PALMERSTON WINTER SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1756, 22 May 1913, Page 8

PALMERSTON WINTER SHOW.

50,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE. As a result of building improvements which have just been completed by the Manawatu A. and I'. Association, visitors to Pahuerston allows in tho future will bo able to walk straight from the footpath through two portcullis .doors into a spacious and ornamental vestibule, and the mud nuisance that has lx>cn noticeable, at previous winter shows will, to a largo extent, be done away with. Onco the visitor has entered by the big doors, 'he can seo all that is under cover, without passing again into the open air, tor tho main' buildings havo been cenuected up so as to form a vast exhibition hall, with all its compartments conjoined. X'u tho centre of the vestibule 'front is tho change-box, a handsome stucco structure, and surrounding it are turnstiles—six m all, set in an iron picket /euco with a concrete base. A gateway is provided for the passing of perambulators, and on the street frontage two separate entrances aro provided for members and for exhibitors and attendants. A commodious cloakroom has-been built within tho entrance jiall. Tho' dimensions of the vestibule aro 74ft. by 45ft. The Door is of good, thick asphalt. .... . . , . , The enlarged buildings give a total of something like 50,000 square feet of floor snace: This includes the machinery hail, 185 ft. by. 60ft.; No. 2 hall, 3Gft. by GOtt.; No. 3 hall. 150 ft. bv 60ft.; tho 50ft. by 60ft.; tho old poultry hall, SOft. by 30ft.; refreshment rooms, MOit. by 30ft.; skating rink (produce hall), lJOtt. by GOft.; and the now connection between the rink and ths main building, 150 ft. by acft.