THE Bega Pioneers' Museum was this year given the bound copies of the Bega District News. In the 1945 book on March 15, the Bega District News ran a story on the second Far South Coast National Show. Formerly it was called the Bega Show.
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The big crowds lining the ringside at the night sessions, even till nearly midnight in the cold on Saturday night, are ample proof of their popularity.
The good rains in January caused prolific growth of crops of all kinds, and the display in the pavilion of farm produce, vegetables, fruit and flowers, was the best yet seen here, demonstrating the fertility of Mother Earth under favourable conditions.
Maize and sorghum stalks over 15ft in height, pumpkins, melons, etc., in profusion, fruit of the highest quality, and flowers of all colours and shades, testified to the benignity of Mother Nature and the skill and industry of the men and women who till the soil.
It is only at the shows that we get anything like a full conception of the potentialities of the district, and in that way they bring out the best and are an incentive to others to follow suit.
Such exhibits as we saw last week make us feel proud of our district, despite the trying years we have gone through. And again all credit to those that carry on.
The war has given a set-back to many of them, but at Bega we missed the show only in 1942, when the Japanese menace was at its height and season was bad.
Now with the prospect of the end of the war in sight, we may apply ourselves wholeheartedly to the work, and so, as stated at the beginning of this notice, go on to bigger and better things.
The many visitors who were here last week were truly amazed at the success of the exhibition and the Bega Society will have a reputation to uphold in the years ahead; we have no fear that the men and women who will carry on will be one whit less energetic and enthusiastic than those who have played their part in the past.
In the post-war period we have a tremendous job ahead, and every encouragement must be given especially to the men and women who toil on the land - it is from the land that our primary prosperity comes, and all thinking men are starting to recognise that if people are to be kept on the land, and more settled on it, better facilities and better returns for the product of their labour must be given.
Better facilities and greater comfort can be provided by electricity and water, and we have those at hand almost ready to be applied.
