the exhibition.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1916, 27 October 1906, Page 3

the exhibition.

OPENING- CEREMONY,

TRUSS ASSOCIATION Christchurch, last night. At the mooting of the Exhibition Executive Committee last night the Ceremonial Committee reported that the Exhibition would bo opened to invito guests at 10 a.m. on .November Ist, and all were requested to be in their seats at 11.5, when the doors would be closed. His Excellency the Governor would arrive at 11.30. After the National Anthem the odo would be sung, and the Premier would give a brief history of the Exhibition, with its aims and objects, aud would present to the Governor a souvenir gold key, jewelled, to be passed to Lady Piunket, aud His Excellency would then reply, and the Old Hundredth ■ psalm would be sung, followed by the National Anthem. The Governor would then declare the Exhibition opened, and a cable announcing the fact would bo despatched to the Hing. All the bells in the building would be rung, a military salute would be bred, I and all the flags on the Exhibition would be unfurled. His Excellency would then probably visit portions of the Exhibition. Tiie general public would be admitted to the grounds on the morning of the opening, but would not be able to enter the buildings until the afternoon.

SHE ARRANGEMENTS. PRESS ASSOCIATION Christchurch, last night. Mr H. C. L. Anders jn, the No.v South Wales Ueinunssioner, arrived in Otiristctrurab to-day, and proceeded at once to

sha exaibit.oa buiidtugs, mghiy approving of taa arrangsmsnss made hy too otaor officials iu connoCiija wita the New South Wains Stats court.

l’ne army of journalists iu town from all pans oi the colony for lha purpose of attending the first week's proceedings of the esinoitiou ii being reinforced by She arrival of almost every train aud steamer A record gathering oi the profession is expected.

Twenty-'five members of the Now Zealand police force, drafted from various parts of sue colony, arrived in sown this morning to reinforce the local establish, maud during she exhieision. Thirty-five others arc expected on Monday. Sue-' In.-peetor Dwyer will take up his quarters to morrow in the exhibition buildings, and will be relieved of town work by Sergeant Norwood, who will aoi a 3 SubInspector for the city, and will be assisted by a sergeant from Ximaru. A rumor is in circulation that unexpected developments arc about io take place in regard to the Exhibition Commis. aioners, and that several resignations will be handed iu within thu course of the next few days. The idea abroad is that these gentlemen havo found the positiono as unsatisfactory as Mr Allan did, and that they will ask to be rolievod as soon as the exhibition is open.

Sson to-day, Mr Munro stated ho had noshing to say in reference to matters somewaai heatedly discussed at a moating of the Executive held last ovoning. r sWiSh reference to the rumored resignation of some of the Exhibition Executive Commissioners, it is understood that the Commissioners are dissatisfied with Mr Munro’s method of conducting tho exhibition business. It ia alleged that Mr Munro, the Chairman of the Commissioners, is not conducting the affairs of the exhibidon on business lines. The Commissioners propose to disouss the matter with the Premier when ho arrives on Tuesday, and havo resolved that if tho exhibition is not to be run on business lines they do not want to have anything more to do with it.