The Auckland Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News and The Echo. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1906 THE EXHIBITION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 263, 10 November 1906, Page 4

The Auckland Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News and The Echo.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1906 THE EXHIBITION.

For the cause that lack* axi-istemca. For the u>rong that needs re*i*ta»ee. For the future in the distance, And the oood that tee out do.

So far as the attendance of the public is concerned, the Kxhibition appears to I be an unqualified success. The numbers which thronged every part of the building and grounds on the opening day last week were considerably in excess of j the crowd rocordod at the opening of I Melbourne's gTeat exhibition, which has ; hitherto held pride of place among su< h " shows" on this side of the world. Yesterday even the first day's record was beaten, as considerably over 45,(XX , visitors passed the entrance gates. The numerous minor attractions—lhe toboggan and water chutes, the nightmare castle and the dragon railway—are all doing an immense trade, and the aci'omjmodation in the buildings, a-s well as the available food supply, appears 'oh TC been tested to its utmost capacity. According to all the reports and uccouuts oi the Exhibition tliai we have seen, there is a vast amount of entertainment j to be got out oi a visit to Chrihtchurch ! just now, and uo doubt as Christmas and New Year approach ma.ny thousands from al'i ;*dr! ■« of tar- co'or.y wili make i the trip to " the greatest show en earth," ' The attendance ca.u hardly be cxi pcutcrl to keep up to the averI :ij;o ieaclifd during tl.o past few [■inysj for during " oarnival week" 10! ristcharch is always crowded with I visitors from all parts of the South Island. The Agricultural !>ho\v and the i races are alone bafliy-rt to account for a considerable section oi t'l! ,;reat ihiong of visitors now in L'hiistil: lrL'h. But i after al! i easonablc allowance has boeu ! ru.vle, we may f.ur!v concluda on th* , bi fure .'.i ih.n t-io IZj.Lil-it;.i has been so iar cA-tiemely avicceosful, «.ur) I has fully realised the high hopes ot iv» ! promoters. i lUthoit.i, aj our rv-ader are probably ' aware, '.here has been c.ie serious obstacle to h'. complete a *luc» "ir.«nt of tLeoCI hones, in Lhu li'fficuitl ■.« >:i..t havu aris-n j over che co-.itnl of umleiUi Icing. Weiwed iiot entt-r in'.o tiis fsontro--1 vyrsy at grca' l> because tLe ttuuUfe now been got over by a ; tli-nge in the a'Uninietratioii. Mr i Munro, the original Executive Comraisi sionor, was certainly endowed with I very wide and indetinite powers, and I the instructions that he received f rorri i .Mr Seddon as weii v.> ihe specific terms ! of his apprintuumt, lnifjht well have j «.atisfied his belief that he was meant I ,o have absolL-.!.e autliorily over the I whole enterprise At the same tiu:e, I ii..: local representatives "vi;o ha.ye act- • >d vsith Mr Munro, have naturally insisted vi.it their opinions must carry some weight ; and thus a great de.ai ot friction and unpleasant ness has arisen. Mr R. Alien, who was the first ("hristcburch Commissioner, found his position unsatisfactory; but the Exhibition was rieprivfli of the benefits of his wide public 1 and business ability through ! the unfortunate break-down of his health. I Sir Jopeph Ward then suggested that two Christohurch representatives should he appointed to act with Mr Munro, j and two of the best known and mo3t re- • spected citizens of Christchurch, Mr G. I F. Booth and Mr W. Recce were induced j to accept this office. Both these gen- ' tlemen ajc heads of large industrial j concerns, and have had wide business j experience in tho colonies and America ! and England. But Mr Munro still held that on all disputed questions he must be the final court of appeal, and by the time the Exhibition opened the relations between the Commissioners were strained to breaking point. It seems to us that a certain lack of tact on one ?ide and a certain degree of local prejudice on the ! other, are all that can be urged against i either party in the dispute. However, ' the position was such that Government has now taken the Kxhibition over to the personal control of the Ministry. Each member of the Cabinet is to re- ] aide in Christchurch in succession durI ing the recess, and to act as Executive I Commissioner. To him all doubtful points are to be referred by the officials i and heads of committees; while Mr I Munro's valuable services to the ExhibiI tion are recognised by his- appointment i as General Manager. This is probably the best solution of the difnculty that I could be suggested; and we may now j ret>l assured that the mo3t serious obstacle to the complete success of the Exhibition has been removed. I But the pecuniary success o" the Exhibition represents but a small and comparatively unimportant aspect of the work that it is to do for the colony. We need not dilate upon the value of such an object lesson to those practically interested in the numerous I trades and industries represented at J "the show." As an educative influence I the Exhibition has a nobler duty to i perform than as a promoter of commerce ] or an .'