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The Newcastle Show, 1908. 
The principal event of Wednesday was the visit of their 
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, who, as 
the guests of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, 
at Alnwick, had arrived in the north on the previous 
Monday. 
Their Royal Highnesses travelled from Alnwick by motor 
car, stopping on the way at Morpeth to receive an address. 
On arrival at the Showyard at about 12.30 p.m., the Royal 
Party were met at the gates by the Honorary Director 
(Sir Gilbert Greenall), who escorted them to the Royal Pavilion, 
where they were received by the President (the Duke of 
Devonshire) and other members of the Council. A small party 
of Crimean and Indian Mutiny veterans (in charge of Major 
Thompson of the Corps of Commissionaires) having been 
inspected, Their Royal Highnesses made a tour of the Show- 
ground in an open carriage. The Prince and Princess 
afterwards honoured, the President and Council with their 
company at Luncheon in the Royal Pavilion. The guests at 
this function also included the Duchess of Devonshire, the 
Duke of Northumberland, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, 
and other residents and officials in the City and County. 
After luncheon, their Royal Highnesses were shown a 
selection of prize cattle, and a number of implements and 
appliances to which the Society’s Silver Medal had been 
awarded since the year 1905, when the Prince of Wales last 
visited the Show. The party then drove to the Agricultural 
Education and Forestry Exhibition and to the Horticultural 
Exhibition, and having inspected the exhibits here, they were 
later conducted by the Honorary Director round the large 
Horse Ring to the Royal Box in the Grand Stand, where they 
remained for some time watching the jumping competitions. 
The Royal Visitors left the Showyard by motor about 4.15 p.m., 
having spent nearly four hours in the Showyard. 
In the evening the Lord Mayor of Newcastle entertained 
the President and Members of Council of the Society at a 
Banquet in the Large Hall of the Armstrong College. 
The General Meeting of Governors and Members of the 
Society was held at noon on Thursday, at which His Grace the 
Duke of Devonshire, as President, took the Chair. The first 
business of the meeting was the presentation of the Cups, 
Medals, Prizes, and Certificates to the successful competitors in 
the Ploughing Competitions. The awards in the Farm Prize 
Competition were also announced at this meeting. (A full 
report of the proceedings at the General Meeting will be 
found in the Appendix — See pp. xxxvii. to xl.) 
On Thursday the bulk of the catalogues had been sold, so 
great had been the demand, and to meet the requirements of 
