COLONIAL EXHIBITION IN LONDON.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 79, 6 December 1884, Page 3

COLONIAL EXHIBITION IN LONDON.

Tiie Royal Commission, to which will be entrusted the management of the great Colonial and Indian Exhibition in Kensington in ISSG, have not yet (says the " Argus's" London correspondent, writing on Oct. 10) been appointed, but probably will be about the end of this month. It is understood that Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen will receive a year's leave of absence from his duties as Director of the South Kensington Museum, so as to enable him to devote himself entirely to the arduous work which will devolve upon him as Official Secretary of the Royal Commission. The Prince of Wales is already warmly interesting himself in the scheme. It has been practically decided that separate buildings shall be erected for each important group of colonies, thus the Australian Colonies will have a separate structure, so will the Canadian Dominion, the Cape Colonies, and New Zealand. It is understood that the best position has been assigned to the Australian group. It is not desiied to merge the individuality of the separate colonies into one great continental collection. On the contrary, the Prince of Wales prefers that each should have a separate court ; but it will be suggested that a general collection, representative of the chiei products and manufactures of the whole of Australia, should be exhibited in one large gallery of the building. It is suggested that the Royal Commission should delegate the chief management of the courts to the Agent-General for each colony, or, no doubt, to any other authority the Government might choose to appoint. The reply of the Colonial Governments to the suggestion that they should contribute towards the guarantee fund is looked for with some anxiety.

' Mr and Mrs Howard Vincent, who stayed at Government House, Sydney, for ten days, have gone to Brisbane on a visit to the Governor of Queensland. Care will kill a cat. The care must be exercised in taking aim. It is extremely difficult, however, to hit one in the dark with a boot. " Next to a clear conscience " (aays Josh Billings), "for solid comfort cums an old ehu." Mv Wakefield, M.H.R. for Selwyn, says that Sir J. Vogel before he has done wil^ add to the public debt} £7tQOO>QOO.