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connected with the Corporation. He could not express the great personal 
interest taken by the Lord Mayor and the other members of the Corporation. He 
did not think they ought to leave out the name of the ex-Mayor (Councillor J. M 
Oubridge), during whose term of office and through whose instrumentality it 
was that the Society had been invited to hold the Show at Newcastle this year. 
He thought the success of the Show was assured, and they owed to the Lord 
Mayor and to the members of the Corporation a very deep debt of gratitude. 
(Cheers.) Therefore it was with great pleasure he moved the resolution. 
Mr. E. W. Stanyforth seconded the motion, which was carried unani- 
mously. 
The Lord Mayor of Newcastle, on behalf of the Corporation and him- 
self, thanked the meeting sincerely for its kind vote of thanks. From the first 
day when it was mooted that the “ Royal” Show should be asked to visit New- 
castle the idea met with the most sincere approval and had been carried out 
with the greatest enthusiasm. He thought they could safely say that the 
Council were wise in accepting the invitation and coming to that city for the 
fourth time. It was a record Show. (Hear, hear.) Four times there was a 
record also, as Newcastle was the only city that the Show had visited that 
number of times. It had given intense pleasure to himself and his colleagues 
to work for the Show, and they were amply rewarded by its immense success. 
Thanks to local Committee. 
The Earl of Onslow, in moving a resolution tendering the best thanks of 
the Society, to the Newcastle Local Committee for their exertions in promoting 
the success of the Show, said it was a good axiom in matters of government to 
leave as much as they could to the mm on the spot. That had been the idea 
which had actuated the Society in getting those who knew the surroundings 
and local circumstances to assist in every way possible to make the Show a 
success. A testimony that this had been a successful policy was to be seen in 
the attendance there that day and on the previous days. He thought the 
thanks of the Society were largely due to the Chairman of the Local Com- 
mittee — the Duke of Northumberland. Every North-countryman knew that 
when there was anything that interested, or was for the welfare of the North- 
country, the Duke of Northumberland was always foremost. It was the 
hospitality his Grace had extended to the Prince and Princess of Wales which 
had enabled Their Royal Highnesses to visit the Show not only on one but on 
two days. 
'Mr. Percy Crutch ley seconded the resolution proposed by Lord Onslow, 
which was unanimously adopted. 
Mr. J. J. Gillespie (Treasurer of the Local Committee), in responding, 
said it had been a very great pleasure to the Local Committee to work in the 
way they had done to make the Show a success. The counties of Northumber- 
,and and Durham and the city of Newcastle had almost vied with each other 
with their subscriptions to the local fund. He was very pleased to say that he 
had had a communication that morning from a gentleman, identified with the 
county of Northumberland and with their city, who had said to him : “ I see 
you want 7,300Z. to complete your fund. You have received 7,1707. I shall be 
very pleased to give you the difference.” He could not mention the name of 
the gentleman, he was not at liberty to do so then, but it would be divulged in 
the course of a few days. 
Thanks to North-Eastern Railway. 
Mr. R. M. Greaves moved : “ That the best thanks of the Society be ten- 
dered to the North-Eastern Railway Company for the facilities afforded by 
that company in connection with the Show.” As a Steward of the Implement 
Yard, he had had experience of the very excellent way in which they had 
assisted the Society in so promptly removing empties from the yard. He hoped 
that the public had noticed that, when the Show was first opened, there was 
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