THE EXHIBITION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8392, 6 April 1907, Page 5

THE EXHIBITION.

•By Telegraph—Special Service. iCHRISTCHURCH, April 5. : There was a capital attendance at the Exhibition to-day, and, while the Easter hbliday trippers from - other parts of the colony are returning . homeiin;large numbers, their places are seemingly being taken by other •visitors. An interesting new exhibit was .placed in the national history vcourt, this afternoon, consisting of •aijar of baby Japanese goldfish. 'Hlhey -.wore spawned at the private aquaria -of 'Mr Waite, curator of the Canterbury Museum, on Good Friday,, and ;the eggs were hatched on Wednesday Hast. The interesting little .creatures are somewhat difficult of detection by the naked eye, owing to flheir .-semirtransparency. They are about a quarter, of an inch long. At the -request of the Hon. Jas. Carrdll, .Native Minister, the Maori girls from the Turakina College Will r»nsadiui jtft'the jExhibition for another wedk. TPhe ;two concerts given by Madame ißlanehe &m:al, in conjunction with the Exhibition Orchestra, j have iprnved both from artistic and : financial fstandpointa among the most; successful that have beet! ®iven 'in the 'Concert Hall, i Schodl children are stilt coming to the Exhibition ;from all: parts of the colony an undiminished numbers. Among the arrivals of ithe last few days are parties from dshe Bannockburn, Kaifcouni, Ilokitika, and Lawrence srcihodls, -while the children of the Cavarstam Industrial .-School are .expected raext week. The royalties £rom the :side-shows ariul selling liights for tihe \v«ek ended! \Wednesday last amounted to over £1,500. The Exhibition statistics sasre made upjfor the weeks ending fori,'.Wednesday owing to the ifact that She Fair was opened on a Thursday:. Mr Jaq'&es' demonstration of preserving pears and quinces, "bo-night, attended by one of the ilargest gatherings %e has ever tosid. Frequent derrioiw-fivations will be given ©ext week. The General Manager ha« received advice that about two, hundred patrons .of the special rail ajxi isteamer excursion froai Hawk«*« Bay and Wairarapa left Wellington , fey the M&raroa to-night. Many; farmers and others having expressed | a wish to obtain small quantities of some of the cereals exhibited in the Agricultural Department's court, the requests wiH be complied with as far as possible. Application should be ss?nt to the officer in charge not later than April 10th. Requests from teachers and committees for seed for school plots will have preference. The Children's Carnival and search for two buried nuggets will bo held in "Wonderland" on Saturday.

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