THE EXHIBITION DAY BY DAY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 22 February 1907, Page 2

THE EXHIBITION DAY BY DAY

By Telegraph,—Special Service. Christ church, February 21. To-day has been a day of days at the Exhibition, and the attendance has been large from opening till closing time. The baby Bhow, athletic sporte Dieting, boomerang throwing, and Christian EndeavQfer Union 1 llfemon- 1 station formed a variety of special attractions that has seldom been matched. Over live hundred babies had boon entered for the show before the entries finally closed and there WW quite four hundred on exhibition including half a dozen pairs of twin?.; They were ranged n four lines down the main corridor of the Kxhibition, and were judged by Mrs Vield, Nurse Ensorn, and General Manager G. fcj. Murro in batches of about twenty in the Commissioners' room. Soon after 8 o'clock Mr Musty the! results, and stated 'that the show had

been, he believed, the biggest of tha kind ever held in the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly the biggest in the colony. Kvery child; was presented : with a certificate of attendance. The 1 youngsters were ou their best beha- . viour throughout the proceedings, and . the show afforded entertainment to a . large number of tiie public. Simul- , taneously the first day's sports of the • New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association were IHI3 on the sports ground, M m presence of a fair attendance, Tha - exhibition "Cf boomerang throwing by nn Australian expert created a good Seal of interest by its novelty, but the success of the. performance was spoiled somewhat by the wind. The demonstration in the concert hall by the Christian Endeavour Union in tha evening attracted a large audience, Mr Monro has written to Lieut. Bcntley warmly thanking him for his services in connection with the recent band contest, and placing on record his view of the very satisfactory manner in which Lieut. Bentley curried out his duticS as judge. A sign, "Seat Apiary," oxeeuted in letters of Honeycomb by busy bees, has been placed in position over the flne display of honey m the Argicultuial Department's Court. An attractivo notice states that th* sign is an example of what bees can do when under control. Advice has been received by Mr A. J. Scott, South Australian Commissioner, that two tons of grape* from that State to bo disposed of in t lie Exhibition buildings, will be shipped in tme to arrve 11 Chrstchurch by ths end o{ the current month. On CTii Saturday "week wll bo given the first display of daylight fireworks, and ou February -Stii the Besses iiafid will commence a second season of twelvo afternoons »i« twelve «v«ning performances The attendance at tho Exhibition to-day mohjld the iiigls, total of 21,570.