THE EXHIBITION.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8747, 22 February 1907, Page 2

THE EXHIBITION.

Day by Day.

Press Afsooiation-

CHBisTCiroKCH, February 21.

To-day has boon a day of days at the Exhibition, and the attendance has been large from opening till closing time. Baby-show, athletic sports meeting, boomerang - throwing, aud Christian Endeavour Union demonstration formed a variety of special attractions that has seldom been watched. Over five hundred babies had been entered for the show before entries finally closed, and there wet© quite four hundred on exhibition, including half a dozen pairs in tha class for twins. They were ranged in four lines down tho - mam corridor of tho Exhibition, and judged by Mrs Field, Nurse Ensom, and the general manager, Mr G. S. Mimro, in batches of about twenty. In the Commissioner’s room, soon after 8 o’clock, Mr Munro announced the result and stated that tho show had been, he believed, tha biggest of its kind over held '.in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly tho biggest in the colony. Eyery child was presented with a certificate of attendance. Tho youngsters wore on their best behaviour throughout tlio proceedings, and the show afforded entertainment to a large number of the public. Simultaneously the first clay’s sports of tho N.Z. Amateur Athletic Associations wore held on tho sports’ ground in tha presence of a fair attendance. The exhibition of boomerang throwing by an Australian expert created a good deal of interest by its novelty, but the success of the performance was spoiled somewhat by wind.! The demonstration in the concert hall by the Christian Endeavour Union in the evening attracted a large audience. Mr Munro has written to Lieut. Bentley warmly thanking him for his services in connection with the recent Band Contest, and placing on record his view of the very satisfactory manner in which Lieut. Bentley carried out his duties aa judge.j Tho sign “ seat apiary,” executed in largo ' letters of honeycomb by the busy bees 5 attached to that interesting industrial divi--1 sion, has been placed in position over the ' fine display of honey in the Agricultural Department’s court. A notice states that 3 the sign is an example of what bees can do ' when under control. ’> Advice has been received by H. J. Scott, '> South Aus f valian Commissioner, that two " tons of grapes from that Siate, to be disi. posed of in the Exhibition buildings, will !, be shipped in time to arrive at Christchurch ; by tho end of the current month, t, | The Amateur Athletic Championship e Meeting will be continued on tho sports ground on Saturday. On the following g Saturday will bo given the first display of '0 daylight fireworks, and on February 28th '; tho Besses o’ th’ Barn Band will commence j- a second season of twelve afternoons and ;- twelve evening performances. The attendance at the Exhibition to-day reached the high total of 21,570.