THE EXHIBITION DAY BY DAY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 30 March 1907, Page 2

THE EXHIBITION DAY BY DAY

(By Telegraph.—Special Service). Chrislchurch, March 2S. The Inhibition attendance cestenhn totalled Well over ten thousand, thougi the weather whs execrable most of 11k cbiy. This afternoon again there hai liei'ii frequent, rain, which has not seem oil to diminish Hie crowd at the Exhibi lion. The town is full of visitors fron the country, mid the excursionist traflh from Dunedin mid Wellington promise! easily to surpass all records. Apart from the cadets, several thou sands of school children have now visit ed the Inhibition in larger and smallei hodies, and hundieds from a distanc. have made a lasting stay. The lultei includes i ' ools from Napier in tie. North to '.ilnutau, near Invereargill. .\ party from Eketahnna is expected k arrive to-morrow. The crowded attrac lions of the Easter period will be fob lowed by a succession of special which are now taking definite form. "Wonderland" is arranging a. children's carnival for Saturday, (ith pros., with sports and races for' the little ones in conjunction with another search foi buried treasure. Nearly all the results of the judging of exhibits and home industries competitions have now been declared. The home industries' committee have experienced diiliculty in many cases in tracing the identity of competitors, in different sections, 'who ale represented by numbers but not their names. In {he open section of the literary competition, for example, the gold medal was won by number 51. The • Midge's report on the district court competition states that the general appearance of the exterior of the South Canterbury Court, which received firstaward, is most attractive. It consists of a series of arche.', and columns of wheat, oats, seeds, and wool are tr.-ated in a novel way, but the, kiosk in front, I hough artistic in desgu and execution, is an excrescence. The internal arrangement throughout is most attractive. The Auckland Court, which received second award, suffers from its position in not having a frontage to any of the main avenues. It is particularly well arranged, and I here is a brightness about the whole court which is very attractive. Trophies of Hags are introduced with good cll'ecf, anil the interior arrangement is Ihe best of those in the competition. South Canterbury excepted. The North Canterbury Court, which came third, is essentially a wool show. The wool is most admirably arranged, and probably the whole colouv could not have supplied a belter or more representative colled ion of lleeces. The Marlborough Court has much to recommend it. but the manner in which most of the wool is displayed is fatal to the general effect. The llawke's liay Court c.,n scarcely be considered a court, lieiii" rather a series of collections. The SoutlTlaml Court has au unpretentious front, and though the interior furnisliiii" is good, the representation of produce ami the resources of the district, (be arrangement is lacking in effect. The bavs of the West Coast' Court are well and tiiectjvcly arranged, and mainstavs of the court arc splendid collections of timber and minerals, while sundries include a magnilicenl collection of photographs and painting of scenery.