WINTER SHOW

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1023, 14 July 1930, Page 10

WINTER SHOW

THE WORKING EXHIBITS GOOD ATTENDANCE A young man who should hav« been without a care in tha world, shaking violently under the stress of some great emotion. Or so it seemed to visitors at p* Winter Exhibition this morning, As [ a matter of fact he was merely one 1 the working exhibits. He srss q*. I monstrating the use of a patera j weight-reducing belt. A number of manufacturers’ stalls at | the show have these features. The* ! are cakes and scones in the process «f baking, machines that gush forth yards of a popular sweetmeat—which ■is then cut up into small cubes and | wrapped in paper, all before the ia- ! terested eyes of visitors. Thoufh it , is midwinter, ice cream is being mtfc j and sold. The Gas Company is givin demonstrations of -washing and irae- , ing. and the orange drink-manufac-turing business is in full swing. Walking down one of the siriw i show visitor might, if he closed his eyes, imagine himself in a talking picture theatre. But he would nert to close his eyes, for the sound alow is there. The New Zealand firm •' talkie manufacturers which is exhilriting has not the space to project films. The machine used is different fra the ordinary type in that all the w*£i are constructed together. Usually the sound mechanism is bolted under the projector. SATURDAY’S RECEIPTS With each successive pepalarity of the show has increased, (to . Saturday a particularly large croiFt thronged the building, and though th* attendance was not quite up to tha: \ jof the corresponding day last yt»r i the largest gate-takings to data were j provided. . Tlie gate receipts amounted to , 13s 6d. a decrease of J£ compare; 1 with the first Saturday of 3*2 Weather conditions have been ra* ! this year, accounting for tha fain* ! off. The total for the first four 4«s'* j is .£1.614 6s 6d. compared with in 3 929. This evening the Mount Eden B*r Band will play and two free programmes will be given. The programme for tomorrow is as follow*-” 10 a.m.. scone baking competit iem fc* primary school girls: 2 p.m ..free IjfcM* , programme, featuring * PaperFJffVlure*' and “The Valley of End**ment”: scone baking c empetitka : primary- school girls: 2.56 p.nu minute lecturette by Mr. C. T. ; Chief Sanitarv Inspector, Anckhx . City Council. * The Rat Menace”: | p.m.. St. Andrew’s Pipe Band, free W' turc programm: S p.m.. five-minuteia-turette by Mr. H. Wright 'CultiT»P*~ jof Citrus Fruits”; S.lO p.m.. free fw* ture programme. FINE ENTRIES POULTRY SHOW AWAMS [ Fine entries were received f° r i Auckland Poultry. Pigeon and Club's fifth annual show, held in/**' junction with the Winter ExhiUJ*' Following are the results of 3°®* judging: MODERN AND OLD ENSUS* GAME Modern Game.—Clark red rock: Mason. 1 and 2. H«'n: V. Mason. 1 2. Pullet: W. Mason. 1. . Old English Game — Black - cock: .T. Hannah. 1. Partridge McUren. 1. Black-breasted v A. E. Siebert. 1. Partridge pn** • , Bust. 1. Bright or ginger red coc*- . Saunders. 1. Clay or wheaten - William Bish. 1. Dockwing W. Wood. 1. Hen: K--1. Cockerel. E. Hutchens, L , j let: E. Hutchins, 1. Pile cock. Perry. 1. Hon: D. Saunders. 1. cock: Miss P. A. Puckering. 1. Kish. 1. Cockerel: W. Bish. 1- * E. Bust. 1. Blue red cock: D. , dors. 1 Hen: J Hannah. 1 Ro X Fielder. 1. Pullet: Rex I Brown red hen: E. McLaren. 3•E. Mcl-aren. 1. Pullet : E. I A. O. C. Pullet: Miss P. A- PuckeraFANCY POULTRY j J T-angshans.—Cock and Br- win. 1 Minorca. Black hen J*, Ambler. 1. English I^*r . ho C n ' A %* .Oik: W. Bish. 1. Cockerel: T ‘ nerlev. 1. American I-eßhorn-Starr. 1. Hen: I*. Starr. 3 *;. * IK Starr. 1. Wyandot J F. Skinner. 1. < VwkeroLE; ’%** Pullet: A. Rowles. 1. "V* , (>***? ; Stewart. 1. Hen: J. land millet: J. Stewart. 1. G Flow son 1 Plymouth hen: W. Bish. 1.