THE EXHIBITION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8323, 3 January 1907, Page 5

THE EXHIBITION.

PIPE BAND CONTEST. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 2. There was another exceptionally large attendance at the Exhibition to-day. The conclusion of the Scottish Society's sports, which provided some good contests, was well patronised. The Pipe Band Contest, which commenced with the Quickstep Competition, yesterday, ended with a selection of Highland airs competition to-day. The Dunedin Pipe Band were winners, on points, in both divisions of the contest, the Waimate and Ashburton bands tying for second place. There were no other competitors. The prize for the best lament composed by'players for the late Mr Seddon, was won by D. McKechnie, of Dunedin, whose beautiful and typical lament was excellently played. The dancing of McKenzie Forbes, ,of Wanganui, was again conspicuous, the New Zealander defeating the Scottish champion, Center. • There was an attendance of 600 at the Fijian dances, to-day, and of 1,902 yesterday. Immediately after the 10th inst. the Fijians will pay a short visit to Dunedin, returning afterwards to the Exhibition. A unique ornament is expected to arrive, to-morrow, by the Gothic in the form of a bubble fountain for exhibition. This will be worked by gas pressure and will send up ten thousand bubbles every minute. There is only one other similar fountain in the world, and the General Manager has arranged, through the High Commissioner, to have this one specially made for the Exhibition. There will also arrive by the Gothic a collection of products of English sweated industries which has been sent out by the High Commissioner, and will find a place /in the Labour Department's Court. There was a large attendance in the Concert Hall this afternoon to hear Miss Millicent Heywood, solo pianist, and a programme given by the Orchestra. The Besses-o'-th'-Barn Band, which will give its first performance on the 19th inst, will only play as a band on the Sports Ground in the evening. In the afternoon, however, some of the soloists will probably give items in the Concert Hall at an entertainment given by the Orchestra. The next display of Pain's London fireworks will be given on Monday next. The entry of 600 for the Dog Show, which will take place to-morrow and Friday, constitutes a record for the colony, and visiting fanciers state that the arrangements are the finest they have ever seen in this colony. The entries include a number from Australia and a good variety of re-cently-imported dogs. This evening again there was an unusually large attendance at the Exhibition. The chamber of music concert by Miss Amy Murphy and the orchestra was largely patronised. The numerous side shows have never done such continuous good business as lately. Last night some of them ! had to close the doors to keep out the crowd, and the daily attendance of 8,000 at Wonderland is becoming quite the usual thing. The imitation of the portion of the hot lakes district, including the model geyser, which throws up water to a considerable height, boiling mud pools, is attracting hundreds of people daily, and those who have visited Rotorua speak highly of the reproduction. Pictures in the British section of the Art Gallery have now been sold to the total value of £B,OOO. On clays when sixpence is charged for admission the attendance often amounts to 800 a day, and on Christmas Day, when the same charge was made visitors to the Art Gallery totalled 1,063, though the Exhibition was not open till the afternoon. On free days (Thursdays and Saturdays) the attendance is of course much larger. Mr Longden, who is in charge of the British art exhibits, expresses very great satisfaction with the attention they have received. The motor launches on the Avon, now that warm, still evenings, have commenced, have great attractions for a large number of visitors.

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