MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1774, 9 August 1888, Page 1

MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

Melbourne, August G. The Piince of Wa ! es sent ;» telegram upon the opening of tlie Exhibi'ion. Members of Parliament entertained distinguished visitors at a bat qu-t on Saturday night. Five hundred guests were present. Admiral F.iirf**, in the course of his speech on colonic defmees saiJ th" final Hrrang'ment is that the Imperial Governm nt should provide fast cruisers and torpsdo vessels at the cost of £BOO,OOO. the colonies pajing a maximum sum if £92,000 yearly for maimenatice and a perccutage on the capita sum. The attendance at the Exhibition on Sat or lay Wflß 13.000, Sir William JVrvois visited the Now Zealand Court at the Exhibition this afternoon, and was conducted round the Court by Sir James Uector, the New Zealand Commissioner, August 7. At a banquet last night, given bj the Mayor to all the Governors present, Sir W, D, Jrrvois regntled that owing to Parliament being in session nonn of the New Zealand Ministers were able to be present.

Auckland. August fi. The special correspondent of the New Zealand Herald at the Melbourne Exhibition has sent the fol owing cable message to that journal :—"I regret to s«y that the mining exhibits in the N< w Zealand Court are a total fwiluf, and are bopelcss'y beatf-u by Tasmania, Queensland, and the other colonics. Immediate action is r« quired to remedy this fatal mistake, Mr Wbitefoord, who is at [resent here, h»s writen to Sir H. Atkinson, to contribute £IOO tow mis obtaining an adequate representation of the mineral resources of Nw Zea'and, and. so assisting in crea'ing confidence in the colony."