The 1929 Show is Broader, Brighter and Better than Ever

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 706, 4 July 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)

The 1929 Show is Broader, Brighter and Better than Ever

Getting, Together TOWN AND COUNTRY REPRESENTED Spirit of Co-operation FE need for a greater spirit of co-operation between town and country has long been realised in the North and nothing has helped toward that end more than the Winter Exhibition. Here is displayed the products of farm and factory. It is an impressive showing', and one that cannot fail hut to inspire confidence in the future of the province.

The Auckland Winter Show, as It was then styled, was originally organised by the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, which carried it on in alternate years until the war in 1914. During the war period it was allowed to lapse, and it did not function again until 1921.

In 1923 the Manufacturers’ Association joined in the movement and carried on what is now known as the Auckland Winter Exhibition. It was from this time that the exhibition began to set out on its most important objective, apart from advertising the potentialities of the province, that of welding together town and country in one big organised display. The result has proved very successful and

as each year passes the exhibition grows steadily in size and influence. Old-time shows in New Zealand were often regarded as places where rustics met and talked about the contagion of mammitis in their milking herd, and where endless lines of school children gazed uncomprehending at huge slabs of butter and impressive lumps of cheese. Everybody went on the merry-go-round—that was part of the show —and when the day’s allocation of family funds was exhausted, everybody went home happy. That class of show was but the half-way house along the road of evolution from the old English and Continental fair to the present-day exhibition of intense scientific and educative purpose. The lessons of the past are encompassed in examples of the present, and education is now linked hand in hand with entertainment, and the result is—the Auckland Winter Exhibition. What is the winter show for? It is not a get-together social event of the old order. It is a get-together function of far greater magnitude and influence. It is, in fact, the force which is doing more than anything else to reconcile the seemingly inconceivable viewpoints of town and country. ULTIMATE BENEFITS First and foremost, the Winter Exhibition is a grand pageant of the production of the province, and while

there is nothing superficially inspiring in a bountiful display of root crops, and a bulky mass of dairy produce, the comprehensive representation throughout the whole show of the products of the land and the manufactures they create brings all interests to a common basis.

Directly there is no financial gain; indirectly there is Dominion-wide benefit through the accumulation of the exhibits which reveal better and more advanced methods of production and treatment; ultimately its reflex is in the added prosperity and financial stimulus of the country through the sale of higher grade produce and by the more self-reliant demeanour of industries within New Zealand itself.

Originally an agricultural and pastoral show —or fair as it was termed in the Old World—was held so that goods could be paraded for direct sale to the people. The merits of the produce constituted their selling value. So it is today on a much wider scale. By the Winter Exhibition the people are able to discern accurately what the Auckland Province is capable of producing. Figures of production are telling in a degree; but they do not remain in the memory. The thought of an attractive display at the Winter Show is retained throughout the whole year, and its lesson is learned with hundredfold clarity by the observer. The fair of the past has been brought up-to-date. The work is still going on steadily and progressively. Transport improvement has brought the lone working farmer into close touch with his manufacturing friend in the city, and the Winter Exhibition is cementing this association by showing the farmer on the one hand that the secondary phases of production mean money spent and men employed, and convincing the manufacturer on the other that the production of butter-fat and root crops involves more than the scattering of grain and implicit faith in the generosity of Providence, UNITY OF PURPOSE Class prejudice representing the town and the country is tottering before this mingling of interests. Producer, manufacturer, worker, child and parent are all displayed on the common platform for public analysis. An illustration of this comes readily. A farmer in conversation with a prominent show oflicial at Auckland this week was asked if he were going to the show to see the display of his co-farmers’ endeavours. His reply was surprising. "I see enough of my own stuff at home,” he said, “but I am going to see something of the manufactures.” This sentiment doubtless is conversely manifest, showing a readiness on both sides for an understanding handclasp. ALL ESSENTIAL Which is the primary industry, that of the man who grows the wheat, or that of the man who makes the machinery with which he ploughs, harrows and garners the grain? All services are essential. A nation that devotes itself exclusively to agricultural and pastoral pursuits cannot

hope to progress very rapidly. For one thing, it is in these days out of step with the world.

Thus exhibitions such as that which opened this week are o£ the greatest importance both to the city worker and the man on the land. Its results are threefold. Firstly, and most important, it is educational; secondly, though it cannot be calculated in terms of pounds, shillings and pence, it possesses a definite commercial and advertising value; while, thirdly, is its social effect.

Isolation is the breeding ground of stagnation. Throughout history progress has followed the interchange of views and the comparison of wares, first between districts and provinces, and then, as means of transport and communication have improved, between countries, until today nations are competing openly on the market of the world, where New Zealand products have won a high place. A display of primary products within four walls brings to the city worker a better idea of the immense productivity of our province; it enables him to view in better perspective the great wealth of our butter and cheese industry, which is a material factor in the prosperity of the Auckland Province. Town and country are brought together, and the manufacturer is brought into touch with the producer of the raw material. It enables the farmer to see the standard of efficiency reached by New Zealand manufacturers and does much to break down the prejudices that" have for a long time existed between town and country.

RECKITT’S KARPOL

All interesting exhibit at the Auckland Winter Exhibition is a practical demonstration of dry-cleaning a motorcar without the use of water. The stall is situated next to the Entertainment Hall in Shed No. 11, and attractively set up and included in the stall is a latest model Baby Austin car.

Reckitt’s Karpol demonstrations are being given on duco-plates on which mud is first splaslied and then cleaned off -with Karpol and brought to a brilliant polish. Surprising though it is, Karpol does all this without scratching the finish, and without the use of water.

Karpol is equally good for duco or paint and varnish coach-work, whether new or after renovation. Karpol will remove oil, grease and tar, and it is a revelation to see that greasy mark cleaned away so easily and so effectively. It is done in a second, leaving a dry, clean surface. There are so many things that Karpol will do—those spots on the windscreen and the stains from the sidecurtains —they will all yield to the influence of Karpol. One tin of Karpol and two cloths is all that is necessary, and it is so quick, easy and clean in its application. The manufacturers, who have established such well-known lines as Reckitt’s Blue, Brasso, Zebo Stove Polish, and other polishes of a similar nature, have put their reputation behind Reckitt’s Karpol, so there is no fear it will not do what is claimed for it. In fact, Karpol is already established in every part of the world where it has been demonstrated. The price of Karpol is 'only 2s a tin, sufficient to clean a car several times. The demonstrators will be only too pleased to demonstrate to patrons, in fact, they may try Karpol themselves.—9.