The Herald

100 years ago

SALISBURY, 27 March 1917. — Referring to the question of membership, he put forward a plea for greater support from the country. He said that if all the farmers in Mashonaland and the townspeople, generally, would support the society by becoming members it would only cost them one guinea per annum — the financial difficulties of the societies would beat an end.

They would notice that the balance sheet showed a profit of £102 on the show for last year. That satisfactory, but on the whole of the working of the society for the year there had been a loss of something like £309.

He trusted that next year they would be able to show a much more interesting state of affairs and that the balance would be on the right side.

He wished to record the thanks of the society to Capt C F Wells who, as chairman of the Grounds Committee, had been most energetic.