INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2120, 9 December 1880, Page 3

INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.

A meeting of the committee of the above was held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Present — Messrs B. Allan (chairman). Waller, Lang, down, Kirk, Smith, Charters, Howland, Oherrill. Mr Pozzi brought under the notice of the committee an ingenious contrivance for light* ing lamps outside, consisting of a rod, having on top a sliding roughened surface connected with a string below and a place for inserting a match, which, by pulling the string, was struck, and thus the gas or other lamp lighted. Mr Pozzi also brought under the notice of the committee the advisableness of cultivating the mulberry for silkworm culture. The President said that at the next meeting of members a paper would be read on the cultivation of the mulberry by Mr Boss. The President also said that Mr Mitchell had sent them some further letters from Melbourne with reference to the exhibits from New Zealand. The secretary had been in correspondence with the secretary of the Industrial Association at Bangiora, and he hoped the members would attend on the 21st, when the Exhibition would be opened, and also support the Exhibition by sending articles. With regard to pickles and preserves he might point out that the prize offered by the association at the Pastoral Association’s Show could not be taken advantage of, because the season for ; the preserving of pickles, &c., had gone past, i He now suggested they should offer a prize i for pickles and preserves. The Bed Cross Company were now preserving in Melbourne | some 20,000 cases, all of which could be pre- . served here. The Secretary read two letters from Mr [ Mitchell, Melbourne, with respect to the . Melbourne Exhibition, and forwarding copies i of resolutions passed at, and of the procoedi ings of a meeting of Indian and Colonial i exhibitors on the subject of reciprocity of I produce. j A letter was read from the Canterbury f College, stating what was intended to bo done 1 with regard to the establishment of a School 1 of Art. The letter pointed out' that a sum } of money had been voted for the school, and B there was also a large number of models o which had bean purchased from Europe for 0 the purposes of the technical School of Art 1 and Science. It was expected that the school o would be opened in June, 1881. A letter was read from Mr Aherne, stating that the Bangiora Industrial Exhibition would open on the 21st December, the exhibits being required to be staged by y December 18th, and asking that the president g and committee would take part in the opening ceremony. 10 A letter was read from the secretary of the ‘1 Board of Education, stating that with ■ s respect to the supply of easels and other b * things, the Board had endeavored to obtain them in Christchurch, but the result was far h from satisfactory. However the Board would do what was requested by inviting tenders for is the supply of the same. The President intimated that Mr Gray was

| preparing a paper on cement, and Mr Ulrich oa starch, for the next meeting. In reply to Mr Howland, The President said that he know Mr Proudfoot was endeavoring to get oars locally made to supply the loss of those recently burnt. He understood Mr Moor had been communicated with on the subject. Mr Waller said he should like to see a prize offered for pickles and preserves as suggested by the president. The President thought it would perhaps be better to leave the matter over for a time, so as to see how their funds were. Mr Charters thought they should offer ten guineas as a prize for pickles and preserves. He would move that a prize of ten guineas bo offered by the Association for the best assortment of pickles and preserves. The details to be left in the bands of the Chairman and Secretary. Mr Waller seconded the motion, which was agreed to. It was resolved that the competing exhibits should be exhibited where the Association might direct, after 30th June next. The meeting then adjourned.