THE EXHIBITION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1839, 21 August 1906, Page 3

THE EXHIBITION.

,0 GISBORNE'S FINAL DECISION. it I O.-ly eight g.ntlomon attended the meeting advertised for yesterday af tor - U noon to arrive tit a final decision as to a whotboc or not Gi.-burne is to iio repio--5 sunted at the Exhibition, Messrs J. Town ” ley (MayoO, W I). Lysimr, J. Whin ray, 3 R. M. Biu-ell, J. Bright, J. Harding, H. s DoCosta, and W. Miilcr. 1 The Mayor, who presided, oxplainod what had been done so far, and how it canto about that that meeting h id been called to give a final decision. Tho small (attendance did not oiler much hopo bringing ma'tpts to a satisfactory issue. Mr B. M. Birrell, who had gone to considerable trouble io ascertain what ex Mbits wou’d bo available, gave a dispiiitiog account of tbe gcuorol apathy shown. Mr W. D. Lysnar said Ihorc was no uis of their heating ah ;ut the bush ns to tho oi'ly conrso open to them. Tho lack of , pnbl.o spirit shown in the matter left | th -iu no option but to abandon tho pro- ( j -ct of district representation aril foifeit Choir- depofit. Ho moved to that cff-.'Cf, s Mr Whim ay strongly ctuidrmu-.il tbo | apathy shown in tho matter, Ho moa. j ttonid w!.-a ha ba 1 done in regard 5.: an admirable exhibit —a tlueh of timber show- | itg tbo Mom’s spu n lid resources. Ai t arrangements could ba mid?, excepting u that tlure was some ui.oeitainty about s| being ablo to get tbo limbor clang tl.o y roads in lime, there being a couple of slips ~

requiring to bo cleared. Iu ffgatd to tbo photograph-', to which Mr Whinray reforiod, tbo Chairman said he wa? afia'd it wind 1 bo bird to get '' -;t in as exhibits it tfcey abandoned tho soe. Mr Crawford could h mult exhibit them in the iudustria’ a ctions. Mr Lysnar said they m ght be brought in uttdor the homo iabu tries section. Mr Whinray : But wo would not be advertised by than, Iu reply tu Mr Lysnnr. tbo Mayor said

tbo cost of tt o spues would be £ll9 14? ;

of that amount they bad paid £29 18s 61, and were now asked to pay en.ther £29 17s.

Mr Lysnar said it would really uuan they wi uUI forfeit £BO. Mr Miller raised tbe question a? to what tbe other expenses would be, and thoy wore variously est'tu tied at from .£2OO to .6250, and Mr Whimuy said tho Borough Council had voted .6100 and the Harbor Board £SJ towards tlio total ccet,

Too Mayor said exhibitors would havo to pay fur tbs sp -co Mr Lysnar: But that tvt u'd not epply to public exhibits such as that from tbo Meta.

Tho Mayor ssid no doubt their aim should bo to euoouraga exhibitors by providing free space.

Mr Mi let- seconded the motion, which ho said bo did with great rtlnstance, us ho could sec nothing else for it. Messrs Bright, Ha-ding, Whinray, Lysuur and Hinoil also tpoke, lamenting tha opatby shoivu, aud all but Mr Whinray feeling there was no other course open than to abandon tho pi c j ct. Mr Whmray, in a trenchant speech, roviewed the whole subject, upbraiding people for thoir selfishness and apathy and stating that it was not only in thm but in other public movements. All some people thought of, he said, was tho alui'ghty dollar and as to whether any movement for tho benefit of tbe distiic) would benefit them personally. Mr Lysnar did not agree with that view. He did cot think there wa3 any of the personal element in it, but that it was simply tbe general apathy on the pubjsot.

The Mayer paid ho would not have minded bad a like pronouncement of the public feeling been made when Mr Mclntyre was here. Th n they bad a largo meeting and eo much enthusiasm that the suggestion of takirg up a smaller space was at cnoe ovtrrui. 4. Ho did not mind tbo coat ontaiied. What he did not like was having t-o abandon tho project, BDd show they wero so epathetic in tbo matter after having decided at euoh a large meeting to go on with it The motion wss catried, Mr Whinray dissinv'ng.

I’IiESS ASSOCIATION Christchurch, fait nigh',. Too position of President of tho Now Z .-aland Intimation it Exhibition, rencort d

vacant by the death of lire late Mr See dm, will be fi led by the Prime Minister for tho colooy, tha lluo. Sir J. G. Ward.

Tho Piimo Miui-ter of tho Commonwraith efiie-iiliy advises tho President of

the Exhibition tha, tho Goverrmoot of the Or mm onwealth will be rrprosont.-d at tho cpsning crraiimy of the New Zealand lotornatioual Exhibition by Sir Richard Chuff jy Baker, K.O. M.G., President of tbo Senate.

Thirty-one case?, comprising fculplure, water color, black and white drawings, oil paintings, archksctural dts ; grjs, and arts and crafts exhibits have arrived by the s.s. Marere. This is tbo first instalment of the art exhibits for the forthcoming Exhibition.