EXHIBITIONS.
Tho opening of • tho exhibition at Auckland will direct public attention to the commercial value of such institutions. Do they justify the ex 1 - pericKlure made upon them? Are they of any real, or permanent value to the community? From a provin T cial point of view the Auckland exhibition may be productive of some advantage. Bu£ what does it bring to the Dominion as a whole? What part does it play in tho advertising of our resources and in. the development of our industries?. Only a few years back we had. an, exhibition at "Christchurch, which proved a financial failure*., We have since had a minor exhibition at Wellington. And now we are "boosting Auckland. For the life of us we cannot see the utility of the thing. -In Victoria they have not ventured upon an- exhibition since 1888., It is some years since New South" Wales launched upon such an undertaking: But we, in New; Zealand, run shows of our own every few years: v They are a veritable sink for money. They attract few people from overseas. They are ,little better,than a fancy fair. , And wljeh., everything 'if? oyer, .there- is a big,cleaning-up io he,.done. . .......
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 3 December 1913, Page 4
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199EXHIBITIONS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 3 December 1913, Page 4
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