CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.

Mt Benger Mail, 9 November 1938, Page 1

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.

THE AMUSEMENT DEVICES.

CONCESSION TO ENGLISH COMPANY. The directors of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition have decided, subject to agreement, to grant the rights of running the amusement park at the Exhibition to the English firm of Tubular Constructions, Ltd., a company specialising in the erection of exhibition and fair ground devices of. the most modern type. A director of the firm (Mr Henry Scff) is at present in Wellington, having flown out from England to negotiate with the Exhibition directors. Although the running of the park and its erection will be entirely in the hands of the concessionary company, it is thn intention of the directors and of Mr Seff that consideration should be given to, all applicants who desire space in the park for really first-class amusements, games and such-like. The principal devices, however, will number about eight, and will be erected by the concessionary company. Their exact nature will be determined by Mr Seff in consultation with the Exhibition directors, and will bo specified in the agreement to be made. Mr C. P. Hainsworth, manager of the Exhibition Company, said that the park would, he was confident, be vastly superior to. anything yet seen in the southern hemisphere. The main device would be' a mountain railway, some 70 feet high and 400 feet long. Pefople would be taken to the summit by power in small carriages and would run down by gravity. It would have a high factor of safety, yet would provide a real thrill.

Th'(i Amusement Park at the Exhibition will be situated between the main buildings and Eongotai College. It will comprise in all about 10 acres, and will be one of the first features of the Exhibition seen by visitors approaching Eongotai, its lofty, scenic railways and other monstrous devices standing high above the rooftops of the residential bungalows.