AUCKALND EXHIBITION
THE FINAL SCENES. (Bj Telejre.fh.-'itoss Auckland, April 19. Tho Auckland Exhibition closed on Ssteirday ftftei? running for twenty, weeks. At the olosihg hoar .Sir. ElHpt, prosiflont tf the oxeoutivo> addressedl the crowd. Tho Exhibition, ho said, had been a success in nearly every detail.
I The Prim© Miiiieier, who rras pre- | sent, was received with oirthusiasni. Mr. Mnssoy referred to the progress «f Auckland since the last Exhibition and .paid a great tribute to the work of Mr. Elliot and said the Exhibition ttaS about to be efesod. to the regret of tens of thousands of people who watild Jong remember it. After- rounds of cliee-ring the massed bands struck up "AuM Lsftg Syne' , in 'whioh iha cHiwd joined. Ov&r t-w<snt,|-e>ight thousand people attended, bringing the grand total for 20 weeks to 870,000. This works out at a- daily average attendance of 6700.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2127, 20 April 1914, Page 5
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145AUCKALND EXHIBITION Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2127, 20 April 1914, Page 5
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