EXHIBITION AT NIGHT
WATER LENDS ITS AID
FOUNTAIN A SHOW
The spectacular feature of the Exhibition last evening was the splaying of the big fountain in Centennial Avenue. Towards dusk the light southerly which had fanned the grounds during the'day. fell away, leaving a still,; mild evening, and visitors who entered the Kingsford Smith Street entrance were greeted with' a sight of extraordinary beauty arid grandeur.l Added ;to " the majesty of the usual scene, with the pylons, tower; and other' lighting effects, were the gorgeous. ,: moving colours of the fountain. :The new moon added an unexpected tbttch of beauty, for a while. . The multitude" "?of '■ lets made a-; splendid shdwihg, and 1 hundreds of people stopped on their way to the various courts to gaze.at the ever-changing colour cycles. Intermittently the central jet rose 70 feet above
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 117, 14 November 1939, Page 10
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137EXHIBITION AT NIGHT Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 117, 14 November 1939, Page 10
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