AUCKLAND EXHIBITION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1901, 8 November 1913, Page 9

AUCKLAND EXHIBITION.

■One of the most remarkable objects itt tile grounds of tho- .Auckland Exhibit ■tioir,' is to ho opened on .Dccenibfir 1, is the "fairy fountain." This was shown at tho recent Glasgow Exy* bitiou, wive re its beauty created a great amount of interest. Tin' fountain has a huge circular tank full of water, in tho middle of which is a recess. containing a very largo number of big .jots. : Urt-. , der the tank is a poworfsiL pu'mpiiig. apand. a battery of ijlecwic arc-, lamps similar to tlioso vised in s'fiarchliH'htsi.. Tho water is tiirowiv by tho pumps to a height of over sixty ■foot, and this' alone, V diiylig'ht, is said to be a -splendid sight. But it is at night thai the l'onnt-iin ]•. at /is best. Then the arc-Jumps, which ar.o completely liidden, are so® burning, and their rays are projected upwards into tho water., illuminating it vitii wonderful brilliancy. Over tb.o lamps .screens of coloured glass cait bo placed, and these are arranged So- feJiai tliey can ho oliaii jcd. at any speed and in any order. Tho result is stated to be a bewildering add fascinating colour harmony which those who have seen it aro always dt » .'fes.s... £p ([escribe. The lighting of tho fountain is nnimally.accompanied by great heating Of tiro wot king chamber. mid tho fountain is tboreforii run in short spells «f about a nuaviei of .air .hour,. with intervals to allow tho operators to cool. down., . ' '