.dvertiscment of the resources and attractions of the colony. And from the educational standpoint the I most valuable c:id the mcjt permanent I effects oi thy Exhibition may be looked J for on the side of Art. The benefit i to be derived by our students from the j study of the splendid collection of J British paintings, seulprture, and other j objects of art must be simply incaleul-

I able. And beyond this, the scores of j thousands who will merely look at these beautiful productions without the benefit of technical knowledge to guide *~hem, cannot fail even unconsciously to I gam thereby in appreciation, of tUa I beautiful—which means that the sum j total of human iappinsss among v* and j the capacity for promotirg it -will be ! vastly increased. Any experience that ; aids in refining the taste and raising the ideals of the people at large is a ; g.Oiit public boon: the va.jue of such, contact with the nobler forms of Art is from the point of view of the higheT I civilisation, quite inestimable As of the paintings, so we may say of the ■music offered to the public at the Exhibition. The orchestra got together by Mr. liill is said, to represent an excepi tionally high staniiard of musical abilUty; the great organ set up in tho Exj hibition Hall is one of the finest of its class in the world; and the programme provided by the musical direc- | tors cf the inhibition promises to bo j everything thr.t the most enthusiastic j patron cf music could expect. All this jto our mind i-epresent3 a public benefit, j not to be measured by the material I standard of pecuniary gain <>r k>3s. Art is, of course, a luxury; but the hundreds of thousands of prosperous people , who will visit, the Inhibition can well J afford sucii luxuries as these. Everything that tends to refine, to elevate, 1 *'" enpobie our lives is far more 1 worthy of the price that we pay for ;it thau '.',.0 tiivial pleasures and profitless occupations in which so much of our time Is spent; and whatever appearance the Exhibition balance sheet may present when "the sbj.v" is closed, the pictures and the music will hjv?e done for the people of this eoiiatry a service not. to he estimated in silv.T a.nd gold.

I . I A final opportunity is afforded to-day to pick up the thread of the admirable i story by Fred If. White, now appearing lin the columns of the "Star. "A Fatal Dose" will be found to be a very exciting and entertaining novel, and should be universally read. I While a young man named A. Henley was hooking pillar at 'he enjjar works, a 2rwt. h*<j cf ;~~ai I ell from a distance of about 3C't*. off r.bs ciipf.. and struck him a heavy Mow on the head, from which he un.s for a time unconscious. It 1 seemed as though he h;id a very narro'V escape frora being killed, but his injuries are not of a serious nature. The death is anouneed of Mr. H. A. H. HiU'hins, r.t his residence, Symor.d-3-Ktreet, ve-Lt-rday. Mr Hitchii,.-. airiv«>d. from Southampton forty \cU.:p •A.-o -hiki f<o!; part in the Maori War a. assislat,* dispenser to the troops. H™ k*rves a Errowr-r.p fauiijy of four eon:* .i.no five dlvugbtevs. The prompt action of a tnotorm'ti : W'jrh? ..bv-ated w'.-t rdlgtc hi.r> bren a vrvv «M*rir>us s.<*cideiic 'esterciay. 'His car was bound from Poiu ;>nby 10 Queen-street, and was coming dc .m Wel-lesley-stree.t, when s man ridin., a hor-e . aud iß*i.uoig i»*j iriu r<, .-.ung rij_"b* : across the in.'-tn-Is ju-t ii front of the car. The motorman immediately upI plied the brakes, ai rl lirnuglt the car t.o a standstill just in t : me to avert a catasj trophe. 1 Mr. T. Ward, one of the oldest pettier?, in the Waira.rapn, died yesterday. Mr. Ward war a native of Coiinty ;«.;triin. Ireland, ar.d vvaa Uoic I.: Ju-ie. IS3O. He; feft for Australia whe ■ 22 years of ng». In 'SGI he was a rcmbor nf a party sent to do survey wtl: leu. • Wairarapa, a.nd a little later he tnnk un land in Morribush, where he reiiuiineu Uμ hi-' death. An old shoeblack John Rums, a well-knowu figure at the Customsi street cornrr, fell backwards on to the kerbstone over a dog yesterday after,oa, iu hjtd t!ic. :-iisfort —zic to frac*'ire his thigh in the fall. The old man w.:s : conveyed to the Hospital, where his injuries were attended to. The frequency with which the trolley becomes jerked from the electric wire is a source of constant worry to tramcar conductors, while the damage that occasionally results from the released trolleyhead becoming entangled with the intersecting wires, is a matter that tramway managements would be well pleased to I discover means of avoiding. There have been mar-y devices o , " one Rort and an--1 other, promising more or less of success, to effect this desirable end, but it appears to have been left for an Auckland I inventor to solve the riddle satisfactorily. Mr. A. J. Edwards, a conductor in I the service of fch<; Auckland Tramway I Company, has devi.