INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 260, 7 November 1906, Page 7

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

roVEESOE'S AND PREMIER'S VISITS.

cOMB NOTABLE EXHIBITS.

(By Telcgraph.-Freas Association.)

CHRISTCTIURCH. Tuesday,

Exhibition matters were to-day very iei There was apparently an averse attendance, and keen interest was tred in the more popularly attractive prhibits, While those interested in spe"l subjects devoted attention more Jldfically to them. The art gallery, fernery, geyser exhibit, ihe aquarium, and the tourists' department, continue centres of genera Ia 11 nc< ion The Maori and side shows outside the minding are always well pntronis.-d, H nd the lawns and flower beds, which are now looking btantiful, arc much appreciated. The British Court is beginning i.o attract _ ene ral attention, and numerous visitors to that part of the Exhibition make DT inquiries about the school systems of the United Kingdom, which arc admirably illustrated in the court. Students are devoting n good de.il of time to the statistics dealing with the. people 0 { London, and to the literary works on the subject of Charles Booth.

VISIT BY THE GOVERNOR. The Governor, the Hon. Kathleen Phmket, and Premier wire union;: visitors (his morning. The Governor visited the South Australian court, where he was weicomed by Mr. Scott, the Commissioner, who showed His Excellency the various samples of the Mate's products, jlr. Scott presented the, Governor and Captain Bingham with a walking stick each. These were unique and interestpresents, the sticks being made, by natives of the Northern Territory, and beautifully inlaid with pearl shells. They were presented on behalf of the Hon. Mr. L. Oloughlan. Minister in charge of the Northern Territory. THE PREMIER VISITS THE CANADIAN' OOUKT. Sir Joseph Ward spent two hours in the Canadian Court. He was greatly interested in Canada-; display, and made many inquiries uh to her industries and methods. He was impressed with the variety and extent of the Dominion's mineral wealth. He pxpressed to the Canadian Commissioners bis gratitude to Canada for the character of her display at the Exhibition. "And," he added, M a m also gtaief ul in lipf far the stamp

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rSLitan oilioTaiiiii agricultural ricpartment. The Canadian Commissioners explained that the principal object of the scheme was to encourage trade, immigration and tourist and to advertise the country generally, but that in coming to New Zealand' Canada desired to increase the trade between the two countries, and to strengthen tho bonds of Empire. Sir Joseph, accompanied by Mr. Munro, went through the other courts and spent the whole morning in the Exhibition. WIRELESS TEUEGRAPTI STATION. A marconigra.nl .station is being fitted spat the Exhibition, and it i> expected that by Thursday next it will he in con:municatioii with a station seven miles distant, and will also be able to communicate with U.M.S. Challenger at sea. Ciiitam IVaJJccr. representative of the Telegraph Co., in Ausi'taksVa, is superiniending the arrangements. ,

TOUBISTS' AND HEALTH RESORXS.

It k intended to provide the Tourists' Department court, which Ls a spacious room, with seats, lounges, tables, and writing material. 'J'he general inquiry office J3 in the Tourist section, but, in absence oi indicators throughout the Eih'titior. and attendant.-; to show visiton around, the. utility of the service is mi».imised. The first entry on the visitors' book Off the Tourist court is that ot Archbishop Redwood. The aigT.atuie of Sir Joseph Ward, the President, is a lit/la lower down, and he has ma le tht: foiJow.ng note in the ■■Remarks" column, "Typical representation. Well done. And I congratulate Mr. Donne on the line display i; 0 tastefully arranged." The untiring onergy of Mr. Donne and Dr. Vvohlmauns, Cjovcrnment balneologist, have, with the able assistance they have had at their command, made the exhibits oi the Tourist and UealtAi Resorts Department aruong the most valuable and generally attractive displays in the i.xSiVition. The realism of the repres3iitition of the thermal districts of the Korth Island is remarkable.

AMONG THE GEYSERS. Eutering the enclosure, the visitor acquainted with Itotorua and WhakareWarewa. is struck with the striking resemblance in little of the famous Wailoti geyser at the latter place, and the .i-vpi-ml fuoierolc and solfatara and mud volcanoes of the district generally. They are all "life-like" in their appearance and activity. The smell of sulphur asthe nostrils as one approaches, and in the enclosure nature, as depicted ill the iveird but fascinating northern thermal country, is exactly imitated by art. S'cara arises everywhere. Jt issues through crevices in the solfataras of sul?liur encrusted rock, and water bubbles ferociously under the rocks of the fumeroles". The Waikiti geyser sends iQitli a stream of lxiiling water to a h'igbt of 50ft., and a mud volcano splutli \A perpetually and casts its overflow of tP«k liquid into a stream below. Hie cooking and bathing holes are also 'eplicas of those that are to be all °'erßotoru£\ Dr. Wohbjinnns designed *nd superintended the whole eonstruc™on of this real -Wonderland of the Mhihitioii," and for several weeks he forked like a navvy in carrying out bis "ssigns. The mounds were made from plasty casts taken from the thennul visWts. AMONG THE FERNS. Tta fernery at the end of the Main aail is veritably "a thing of beauty." huge circular hothouse filled with " cc and other fr-rns of the most charmn « vwdue. here t.vpin-s We as she is. 50",.,, ~,. | ier bnst in the Wμ. * "' ,lle lli " lv,r|r »i s of the Z"™ &>•'!!,. There aiv beautiful "«*dw, i impid htreainJli ..-,„ waU>ra as may bn seen in dense forests lock feni mos( ' iuxun «"' s - and the hn, ,WOrk is '"cmarkably natural. \S^" ldround ihk dnliciouK retreat, W iß ., the ™st refreshing spot in the toL. , erness of «ommerce and in- ° f wh ''fh it is the centre. A *raL ertisement oi New Zealand's Bxhj^x 8 and Panties than the thermal 2*]. is the mtmp l beauties of . :w mtl e * em P in fernery m± t, 7 snowed. The Tourist **£«" al of the Lt

and exhibits of every kind of game to be obtained by the sportsman.

A TYPICAL FJJm

In tins Department the utilitarian has not b een neglected in the matter of pictonal display, for around the outer walls is a series of large paintings, giving , an accurate panoramic view of the process of founding a farm., from the taking up of an area of primeval forest uo the perfecting of a first-class farm, with all its comfortable buildings and prosperous surroundings. Every gradation of pioneer farming work is typically depicted.

SOME WARLIKE EXHIBITS

The Defence court contains an assorted collection of arms of various kinds, some of which have been associated with the defence of the colony in the troubled early days. The exhibit comprises pocket pistols, revolvers, rifles of various calibre Maxims, Nordenfeldts and a six-inch Armstrong, which is the largest gun in the court, and is capable of throwing a projectile of about lOOlbs in weight. There are several models in the court. One shows a fort containing two large disappearing guns, with range-finding instruments and indicators. Another fort mode] is a scale representation of Fort Jervois. Some modern fighting appliances are shown in the shape of a CO 000 candle power. A modern mine field hastm die power searchlight. A model mine field has been laid out, with which demonstrations are given of the actual process of blowing up. There are also sets of model bridges, pontoons, blockhouses and so on, types of bayonets and sabres, and ancient weapons of various kinds. These include the old-time flint lock musket and smooth bore muzzle loaders, and nn ancient muzzle-loading cannon. In the collection is also included a pattern of the 1002 short-barrelled magazine Le Eh field of 303 bore sighted up to 2000 yards.