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sooner the place was made to pay the better. There were already 

 about three years lost. He thought if the gentlemen present 

 approved of the schools, as the Eutherglen school had. been gone- 

 on with so long, the Minister should be urged to go on with the 

 cellar. 



Mr. Ckaike said that last night Mr. Webb had said that any 

 resolution of this meeting should receive his best attention, and 

 he (Mr. Craike) thought the hearty support of this meeting should, 

 be given to the old Board. The new Board might not be ap- 

 pointed for four or six months, and it might be too late for next 

 year's crop. He thought it was a great disgrace to the colony 

 that the grapes were being given away. There were all the 

 appliances at the school and they were losing money. The new 

 Board could do no better than the old Board had done, but all the 

 members at the meeting could give their support to the movement. 



Mr. Irvine said they all agreed with the proposal, but Mr., 

 West pointed out that the machinery clauses drafted last night 

 referred to it specially. It was simply a matter of detail for the 

 new Board. They recognised what the old Board had done, but 

 they had had no power, and they wanted a new Board with, 

 power. The old Board did not advance anything as their own 

 opinions, but for the whole of the vignerons, and there was no 

 reflection intended to be cast on the old Board. 



The President of the Eutherglen Association mentioned that the- 

 Minister had said that there might be some things which might 

 be brought in under regulations, and, if that could be done, why 

 wait ? If they could only get the matter of the cellar under the 

 regulations they should do it, and therefore all present should, 

 support the motion. 



Mr. Williams thought it did not matter how soon or how late 

 the new Board was appointed ; in the meantime the cellar should 

 be gone on with in the interests of the industry. There were 

 plenty of vineyards at Dookie and other places, but it was the 

 cellar management that should be gone into, and though it had 

 been advocated for the last six years and the plans were prepared 

 nothing further had been done. 



Mr. Pounds said that the Minister had called them together ta 

 make recommendations, and yet now it seemed that everything 

 was to be left to the new Board. There was nothing in the 

 motion giving the Board power. He thought they should have 

 plenary powers, and if everything was left to the Board there 

 must be election and so forth. Irrespective of whether the Board- 

 would deal with the subject at once, they did not know who might 

 be the members. They had the pleasure of being present with 

 those who were on the present Board, and any representation 

 coming from this Convention should come with weight and should 

 cause, the Government and the officers of the Department ta 



