THE EXHIBITION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1933, 15 November 1906, Page 3

THE EXHIBITION.

PRESS ASSOCIATION. Christchurch, yesterday. Stoady rain yesterday interfered with he attendance at tho Exhibition. Seven aousand people passed through the tumbles, which tho officials consider remarkbly good under the circumstances. Wonerland was closed during the evening, his morning tho weather is fine. The Victorian Commissioners have issod a resolution placing on record their cpreciation of the uniform kindness, .tention, and assistance received from .r Donne, Superintendent of the Tourist epartment, whose services to them in .'elbourue and Christchurch tonded to mrcome many difficulties.

Messrs Reece and Booth, local Comissioners, had a conference with tho on. Hall-Jones to-day respecting tho >w arrangement for carrying on tho xhibition. Tho result is that tho Comissioners are satisfied to continue in See. They are to submit their recomandations direct to the Minister in arge, and he is to give effect to them, pparently all is ended happily,

A KETICE NT MINISTER. ' PRESS ASSOCIATION Chrisiohuroh, last night. TbsJ*"Exhibilion grounds are fresh and ight after yesterday’s raiD. There has iea a fair attendance during the after* ion. In the visitors’ book at the Tourist art Dr, L. L. Smith has written, "Have en president of many large exhibitions, .t have never seen one so early prepared, d in suoh early order.’’ Mosrrs Roeoe and Booth, local Comissionors, had a long conference with the on. W. Hall-Jjnes to-day. The Minister being questioned by the Frees Assooian representative, said everything was iisfaolory, and that there was no trouble latever. He would say nothing further, r Rseoe, when interviewed, said that in jw of the position that the Oomncisiners’ recommendations would be fully naidered, they had determined io eon* me in offioe.- Their recommendations ould be submitted direotly to Minister in urge of the Exhibition which, for the ne being, is Mr Hall-Jones. A large number of country schools, inading Sunday schools, within convenient stance of Christchurch are making arngements for a visit to the Exhibition. :hool children coming in a body arc aditted at 3d per head for the day, Mr J. Adams, who has been appointed to ganise visits of schools to the Exhibim, set out on his organising tour this eek.

Mr Ayson, fish expert, is superintending ! .e formation of the seal pond, which will j ) ready for seals and penguins on Friday I >xt The interest taken in the aquarium j is been almost phenomenal, and the 5 mutifully arranged room is among the j tost appreciated in the Exhibition. | . The extensive and miscellaneous class ! exhibits known as the Home industries icetion in the Exhibition contains some vgnty-five bays. The bulk of the exibits represents efforts of pupils of prilary technical and art schools in the olony and New South Wales, and should rove to be of great [educational value, 'he work accomplished by art schools is lade conspicuously apparent in such ranches as wood carving, copper and rass repousse work, and brushwork, eedlework being the latest to take adantalge of the superiority of the conven-c.naj/-evor the natural for decorative pur ewes. This is illustrated by some wellworked designs of flowers on silk and loth. The display of brush work from ho primary schools of Hew South Wales 3 a very fine and interesting exhibit, and me of the most interesting bays in the ;allery shows examples of how children in the higher standards are aught to apply their skill in brush work o practical purposes. The water color IrawiDgs shown by these schools reach a very high standard of excellence, and from jn educational point of view the exhibit must proys or exceptional value. Plain jewing is largely represented, and fills many cases, The pupils of the primary schools are responsible for this, aad even the native schools are represented. There Is also a fine demonstration of fine and lanoy sewing, and there are some beautiful specimens of embroidey. The display a! hand-made laoo is remarkably good, while there are also some very old pieoes of the same daioty fabric. Pride of place must be given to an exhibit of Maltese ace made out of New Zealand phormium tenax. Paintiogs in oil Bnd water efior from the different art schools fill some half-dozen bays, and represent various degrees of excellence. THe studies of II Still Life ” appear to possess moat merit of these. There is a largo proportion of wood carving, and its possibilities are ad mirably shown in eoma finely executed work. On the whole this scotion is of a highly comprehensive and instructive obataoter.