EXHIBITION PROGRESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 May 1938, Page 9

EXHIBITION PROGRESS

ACCOMMODATION PLANS. CENTENNIAL ATTRACTION. The management of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition Company continues to give keen attention to the organisation of adequate accommodation for visitors to Wellington after the opening of the big fair, particularly during the mid-summer and Easter holidays. “Naturally we expect private householders to do their best to help us,” says Mi- T. C. A. Hislop, chairman of directors. “Of course, we believe that a large number of citizens will agree cheerfully to take paying guests. Others may feel reluctant, but we are confident that a sense of civic responsibility will induce them eventually to co-operate with us. People in other districts expect Weilingtonians to make a special effort on behalf of visitors. A hearty resp<?nse to our call would show that the citizens of Wellington have the right kind of community spirit.” Letters have been sent to the principals of ten boarding schools of Wellington requesting them to consider the matter of making their accommodation available for visitors during the mid-summer and Easter holidays of the Exhibition period, even if the admissions were restricted to forme* pupils of the schools. This proposal opens the way for desirable re-unions of “old boys” and “old girls” of the various schools and colleges. BIG CONFERENCE. Preparations are being made for a big conference of representatives of sports bodies in Wellington on the evening of June 1, to discuss proposals for various championship meetings at Wellington during the Exhibition. Organisations which have their headquarters beyond Wellington will be asked to send delegates or to nominate residents of Wellington to represent them. The invitations will also include members of the National Council of Physical Welfare and Recreation, of which the Hon W. E. Parry (Minister of Internal Affairs) is chairman and Mr J. W. Hennan is deputychairman. PROVINCIAL COURTS. Reports from Mr J. R. Simpson indicate that he is making satisfactory progress in his meetings with representative men interested in the promotion of provincial courts for the South Island. A suggestion made in the South that all the provinces of the island should be grouped in one big display not receiving notable support. For example, the "Southland Daily News” remarks in an editorial article:—“This should not be the Cinderella of the Provinces, as it has been called; it carries more potential wealth than any other district in New Zealand and the only way we can convey this message to the people who have money to spend in generous measure is by forms of publicity that cannot be ignored. That is why we believe Southland, who has most to sell, should have her own Court, especially as the chances are that, with very little trouble, she might raise as much money as would be raised by the whole of the South Island should the provinces decide to pool their responsibilities.”