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Group of officials and judges.

Group of officials and judges.

Caption: Group of officials and judges. Back row. - J Goldie, T. D. Boag, Arthur Chamberlain, J. D. Moorhead, W. McMillan, J. R. Armitage, A. J. Inwood, John Lochhead junr, G. Cooper, P. O'Boyle, John Chamberlain, James Austin, D. Cant. Middle row.- R. Lochhead, J. Rennie, John Barnett, W. G. Lunn, Miss Pratt, Job Osborne, T. B. Howson, John Boag, R. Rainey, T. W. Durant (Secretary). Front row.- Jonathan Brown, James Balfour, F. W. Sandford, Thomas Withell, G. C. Waby, James Stackhouse (President), M. Dixon, Ernest Matson, F. A. Cooke, Marjorie Durant.
Description: Officials and judges at the Ellesmere Show, held in grounds on the outskirts of Leeston. The Ellesmere A. & P. Association held it's first show in conjunction with the Southbridge Horticultural and Rural Industries Society on Thursday 5th January 1871. From 1873 they had grounds of their own on the outskirts of Leeston. From that time the Annual Show was held on the third Thursday in October and was the first show in Canterbury each year. From 1947 the Show has been held on the second Saturday in October.

Source: The weekly press, 15 Nov. 1899, p. 66

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