 beyond the average. A train convoying 70 cai ulr) men who had distinguished themselves in the recent lighting with tho Indians colhdivl with the express in Kansas. Both (nuns woic wrecked, with great loss of life. From Valparaiso it is stated that the robots h.ivo captured Limnrcho and Quillol.i, and :ne bombarding Coc[iiimbo Tonguy and Tor-boralli-5 arc blockaded News from tho Eait loporls that Ihcro Has terrible loss ot life on the steamer Hi.inghui, uh'.uh was burned on Chriilmoa tl.iy. l'he atomcr hih in tho Uiver Yang-lso kiang lit tho time ; over 200 perished, Fifty minora have been killed by a colliery explosion in Punn^lrun a. Out of 192 competitors at Iho Into N Z R A. .Meeting, 131 ucrci liruot.iKCH. The annual gcnoiul meeting of tiio Wanganui ltilloj will be held at the Stemi racket Hotel to-morrow evening at 8 p.m. The Auckland team, who returned from camp at Napier yesterday, do not intend leaving Wangtinui until to-morrow afternoon . Mr and Mis Donald Rosa accompanied by somo of their family left Wauganui yesterday at routu lo Australia on a brief hoii day trip. The first paj incuts in con'icction with tho Australian Cup mid Neumuriict Handicap are due on Monday and the second forfeit on Fobnmn l'Jth." The South Au*tmli in Government (says a late Cable) agrees with Victoua that the colonies should have a right to make Commercial tieahes direct with Jiuiopcan Powew. At tho Police Comt tins morning, before F. A. Krull, Vsq., .John Stuck for being found drunk in a public pl»co and being a first oflendor wag fined 53 or 21 hours with hard labour. A Press wire states that tho St Patrick's Day Sports Committee givo £113 in jnizes fca be decided at Palmerston North on 17th March including handicaps of £37, f 9 lor firemen manual engino.and 19 for wrestling. J.H. Henry is tho hnndicapprr. The local Juvenile Comt of Foresters, "Young Rodjnck Dim," m evidetitlv in n flourishing condition, the balance slu-el just mado up for the pint year showing a creditablo stato of finance, there being ovor £26 invested in the P.O. timings Hank to tho credit of the Sick and Funeral Fund. The greatest credit is duo to Mr T. D. Cumminp for the excellent manner in which ho, at the eleventh hour, took in hand tho somowhit onerous task ol working to each a successful usue tho smoke conceit gnen by tho Fiie Bngado to Champion Kruse Just ni«bt nt t'io fire Brigade Hall. The visitors were loud in their praise of the entertainment provided, and anyone who did not know that tho pleasant gathering had only been mooted late during I he afternoon, would never havo imagined Unit such evcellent anangcinents could bo made in such a short spate ot tune. The services in connection with the Jubileo of New Zealand Methodism v. ill commence in Wanganm on Sunday nc\.t, when the Rev W. Morloy, rfio general secretary of tho Jubilee Committee, will preach in Trinity Church, morning and evening. Ho will alco nt 3 p.m. conduct a united Jubilee Sunday school service of the Wangamii, Aramoho, and Spnngvalo schools. 'Hie Key 1\ Fee will preach at Aiomoho, morning luidevemiiq. On Monday m Trinity Church a meeting «ill be held fur young men and women, at winch the Revs ilorloj and Fee and John Stoiouson, Ksq,will deliver addresses On the following day, Tuesday, n public incoting will be held at the Aramoho Church .t 7 3U p.m., when the samo speakers will address the meeting. On Wednesday the celebration will dose with asocial feanieehnganrt public meeting in Hie school and ehiiKh nt which latter the delegates and John' Sleiensou, Disij , mil deliverappropriateacl. (Irenes, tho choir also contributing its quota to the programme. The sernets ami meetings are sine to be largely attended, as the Woslejan body here is a lavgol avgo , md gvorting oue, and tho Rev. W. Morley an old friend whose ministrations hero aie still gratefully remerabeied by his former paiwhiouro. Mr Morley is one of the most eloquent preaeheis and pulpit oratois in New Zealand, and we believe his ro delegate, the Rev. T. Fee, ft also a very eloquent and popular speaker,