THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4123, 27 May 1892, Page 2

THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION.

Hew Zealand's Hepmenta* tion,

At Ihc meeting of the Welling® Chamber of Commerce yesterday, me President, after referring to his own appointment as one of the Commissioners for the Chicago Exhibition,, went on to say that nothing had yob been done towards organisation, and it was not an easy matter to ascertain v what the Government were doing in/ * the matter, When in Dunedin a week .a • or two ago lie called upon the dent of the Chamber of Commerce there, and he reported that aB far as he wa3 aware no progress had been made by his committees, In the mean>, time their hands were , tied, as the Minister had not approved of any of the Commissioners, and no one, theren fore, had authority to organise and anange for exhibits. As far as adequate appropriation was concerned he thought this would be forthcoming' as Mr Seddon appeared to recognise the value the Exhibition would be to the Colony, and therefore asked him for an appropriation of £IO,OOO which he promised to consider, at the same .>?■" time assuring them that a appropriation would be provided fir in the Estimates, Possibly this was what Air Seddon was waiting for, but as the space must be applied for in October, and the exhibits of wool should be arranged ior before the wool season, if the Colony was to exhibit at all no time should be lost, Oar exhibits should be on a scale hitherto unattenipted, and with our principal export" wool" ffe should make it a feature of the exhibition. He understood it was the intention of the Government to tend a wool expert to the exhibition, who would give the ncesaary information regarding ou{ wool lo those interested in tbaUtaplei