SUCCESSFUL SHOWS

Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19942, 20 July 1936, Page 3

SUCCESSFUL SHOWS

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. | I HIGH STANDARD MAINTAINED. l ANNUAL REPORT. l I Avrordiug‘ to the annual report. of thr tituuiitun Horticultural Society \\hit-h is in tu- prusenlmt at the annual meeting: Hi' the soviety to—inurrow‘; Netting. ;1 high standard \\'as main—4l mined at the [our sllu\\'s which \\'erc‘ held its usnnt during.r the year. The; l jtu‘lu'l's .‘il t'ttL'li ot' the shows had coni-menu-ti innourtthiy on both the stand—t ctrd and tho singing; ! The entries oxer the whole )earf Slll‘i\\€tl a small decrcnso. the report states, the cili'ysnnthemum show prov— l ing an exception. In that exhibition' there was an increase in the number of entri-Js. "'l‘hr prim—money paid out during the )‘Ear sho\\'s an increase.“ the re—port continues, “of £4 ‘25 5d over the previous year. mainly due to the open riasscs lwiug hotter patronised than in previous years. This is a matter roquiring consideration by the incoming committee with a View to ascertaining whether or not these Masses should be retained or at least modified." The proceeds from afternoon tea. “him was held in conjunction with all exliihitious, showed a small in rrease. and spet‘lul thanks are ex—pressed in the report to the lady memtmrs ur the committee who were responsible for the teas. } Decrease In Membershlp. I “It is regrettable to have to report! that the working over the whole your shows a loss, which is almost wholly due to the big decrease in financial hivmltrrs.” says the report. “The suiv st'l'ipliutls collected this your amount--ml to only £3l, against 5345 10s last year. The committee have worked hard to keep up the standard of ex hihits and to put on Ell all times a good display \\'arrnnting hotter support from both its members and the, publici" A suggestion that the incoming com» mittee consider holding the summer show at a date later than usual is made in the report. It states that only two small entries were received for the sweet pea section of the Inst summer show. By holding the show ‘ later more entries could be received for the sweet pea, carnation and glad—tola sections. The thanks of the souiety are expressed to the Hamilton Boauttfying Society for allowing its superintendnnt to stage displays at: the various shows, The displays had received {incurable comment from the patrons 01‘ the shows. ‘ The principal trophies won duringl the year are as follows z—Dafl’odil Cup, 1‘ ..\ir W. Danby, Thames; MauDiarmizt ttup inorioe). _\[iss B. tioulam: Dong— ’ lns Cup. Mr H. Bennett; Dahlia Cup.l Mr L. ilnndley; Caro Cup, Mr H. .\t.l Hammond: Lzhrysnnthemum Cup, Mr] .1. it. Brown. Te Ava-amutu. i