A COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME. Wellington, Dec. 1.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 322, 5 December 1888, Page 4

A COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME. Wellington, Dec. 1.

Mr Twoi'E.w, who has been in Wellington tor a considerable bimo, is in consultation with tho Government on the subject of thu Dunedin Exhibition of next year, and has submitted a comprehensive scheme for , l heir consideration. The idea is to enlist the sympathies; of the Ministry on behalf of the Exhibition, and g"i\G it a national instead of a local chai acter. Mr Twopeny is confident from the encouragement received thafc his object will bo attained, and that the Government will give the pn-jecc coni siderable suppoit. From the following synopsis, of the chin*" points of the scheme it will be seen that ie ie? of quite an imposing natuip. Bes-ides the usual industrial por- , tion, it is intended to develop fully twelve special departments. (1) The early history department is to show piccuresquely and clearly the manner of life in the first days of the colony. (2) .Realistic scenes will be given of Maori life and customs. (3) South Sea Islands department, to .set forth, not only the products and manufactines ot the Pacific, but aKo the habits of the natives of tlio South Seas. With thi^ in view it is* proposed to introduce Islanders who shall ply trades and manufactuies and display their customary frtyle of life for the benefit of visitors. Department 4 will be devoted to science, and will display the minerals of the colony and the flora and fauna to utmost advantage. The whole will be made peculiaily atirautive. The Australasian Association is being in\ited to hold its next annual meeting: in Dunedin for the purpose of rendering this department of greater interest. No. sis to be a tourists' court, and will contain pictures of native scenery, paintings, pamphlet^ and afford all information neces-s-ary to travellers. This will be supplemented by No. 6, the inquiry bureau, where all statistics and data ot a practical nature will be gi\en to inquirers. Officer.? from the Go\ernment Land Office wi 1 supply e\eiy possible information necessary to people anxious to settle in the coluny. In Depaitment 7 will be shown processes of manufacture. In No. 8. the "Workman's Uepaitment," eflorts of individual skill as comj pared with the products of companies, in I iact the little artisan will be ghen a place to show against the big capitalist. In No. 9 education will be represented, Sir Robert Stout ha\ing the organisation of collection, etc. It is anticipated that Sirßobeit Mill gain much of value from Melbourne. No. 10 will be the Art Department, and ie isj hoped through the good offices of OoJ vernor Onslow, who knows personally many of the possessors of uictiue-s in the magnificent, loan collection of paintings at Melbourne, that many ol these may be obtained for exhibition. No 11, machinery applicable to New Zealand. No 12, last but not least, Intercolonial Court, to which all the colonies, not only Australasia, but Fiji, Canada, India, West Indies, South Africa shall contribute products mauufactuics, etc., ;.nd promote the commerce and uni'y of the empire. The Exhibition, as projected, will last from November, 1889, till April, 13D0.