THE SHOW'S NEW HOME

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 535, 19 May 1933, Page 14

THE SHOW'S NEW HOME

FINE COMMODldtJS BUILDING PLENTY OF ROOM FOR EXHIBITS SMARt ANI3 EFFlblENT WORKMANSHj H iwnxrni :• ;?t .ti . iu j - er «o- . The complgtioji of .the new exhibition Jbuilding;foj j| Rotorua A. and P. Associatio'n marks yet another step in u, progress of Rotorua It was.designed by Mr. E. La Trobe §j and constructedi Mjr. Gv.Tr L°4se, upt tn, contract time ari in a yery efficient mahiier. Ahe; building be officially by thp Mini^ter oI,Laiidsr";tJie Hon. p. A. Ransom, on the y day of ihe Show, Wednesday, May 2i. • :

t HOiW bujldings^t ^^.^uA muatii Qf.,; nebesBity.b.U ^tilitaria,n-.-; Sp^cipuspeBs is the ;first reguirejtierit, . . and.this dqps up.t allow i *• . . ,.of .mueh', .play for archir. tecturpl refinemeuh jlu, thp.ca.se pf the RotQ'rua.jshpw huiMing,- jrpw,eyer,. the ar.chitpct,: Mr;. E...La Trpbe Hill.has succeeded iu :designinig',whlat,is >a.t pnce iarchitectural aBset to the town. aud a. buiiding ad.mdrabiy sui.ted}.not pnly for -shoyr .purposes, but for,,-many pthers for y^hich'.a.demand frequently arisgs. but has hitherto not.been.able to he met. M'r., Hill has made ingeni-ous-use of the trees and surroundings of-. the section and has-m'erged 'a-big1 building into the landscape in such a manner a^ to make it attract attention,. fpr i:its- quipt , diignityy whereas, considerinjg th& .purpose for.' which; it was .buiit. and ..the. nec.essarily Btraight lipes and big floor space demanded, it may. ieasily .have,, became- blatantly a show building and nothing else. With

1 unlinnited money to play with, the arI chitect could. also have cqnceived a 1 very handsonie and luxurious edifice, | but. the show association in contemt plating building plans was compelled. t to consider, not pnly, the .outlay required, but the income-earning possibilities of the building. Consequently, . a definite limit had to be placed on the amount of money expended. Asg •a result, the architect' has designed" and the contractor has completed at a cost of £2539 a building which is a definite advance on many other structures'of ,a similar nature and one of which the town may feel justly proud. Conveniently Situated. Situated on the cornpr of • Fenton St. and Amohau St.. the building has ■a.. facade of concrete oarpi'ed out on plans designed to conceal the long straight lines of the rear portion. The main entrance ds .on the.corner and leads through a passage way to the main hall. Offices and dressingrooms branch ,off the main passage and the main hall itself is admirably designed for show purposes. At th'e back there is a very spacious twowa.y loading point for vehicles, and on the Amohau Street side the main hall leads out to the poultry section, where ample provision ds made for the housing and judging of entries. •The hall itself is solidly built of jj reinforced concrete made from 1 Wilson's N.Z. Portland cement, an'd has an excellent wooden dancing floor. The.roof is supported by a row of pillai^s, which are useful for show purpioses and also provide a me'ans w.herehly a generous amount of spa.ee may he partitioned off. right round j the hall for supper rooms or any a other special requdrements foi* big I social Junctions or receptions. I : The uses to which the building may | be put are many and varied and in I providing what is undoub'tedly an as- ! §et to ,-the whole town the, A. and P. I Association is deserving of the sup1 port df the ^ownspeople dn making the epterprise a success. It is. an indisI pu.tahle .fact that f ew towns of the I . size pf jRlotorua in New Zealand have 1 a. show. building to compare with this | pne and it is not asking too mueh of | R.otorua residents . to take a certain pride in the fact. , * Fine Section.. ...The building ds erected on (%j.fine spe.tipn and, one , which allows ample space - for outside spdeshows and attra,ctions or future :huildipg extension. TJie sectiQn is .apprpximately.. nt)ir.per quarters of an axare,.iiavuig;af;fr|ntagft of 295 feet -to -Fenton .Street; and .253 feet Amohau; StreeL , • -Tha land was.origipgny sej/asif£e f or the* A.- „and ^iAssopiation.wliile,^EvJ. .KT« McLeap, was Maypr,; of j Rotorua,-: .but, .it ,*v?as npt until 1931 that the 'as.spciatiop r,e7 ceiyed- a clear -title... In .that year the ^S9piatmn .wa,s iiicoEporated. and the Bpptipn.,;tr!g.nsferrpd in fee simple tunder^th%ljrpyisiqus ,pf ; |he" P,uJ?lic ^Rer serves Act, 1928. The pnly. cpnditions ' dmppsed upon the free gift of the section is that the land) shall not be dis- ' •> - -

