DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 26 November 1889, Page 2

DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

The fo lowing particu'ars are sup. plied by the Press ; ssociation. pen corridors run roun 7 the garden, and from the,eav s hang long rows of red, wh.i c", and blue gles's lamps When lit. tip at night it is expected it will bs very pretty. The i<len is tiken from the famous TaVdine A[fthille ?tt Pari -. As l^marked" b". fore, Otago atift Southland, dc^tipy the bnlk of the space devoted to j New Zealand. Canterbury and Auckland have a fair number of bays j -wih, and at present the latter makes ' tho >W show "A gtibd dalof at ,t.»ntion has been ', devote./ to, decoratiou with good, remit. A great eyeso c to J uckl nd^rs '-as bean re moved Right in th" cent o of the fii le Rtnoi a tall wooden obelisk,, "vi tend fid to represent the Wnptland god trrpV« which completely hid the a- pr wh to the Auckland section Va -io-is protest.-? were made without ny il ; but nt last tho authorities hare relented, nnl tolny t o s-miewhat ungaii lv object was tnken out nnd set ur> in the ga dens The view is row unobstruc cd. With r«iffiid : to Wei ing' On TTa> lres' P. y &0., the p 'P wtions f tho : r exhibi'a few to be ye v modest a )•! t.'»*-ir nosition has to b« looked f- r ) efora it can I © found. Tin mimro.' court is rvogf s;inT-, anlj th>iigh T by ,m means up to the mirk of New South Wal^. it rrounses to mnke n re spec nbln appearance. The pvonvnenf. foahiroin wi'l tbe mo;lpl • »<• Now Z- land in ralief, on which wo k.ncu n • now busy. There r ftleo flonxe oth« modlls o« Tonßßtir j

id various portons of mountainous istvJctfe of tfe« colony, the ihienti court j roper is situated in i c south eastern odtag in,' specimpns f coal are to be seeu '©very There bout"Hhe other" bays; in fact, in ome places, there is nothing but , long stretch of coals ot various decrip iions»- brown, black,. . and.all ihe. e9t of them In the New outh kVaies mineral court, roost of the ex lib ts are k* pt carefully boxed up but he greatpi esofcopperandiin ingots ire toffbigto be concealed; Wh'efeas" it previous exhibitions, the » ©w 0 Zealand collections have either been broken up or given away as sop» • bhedoois were closed, the Government of the mother.., colony has--, always retained their fttophiei, aja£,, gone on legularly adding to them, till the effect is e«en in the magnificent collection whioh will be exposed to public gaze on Tuesday. Were th- New Zealand Qo\ eminent to follow this example th ere would be no room to cast the r^flectio s on New Zealand which wei'O bo fully made during the Me bourixe Exhibition. One of the handsomest f»t ands in the place is that erected .by th,e Dresden 1 iano Company in th © main traverse; it is tasteful y, decimated and draped and will be a Jeonsiv'cuous sight in the broad aisle. Vt % *y f w of ai?y of the French exhibi ts will be in their places on theopeirni T •day, and that por ion of the British section in the northern avenue lias hardly been touched yet. Tne official catalogue is now pubp, ; . lishecl. Altogether it occupies some*. 300 pages, a great portion of which is- devoted to sketches of the colony (by the editor, Mr Hastings, >ecretwry of the Exhibition), and of the.,, various provinces. » By far th * most interesting of these articles is Dr Hocken's monogra h on the earlyhistory of New Zealand, giving as it does in a fen* pages all the facts can.-' nected with the voyages of Magellan, asman, Cook, and other explorers, and a concise narrativ- of the events wbich preceded the development oi th • 1 md occupied by a ferocious, race of cannibals into a .British colony. amo 1- fit the attractions of the Exr hibition which have not been pav•cularlj- mentioned will, be an. anthropometrieal bureau, organised by Mr Forb s, director of. Chi'istchurch Museum, for the purpose of ing measurements of the human faculties. A small charge 3f ill bo made for each person measured, and it is hoped visitors will freely \\»e the jbfireau . ; . ' Mr Towsey has his musical arrangements well in hand. '~he official progr imme has al» readj' been published, but it may bfr added tha orchestral or ballad concorts will be given five days in each week whi c the Exhibition is open. The permanent orche tra, numbering 29, is to bo augmented to 45 on special occasions (s van are from Diinedin, three from Australia, and th % rest from various parts of New Zealand). ihe choir numbering 370, are all residents of Dunediu. The or»an has been musically enlarged since it was v ed at Welling ton, and. owing to the size of the building, it was also found necessary to construct a wing on each aide to bring it i to proportion with the surroundings. The choir have \ een practising since the middle of A prilj and the orchestra since the Ist qE *> ovember. No original musio has been composed for the opening day. The principal selection will be Mr Cowen's " Hyiun of Thanksgiving,'* which was first he rd at the opening of 'the Melbourne Exhibition. The art gallery is to be lighted by elect ipity, but even with this aid there are signs that the venti ation will be insufficient.