AUCKLAND EXHIBITION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1899, 6 November 1913, Page 6

AUCKLAND EXHIBITION.

Tliero aro threo main buildings ill tlifl Auckland Exhibition, and a number of suinller ones.' The indoor exhibits aro all housed in tho three main strueliiros, which cover ill tho aggregate. about fivo acres. Tiro actual area occupied by exhibits Within tho wall is about half tho total, tho aisles absorbing tho rest. Tho aisles and gangways, ten and twenty feet wide, make 'up a total length or about 1 ,.i ntilo and a half, about a. niilo being "tho stretch of open ways m wo Hall of Industries alonq. Tho buildings are all one story high, and incsfc am built of corrupatcd iron and fibrous plaster upon stout timber framing, llio facades aro ali made of tho plaster boards, which represent a. beautifully smooth and brilliantly white surface; and thfs iron walls aro kept inconspicuous Some of' the smaller buildings ar« made of other materials than iron and piaster, a very handsome appearance being obtained in soilio cases by the use of asbestos boards, notably m tho Art Gallery. Tho three main buildings alono contain about 1,000,000 feet of timber, 3000 square yards of . plaster, 173 ton* of iron, and 40,000 bolts. About 320 sets of roof principles wore used. Practically all tins Material used in. tho buildings will bo lit for further service, and it will bo sold after tho Exhibition closes. Tho floors ilono contain an enormous quantity o' red pine planks a couple of inches in tliiekness. .