Where Crowds Throng

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 405, 13 July 1928, Page 1

Where Crowds Throng

LURE OF EXHIBITION

Big Business Being Done

THE Winter Exhibition still remains Auckland’s big attraction, and yesterday the gate takings were £261. To-day there was a steady stream of visitors from town and country, and big crowds are expected this evening.

All the judging was completed yes-" terday, including that ot the two entries in the district court competition. The possible number of points was 555, and Poverty Bay won with 423. Franklin, the only other entry, secured 4021 points, showing that the judges had a difficult task In spite of the smallness of the entry. To stimulate interest in this competition, a conference will be held during the exhibition period for the purpose of devising a scheme through which greater interest will he taken in it. FARMER VISITORS Last evening interested visitors to the exhibition were 122 farmers from East Coast districts. They arrived in Auckland by the first excursion train to run from Tauranga. It left Taneatua at 9 a.m., and Tauranga soon after mid-day. During the journey an inspector of the Agriculture Department gave a lecture on farming, this being attended by 40 of the excursionists. To bring certain New Zealand facts and attractions more forcibly before the public, films of the educational type are being shown twice daily.

■Yesterday there was a large audience at both screenings. The lighter side, however, was not ignored, and the frivolities of a nigger minstrel troupe were well received by the people. CHILDREN AS GUESTS Impressing the adults with the extent of the Dominion’s resources is not the greatest work that an exhibition can accomplish. Much good can be done through making the children appreciate the industrial richness of the Dominion. Yesterday 750 school children had free admission to the exhibition, and a similar number will be the exhibition’s guests again to-day. There are many attractions for the practical farmer, and to-day the Friesian breeders gave demonstrations of the quality of the breed. ENTERTAINMENTS The side-shows, of course, are all doing big business, and the showmen, inspired by prodigal patronage, are well warmed-up to their task. There will be the two picture programmes to-day, this evening a squad of Senior Cadets will give a vaulting display. At eight o’clock the pupils of Miss O’Leary will stage a dancing entertainment. The music outside is being provided by the Waterside Silver Band.