-pd a lEeehanhvU applij ance that he claims will not merely mmiii mise damage from loose trol!e/-h" , ads. , but will actually render them incapable iof perpetrating any at ai]. The device, which is st once ingenious and simple, is so designed that immediately upon the trolley leaving the wire, the pole is . snatched down clear of all obstruction, , and remains held until the conductor releases it fiotn the counterpoise that i holds it. The invention allows for the j surge of the wire -while the trolley is on it. the mechanism only coming into opei ration upon losing its grip. A working model of the contrivance has been set up in the rooms of Mr. Brooke-Smith, the local manager of Mr. Hcary Hughes, patent agent, in whose hands the mii vention has been placed. So favourably i impressed with it are the Auckland i Tramway officials, that it is understood I they intend to give it a trial on one of i their cars next week. ! The friends of Dr. Barnardo's work I among the waifs and strays of the Em I pire will be glad to bear that the Auckj land branch of the Young Helpers' I League have sent by the outgoing mail I a Christmas gift of £64 to the director lof the homes. This sum represents the I collections and subscriptions of the nwnibers of the Y.H.L. (£29) and the proceeds of a garden (£351, which i≤ devoted to the work. On Saturday, £4th 1 ;r~t., the annual sale oi work will be j held at the residence of Mxi; Dr. Knight. Poiisonby-road, who has kindly thrown her house open for a saJe of work and ■ Christmas tree on behalf oi the homes. The tree will contain hundreds of gifts which will be distributed to the holders of 1/ tickets. Any contributions to the sale or tree will be heartily wrloome, : 3rd may be sent to Mrs Knight or to ' Mrs Maetier ,c/o general secretary I y.w.c a. I The oppninsr of tha water supply +' the workmen's homes at Ellerslie, to gether with the official opening of thi homes themselves, will take place at tw< o'clock on Mor.day afternoon. The. .anniversary services in connected vntli the BirkenJiead Methodist Sunday School \rill be held to-morrow.

I The annual Universal Week of Prayer lin connection with the Young Men's I Christian Association will commence toI morrow and be continued throughout I the week. A Tiumber of ministers and 1 laymen will take part. On Monday, i November IDtii, the Literary and De- ■ bating Club -.rill present BardeH v. Pick- | wick, and on Friday, November 23rd, ! K.ev. Jaiucs.Kayll will deliver a lecture Ito men on "Modern Prison Science," the J lecture bains; illustrated by limelight. Sunday, November '25th. has been decided upon as "Young Men's Sunday," when the ministers of the various churches arc requested to preach special sermons to young men. I At a meeting of the Waitemata FruifcI "Towers' Co-Operative Society, hold at i Birkenhpad last evening, the eommittse I reported thnt excellent progress had ! been made with regard to the establishment of a depot in Customs-street West, j A manager had b?en appointed, -with The i assistance of a sub-manager, to convol ' the fruit sales. Some discussion took place regarding the chip strawberry boxes, and the majority of members agreed to pay the extra 2/ per 1000 boxes, the cost being incurred in the 1 construction of a more suitable machine. The following programme will b« rendered by the l=t Auckland Mounted Fides liand in the Western Park on Sunday:—March, "The Scotch Brigade" 'Boyle); selection. "Prince and Peasant" (Sulivaln); waltz, ''Ever True"! (Laski); cornet solo, "Children's voices" I (arranged by Ord Hume) ; selection, ! " Alpha " (Warwick Williams); march, i ■Chivalry" (Boyil); "God save the i King." The first. Battalion Band, under | Bandmaster Philip H. Mohr, ft-il) play ! on the rotunda. Albert Park, to-morrow afternoon, commencing at three o\lo.-. , the f;,Hewing programme, viz.:—Q.ii k step, " Arganda'o "; grand se!oci.ion rom Meverbeers " Dinorali''; waltz, " Ei.een" (Waddington) ; bvmn, "Lead, Kindly Light"'; selection from Verdi's "I due l Fojcuri": Rybintsein's "J'eloJy in T'';\ rcarch, " Veterans'"; "God sa.ve the! King.' 1 In connection -rrith the recent eruptions at Whakarewarewa, Maggie Papa kura states thet all the mud and hou I water pools about Whc'.arevrarewa ar° ! lat presTrt snmewbat "dry," if the term' J may be used. In other words there is i I less water in them than has been the : I case for many years, the assumption I being that the water has found some I outlet of a large nature. | Mr. C. Delohery, a member of the ] Public Service Bonrd. ha.