ANGLO-JAPANESE EXHIBITION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 91, 26 July 1910, Page 7

ANGLO-JAPANESE EXHIBITION

THE NEW ZEALAND PAVILION. London, May 27. A surprise visit was paid to the New Zealand pavilion at the ' Japan-British Exhibition on Wednesday by Prince Fushimi, of Japan, who was accompanied by Count Mutu. Lord Desborough, Sir John Cockburn, Mr. Imre Kiralfy, and several other gentlemen connected with the Japanese Embassy in London. The Prince made a lengthy tour of the pavilion. He gazed long at the portrait of the late Mr. Seddon, asking many questions .about him. and examined very closely a large photograph of a Maori village, studying almost every ta.ee m the picture. "Splendid fellows," was his comment o.n the Maoris. He was 'greatly interested in Mrs. Neilsen's collection of kauri sum specimens, and in the sporting trophies on the walls. He seemed astonished at 'the display of New Zealand meat and fruit in the refrigerator, and wanted to know how it was none. He also accepted a large parcel of literature on the subject of New Zealand.

I On leaving the pavilion, after spending J a quarter of an hour there, the Prince i exclaimed: "A most interesting exhibit, and jud.giii!>; by the pictures in the pavilion a mos) beautiful country!" Mr. Edward Wakefield, an ex-Colonial Secretary of New Zealand, and a nephew of the Colonel Wakefield who hoisted the British flag in Wellington, was visiting the pavilion at the time of Prince Fusliimi's visit, and Mr. Morrison, (the officer in charge, introduced him lo j the Prince, who displayed much interest in meeting a gentleman so closely assoei- | a ted with the earl y history of the Domin- ' ion. I The sporting, tourist and health see- | tions of the New Zealand exhibit are attracting much attention at the White City. There is a splendid collection of •b'cr head>-. including a number lent by j Mr. T. H. Uonn' from his private collecj tinn.