THE EXHIBITION

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 11

THE EXHIBITION

ANOTHER FINE DAY

ATTENDANCE FIGURES

OVER 130,000 TP DATE

Taking the day as y one of three sessions, the evening attendances. at the Exhibition are the best. Everyone is free ; then, friends may meet friends whatever their work or. engagements, arid moreover, the Exhibition, grounds, arid 7 the view from the tower, are at their bestv under the effective coloured exterior lighting, which is greatly, admired, espcially when the pools are still enough to reflect the riot of colour.

The crowds last evening were fairly evenly divided between the courts and Playiarid. There : is always 'something the visitor has in mind to see

12,489 .... 130,067

Yesterday's attendance .. Total for six days

on .his next visit, and it is noticeable that longer time is being spent in exhausting ail the information and pleasure to be extracted from individual parts of the, great show, which ig being more and more realised as a k wonderful national effort;

The fountain was not turned on at full'pressure last night, as the breeze, though so light as to. be almost ethereal, sent the fine spray,.utipleasantly far for those sauntering through the. grounds. - If is. so fine a spray that it 'is: almost,^ih; suspension, and even light7airs cfeirry it. far. Those who have seen:-its7Small;brother in action at Napier,7krio>von7hpwmany nights it moistens .the _ .esplanade : too fully to turrit it oru iJven the subdued display :|ast riight, with its brilliant colour cycles/-%as greatly 'adriiired. ~. It was'beautifullyVfirie today, a;light southerly-' merely rriakirig' the atniosphere bracing, while it was quite warm in tlie sun. The morning attendance was on a par with yesterday's, and as people began to "pass the turnstiles after lunch, it could be seen" that the average attendance will not suffer by today's patronage.

: A- large party of the pupils of St. Patrick's College,: Siiverstream; wandered round the Exhibition this rooming, under the charge,; of the Rector, Father^ Keririedy. ; As iriost of the boys are resident pupils, it was perhaps more 'of an 'event for' them than1 it wpuldbe for the average city schoolboy, anal their interest in everything was certainly keen. They made the most of their opportunities, arid it/is certain that for days they will be comparing notes on their experiences.