NEW ZEALAND AT SYDNEY.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1773, 25 October 1879, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND AT SYDNEY.

The following notes, from the Sydney " Town and Country Journal," on the figure which New Zealand makes at the Exhibition, will be read with interest as coming from an unbiassed observer : The enterprising and fraternal spirit manifested by our New Zealand neighbors is in the highest degree commendable, especially from a New South Wales point of view. Their court is one of the most attractive and popular in the whole Exhibition, and as an indication of the wealth, and natural productions of the colony, the display made is very satisfactory. Perhaps the excellent and valuable collection of products and [manufactures sentAip [from Maori land may be in some measuro due to the influence of Sir Hercules Robinson who, as he—well, not to put too fine a point on it—ran us in to holding the show, could not do less than exert himself to secure the co-operation of the poople over whom he now presides. Howover this may be we do Dot know. Wo only know that New Zealand make 3 a really grand display of her natural commodities. If she had sent nothing else than the magnificent samples of cereals to be seen in her court she would have been entitled to our gratitude and admiration. In this line, so far as quantity is concerned, New Zealand is far ahead of all other competitors. There is more grain sent by her than by any of the other colonies. The samples, too', are of splendid quality. Over 150 different growers have sent Bamples of the produce of their farms. The wheat is really grand, and ought to put some of our own farmers to the blush,;though the Mudgee farmers have upheld the honor of New South Wales in this particular. This cereal predominates in quantity over all other kinds of 1 grain. Much of it is grown near Oaraaru,

Dunedin, and Ohristchurch, in the South Island. One sample, from Ohristchurch, of Tuscan wheat, goes 68 lbs to the bushel, and one exhibitor alone sends over twenty different samples. Besides wheat, there is a great s-hWw of barley, oats, maize, peas, beans, pearl barley, mangel wurzel, hops, flour, meal, grass seeds in great variety, &o. Many of the samples of wheat contain full information respecting its growth, &c, as for example, the following, " One bushel white velvet wheat, grown by E. Menlove, Esq., on his Windsor Park estate, near Oamaru, on undulating ground, loamy soil, limestone formation, average yield per acre this season, 50 bushels, value in Oamaru 2s 6i per bushel." The minerals of New Zealand are moderately well represented ; but there is a fine show of native woods, furniture, woollen goods, and works of art —paintings and photographs. We obsene that the Hon. Lady Bobinson has sat for her photograph since her residence in Maori land. The furniture in this court, manufactured by Messrs Guthrie and Larnach, a Dunedin firm, will compare favorably with anything shown in the palace. Messrs D. and T. Burt, another Dunedin firm, show a lot of splendidlyfinished brass work for engineers and plumbers; also load soil pipes, rough brass castings, pumps, lead and composition pipes, bottling machine and Byphon, gaseliers, &3. A model of the splendid steamship Rotomahana attracts crowds of visitors. There a: e also several other models of a kindred character in the court. In the matter of wool and manufactures tho colony is well to the fore, being represented in this commodity by specimens of tweed made at tho 'factory of the Mosgiel Woollen Factory Co. (Limited). There are thirty-fire different patterns of tweed, all made from wool grown in the colony, and they are equal to any English stuffs. Somo flannels and yarns are shown with the others exhibits. This company, we understand, employs about 150 hands, and its tweeds are in ereat favor, and bring paying prices. The Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company, of Canterbury, also send samples of their heavy tweeds, blankets, aud white ciijkeling flannels, all of a very superior quality. It ia a pity these exhibits have not greater space assigned them than has been allotted. The oourt, though a large one, ia somewhat cramped for room. Among other New Zealand productions are to be noticed some very nice confectionery and biscuits, bottled ale, preserved meats, flix, rope, cordials, liqueurs, boots and shoes, leather, saddlery, hats, plated ware, fancy work, jium, hosiery, a plan of Lyttelton harbor, coffee, chicory, flock, stuffed birds, hand muffs, candles, soap, wool, and New Zealand greenstone. There ia also to be soen in this court a bust of Hapuku, a late celebrated Maori chief. The paintings in this court pdssess great merit. There is one ancient sketch in wool work, said to have been made by Mary Queen of Scots —not for criticism.