EXHIBITION CROWDS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1022, 12 July 1930, Page 10

EXHIBITION CROWDS

HIGHLAND DANCING AND MUSIC THIS EVENING DECREASE IN RECEIPTS There was a seething mass of people moving along the great corridors of the Auckland Winter Exhibition last evening and their numbers formed a recoi J for the show* to date. Throughout the day large crowds passed through the gates, and with the judging of the more important sections having taken place, everything has settled down and is in full swing. Displays continue to attract the large crowds, and one in particular, the Akarana Maori Association’s stall, where natives are seen making mats, etc., in the native way, is commandingmuch attention. Many of the other stalls have had additions made to them, and the show generally has shown much improvement since the opening day. The great interest yesterday was the Kennel Club's show, in which the classes shown during the twfco previous days were replaced by other breeds. These are all being shown again today, and this morning it was one of the features of the exhibition. The judging of the scone-baking competition for primary school girls did not take place this morning according to programme, but will be included in the programme of events for Monday. Quite a number of mothers were attracted this morning to one of the sections where Miss Statham gave a five-minute lecturette on “Home Nursing.” HIGHLAND DANCING

Early this afternoon the Auckland Highland and National Dancing Society’s programme started, and this interesting feature is to be continued again this evening. Rater in the evening the St. Andrew’s Pipe Band will be in attendance. The gate-takings yesterday amounted to £361 3s. compared with £450 on the corresponding day last year. The total for the first three days of the exhibition is £B4l 13s as against £ 897 in 1929.

The programme for Monday is as follow’s: —10 a.rn., Auckland Gas Company’s Cake Competition to be delivered to the Exhibition. Rarge poultry and ducks to be penned ready for judging. Scone baking competition for primary school girls. 2 p.m., free picture programme. Scone baking competition for primary school girls. 2.30 p.m., fiveminute lecturette by the Rev. A. B. Chappell, “Old Auckland.” 2.45 p.m., free picture programme featuring “Vintage,” and “Winter Playgrounds.” 7.30 p.m., Mount Eden Boys’ Band. Free picture programme, “The Auckland Royal Show’,” featuring the Interhouse Girls’ display. 8 p.m., five-minute lecturette by Mr. C. T. Haynes, chief sanitary inspector, Auckland City Council, “The Rat Menace.” 8.10 p.rr., free picture programme.