New South Wales.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2372, 23 October 1880, Page 2 (Supplement)

New South Wales.

The oldest colony of Australia is extremely well represented at the Exhibition, and makes a capital show, especially with her great mineral products. It needs but a glance to show how marvellous are the resources of New South Wales. She has two courts, one in the front building, where she displays the more ornamental articles, and very finwhed does the workmanship appear. Jiere there is a splendid cabinet with the

Eoyal Arms, elaborately worked in wood, and, enclosing a portrait of her Majesty. The main court is faced with trophies of coal, shale, kerosene and iron, and they are extremely imposing, and show how great are the resources of the colony in minerals, as opposed to the agricultural products of her neighbours. But within the court there is a trophy showing the amount of gold obtained from the mines, the value of which is £33,743,019, so that she is not so far behind her younger neighbour. There is also a beautiful pyramid of maize cobs—so especially a product of the colony—of all colours, which really looks very pretty. It would be impossible to give any full idea of the extent of the exhibits, which are of every description. Particularly noticeable are the reeled silk and cocoons of T. Affleck, Albury, arranged in the form of Cleopatra’s Needle, and giving an idea_ of what that industry may yet become in these colonies, an exhibit that reflects credit on the exhibitor; the educational exhibits of the Government; Alderson and Sons, leather, &c. ; the furniture and upholstery, the special drawing-room furniture of A. Millson, Sydney, being very handsome ; the Clarence River timbers, really magnificent specimens of wood, and likely to cause a great inquiry for them in the other colonies (the exhibitor is T. Page, Grafton), &e. The exhibits of machinery compare favourably with those of other colonies. Space alone precludes further notice at present of this really grand and creditable court. M. Joubert, the commissioner for this court, deserves great credit for the manner in which he has done his work.