THE EXHIBITION.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXX, Issue 8697, 4 January 1907, Page 2

THE EXHIBITION.

Day by Day.

,(By Telegraph, Special Service.) Chrtstchuech, Last Night.

’ In opening the Exhibition Dog Show this afternoon Mr Munro, general manager, made a fesv remarks concerning the Exhibition. He said it was a splendid exhibition and it was a success. He wanted the public to appreciate the magni-

ficence of the effort made by a young colony with a limited population. Up to date the attendance at the Exhibition for the two months had been 72G,000, and it was interesting to compare those figures with other colonial exhibitions. At the Sydney Exhibition of IST 9 the total attendance and workmen was 1,117,530, and that exhibition was open for practically seven months. The Melbourne Exhibition of ISSO had a total attendance of 1,309,490, and the Melbourne Exhibition of ISBS a total attendance of 1,903,430. This exhibition was open for practically

six months. The Dunedin and South Seas Exhibition of 1890, which was open five months, registered a total attendance of 070,000, so one could fairly assume that the Now Zealand International Exhibition would es-

tablish an attendance record so far as colonial exhibitions were concerned. The dog show, which will be continued to-morrow, is the largest display of the kind ox er made in the colony. The arrangements arc particularly good and elicited the warmest praise from visitors. The benches are arranged under shelter of tour marquees, these opening out on to a largo open space containing the judging ring. The entries fail to cover quite the whole catalogue of dog fancy, but in all the more popular classes the entries are very large. There, was a good attendance at the show.

For the performances of the Besses o’ the Barn Band, starting on Thurs. day next, the Exhibition. Sports Ground will bo festooned with colored lamps and lanterns by Pain and Sons, London, who have brought out twelve thousand of these for the purpose. The firm is Just as famous for this form of decoration as for its displays of fireworks,„-having executed many very extensiv e royal and other contracts. The band rotunda

will also be brilliantly and the general manager hopes to show to visitors the finest display of outdoor illuminations ever seen in the colony. The Orchestral concert this afternoon was well attended. A very lively feature of the Exhibition is the amount of band music provided, no less than three bands giving sele;n tions at least once during most of the day and evening in the building and grounds. Mr Massey, organist of the Bathurst Cathedral, Now South Wales, will give a series of recitals on the Exhibition organ, commencing on Saturday next.

A display of Pain’s fireworks will be given on Monday night. The coming exhibitions of fireworks and the visit of the Besses o’ the Barn Band have revived a very strong demand for season tickets. A start was made this morning with the erection of the band rotunda in the sportsground. The rotunda will have some pretensions to architecture, and will be 25 feet in diameter, and besides being used by tlje Bosses o’ the Barn Band, will be available for use at the Now Zealand Internationa! Exhibition Band Contest, which takes place from the 11th to 1 Ofh of February inclusive.

Mr Scott, Commissioner for Soutlj Australia, says there never wore sfi many Australians in New Zealand at one time as there are just now. Twenty-two from Adelaide alone came in one boat. Most of them, besides visiting the Exhibition, are touring the colony.

Tiie committee of the Adelaide Art Gallery lias instructed its director, Mr R. P. Gill, to proceed to Christchurch to inspect the pictures; in the Exhibition Art Gallery with the idea of making selections for purchase. Over forty teams of gentlemen’s doubles are competing in the toboggan races at Wonderland to-night. The floral fete in Wonderland next Thursday promises to be a most attractive spectacle. .Several hundred pounds are being spent on a single sensational novelty, which will represent a woman’s rescue, under most thrilling circumstances, from the top of a high blazing building.