THE EXHIBITION DAY BY DAY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 57, 12 March 1907, Page 2

THE EXHIBITION DAY BY DAY

Hy Telegrapli.-Special Service. clmreli, March 11. ~ , J'"! WIIS 11 "tendance at the hxlt.btion to-day. Air Munro, OnI' 1 Manager, states tlui't there Ims - 11 ">arked increase lately In the jvo.-pt of various side shows anrf J*<'iiiiiaaton • » fei.mt.il Mr Scott, Coiuuiis«l<>»<;r ior Soutl, Australia, to display ' .1 hi'ijj .ifiit of Australian grapes around tli! fountain in the main dome of the '..\liilntlirj/ii| lui till* «ume [position as A 1 occupied b ,, Nw Zealand-grown % If "pes luest week. This shipment of ' g apes arrived at the Uluff to-day i,,r \ ""ow.il and should be on view at the Exhibition on Wednesday next' lenders nro being invited for the imrchase in one lot for removal of the machinery hall and main building ot the Exhibition, w.th the exception of the concert hall, fernery and lavatories. Delivery will be gi Vl . n not ' later than .May 15th, and four clear mouth* thereafter will be nl.owed for removal. Tenders are to be addressed to the Minster-iii-Charge of the Inhibition. Mr of Na- , is to give a aer es of organ recitals in the concert hall on Thursday, f; Friday and Saturday next. Mrs Buekeridge, of (iisborne (nee Maude Hewson). formerly of the Pollard Opera" Company, has been engaged to eontrl- ,! mile to the programmes of the forthcoming popular concerts, and it Is pus- ... Ml.il! that the services of Mrs Krnest' Javis (nee M.as Marion Mitchell) will lie engaged. Saturday, 23rd inst., being Anniversary Day In Olago, the I n ion Co. have decided to ruu Speciai on the evening of Friday, 22nd inst., returning from Christchurcli by the 7.4,> train from Christchurcli to Lyttelton on Saturday, 23rd inst. This excursion will enable visitors to spend Anniversary Day at the Exhihkjon without involving them in any log* 0 f time. Demonstrations of force feeding with ten white Plymouth ltoeks and White Wyandottes, which have just come to hand, will be a novel feature in the Agricultural Department's court, having much interest for poultry farmers. JJirds will be weighed before fattening process begins, and again after a fortnight or three weeks' progress, Members of fire brigades in different parts of the colony ue already arriving in (own to take part in competitions v wh cli commence next Tuesday on. the sports ground. The presentation of ■pr.zes Is fixed for Friday night, and ■Saturday will see the drawing of tM art union, for which thirty 'thousand tickets have been sold.