MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1785, 4 September 1888, Page 1

MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

Melbourne, September 1

During (he m ( onth 312,000 peop’e visited the exhibition, and the' receipts for admission were £15,600. London, August 30.

Mr Henry Labouchere, in Truth, publishes a severe article on the manigomenfc of the Melbourne Exhibition. Ho compares the management with what he calls the “ South Kensington gang,” and alleges that a certain, ring hits been formed for the purpose of charging exhibitors for space (or which they wer" previously not supposed to have - to pay. An article appears in frith, irt which it is sla'cd that the Victorian Civi: Service must bi ov»'r manned, if the official* have leisure to manage lbs M> 1bourne Exhibition. . It ia b-'lit-ved that Truth’s strictuns cn the management of the Melbourne Exhibition are founded on facts. The Lancashire . ComiaiHee appointed an agent to proceed to Melbourne to loc k after the exhibits, and to me*t the cost charged each exhibitor wi'h a proportion according to the space allotted him, Many of the <xhibitors objected to the charge, on the grounds that liny had their own ng nts at the Exhibition, hut the charge was mad" compu s >ry. no’withstanding. the fiit issU"d by the JVlelbourne Commissioners that' space ,was.uLutltd free. The Committee went so far as to threaten the -exhibitors that no space would be allotted them unless the charges were paid.