INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 83, 28 September 1911, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION

AT CHRISTCHURCH. ,\ ;'■"% By Telegraph—Press Association. '"J Ghristchurch, Last Night. .-M Preparations for the Canterbury ''m Trades and Labor Council industrial ex- -:' M ■hibition, to be opened in a month'.. time/ Jf are in a forward condition. Valuable 's* assistance has been rendered the execu- ''M tave by the Industrial Association and"'-^ the Employers' Association, and the Wt-^'M ject promises to be very successful. An"ysl •pace has been allotted, and exhibit* will be representative of the industries; M of Canterbury, in addition to the Go- &m vernment exhibit. It is stated thai th»'HS| latter will be a very fine one. Tenders 'tl will be called shortly for a temporary '$H building to be ÜBed as a concert hs.ll. ' ,'J| The Advertising Committee is prepar- £sl ing a series of circulars dealing with '&R the respective local industries, and show- vM ing that if people inado a practice of $2 purchasing locally manufactured goods ■'"?% the population of the city would ,in- .;» crease in a few years to 150,000. the. H§ encouragement of local industries is the -"M main object of the exhibition. Many J £j| competitions will be provided, as well as ''Ji entertainments. The last-mentioned will '') l include the screening, tluae nights week- SI ly, of sj)ecially taken kinematograpb. ':-/ M films of local industries and of scenery of ' Jsl Canterbury. In order that the school children may fji reap the full educational benefit of tJM'&w exhibition, they will be admitted free oii'lffl certain days. *jjasß The funds for the preliminary expeaseSiMßj connected with tlie exhibition har«^l|| been provided by unions affiliated to theTrades Council, and the Finance Com-'' jf| mittcc will be in the happy position noi' % W to require to make a special appeal for I ;|h| funds. The present indications point to ■*%& the exhibition opening free from liabili- ■gS