AUSTRALASIA AT THE INTER NATIONAL EXHIBITION.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1524, 23 June 1873, Page 4

AUSTRALASIA AT THE INTER NATIONAL EXHIBITION.

[from the hqme news.]

The Australias have not hitherto shown to any very great advantage in the International Exhibition opened on Easter Monday at South Kensington. The Belgian annexe, the use of which had been given up to the exhibition of Australian products, is filled with carriages that appear to have been stored therein since last year. At several stalls in other parts of the building packages of preserved, meals are to be seen, but a better show of such commodities can be met with in any business thoroughfare in London. Mr Tallerman has struck and is working a new idea in connection with the meats. Having learnt from experience that the sight of the outside of a tin of meat is not greatly calculated to instruct people as to the quality and character of the meat itself, he has erected, at considerable cost, a perfect meat-preserving apparatus. This will be kept at work every day during the exhibition, and people wm be enabled to see the whole process of preserving. The machinery has been constructed on the ■very best principles, and as every operation will be to a considerable extent experimental, the chances are that various improvements in the art of meat-preserving may be hit upon. All that care and attention can do to conduce towards this object will be done. The Colonies are harily more forward with regard to the Vienna Exhibition than at home. New Zealand is most active in the matter. Dr Featherstone, with his usual energy, having already despatched a considerable number of exhibits. Among these are some excellent fabrics woven from New Zealand flax. An old Nelson colonist, Mr N. T. Lockhart, now the proprietor of large flax mills at Kirkcaldy, put upon Ms mettle by. the success of Mr Forbes, of Dundeey has i&anufactured some excellent tablecloths and towels ; twines and cords, of a very superior quality, have also been provided by the same gentleman. Some twine, made especially for fishing-nets, is most highly spoken of, Mr 0. Thorpe, to whom the New Zealand flax trade in .England owes so much, suppliedmost of the material used in the manufacture of these things. The space allotted at Vienna to New South Wales haa, in the absence of any exhibits from that Colony, been very wisely handed over to Mr Tallerman, who is busy shipping a*large number of Australian products illustrative of nearly every industry and natural object in the Colonies. Mr Tallerman will supervise this department himself. Mr George C. Levey is now in London preparing for the forwarding ot the Victorian exhibits, and Mr Phillips Beyan is already in Vienna, prepared to act for the Colonies generally. It is to be hoped they will make a good show, for this will be by far the most important exhibition held since 1851.