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Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1922, Page 2

At the annual meeting of the Progress League on Tuesday night, tile retiring President (Mr Jeffries) who ha s carried through very satisfactorily an active year of office, threw out the suggestion that as part of the commemoration to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Westland, due to fall in 1924, an industrial exhibition might be held. This would be an important event, and to be successful would require to lie taken up by the district as a whole. To ensure success a point would require to he made to secure outside exhibits, botwith the railway in service, no doubt many East Coast exhibitors would be forthcoming, To provide ample jjppr

j space, adidtional buildings would be ' required than those readily obtainable jNo doubt the Town Hall and Drill Hall c uhl be secured, but extra room j would ho necessai y, and annexes would . have t: be built. For this purpose i a Ital or the guarantee of money would ' le requisite to lie recouped later from leucs. admissions etc. The exhibition would require to ltm over several days and no doubt outdoor sports could he arranged to fit in with the big function and supply a double attraction. The event is worth celebrating in a fitting manner. It will lie recalled tna. the golden jubilee in 1914 was a great success from every point of view, and if that measure of achievement could he repeated in eighteen or nineteen months’ time it would do the district a great deal of good. The proposal having been mooted those with the interests of the district at heart should give tile matter every consideration. Some form of celebration should lie organised, and an exhibition as suggested would he not only a novelty, but also a very worthy form to mark the historic occasion. The subject is one which might well be discussed at the local bodies " conference to he held shortly

Matters appear to be well in train for the Winter School to open on Monday next. Students are attending from Canterbury and the Grey Valley, ns well as this immediate district. The lecturers, including professors of Canterbury College, will arrive here on Saturday night, and will spend the whole week in imparting information to the various classes. The latter will include various forms of rural information, economies, English literature, etc., and is wide enough and interesting enough to claim the attention of the general public. The School is i novelty for the West Coast, but in other parts of the Dominion it is an established institution. As a vehicle for imparting general knowledge on the subjects taken up and readily affording information, these schools in other places have proved a great success They are also a source of pleasure to those attending, as the fresh faces met and the comradeships formed, make the gatherings very agreeable indeed. This year’s effort is largely experimental, but if the occasion is a success, the school will he a recurring event. The opportunity for securing information in regard to rurnl matters is unique, for some of the best informed authorities on their subjects will be lecturing here For students generally, the other lectures will he most informative, and the week should result ill great value to the district. No doubt the visitors wil’ lie accorded a cordial welcome, and everything will be done to make thei' stay pleasant. Country excursions arc to be arranged, and the advertisement received by that means will not be without value in thu future to the district. It is to tie hoped the Winter School will he n pronounced success.