THE EXHIBITION.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 5 April 1926, Page 12

THE EXHIBITION.

MAGNETIC DRAW. SATURDAY’S TRIUMPH. DUNEDIN, April 4. For the Second time in tho course of its history a record attendance at tho. Exhibition on Saturday passed the 50,000 mark. Fifty thousand nine hundred and fourteen was the exact total registered by the turn-stiles. This figure is only fifty-seven short ol the New Year’s Eve record ot SOM' I ! and if the weather had behaved, that record would have been beaten Heavy rain between 4.30 and eight o’clock no doubt kept a certain numbed at homo who would otherwise havo helped the Exhibition to beat its own * '■Saturday’s ‘ triumph is all tho more remarkable, as there was no special ■attraction; • such as'the big firewoiks tliijlilay;-.on New Year’s Eve, and special sbiisofiaT celebrations. ... . Every part ot the Exhibition nas crowded. An audience ot thousands waThhkl spellbound by tlio brilliant musicTof the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders’ Band. Every couiu in the huge pavilions was thronged, and a* tremendous surging niasso plea.sure SKJVfc SPSS.» tion on Easter Saturday mil neveb lo Thc attendance'to-date now stands at 2,449,952.

DUNEDIN, April 3. m decision of the Exhibition 30,826 people who passed thiou D i + nvnstilea vesterday. The huge attendance was a remarkable testimony to two facts-the draw- • v -Hip Exhibition ltselt, ana of^the" famous Argyll and Sutherland Hollanders’ Band, for the Amusement PaTk was closed nlj day, and a g part of the Exhibition itself cover, us the directors ordained that all felling stalls should close. Further, the weather yesterday was cold and hi us try. - To-dav it is fine and lin'd, and as all departments of the Exhibition will be in full swing another monster attendance is expected. The city is full ot visitors. A mite .and a half of express trains, eight in number, arrived from Christchurch on Thursday and into Friday morning. Five more cam© yesterday, three are to arrive to-day, and five each on Monday and Tuesday. , , , From nil indications the Easter wee* will re the biggest in the history of the Exhibition.