THE EXHIBITION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1133, 22 May 1911, Page 5

THE EXHIBITION.

TO BE OPENED ON WEDNESDAY, INTERESTING DISPLAYS. . "Well, they'll have to bo mighty elicK to tie ready for Wednesday," remarked a visitor to the Exhibition on Saturday. Tho weather \ras dull, fioarchingly cold, iiml tho southerly rnin hurl led down cu tho expansive roof like tho roar of musketry. Those unfavourable meteorolo' gieal conditions have thrown some, ol tho exhibitors back in their work, us, naturally, they do not wish to take any risks' . in damaging on staining goods which, have to bo tho cyiiosu.ro of all eyes for. a counle of mouths. One of the features 'it tho Exhibition will be tUe displays U> Iw given Ijy tho Wellington Gas Company and tho electrical department oi!i tho City Council. Thwo is n healed rivalry between the two corporations, which; has receutly been brought into tho fierce j light of newspaper publicity by the lighting controversy in connection with tho Hospital, and whilst both concerns have' made enormous strides in pulling lonvurd.' in the most attractive manner tho manifold uses of thfii niniHitaciiirw. their previous endeavours will bo eclipsed tho Exhibition. There will bo scon "in ! being" gas stoves and electric stoves,; gas irons and electric irons, gas' toasters and electric toasters, gas heaters and electcic heaters, etc., etc., and. thero is small doubt that such on iuliLiato demonstration of the material everyday uses to which gas and electricity can bo put will induce here-. , after. On Saturday, tun Gas .Company, which has a big central space and another—chock full of machinery—across the passage in' "V" store, had a small , gas engine snorting away busily. What (hat engtua is to do will be told later. A not-work of pipes, covered by a bridge,' • leads from the engine-room to tho exhibit proper—an imaginative house fitted with every convenience in which gas can bp o:npioycd. Tile electrical department 8 pavilion—a beautiful pink and white af-fair-will attract with its glitter. lucre, will be a wom-an cooking by electricity— pull down a switch and you have your lire, another one ironing electrically; toasters aglow, electric kettles (nothing , to do with ft conjuring feat) and pans, cigar-lighters, heaters, and some surprise packets which must not be written about. Tho Wellington Woollen Company and Kaiapoi Woollen Company are making most elaborate displays of their comforting manufactures which should make a particular appeal in these drear days, of winter. The Wcstport Coal Company exhibits a heap of "black diamonds, and acouple of the trucks in which they me on-eyed from darkness to, light in the mine at Denniston. The To Aro btcain. Laundry is to demonstrate. what fiteam washing by machinery actually is. Messrs. Dalh'nger Bros, will have a gieat display of lead pipe arranged likothe > front of an organ, and Messrs. Tho . Ballinger ami Co. will display their \auous manufactures in the annexe. Mr. A. B. Kwnot has an attractive pavilion, rear the main entrance, and near »y the virtues of ruby flint glass are proclaimed in staring letters. Mr. Jos. Godber is Retting his tea-rooms ink something like order, ami .the vefesh. munt booth in (ho Stadium should bo ready for action on Wednesday. , Koine of the,boivlin;? fraternity visited the Stadium on Saturday afternoon with, their bowls to test Ihe pseudo green laid down by Sir. The?. Ballinger, onr of tho keenest bowlers,in the Dominion. It was thought that tho "Mullhoid flooring stuff would not offer enough gnu for tho bowls, no a form of rougn scrim, dyed green, was stretched taut over the floor, and this acted very well indeed. Tho "green" is keen, but not moro so than were tho Auckland greens at tlw last tournament, and it runs dead true. The first bowling tournament will bn held on Saturday afternoon and evening. Mr. J. Roberts (of the Newlowu Club) is arranging tho programme. Pictures began to pour into the buuu' ing- on Saturday morning, and there are , liow" quite enough to bedeck the halfdozen bays in the "3" store gallery, which have been set apart for the dißplav of oil paintings. Tho loan conlrijrtit'ions have been fairly satisfactory. There are plenty of pictures that ono would liko to renew one's acquaintance with, which owners have declined to lend, but still, on tho whole, tho collection is an interesting one, that should give hours of pleasure to picture-lovers, Ono bay will lie devoted entirely to black and white work. A start has already been made with the hanging. Mr. W. 0. Baker will exhibit a numerous collodion of his paintings ill ft special gsllery, near the Art Gallery. In his caw, the space is being paid for, and the paintings will be for sale. Down below, the concert hall, where tho. English Pierrots aro to perform nightly, is tailing on the aspect of a theatre. The' Austrian chairs are being battened together in long sections, so that they will bn kept in straight rows without trouble. Tho stage is a really commodious one, and when the proscenium is decorated, should present an attractive aspect to\ tho audiences of the next two months.

THE OPENING CEREMONY. ': The fallowing proßrnmmo has been arranged in connection with tho opening ceremony, which commences at 3 p.m. on v ■Wednesday. Overture—Clark's Orchestra. Address— Jlr. Tlios. Ballingcr, chairman of tho Exhibition Commissioners ami President of Hip Wellington Pronn-j dill liulustri.il .Association. : Address—His Worship llio Mayor (Miv T. M. Wilford. M.P.). ' Part song—"Thou Cnuiosfc hero to tho Land" (words from tho "Oedipus" of, Sophocles music by Colonos), »\ elnncton. I.iodcrtnfel. . 1 Opening address—The Acting-Premier I (the Ilia. J. Carroll). ~,„,* I'art song—"Comrades in Arms,' Wei-! linuton Liedertafel. Address—Mr.' I!. Fletcher, chairman Wellington Harbour Board. ,„.„.; Part song—"The Happiest Land, Wol< lington Liedertafcl. ' " Address—Mr. H. C. Tewsley, chairman, of tlia Wellington Chamber of ComniprcCt Chorus—"Glory and Land to tho Men of Old" (from '''Faust"). Wellington Wβdertafcl. "Cioil Save tho King." In the evening tho English Pierrots, who mako their first bow to a New Zealand audience, will appear in the Exhibition Concert Hull, which is capable ol holding nearly 1000 persons. The great Stadium will be open, when, a good pro gramme- of sports will bo none (hroughi and several bands will bp in attendance. Season tickets con be obtained ut tho Exhibition oflices for the whole term at' 10.-\ Gil. for gentlemen, 7s. 6d. for ladies, and ss. for children. Tho Exhibition should be nn important rendezvous dur* ins the lira months.