DISTRICT NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, 25 November 1905, Page 1

DISTRICT NEWS.

WAKEffIELD. „ CrttE SPRING SHOW. Tho ib.ird spring sliow in connection with the Wanmea H., 1., & F. Association >yaß ,hold in the Oddtelidws!- iiiil, W,aifc)aeld, on \Vc<kj.s? •:'ny akerhq'on and evening, the attendance ■ Uaivig gowd as usual. Most o£ the classes scheduled worn | ttcciily contv<s,ted, the eateries, over ©00, oeing iiiore nu'oicrouS -than at i.revioua spring fahows. The flowers were a much strgnger feature than expected, and. were a credit to anj.' show- Mr S: Bolton, the. jii'd^3,"saldth9 display of rose* was thv b e3t seen at any o>f the s'octety.'s prc-vioua shows. Uo also iiiado special mention, of the quality ei thftHjebnies and; parisies. The exhivlittoh of flo/wers, taken- on the \vhol«,^be conisicbred a credit to Ihw dv3trlcti "■■"' 'A ph'aain^ feature'of tho" shaw wfljs the hunjfccr cf entries in. thw children's classes, and ilvo ifiaHty was also creditaMe. the exhi'bii'tion of two roses>b-y Mr S. '-Bo lion is worthi*- of m-LUtioii, as Be-fore passinig ;.fro-ni the nowers, oemg a great ac{|iiJ?ition to roae fanciers. Onais a pale pink and perfect in shape, ana is caiied the Mildred-.' Grant, 1 the champion exhiLitioh rose of Great Bintain" for the last thixe seasons. The oth&r ■la pure white, and- a beautiful specimen, ': called the Frau Karl l>ni-scHk-i, .Lelieved to be tho finest white rose in eixl'st'ence.- Tiie fruit and vegetables are generally weak classes at the spring show, !b|ut we're a little tetter on this occasion, thure h'eing 1 inore variety and J«?ttcr contested. The domestic cTass— always strong— was up to the usual sbandaid of excellence, M» " A-nstlce, the judge, having considerable difficulty in picking out the wi'ninin'g- num'bfers, and be made special mention of the bread, cream puffs, jtumwow cajl-Je, and spcaipe gtoods as being e/ial to professional work. In poultry, Mr E. Martin, the judge, said the exhilfyits, on the whole, wei'e ''yjery fair, especially when the tame oi year was taken into consideration, tho birds bfeing in 'b'ad feather and gunei' i ally out of condition. The bantams wei*e well represented. The Old English Black Game, Plymouth. Hocks, Dorkings, and Sp.anjflod Game were mentioned as WBing good spccUncns o-f their kind. TiJietabie. decoi'aiions, of which there were eight in numbor, were, as usual, much admired, the winner being; decided by the votes of all a'dults present in the aftemoqn. Tho result was as fallows :— 'Mis^ I Hill, Ist ; Miss McF'herson, 2nd , I Miss Pcpperj 3rd.

In nddition to the vVssociation prize list, there vrerc a number of .•special-. prizes offered Liy privalo dohoi-sv vi-^. •— Silvei'-Jnauniiid: init' | ttetc tKsW for modt poin-ts in do'meStiC classes (E. Buxton & Co.), won by Miss Nu Fowler, 28 x*oin'ts : t-is-cuit barrel, Ef Hiqiycso-n & Son, for hre-ud ; erupt (for caller toon pi-ckles) Messrs Hoopci-.-& Sons : two pur-' Sfs. A: J. P-Urner, iia-awn scones. 1 chilf)rf-n's ci.-i.su. Mrs Wakefreld w'ns the wrnwar of tho points prize in the AXis'aiCLule class. The toarrom was conducted by Miss 1 Pi'tts, of Nelson,' TiTi'd was g^iin 1 inell patroniPud. the fru'it soJads. j e(c, Lcinft* appreciated, ns !)»» di,v wu<s very warrr>. In fact, nil th^ 5 npro'ntment^ of the tea room wore a < -ivd-it to the ea-terers. (The Ipri/^e l'i«?t appeared in our yeste rally's kssu-e f.