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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 13 February 1907, Page 2

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THE EXHIBITION DAY BY DAY

J)y Telegraph—(Special N.-ruc,-. Christchurch, February 1-. The JJaod Contest in which hie "innhoice" oeicaion Vii.-, "< uiim-n.vil 1..-..-iKii'iiuig "i: tiso sports ground provul ijiiiuft large attraction at tin- jixhibi .1011, bandsmen and ihcir friends from .ivery part of tin; colony being present in large numbers.. The orchestral ' concert held in tlio concert hall at traded a large attendance, and William Monk, of Sydney, who gave an organ 1-i'titnl, bad'also highly sntijdac tory audience. Air ,\lon'k showed himself to be one of I In.- mot, gifted organist who „avc been heard in the '■"" cert hull, and tiis rccit.nl was greaty appivi'iuej Ui , | )r() . )Kll . Cvri| . i nnk of the Inhibition orchestra, I'lii.vwl two v.olm ,ol„ s , wil |, „,.„.,„ ~e '■"inpillililli-i11.,. Jt 1,.,, |, t .,. u 1 i; j11 ,:,,.|„ allied thai tin: Fiji.,,,., will 1( ,. 1V ., { i their bom--, ~,day. ~ Tlu ;.;,, ' Q ' ul '' I„, Ah.nnka, an their journey i„ the Moura! 1 1- li.-n. J'outk .\|,ni4i. r ;„ ~1..,,.,,„ 0f■,.,, Inhibition w tt Hie pci.onnam,- by the flawke's l!av ""I'vi's i" the pah thi„ afternoon'. J lien- was a ,argc altendanee of ;;„■ l'lil'lk. lb,- \.Z. Ilatlalion of \\elJlllgtoi, school cadets, who have bee,, encamped at the Exhibition, left, for .North to-day. Colonel Loveday ad d'e,sed the lads before U ey ,00k iheir departure, stating that he was sure both officers and Hoys would benefit by the excclL-nt \v;.-ek's training they had I. A battalion of cadets from tlreyiuouth is expected to arrive on Thursday, one from North Otago on Friday, and 0110 from the Waiiu-

rapa on the 20th inst. The site of the encaminneut will be occupied without n break, it i s expected, till Uls closing of the Exhibition. At least, one department of the educational side of the Exhibition receives very close attention from the public, and that is 'the demonstrations 01 fruit preserving given from time to I line in the Canadian Court bv the Co\ eminent Canning Expert JJr Ja•flics. Croups of over a hundred Indues follow these tl/.-moijitratiiJiis with, the greatest interest plying Mr ■laoucs with questions and returning from time to time to elicit further information 011 obscure points. A» the

result of successive demonstralioiis a. collection of several hundred bottles of fruit and vegetaDlcs canned tlms publicly iu the Exhibition forma quite .an interesting exhibit in the Agricultural Court. The greatest gathering of firemen ever held in the colony will take place from March 1(1 to 24, after the second season of the Besses o' Hi' liarn, when the annual Xcw Zealand Fire Brigade Competitions will be held on the Exhibition sports grounds. It is expected that fully 100 teams from all parts of the colony; and including some from Australia, .will take pari. A large number of New Zealand teams and two from the other sale have aready entered. The competitions will be on a larger scale tiuin lias ever been seen in the colony before, and over .CGOO will be given in prizes. A torchlight procession on the. liivcr Avon anil water displays on the Avon and Victoria Lake will be attractive features. Tile llessen second season will commence on February 28th. The attendance to-dav was 1-1,0011.