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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 864, 9 July 1910, Page 14

ENTERPRISE- "AND. 'PROGRESS.

THE BIGGEST BUILDING IN TARANAKI,

DESCRIPTION OF THE EXHIBITS.

FIVE CHALLENGE GUPS,

The Dominion Dairy- Show, tho moist .ambitious initiatory movement of . its (kind in New Zealand, will be opened on .Wednesday next, at noon, and will cm-, 'tinue every day onward till Saturday, July 16, when it will be closed down till, next -winter.- All Taranaki may bo said to be Waiting to see how the show will go, beoause the Scheme has been run with a fireworks enterprise that lias almost caused a thrill to tickle tho backbone of. every, fanner in the . district. Next week there will be demonstrated that Hawera is the dairy metropolis of New Zealand. Farmers in South Taranaki have known this fact for some years, but now everybody interested .in the subject in any portion of the Dominion is to know, and'consequently the farmers of South Taranaki are happy. If it were not for the fact that South Taranaki is the great dairy province which warrants land selling at from ,£SO or <£60 per acre, would there be the abnormal demand there has been for space, from the great dairy machinery firms of the country? This is the question which the South Taranaki farmer •is now asking with triumphant emphasis. There the matter now stands. The Dominion Show is to be launched on, Wednesday in the biggest building ever erected in Taranaki. This huge place will be filled with all sprts of dairy and farm industrial exhibits, and now the only thing required for a successful issue of the first venture will bo fine weather.

importance of the district, and also, so that the show could have every, opportunity of becoming iv permanent, institution. Tho. proposal met with general commendation, and four or five days later the Hawera Chamber of Commerce discussed and decided to support tho project. After some little, time, the Hawera Chamber of Commerce floated a com-

The Dominion Dairy Show scheme has been run with such enterprise that the jhistory of tlie ; movement should make interesting reading. Tho idea was first ■mooted in ' public in a letter written'by Mr. A. JI. Conroy (the present secretary •of the show), in the Hawera "Star" of July 27. ,In that letter, Mr.. Conroy ■pointedly drew the attention of the dis•trict population to the importance of a .winter show for Hawera. The district .was practically the great dairy metroipolis of. the North Island, and now was the. time to demonstrate the fact. Mr. -Conroy pointed out that suitable buildings would hare to bo provided, so that an exhibition could be;held befitting the

pany, known as the ' £>outh Taranaki Winter-, Show Company, Limited. Practically every business man in tho place took up shares, although no one holds a large number of them. The amount of tho capital of the company is .£3ooo' (000

at J35 each), and 470 shares have been already taken up. As the idea lias already proved to bo a financial success, tlie remaining shares are not 'being pushed. It was decided to purchase three-quarters of an aero of land in Princess Street, and within seventy-live 'yards of. tho Post Ofiiee, and plans and specifications were immediately drawn up for the erection' thereon of a concrete camerated building. The following board of directors were appointed:— Messrs. A. W. Gillies (chairman), B. C. Dennett, D. J. Goodson,' W. Baker, F. H. Boase, J. Y. Wyborn, K. F. Page, E. C. Barleyman,' with Mr. A. M. Conroy, secretary. Tenders were called,- and eventually the contract was let on March 23 to, Mr.: E, W.' Bond, of New, Ply- , for .£'3,530. Tho job was commenced fourteen days later (on April 7), and is now practically completed. For some time, however,' Mr. Bond has been Working night and day, with seventy men,' so that he may finish the work ih time ,

THE BUILDING DESCRIBED. The building is constructed throughout of camerated concrete. The founds-

Tho Big Agricultural Hall, built by tho Hawera Company, Ltd., for the reception of the DOMINION .DAIRY SHOW, which is to bo , opened by the Hon, T. Macl;enzio, Minister for Agriculture, on Wednesday next, July 13, at.l 2 o'clock, noon.. The building, 248 ft. x 92ft., covers 20,000 squard feet, with another 10,000 square feet available and under canvas. Tho building, which is of brick antl camerated concrete, cost (with plant) £4000, all collected and guaranteed by Hawera bnsiuess people. The architects were James and Gillman, Hawera, and tho contractors, 11. "VV. Bond. New Plymouth. • _ ' W, F. Ross, Photographer.

floored, 110 feet by 16 feet, poultry hall 82 feet by 46 feet, machinery hall 170 feet by 45 feet. The front of the building is .subdivided into suites of offices, strong room, cloak rooms, lavatories, etc.' There are in all seven offices, their averago space being between lfi feet and 17 feet. The walls are 14 feet high. The roof trusses are constructed of iron. Altogether 650 yards of concrete have been used in (lie construction of the building, 12 tons of corrugated roofing iron, 800 feet of roof lights, costing ,£llO, while the roof trusses are valued at ifiijflO. In addition to the 20,000 feet of space in the building, it has been ■ necessary to provide for l an additional 10,000 square feet, and this has all been eaten up by the demands of' tho outside exhibitors. 'In fact, many local, exhibitors have been shut out, but it may bo said that they have . voluntarily relinquished tho space which hatl been previously allotted to them. The building and plant will cost <£1000. The driving power of the machinery in motion will be a 30 ii.p. engine, while there Svill be 360 feet of shafting, or 140 more than that in iiso at the winter show in Palmerston North. The architect was Mr. T. H. Gillman, of .Messrs. James and Gillman, Hawera, while the clerk of 'works was' Mr. J. North, also of Hawera.

tions are of solid concrete, eighteen inches square.. The building measures 214 feet in length, with a 93 feet frontage, and it absorbs 20,000 squaro feet of space. This is the largest building in Taranaki. It comprises a lnain hall,

The Winter Show Company have already let part of the front offices of the building and a back portion of the place to Messrs. Gillies and Nalder, the wellknown stock auctioneers and land stents, and the remaining portion of the offices to Mr. J. H. Turton, equally wellknown as a secrotary of several dairy companies, Egmont Racing Club, and general commission agent. It is estimated that tho rental from these front offices will about pay. interest on tho

a skating rink, and have already imported. 150 pairs, of skates for' this purposo.