-, just returned ; to Sydney from a visit to thn Old Coun- ! try. lie has been away for seven months. | and was accompanied oc the trip by his ■•■]'■ and daughter. Important changes ; will probably soon take place in ihe constitution of the board. Mr. Wilson pro- | to leave in December, and before I i settling dnwn in the State it is under- ! j stood that he intends to take a trip to j Xew Zealand, and l later to Japan. C.i-i- ' aiia, and England. Mr. Barling, the other member of the board, leaves in [February or March next, ond proceeds j ,u> England. I ; Mr. Bliffh, the ngent of the White j !."a£Ufi, «t present visiting Auck- ; ' 'nrsd. has received a letter from a Maori . student of the Gisborae District High | j iSchooL He says that the boys and i iii.is wero very glad that the lecture; vkSLS given, and Mr. Biigh might feel ! sure that they would back him up in ! the schools. He also expresses their disapproval of the attitude taken un by ;i section of the Gisborne Press because, | he concludes, "we all got a- help." The k.s. Pitcitoi leaves Queen-street wharf to-moTrow, Sunday, at 11 a.m., on the first excursion of the season. Mr. R. H. W. Bligh will give his last I lectuTcs in the suburbs on Monday, j when he will be at the Roskill Hall, I Valley-road. '• Special anE.">nn"ement is made in this i issue of the united services to be b"-i in the Choral Uall to-morrow by the United Xewton and Helping Hand mis sions. These will be the concluding services in connection with the coming of ag-e celebration of tiie Helping Hand Mission. Mrs Edwards has opened an up-to-dnte registrj' for servants, etc, at 173 Kj.- , rangahape--oad.— (Ad.) Pictur • Post Cards.—Newest novelties, splcndif! variety, actresres, children, animals ; Xtnas post card?. Open to-night. —Spreckley's, right next post office.—Ad, It is only by looking through our wellj selected stock of drapery a proper idea I can be got of the style, variety and modlerate prices. Inspection invit- d. No I one pressed to purchase. — McCullagh. land Gower.— (Ad.) ', Inlaid Linoleum.—Ton?on Garlick Co. j are o/Tering a Bpecial line at 3/6 per j yard, also a special iine in oilcloths at I Hid. An extra special line in linoleums at 1/4*. — (Ad.) How about a travelling bag this summer? For a trunk, portmanteau, gladstone hand or basket bag Geo. Fowlds , ia the best place to get satisfied at.— (Ad.) We have an admirable assortment of medium an dhigh-class novelties in plain jand fancy ostrich and feather marabout I Etoles, necklets, and boas, 12/11, 16/11, to £5 10/. —McCullagh and Gower.—Ad. I Our cotton dress department is well I stocked with moderate-priced muslins, delainettes. cambrics, in crreat variety, 43d, fifd, B}d, to 1/1 li. ""Cotton voiles, j all the rage in London; we have the I fashionable "sweet pea" design, l/4i; j others, SJd, 103 d, 1/OJ, to 1/4*, at Mc- ! Cullagh and Gower's.— (Ad.) I Spring-time suggests that you overhaul ! your stock of underclothing Don't forj gel that Geo. Fowlds' still has the bright ; est in tennis shirts, from 2/6. — (Ad.) i A fresh lot of costum-s just opened jin cream, navy, and check. Lustres silk, j suede cloth, summer weights in tweeds, ! flannels etc., 35/9 to 7 guineas; muslin, igingLam, delaine, and voile dresses, 29/6 Ito 4 guineas; special lines of cream lustre jackets. 19/11, at MeCullaeh and Gower's.—(Ad.) Ajouinsrter Carpet.—Heavy shipment just arrived, per s.s. Indradevi, now selling at 5/9 per yard, extraordinary value. —Tonson Garlick Co.— (Ad.) Ex e.s. Rik?.ia, just opened, a fresh I lot of fancy napery in traycloths, S.B. ] cioths, Duchess «>ts, table runners, I cushion and cosy covers, linen bags, I d'oyleys, tes cloth 3. supper cloths, etc., hem-stitched serviettes and cloths to j match, popuiar prices, at McCullagh and i (Solver's.— { Ad. ) The time to buy is now. The article you want to get should be a fancy vest. The smartest vests and the best prices are at Geo. FowMs'.— (Ad.) I An inspection of the "xciusive dress (lengths and embroidered box robes of all I that is newest and chic in silk, bilk and wool, radium, chiffon?, etc., etc. —McCullagh and Gower. Big variety of white embroider d niusii i and lineu bos drssses. 19/11 to 89/6. — (Ad.) White muslin cushion covers, to buti ton, 2/C to 9/6 each, also in crash and ) Holland.—Tonson Garlick Co.— (Ad.) Plain centre table covers, fringed. 3 i yards long x 2 yards wide, all colourings ' and varieties of borders, 12/6, 15/, 10/6, &%/.— Toason Garlick Co.— (Ad.,)