THE EXHIBITION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8345, 30 January 1907, Page 5

THE EXHIBITION.

ATTRACTIONS FOR VISITORS. By Telegraph—Special Service. CHRISTCHURCH, January 29, The popularity of the British Court at the Exhibition has been shown in a marked manner by the purchases as well as the large attendances. A large number of the pictures in , the British sectionfof as w&ll.as the arts and crafts section in the Court proper have found private purchasers from one end to another of the colony. Among the pictures sold to individuals are works of T. F. M. Sheard, R.B.A. (£200), Gerrick Williams (£439), Matthew Hale (£104), and Mrs Stanhope Forbes' etchings and black and white have also sold in an astonishing manner. Four very fine etchings by D. (r. Cameron, which brought £2O, to works of lesser lights, at £2 and £3, and a number of beautiful miniatures have been purchased chiefly by art Pictorial photographs, some of which are revelations in regardff : examples, have been sold at prices ranging from £2 to £lO. In the arts and crafts sections riumerous sales have been made, especially of pottery and jewellery, and the demand for cameros has been so many have been ordered twice, and special importations are .being made from England to supply the requirements. The Fijians had a large attendance at their songs and dancesjto-day. The Wanganui Maoris, who also performed before a' large assemblage, leave for their homes on Thursday. On the ! afternoon - of that day the Fijians and Maoris will unite in a combined entertainment,which should have exceptionl interest in exemplifying the customs of the Melanesian and Polynesian races. Some trouble , has been occasioned' through the water finding its way into the air pipes of the Exhibition organ. New pipes of galvanised iron have now been provided in a new position, where the water is less likely to reach them and it is thought the organ will be available for use again almost immediately. The Exhibitibn authorities ; were unable to make arrangements with'Mr Massey, organist ofi'thefßathurst Cathedral, to give a ,second series of organ recitals before his return to Sydney, tfut Dr. Bradshaw, organist at the Christchurch Anglican Cathedral, will give a number of concerts very soon. The orchestra isjjexpected back pn Friday, and will be heard in the Concert Hall that afternoon, and every future afternoon during season of, West's Pictures and the Brescians. The promenade concert, which was to have been given on the Sports Ground to-night , was abandoned owing to the cold, windy ! weather. The Newcastle Band is applying to the New South Wales Government for a'subsidy of the expenses of competing |at the International Band Contest at the' Exhibition frotn February 11th to 16th. The Mipister 7 in-Charge (Hon. Mr Millar) states that he- hopes to have the judges of§exhibits appointed within a week fromjnow. The Education Department's large'exhibit in the Home industries section has received from Berlin, through'the Foreign Office in London, a number of photos, diagrams and pamphlets relating, to school furniture. These, together with the special desks that have been lately received from various Education Boards in the, colony, make up an exhibit particularly interesting to teachers. The Agricultural Department is making a special display of honey extracted from the Exhibition Apiary, of which there is sufficient quantity to afford an excellent exhibit. The fourth exhibition of Pain's (London) fireworks will take place to-night. No charge is made for admission to these displays.