WHEN THE SHOW OPENS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1018, 8 July 1930, Page 10

WHEN THE SHOW OPENS

ATTRACTIVE EXHIBITS AT CENTRAL WHARF

TOMORROW AT 2 P.M.

Exhibits ore loginning to take form at the Central Wharf buildings, where i the Auckland Winter Exhibition will , b© opened tomorrow afternoon by Ui e , Mavor. Mr. George Baildon. A\ here j but a few hours ago gaunt frameworks J of stalls stood with a coldly desolate j air, this morning bright and decorative * designs were beginning to hide rough j cardboard partitions. Articles of every j conceivable use and varied value will ; bo laid out later today and tomorrow morning. . Order has risen out of chaos unae. the busy hands of many workmen. When the final touches have been put j to the stall fronts, and electric lights , begin to gleam and twinkle under varicoloured decorative fittings, the scene j will indeed be an attractive one. The ; romance and glamour of on Eastern 1 market will be rivalled by the allurement of a walk between The rows of stalls, each the creation of an expert in his particular line. The carpenter has been succeeded by the commercial artist and the paperhanger in all but one of the three buildings, and the background of | nearly every stall is now presenting a vista as vast as it is unexpected. Hills : to the right, a wide valley through j which a lazy river slowly winds its . way, a back lawn and kitchen garden j of unbelievable neatness, and a heavily • wooded slope, pay their silent tribute { to the advance of art in advertising during the past year. In front of all | these varied scenes, which one ca.n I view by looking, as it Mere, from dir- j ferent magic windows on the one side j of a house, the visitor will see the ! latest in housekeeping labour-saving t devices, as in mechanical music repro- J ducerg, and in the little inventions * which make life worth while, as well as in the major ones which play a prominent parr in New Zealand’s prosperity. . Exhibits were being arranged this , morning in the needlework and home industries sections, and the exhibits j from the various schools will be in j position long before the public begins j to stream into the buildings. Exhibits in the livestock section will j be changed every two days, so that j there will be five sets of animals in i the show. The first four days will j see the 'Kennel Club’s show, in which ! 900 dogs will take part, and this will j be followed by the poultry exhibition. Commercial rabbits will be on display j for two days. In addition, there will be exhibits of j cakes, and the New Zealand champion- ' ship for the best commercial loaf of ; bread will be decided. The amusement sections will be as large as ever, many of the familiar devices being already at the sheds.

The exhibition will be opened at two o'clock tomorrow .afternoon, and will be open to the public every afternoon and evening until July 19.