EXHIBITION UNDER WAY

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1019, 9 July 1930, Page 10

EXHIBITION UNDER WAY

CITY AND COUNTRY JOIN HANDS SIGNIFICANT STORY OF MANUFACTURES

HUGE displays of the growing manufacturing power of the City and the flourishing agricultural wealth of the prov. ince appeared almost at a moment's notice under the deft min istrations of gangs of workmen at Central Wharf this mom' ing. This businesslike hurry represented the last-minnt* achievements in preparing the Auckland Winter Exhibition for the opening ceremony this afternoon. For ten day*. Auckland will have a practical proof that manufacturing industry and agricultural production intend to march side by side more than ever in New Zealand.

The Auckland Manufacturers’ Association and the Agricultural and Pastoral Association devote unfailing I energy and purpose to the Winter Exhibition. Today, after repeated successes, with tremendous attend- , ances, it is. recognised as an event telling a significant story of industrial and agricultural ambition. For ten days to come, remarkable bustle and the facts to be gleaned from amazing scries of stalls will tell a story of rapid advances in the production of Auckland city and prov- , ince, aild*of the immense importance of this progress to New Zealand as a whole. Behind the committee con trolling the Winter Exhibition areyears of unflinching endeavour until achievement became a living thing. Particularly has this been the case with the manufacturers of Auckland. They are winning their true position now. The public is being educated to an increasing degree to appreciate the bonds, ever extending between the land and the factory. This is the story of purpose which the Winter Exhibition really represents. The meaning of the array of stalls and divisions in the exhibition area is that industrial power is necessarily a thing to be fostered, and that industry has a relation to agricultural advancement to be recognised as an essential in consolidating the economic position of New Zealand. This year's exhibition is on a truly j ambitious scale. Mr. J. Findlay, joint manager of the exhibition with Mr. W. F. O'Donnell,! held out the highest hope today for; the success of the exhibition. At last, year's exhibition there had been an attendance verging on 140,000 —surely proof of the support given the event by the public—and, continued Mr. Findlay, there was sufficient justifleatilon to expect another wholly satisfactory attendance this year. SOUND WORKING BASIS The large committee handling the j arrangements for the exhibition had spared no effort to place the exhibition on an even sounder working basis From the opening this afternoon in the entertainment hall at the exhibition, at which the Mayor, Mr. G. Baildon, and the joint presidents. Messrs. G. Finn and J. T. F. Mitchell spoke, the exhibition would run with the utmost smoothness, in accordance with the complete arrangements agreed upon. There woud be a sufficiency of j entertainment on the lines of the pro- J grammes which proved such a success last year. Further, the general display per- j haps was more representative than that last year. This was a position extremely gratifying to the committee, particularly in view of the talk fre-, quently heard that prosperity and j business solidity could not be expected at the present time. Mr. Findlay’s comments are fully borne out by even a cursory inspection of the exhibition area. But, is a cursory examination possible at the exhibition? One’s interest is gripped immediately on entering either exhibition hall immediately inside the ? gates. The belief that there is strong purpose behind the efforts to- show the real quality of manufacture and agri- ; culture is instantly supported. Here, a display of sleekly comfortable cars to speak of the ability of New Zealand workmen in assembling motor there a convincing exhibition of New Zealand building materials, roofing tiles, or concrete wall fixtures. Nearby, specimens of farm machinery will be clattering and whirring as proof of the up-to-date methods on the farms of the province. In this variety lies much of the significance of the exhibition. ASTONISHING VARIETY One can dwell easiiv on the astonishing j variety of the display. In one, spacious hall, magnificent country courts showing the quality of the produce of the Whangarei aud the Te Kuiti districts face each other. Close at hand are smoothly purring machines typifying industry. There are new notions, too. There is surely a note of progress j in the appearance of a display for airplane taxis to he operated from Harn-j ilton and Auckland. Then, with a j distinctively English touch, there is a caravan trailer for motor tourists. 1 Spreading effectively across the eVI of one large hall is an immense display showing the operations of the Department of Agriculture for weed j State Forest Service. There, one can ■ see the section of the trunk of a j kauri tree which was growing vigor- j ously when Columbus discovered j America, the new sodium chlorate; spraying treatment approved by the Department of Agrculture for weed ; destruction—tests have shown it to be 100 per cent, efficient on ragwort— ■ or the latest methods for bettering i farm management and land production. All of the greatest interest to dairymen, sheep owners or small farmers. There is a Maori touch in the decoration schemes of several important stalls. Always at band is the interest of the Auckland Kennel Club’s show, where satisfied dogs await the pro-1 nouncements of the judges, or the! cheerfully discordant sounds of dug-: ters of sideshows. Oil and motor spirit concerns and rubber manufacturers are associated! closely with motor-car displays this J year. Turning from these stalls, one 1 can be engrossed sufficiently in New j Zealand woodwork, wine production, ! hardware, health products, farm I machinery, fur farms and industrial rabbits, butter and cheese of superb

• quality, home appliances , n d tastoves, ami a hundred and one I just as varied. I And all this variety i s simp], ing to the really efficient operatkt, ; the exhibition As the roachim? of some colo, industry, the working parts of • organisation of the exhibition are t ginning to move impressively t, , j tain achievement even in adTaac? J that of recent years. The stalls i the cogs of the machine; strong, | ful power comes from industry »- | agriculture. “WINDOW OF Provinceprosperity AND CO-OPERATION MR. G. FINNS ADDRESS “The shopwirdow of th« prowince,’’ was the description giver ts the Auckland Winter Exhibition by Mr. G. Finn, president of tfe« • Auckland M anuf acturers' Assoc ation, and joint president of Exhibition Committee, speaking the opening ceremony this after noon. ‘ Products of the land and of lie 1 factory are found here under the er* roof, as they should be.” continued Finn. *ln my opinion there i* to, difference, since both are essential the welfare of the community. Tb* man on the land is performing a i vice to the community and we could not live or prosper without the pitducts of his labour—but the same esi be said of the man in the factory, tv ; are neecessary one to another. Ear is a link in the chain and orr pro? perity depends on the manner ir arfcid the various interests * are dovetail* I There should be perfect harmony :: we are to obtain best results." For those who wanted figures, the were available in the Chamber of Coemerce Journal, and the exhibits thea- { selves were arranged specially for a.spectlon. said Mr. Finn. Practicalwly no progress had be; • made with the unemployment probter. I the speaker pointed out. A caa : tnittee set up to investigate had bra#: down a report recommending the sr.ting up of an Employment Board It deal with an unemployment inFunac scheme to which payments ti! £1.000,000 would be made. A MB a these lines was to come before Parlitment shortly. “A large section of the conumair is of the opinion that this would h ; the only solution to the problem, bm I ! am convinced that unemployment mi eurance would be an irretrievable mi*- | take and would cost the country Ur more than it can afford to pay. in addition to running the morale of tb* community.” Mr. Finn said. He vif certain it could never effect a am