THE DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.
by telegraph—per rnF.ss association.-
DUNEDIN, February 8. Many people were surprised when hey noticed in the exhibition amioun■emeiit in to-day’s papers, a remindeihat to-day marks the hall-time stage, .into the directors have decided that he big carnival will close its gates imillv on May Ist, To-night will mark' the close of the twelfth week and ■s it wants only about nineteen thound to bring the grand attendance up „ two millions and a half it is evident hat the tally to-night will not he very lr s i, n rt of it. There were over 30,000 ‘•ecordod by the turnstiles on Saturday. Three special trains brought nearly >,(500 excursionists. One thousand came front Invercargill, nine hundred wool leu mill workers from Oamaru by mother, and about six hundred country visitors came by a third train from Ralelutha and 'intermediate stations. Much interest is lieing shown in the Exhibition Operatic Society’s coming production on Wednesday and sueceedug nights, of the musical comedy,
“ Floradora.” The Festival Hall will then he cleared for the big brass hands contest which opens o’n Saturday week and for which there are splendid entries.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 February 1926, Page 3
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189THE DUNEDIN EXHIBITION. Hokitika Guardian, 8 February 1926, Page 3
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