SYDNEY EXHIBITION.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1615, 24 April 1879, Page 3

SYDNEY EXHIBITION.

The usual weekly meeting of the local committee of the Sydney Exhibition was held at 230 p.m. yesterday. Present—Messrs 0. W. Turner (chairman), Nathan, and W. D Wood. The Chairman read the following telegrams from the Secretary of the Centr 1 Commission : —“ Commissioners desire that all applications for space }®u can possibly procure may be forwarded here at once. Not necessary to wait for exhibits. Require to organise scheme for New Zealand Court.” “His Excellency the Governor having assumed the office of President he will interview your committee on his visit South. Dr. Hector has been appointed vice-chairman and executive commissioner.” He might say that he had seen Dr. Hector when he was here, who trusted that there would be a goodly number of exhibits, as, from what ho had seen in Philadelphia, a very creditable New Zealand court could be made. Applications for space had been received from Mr Potts for exhibits of tankards and old plate, for specimens of forest trees grown in New Zealand, &c. Mr Gibb had also applied for space for paintings, A letter was read from the secretary of the Central Commission, stating that at a meeting of the commission on the Bth April the suggestion of the lecal committee to the effect that the commissioners should obtain the loan of some special articles from the Canterbury Museum was warmly approved of, but it was thought that your committee were the proper people to make the application to the trustees of the Museum. A letter was read from Mr G, Thornton, stating that he would be prepared to furnish a model of Lyttelton Harbor works, which he hoped would be ready in time. Mr Nathan said ha desired to see the Museum exhibits sent up. The Chairman said that Dr. Haast had but little except, moa bones which could be sent. Mr Nathan would like to send the skeleton of the moa to the Exhibition. It would ho one of the greatest attractions there. Mr Wood agreed with Mr Nathan, and thought that they should apply direct to the Board of Governors for the moa to be sent over. The chairman quite endorsed what had fallen from Messrs Wood and Nathan, as to the necessity of sendiag over the moa.. Mr Nathan would like to see the secretary of the local committee interviewing the Board of Governors, and put them in posession of their views on the subject of the loan of the objects from the Museum, especially the moa. The latter would be one of the most attractive features of the Exhibition. It was resolved that the chairman see the members of the Board of Governors on the subject. It was also resolved to write to Mr C. N. Bell, asking him if the plans of the Lyttelton dry dock were so far advanced as would enable them to be photographed for exhibition. The Chairman said ho wished to mention that the commissioners were entering into contracts for the supply of glass cases in which perishable articles or valuable jewellery requiring to be protected by glass would be so done at the cost of the commissioners, thus not entailing any cost on the exhibitors. It was very necessary that this should be thoroughly understood by exhibitors, who might otherwise not feel themselves at liberty to send their goods so requiring protection. After some further desultory conversation, the meeting adjourned.