A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Manawatu Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 426, 13 July 1905, Page 2

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Monthly Meet lan.

The A. and P. Committee held iU monthly meeting yesterday, Mr M. Cohen presiding. Mr Kno3 Pegler notified his intention to present a silver medal to the winner at the Show of six prints taken with a Brownie kodac—Received with tbaniss.

Mr A. E. Pearce, of Messrs Levin and Co., Wellington, notified that the New Zealand Snipping Company and. the Shaw Savill and Albion Company were prepared to present a challenge cup of the value of 25 guineas for butter classes, and a challenge cup of similar value for the cheese classes at the Winter Show. The views of the Association were asked for as to the designsof the cups, and the latter would then be ordered from Home bo as to be available for the next fixture.—Offer received with thanks, and a sub-committee appointed to go into the matter. The National Dairy Association forwarded its appreciation of the efforts made by the bociety in providing ample accommodation for the Conference dur iug Show week. A Mr F. H. Cooke enclosed a bill of legal costs against the Association amounting to £7 7a, and stated he would be pleased to have the sum placed to the Special Donation list. (Applause, and a vote of thanks passed.) The hon. secretary of the Winter Show Smoke Concert Committee, Mr G. W. Harden, suggested that the working committee andTstewards be given complimentary tickets for the smoke concert in the future.—Referred to subcommittee.

In his unavoidable absence Mr W. F. Jacobs asked the President, to move, "That a committee consisting of the President, Messrs Wheeler. Jacobs, and others, be appointed a committee to draw up rules and conditions for awarding a scholarship at the Canterbury Agricultural College in connection with 2be Association and report to the next meet-. ing." This if passed, he wrote, would not commit the Association to awarding a scholarship. The writer bad seen Mr Lowrie, of the Lincoln College, who had drafted a good scheme for a scholarship if one were awarded.—Matter referred to a nub-committee. A. special vote of thanks was moved to Mr J. 0. Batchelor for Buppying sheep for the judging competition at the Winter Show. On the suggestion of Mr G. Wheeler, Mr Arbon was elected ohief steward of the Leicester sheep classes. ■ ':.-, Having served its time, the Winter Bhow Committee retired, and a new body was elected as follows:— Messrs C. Dunk, J. E. F. Pratt, J. Jarvis, Pringle, McHardy, Simmons, L. Wallis, J. O. Batchelar, B. Stevens, S. B. Lancaster, Thompson, Bryant, M. Cohen, S. W. Luxford, and Jacobs. Power was conferred to add to the number. Mr C. Dunk was re elected chairman, advantage being taken of the election to make eulogistic reference to the manner in which that gentleann had filled the office in the past. A proposal to procure poultry pens i was left to the sub-committee to discuss, 11 Gambling " Competition. Mr R. S. Abraham wrote in regard to the " gambling " competition held at the Winter Show. As an old member of the committee he claimed the privilege to say a few words. It appeared to him this method of making money was quite beneath the dignity of such an Association as theirs, and was calculated to do a great deal of harm as encouraging a gambling spirit In the community. From what he had heard outside, it was evident the innovation did not command itself to the general public, and he sincerely hoped that it would be struck out of future programmes. He recalled that last year there was a suggestion that this competition should be instituted, and he bad thereupon brought the matter up in the committee himself when he had been assured the suggestion was not to be carried out. Mr Cohen said the Winter Show Committee had gone into this matter, and had practically come to the conclusion not to continue it in the future. Mr Gillies said be would like to know who was the mover of the scheme. He thought that in any case before a scheme such as this was included in the schedule the Horse Schedule Committee should have been made acquainted with it. Personally he had not known anything about the proposal until the morning of the competition. He thought Mr Abraham deserved the best thanks of the committee for bringing the matter up as he had. The President explained the proposal had come before the Winter Show Committee, and had also been read in the ordinary way before the General Committee.

" I remember," said Mr B. Stevens, " I objected to it."

MrD. Priugle thought the attitude adopted by the objectors to the innovation was quite unnecessary and uncalled for. Their remarks applied equally to the guessing competitions, and if they were going to do away with the one they Bhould do away with the other. It was a perfectly legitimate way of getting money, and he did not see any harm in it.

The letter was referred to the Winter Show Committee, it being aleo agreed to ■end a letter of thanks to Mr Abraham.