THE EXHIBITION.
THE OPE.We CEREMONY. - [JfeE PnSBB AHWOUXIOX,] . DrnsßOUf* November 26. Booth wtdierl? wind wnicb blalT J***J? this morning, had a good eff *ot ia «»«Wa»W|f;dtjing ap the streets, and zsnderkK the procsßsioa a f&Jrly Imposing ttttte* %*rty this mdCDtog people wove aitiryaadtsfcootth the" easewbly had beon called 'tot the «ua«nal hoar of 11 80, every point of vanttge •*o»g tho Hne of route . wkc oocapied long be/ora that hour. The Colonial .Bank bed erected a capioiooi statfd oo the frost of their Pt lea sea street fronttge, »ud the seat* (bewon were filled by the fsmillea of th» baok officiate and eoatomera- Several private stands bad befa erected and a public one Dear the entrance to the exhibition was well patronised, while several enterprising petpobem&rTe a very f*ir day's work by fattfog vfisdow space »i a ehtlllng a head; Tlsa «liipß m ihs harbor made a fioe •display of bonting, which iraa oonsp'oooos rfjnjpttbllo bnHdings, banks, eta TOO proceMion formed opposite a -letetve, bni thete wa» some 4ef»V b tHe marahiiU gettiog it into njove»b!e order, the reaalfe being (t did ttot start fill a little paat ten. TheVoluo. tewti and Frleodiy Sooleiies male ao effective dleplty, the former being largely reinforced by country corps, and contlngauta from Southland, while tbe JFflcudJy Societies moatered In anoousl •Uengtb* Unqaeatiocabiy tbe fioeat dtejptajr':. was *' '«bt»iued by tbo Dxatdf, who «rara^ovflf 200 Btroug, and had plototlal sjcifieilßtatloiiß of O»raetacn* ie&dlDg his «»ajy against the Roman a, betides S3T6r»i silsgcTlek! tableaux. Several of tbe itades, noftbly impiement nuaJcat s, had well artanged devices and dUplays of »pßßi»'t>» It Ireitlpiat ftd that considerably over 2000 tt?otf|&?t tc tbe pccesßijion, which was f»t t,na aw»y the beafc erraoged and oareled «nt t&tog ff *te Mad »e«n here. The ««reed[ tin route w*s el*vUh!y followed witji tbei feealt thafc the Governor* party TOs~ibt«o jjtiarteiJi bf hn hJ.ni 1 late reechlng thebnilding. ; , . The" \Qote«nor Eo^osapaa^a by toe CooatdßS and f«fl<'y, and naval cffio&w drove from Government; bcuse Into the city «b far as the BVnk of New Zealand, jbelng hwaetily ohfered along the ropfce. Wltlila tbe building itself everything waft -Jn.'a far mote forward state than ntoal pt6m% anticipated, the contlnoons work doriof Che last fifty hoc w, hevicg removed a lit of Wemit-beß and covnred op t moftitntle of defects. At 1215 ths bands within tfae bnildinf playlog th« BTfltlonsl Anihem Bign&lfoei tbe tpproacb of the Yios Rdgsl p*rty, whe oti reacbiug the concert hall wore preceded by * processloD headed by ( detitjh!»? eilt from the Imperial Warships, two of v>pW9 offiosrs osnied the lai perial r *nd Oc-lonlsl ensigns. The Qovorop »nd^ ttirty, ibJ Keecatlve Oonmisalonert ajemoers of the mJo'stry md diotiogalsbec rMPiiii «aklng * jariy df about fif«] wort - ermdacted to *"•*• on >b( daU. Ttfe ball thosgb ltt^fe i»0r( ihao two thirds fali, owlcg to I «««*«?-««• iseatß hßvlog:beeo jTEßervet for Idraign- visitors, who bo.wevei fallet to fftz^'ln iM appeaianoß, preßeotei • very pretty effect;. The o ol« of In atranaentallsta nambered nearly 400 The gallery f»«lng them was wpil filled mostly *-by- ladles : while on tho floo spade the gay drfsses form e 3 i vet; tfleot?ve ooittrast to the military &Q< rtraioontlngent. The formal part of the programme win iben gone through. : Ms fiobtrts r^ad a esther long ptnyer bnt was not aua,'. l^ 6 except to thoa 4amed)ately; dear h.*3. Howtver h «B*de amends wben readt*!^ a^dres <fa&a the Commfealonorg, w,.a c, #ollojfjß {fer- '.-■■■ .. 3tfeßoberts addressing his Excelleto" isaid^o uonimlsaloii deaired to ocoordhin 4b» heartiest; weloctoe and convoy 8] «xp»Sßi<m of devoWd loyalty toward Be? Majesty, her Qrown, aod perwn
iio |.rooeecied to detail tv» veyi* leuumw to the opening /of the Exhibition and memiomd thnt f> n was nc..t put before the p I'v'.y ng e n Ootober 25th lack Vfftr. /■;; .. a worm y taken up wi:h the* re«nlt that 1050 gentleman subsonbea £15 689, bwidea whiob^G overnment graoted aaubsldy of t ilo,ooo for the purposo ot providing ooUeations o£ a publio obaraoter. whioh could not be exhibited by private individual^ Anappaalto the eelf reliance andpatnotwrn ef the peoplo the Oommifltipnerß ouxmed hud produced an amount of popular intenat and voluntary **«* whioh had ntver been seen m any previous enterprise cf th- feini- He thn-ked his Ezo3liency Jor the interoac hehai ehowa m the undertaking and specially for the ir flaonoe Lord Onaloir had orertod m the fi.;o artßdepartae.ot^and