Agricultural Shows

At Madang And Sogeri

Prom Our Own Correspondent

Moresby, Sept. 10.

pWO Agricultural Societies have been started in P-NG one at Sogeri, ’apua, and the other at Madang, NG.

Sogeri staged its first Agricultural Show m August 30.

Mr. C. J. Sefton is the president; Mr. . Loudon, vice-president; and Mr. N. W.

'ell, secretary-treasurer.

The show day programme included a rand parade, Industrial exhibits, trade isplays, pavilion exhibits and a non-stop ports programme.

The only things forgotten were xhibition classes for dogs and poultry, roud owners of pedigree pups are mourn ig this oversight, while amateur poultry aisers are insisting that next year there mst be a place on the programme for oultry. Port Moresby residents are fast ecoming enthusiastic amateur hen irmers; eggs at over 7/- a dozen robably has something to do with it.

Madang District has formed an Agri nltural and Horticultural Society, has tr. J. R. Vicary as president; Mr. K. W. urston. vice-president; and Mrs. F. J.

Ills, secretary: Mrs. P. Clarke, assistant scretary; and Mr. A. Hansen, treasurer.

The riew Society got down to business nmediately and is to stage its first Show a November 21.

if Mr. G. J. Horsfall, formerly Magistrate, Fiji, has been appointed Judicial Commissioner, Western Pacific High Commission, and will take up his duties in Honiara shortly. fl The Bishop of Newcastle, the Rt.

Rev. F. de Witt Batty, made a round trip on the Bulolo during August.

He left the ship at Samarai to visit Dogura, and rejoined it on the re turn call at that port. In Port Moresby he attended the official opening of the new Anglican Native

Welfare Centre at Koki, which is in charge of the Rev. W. B. Gill, and will provide recreational and educational facilities for Papuans in the Koki area.

JlFour under-w at e r demolition bombs, each weighing 375 lbs., were recently brought to Honiara from the Western Solomons by the Bomb Disposal Unit working in the BSIP.

They will be stored until they are required for the demolition of Pelope Shoal, near Point Cruz, Honiara.