LATEST TELEGRAMS. THE EXHIBITION DAY BY DAY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 16 January 1907, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS. THE EXHIBITION DAY BY DAY

SWEATED INDUSTRIES EXHIBIT. By Telegraph.—Special Service. Christehurch, January 15. Tiie Exhiliition was well attended today, the Hcscs o' the Hani Hand proving a great attraction in tin- afternoon. The Wanganui .Maoris, who will form i|Uite a numerous detachment, are expected at the pa on l'i'i day. A contingent of Hawkc's Ray liativcs is also expected this week. The Fijian* are now giving performances of dances daily, instead of three iinies a week, and the sustained attendances are fully justifying the change. A new diversion organi cd l>y the Fiji ans in ferrying visitors to and from across the lake on one of their cjuaint catamaran-, i,. pvov,;g highly p'.pu ar.

"Sweated" indu-tiii* exhibit, whu i are now being arranged in the labour Department's court, aii'or-1 a striking contrast between the New Zealand la hour conditions and the circumstance., of some of the wretched worker., in the great cities of the Uhl Country. The exhibits were elected from a sweated industries' exhibition held in London at the beginning of last year, to expose the awful conditions under which some of the poor workers of the metropolis slave out their lives. The large number of artificial flowers to be seen in the collection now in Christchurch represent one of .the crudest of London's home industries. Throehalfpence an hour is the average cam ings of those engaged in this work. The prices paid for making roses vary from 3s 6d per gross to Is 4d. The evils of cardboard box making are also illustrated. By twelve hours' constant application, trained fingers can earn Is 3d at this work. Whirls are shown which were finished in some cases by women dying of consumption at 2d a dozen, and others made ,ai tirely for Id and 2d each, workers pro viding their own, needles, thread and Jn&euines. Women's is shown, which was paid for at the following rate: chemises, Is to Is !)d peldozen, taking 14 to l(i hours to make; combinations, 7d and Bd, seven and 10 hours; infants' robes. Is each, 12 to 14 hours; divided skirts, 2s, two days: children's woollen dresse e Is, one ami a half to two days. A "day" fre quently lasts several hours after midnight. "Broo'msgrovc" nails are shown, for which the manufacturing wage is «Vid for 1130, and match boxes made" at the rate of 2d a gro-s. As many of the articles were made by persons 'suffering from contagious diseases, they have ad been fumigated again by the Health Department prior to exhibition. It is hoped to have them properly displayed by Thursday. This will be a' great day at the Exhibition—the Axemen's Carnival, with items by the Bess&s Band intcrspers cd, a band performance in the evening, and "Wonderland's" floral fete coming on the same day.

Hie Axemen's Carnival will bo. oiuof the largest meetings of its kind ever held in the colonies, and the largest in respect of numbers of champion* competing. The axemen who will take part include many men ot magnificent physique, and tiw pliop ping and 'sawing contests shou'd afford some fine sights. The performance of the Besses Band on the sports ground to-night was witnessed by one of the largest crowds that have yet iisembled then:. The weather being for the first time perfectly suitable, elaborate iliumma tions, prepared by Pain and/ Sons, London, were lighted up. forming a spectacle of remarkable beauty. The entire sports ground was festooned with coloured lights, strings of lanterns formed a charming picture near the rotunda, and the rotunda itself ivas picked out i-verywlierc with scores of coloured lights. The illuuiinations will be made a feature of t»" band performances as often as weather nermits.