Blmilar recognition wan extended" tb-inembew of the Government »nd exhio'itori Tha bulldinrf covered over twelve acres, the main •truotnre beinfc' 1162 '■ ff et long, and 465 feet broad. Ihe countries tffioial'y represented wo:e : New South Wales, Victoria. South Australia, Mauritius, Fiji, aad the Kepubiio of Ooata iiica. Mr Bonerts then presented tho Govevnoc with a copy of the offioial catalogue and requested him to declare.. *h? ..BxUbitioar opeo. His Fxflßlleaoy la reply aaourcd them of the e;».tk£*otion with which ha received the expresdoni of loyalty. whMr bo mid it would bp his ploaeltig da;y to convey to her Mj-joty. He remarked on the extraordioaiy contrast prcflßntud by tlio coidttton of the, faiajods^ now and afty yeats a^o. when they were just emerging from tarbareatn, when ih« foaod»ng of Aueklond., **tti9>k.t»Wf i *h'& Ohtinim chuichandDniiedln'weco "till andre«.m>. of, cod Wallingion had merely boon thought of In London. His Kxo^llency , drewia gr*p*»Vo pJctute oithe, ati»tt;oJ t th«J country m 1839* of ita great foreats andva^t B'lliiudee, «od wont onto picture the change th»t had been wrought o Ks »p- ' pearenoo by rcobm>tioo, tillage, t.»ilffnys uud Bie»mbo»ts. Whefe« Efty yearo Ag. tbe Earopesnc who inhabited K«w Zoa ?>od llyod only by the fo«bewf»noo'Of the iflabtla, now ieqant U4* exited fi^ Native^ and iCnropean » ! iko. The ropce«ont^ivoH ;of tho ano^pjb' lnb^bitanta :. ; yo fed. aide by with themselv^it, abd «c« on occasion «bi« to uso their powfr to tuoh purpose as to orrost tho {jogrean of PacJiemei-t.ry bas/uetie. iSaih n growth as that, he conVfdoire'Ht wurruoLd th&lr endeavors to call the Mtention 0$ the other oatlqos of the w^d, fy the c»phbUl its^of their soil ved rofues, ii^dib' dera'ha^kVe to all the adv*noeni«nt of *h'cu tbe> w»ro o^pftble Hp'o-.-nßramlatod. them t»!l oa the mitkifc which 'bad -tit«. ended thd: vo'untary <ff>pt»and pafftonnl exortloun mi ruinhtkei; a/:d^bfc ; of gratitude was o&ln'g t6 those who uadoo K'ittcrooßly lent ht the rxfaibltioo (< their troaaatfia of Industiy^ond »rt. He j Jned with the President friWpT easing the hope thftt thla might be i;.BtruoUv^ *ud bontfioial, that it might rispet the jialouiica whloh rival entvrprifcd might; engender, and enable tn to onltivato frterri'y 'entlmonts and matasl csiecra. Hi? Ex 3 Usooy then fortn«liy dco'ued the Exmiii«on opm;-*^--'^-'^ -'"?"'''" ' The Governor In hia reply to the weloomu of ihe CuoomisaJonerß. spuko with marked olosrnesa aod fatoc, botug audible m every part of the b&ildlng. The references ia his speech to the pub'io eplrltbdnees of the poopla of Otogo, In promoting . tfce undertß^iDg »n4 to, the HboTftt spirit io whloh New Z jalaad Jrio sepondod by ; the other jplot; ion, we>o »e---oeived wvh hearty .appUnee, whioh -w»i. renewed and long continued, when his Exoolieuoy deolared thd Exbibuioa open, \ .'Che hoJsting^of the Enslgnyon the dome, fo'.iowedifcj .'.»'lale.,of sßv'e.nUen qua« ■by the efatlonea en the jtoifcimed. liind, f naoaucod 10 {he ezpeotapt thasands assembled 00' side that the duv'a fot>o:lon-'WM praaiioaUy »t an end. The o'ux'r song m fine style Oowena Hyma of Tbaukoßlv'nK, tho Oiq Ho.ndredtb, ths H«iielujJAh. Ohcru*, au^ the arginU*, Mr B>rth, plsjed a /volnnjarr wblle the Vice-Bef;al parry reformed into groeestiou, ami passed from the ; .h. ajl^ong-: the aveanr, where tho ClotDminßipnera fit other colonies were presented. Toe aoouetio proportloa of the conceit hfiJl were fuliy .ietted to-d&y ani, Mt HWopi the architect, was ocmpilmeuted on aii flldea oa tb» exoollent reinhs »ohieved. i ... ■»■■-. :. '■■ -\ :'-.; -^ ■ The Governor »t the reqaeit of the Exhibition Comm!s«looerB oobled-fco the Queen ft message announcing that ho had juat opened tha;Exhib|tlon, »nd 0 cable, was received from the New Sooth Wales P«iafor, Sir H. Purkeß, conveyiog the ooDgMtnUtionß of New South Walea , Everything pafiflftd tfE without a hitch and the weather bas fairly tikon upi I» may be safely arid tbat to-d&j'a proceedr iDiB froxn first to list have been jlgoaliy BnooeHsful. - It It estimated that there, were folly 25 000 people m the /streets, and no ecoldedt of any kitid is reported, .' The Exhibition Executive entertain akttoguletaed viiltore at a ba^qoet tomo trow. / .. . :. . . '■■ ■ >•■■
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2287, 26 November 1889, Page 3
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1,382THE EXHIBITION. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2287, 26 November 1889, Page 3
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