THE DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 January 1926, Page 3

THE DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

[by TELEGRAPH—PER TRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN. January 11. Last week the exhibition added one hundred and fifty thousand to the attendance record. The daily average was always over twenty-three thousand and on Saturday another tremendous crowd was counted by the turnstiles at 93.483. A remarkable feature lias been the glowing praise which visitors from other parts of the Dominion and overseas without a single exception, have given to Dunedin’s big effort. The latest is Neil Macßeath who is connected with the music publishers and resided at Wembley during the exhibition there. He said never did he expect to find such gigantic concerts in a country the size of New Zealand. Wembley had London's seven and a-half millions at their door and milions could reach Wembley from, the provinces for a few shilings and millions more very cheaply from the Continent. It would therefore he easy to understand why the overseas visitors was staggered at the daily at tendance at Dunedin. It was quite possible, if the people of Great Britain had responded to Wembley's appeal as the people of New Zealand were doing to the present exhibiton, Wembley would have remained a permanent institution. Tt i.s hard to draw a comparison between two exhibitions, Air Macßeath continued, but when nil the facts are considered. T think f would go so far as to say the exhibition is comparatively even amove ambitious and stupendous effort than Wembley.