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but also of liL'arl, ami he was uot only respected, but was regarded with 

 feelings of what might be called affection and even of love. He was a man 

 who, whatever his hand findeth to do, does it with all his might. He had 

 shown these qualities in his various capacities, as President (jf the Local 

 Committee, Acting- President of the Society, and Deputy Chairman of the 

 G.E. Railway Company. In fact, he seemed to be a kind of Pooh-Bah in 

 connection with the Show. (Laughter and applause.) 



Mr. JosiiPH Martin said he felt complimented that he had been asked to 

 second the resolution. For thirty years he had been a Member of Council, but 

 old age must have its place. He was very pleased to be there and to meet old 

 faces. Allusion hatl been made t(i the Great Eastern Railway Company. He 

 could remember the time when the shares of the Company stood at 18Z. apiece, 

 and all the carriages were ticketed, "This is the property of So-and-so." 

 (Laughter.) When the railway was opened to Ely the guards rode on top of 

 the carriages. He al>o recalled the placing of luggage on the tops of carriages 

 under tarpaulin covers. While on the Council he had sat under several 

 Presidents, but he did not hesitate to say that Mr. Ailwyn Fellowes was equal 

 to any, inferior to none, and superior to many. 



The vote of thanks was carried by acclamation, and on Mr. Fellowes rising 

 to reply, he was greeted with cheers. 



When it was decided, said Mr. Fbllowes, that the Show should visit the 

 county in which he was born and in which he had lived all his life, he had 

 determined, as Acting-President for the year, to do everything he could to help 

 to make the Show a success, and he trusted that on Friday it would be found 

 that it had been a great success. All through the last six months he had 

 received nothing but kindness and assistance from everybody connected with 

 the county and city. There had not been a thing which the Local Committee 

 had asked of a landowner, farmer, or anybody else that had been declined. 

 (Applause.) 'Norfolk and Norwich had been determined to do everything they 

 could to make the Show a big success. He was deeply grateful to all of them, 

 and more than grateful to Mr. Beck and the Town Clerk for their assistance. 

 It was not often now that one got a great body of agriculturists before one, 

 and he wanted to tell his Norfolk friends that it was being stated that many 

 local Members had just joined the Society for this year only in view of the 

 Show. He appealed to them to stick to the " Royal." Let them not support 

 it for one year and then drop out. It was the cheapest investment of a 

 sovereign they had ever made in their lives. Let them stick on themselves 

 and also endeavour to get more new Members. He wanted his Norfolk friends 

 who had put the Society in the [>osition it now occupied to help to keep it 

 there. (Applause.) 



Vote of Thanks to Mr. Coltnan. 



He concluded by moving : " That the best thanks of the Society are due, 

 and are hereby tendered, to Mr. Russell Colman for his kindness in lending 

 such a beautiful site for the Society's Show of 1911." No words of his were 

 necessary to ask their acceptance of that resolution, because he was sure they 

 were all of one mind with regard to it. 



Sir Gilbert Greenall, in seconding the motion, said that never since he 

 had been connected with the Show had it been held on such a beautiful site. 

 Neither had he seen a showground that stood the rain like that one. Since the 

 Show preparations commenced they had been cutting down Mr. Colman's trees 

 and doing other things of the kind, but Mr. Colman had always met them 

 smilingly and never objected to anything. When they were on the land of 

 people like that it made matters very easy. He desired to thank Mr. Colman 

 very much for his kindness to him personally. 



The motion was enthusiasticallj' carried. 



Mr. Russell Colman, who was greeted with applause on rising, expressed 

 his very grea^ pleasure at meeting the Members of the Royal Agricultural 