TO EE OPEMED if Hi 01 IIESPiI JILT 1311, IT NOOM.

capital expended. Messrs. Gillies and Nalder will utilise a portion of the rear part of the building as a horse bazaar. With further commendable enterprise, the Winter Show Committee intend to use the main portion of the building as

MACHINERY FIRM EXHIBITORS. Following is a list of tho machinery firms exhibiting at tho show: —

J. B. MacEwan and Company, Wellington. ■ Booth, Macdonald, and Company, Chrislehurch. International 'Harvester Company, Christchurch. Dalgety and Company, Wellington. Levin and Company, Wellington. Andrews and Beaven, Christchuroh. Eeid and Gray, Christchurch. iltassey, Harris Company, Clirictchurch. , W. and D. Dutch, Wellington. Kaiapoi Woollen Company, Wellington. O'Leary Bros., and Sons, Auckland. J. Young and Company, Wanganui. ' Lux Light Company, Wellington. Griffiths and Company, New Plymouth. C. Dahl and Company, Palmerston North. J. Blake, Hawera. ■

Newton King, New Plymouth. M'Millan and Frederic, Stratford. Jenkins, Eltham. G. Bock and Company, Wellington. G. Hutchinson, Christchurch. Bennett and Sutton, Hawera! Wilcox, Hawera, Eng's, Waverley..

A. an,d P. Food Company, Wellington. Borthwick and Company, Waitara. Kneebone, Hawera., Dimock and Company, Wellington. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Hawera. Hawera Bacon Company, Hawera. Taranaki Petroleum Company, New Plymouth. Camerated Concrete Company, New Plymouth. Scott Bros., Christchurch. Cohen, Christchurch. Hart, Chrislehurch. Gibson,. Wellington.

ROOT EXHIBITS. . A special display of root, cereals, and grasses will be made by the Moumahaki Stato Farm, which has taken up wall space to the extent of 60 feet long by 5 feet deep. / MILKING MACHINES. Following are the milking machines which will be shown in motion;— Simplex (A. Blake); Dominion (Booth, Macdonald, and Company); Zealandia (J. Daysh and the International Harvester Company); fiidd (ltidd Company); Storrie (J. Young and Company); Gane (Jenkins); Alpha Laval (Griffiths and Company); Ideal (Wilcos); Hartnett (Dalil); Wade and Miller (E*. S. Canning); L.K.G. (J. B. MacEwan and Company.

SHEARING MACHINES. Lister Shearing Machine (Levin; and Company); Wolseley Sheep-shearing Machine (Dalgety' and Compaiiy), , '

DAIRY PRODUCE. The dairy produce exhibits will take up 6pace to the-extent of 2GO running feet of tabling, i feet in width. In all there will bo benched 300 cheeses and 50 boxes of butter. Following are the company

entries:— Cheese.—Alton, Ararata; Auroa, Awatima, Cardiff, Ciareville, Dalofield, Fcatherston, Wharoroa, Glover Eoad, Fraser Eoad, Tawhiti, Hurleyville, Kaponga, • Kaupokonui, Longarth, Ngairo, Norsewood, Oauui, Manutahi, Warea, Whakaronga.

Butter.—Ballance, Ballance (Pahiatua), Bell Block, Bunnythorpe, Cambridge, Canterbury Central, Cheltenham, Kaponga, Mclls, Norsewood, Pihama, E-an-gitikei, Kiverdale, Taihape, Whenuakura, Normanby, Moa.

There will bo a half ton of cheese horn the Ngairo Factory, strewn with gold and silver coins for sale purposes. ■

. CHALLENGE CUPS. Messrs. Henry Lane and Company, Tooley Street, London, are* presenting a

,£SO Challenge Cup, to be awarded to the cheesemaker scoring the highest points in \rhite and coloured cheese, !ha prize to he won three times before it 'uecomes 'the entire property, of the maker. The Hriwera' Licensed Victuallers offer a lo-

guinea- Challenge Cap for the highest number of points in the Taranaki Cheese Championship, to bo won outright by the maker. The Taranaki Camerated Concrete Company offer a 10-guinea Cup, to bo won twice in succession, or thrice at intervals, for factory butter, while Messrs. Gillies and Nalder present a 10. guinea Challenge ' Cup, to lie won. outright in tho Taranaki Butter Championship. Another cup, valued at 5 guineas, will be presented by tho South Taranaki Winter- Show Company for factory butter, the prize to be won twice in succes* sion, or thrice at intervals.

AGRICULTURAL BOYS. •' One.of tho features of the show will bn the Agricultural District Boys. Following aro the njimes of the districts entered Eltham, Te Koti. Normanby, and Hawera.

GENERAL. There are 600 entries in poultry (fanoj and utility), under the New Zealand Poultry Association, while the dog sao-

tions will be well filled. There are also excellent entries. in cookery and fancy goods, home industries, wool-classing, school and art sections, 6chool gardens, and farm and garden produce, and 6ced and grain.