* ■■ • A /] posed- ^of -unless the proceeds 0{| sale;iare used for the purpose oi to chasinjg , other land for the legitW purp.oses. of, the 'association. , ;Seyer^l;heautiful trees are g|J on. the . section and duringi the y ing. ppepations care has been tafe to interf.ere .as little ias possibleri themj; ,-The- -result ds that th'e ne^ of the structure is softenedhya^ ber '.of .surrounding trees and, asg mellojys- , the .-facacte; and, the: orig^ painting of the . building the rgj will hecome even more pleasing, i Xi. v: » Good Work.- j When ... the plans -of the-:bn3^ wer ei-drawp . .up^tenders. were f-^ for in Auckland as well askoisj and .many tenders ,were r e.ceived ha the city. .. It.,says- nmch. for the j/ er and the ,qost.;of, building in Boi® that . he. was ahle . t.o. , secure the on its merits against all comersa without any question pf local fa?»

•- ; •.-.. ... :V« itism. Mr. G. T. Lodge has cans out his contract to the letter and doing so has been ahle to employfli Rotorua labour and wherever pri Rotorua materials. Thetimberini structure is the hest obtainable fr Messrs. .Wilson's Timber Mills, h Te Whaiti. The joinery work i carried out . by Mr. Beamish, ofi . Rotorua Joinery F-actory, the pfe ipg by Messrs. Schofield and the plastering hy Messrs. and. Vernham, the electrical tion by Mr. Les. Clarke (at an) proximate >additional cost of SB the builder's contract price s tioned above), and . th'e f. inig by Mr. J. Bates, all of Kotor The contractor and the sub-conh tors are to ,be congratulated forsj pleting a good joh without A . and at the ,same time keeping the^ of the money in the ddstrict I what the benefit is to the town* building contractors can he kef 7 is instanced by the case of Mr. . In addition to the show bu« is at present engajged in erecffl big residenee at Taupo, tworesi at " Paeroa, has just coniple ) erectioji of five houses at rdP and twenty cottages at Paej When the amount of lahourW? by the various contractors a . contractors right down to ) man who hews the tree is coi' • it can readily he apprec® . building is an industry to be »; aged whenever at ^ all P°ss A other industry outside of far®" . such far reaching effecfe a . employment to so mueh ^ consumes s'o mueh matena : spent in building does M _ -frozen.in cement, in bncks W, tar, as might popularly ® ^ but cb'culates freely t° x $ b'enefit of the community Undoubtedly, when considered, it is manrfesttn terprise of the A. and r. .. , in proceeding with the ere ^ building has served a purpose in providing hiat employment at standard at a time when they * munity could well do W and has provided the 0 .. another facility Avhich - apprieciated in time to c . , , The Lighting, Sj^- . • »-■ . • Th'e new building' is ^ and- adequately wired ^ . mands. , ^h^.main hall is teen-ineh R.M.L. refl .• ^ wa,tt;lamps iu-.ea-c""- Ada $1 distrihuting h,olard.on: ^ signed to. provide ■ future requdrements," . ■str^ipn -Miotors, stajg, - jj tripally, driv.en ^lbA 0 southern aisle-side vjgo capabM^^^Ue lArahtM! ■sideshows. or other - » j/isl : outside area. The ^ 0 is balanced evenly , phases.