THE EXHIBITION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1935, 17 November 1906, Page 3

THE EXHIBITION.

PRESS ASSOCIATION Chrielohuroh, last rn’ght Over 13,000 ponplo visited tho Exbibilion vostardoy. It was a free day to tho Art Gallery, and tho piotnro rooms wore ho thronged in the aftorncon and evening that close Inaprelian oi eomo of tho pioluree was a vory diffioalt mattor. $ The following furthor important salsa of pictures have boon made to the Canterbury Society of Arts : " Wo'vn been in the meadows all days ” (W. Loo Honko.v), J £2lO ; 11 Tho wizard’s garden ” (G. 1). Leslie, E.A.), £2OO ; 11 In shelter ” It W. AllaD, K.W.S.), £llO ; "On tho moors and kvlcfl of Bute, Scotland ” (W. E. Eyre Walkor, R W.S.), £7O ; total, £591. A great Improvement has beou made in tho ventilation of tba main corridor of tho Exhibition. The other avenues are still very oloso on warm day?. Influenza and brouohitia are still rife in the Maori pa. Tho latest victim is Be. Buok, medical oflictr in ohsrgo of tho ps. Soma of tho Uaraiongaus are also suffer iog from influenza. A portion cf the beautiful staluar; executed by Mr Summers, of Melbourne and hired by Sir Joseph Ward, for orua meniation of tho grand hall, has arrivod The balanoa will by bote in a few days ir oharge of Mr Summers,

AUSTRALIA STIMULATED BY THE SUCCESS. k >-»■»»-a I’KESS ASSOCIATION. Ghiisichureh, last uighs. Arrangements havo bom made witu the manager of tho cyolorama within the Exhibition g-onnds to admit school child' rm in a body or in sections at a special rate oi 8i per hsad. To is is pnicSioally on tbe same lines us those on which visiting 6ohool children aro admitted to tho Exhibition buildings anti grounds, Tho oonlingsnt of Fijian natives arrived on tho Exhtailion grounds to day, and look up their quarters in 6ho special cn olosuro erected for them. This ooniiogont has no connection whatever with tho troop of F-jian fira-welkers who are due on the Exhibition sports grounds on the 6'h of next month.

Tho general manager of the Exhibition has reotived a present from some Maharajah in ladia, a Dumber oljjlndian figures •a bumble and grotoiquo a'titudes. Mr Mnnro knows noshing of their scuroo of otigiu, and will be very glad indeed if BDyono with experience wi.-l oomo and advise him as to tho objiot and usefulness of the figures refmred to. The bioyoio rood race for Exhibition employees takos place to-morrow. Tne race will terminate at the main entrance, in the presenoo of the Minister in charge, Hon. Hall-Jone3. A kinematograph view of tho oonolusion of the raeo will be takoD. Model woikets’ dwellings have been ereoted on the Exhibition grounds, and are to bo open for inspection throo days a week.

A contribution box for tho Velerans’ Home hus been plaited in tho main oorridor.

Tho Viotorian court is to be supplemented shortly by a large oonsigomenl of exhibits from private manufacturers. The aucoeßs of the Exhibition has, it is said, stimulated attention in Australia very materially, and it ia expeoled that several ooucts will be substantially augmented as the result.

.Representatives cf Australian States are to wait upon tbe Minister in charge of the Exhibition to request that the duty upon wines imported for She Exhibition to bo dispensed in hospitality under tho immediate responsibility of accredited representatives of the States shall bo removod. It is contended that the dispensing of hospitality is advertising the wines of the polonies, which are manufactured from the purest ingredients, and that a duty should not bo charged where they are controlled by responsible State representatives.

THE ART GALLERY,

r^isma Christchurch, last nightThere is perhaps no moro conspicuous or praiseworthy section of exhibition then the art gallery, stocked as it is, not only with the best fruits of colonial genius, but with many gems from such master hands as Millais, Leighton, Watts, and other prominent scions of the British raco from across the seas. The British exhibit is one of the most porfect collection ever sent from Great Britain, and by far the finest over seen in a British colony. Every school of British painting is shown, a careful and searching selection having been made in order to as perfect an exhibit as possiblo. It is an interesting point that the display under the title “arts and crafts” takes its place for tbo second time at an international Exhibition as part of the fine art section. That tirno and trouble have not been spared to place before the art lovers of New Zealand a thoroughly representative exhibit of the ■ various schools of modern British painting is shown by tho fact that noarly all the British academies and art clubs and societies are represented, and numerous artists who do not belong to any society havo added greatly _ to _ the .strength .of tho collection. It is difficult lo say exactly what forma and phases of art predominate. Generally speaking the of the work is exceedingly high. The commonplace and tho grotesque are unquestionally absent, and the impression made upon tho observer ia that of aesthetic satisfaction. Amongst the great men of tho past whose work has been inoiuded to mika tha oolleotion as representative as possible, of the last decade it is gad to note thut 18 have passed away, and Sbeir geoius ia simply represented by their oauvasee. Perhaps the moat prominent and meritorious works in the ex-hibits-are those of Millais, Leighton, Watts, Rookr, Guthrie, Barns Jones, and not least Holman Hunt’s “ Light of tho World,” which illuminates the main bay with its rrmirkablo reiu'gecoa and classical beauty. On tho whole tho work of tho different artists and contributing societies isofan exceptionally high-class character, and malißß the court one of the most popular in tho Exhibition.