OPENING OF THE WELLINGTON INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2040, 4 August 1885, Page 3

OPENING OF THE WELLINGTON INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

The New Zealand Industrial Exhibition was foimally opened to the public on Satin day afternoon. The weather was all that could be dosited ; the day waa clear, tine, and invigorating. The places of business in the city and suburbs closed at cue o'clock. The exclusion tiaina fiom the country weie ciowdcd to excess. About half past one o'clock the invited visitors and otheis who weie not so privileged is to ha\e lcoeived coiiiplinmn tary tickets began to aiu\e, and before two o'clock the fcticam which passed be tvveui the turnstiles was continuous. The Wellington Guaids and Naval Aitillery weie called out to foim a. gnaid of lionoiu, aiul the D Mattel} iiied .1 salute, while the Heretaunga Light Hoise did good seivice in keeping tlic entiance to the Exhibition from being o\eiciowded. Immediately the doois were opened a scene of tonsideiable confusion ensued The officials at once appeared as if they had lost all power to pieserve 01 dor. A small body of police was on the ground, uudei the command of luspeotois Sheirnian and Goodall, and the} did then best to keep things light. The ladies (moie especially those who had given theii ->er\ices towards contnbuting to the musical poition of the piogiamme) were indeed to be pitied. Tlitir elaborate toilets were ruthlessly ciushcd, and in many instances their di esses were neatly torn fiom thfir backs, and how it was that some casualty did not occur seems marvellous. By two o'clock, although the building was by no means ciow did to execs, the gates weie ouleied to be clo-ul, aiul all I Hither admibMon icfused. Within the space of a few minutes a large assemblage ot men, ladies, and chiidicn weie i^atheied round the gates claiming admittance, aiul in the crowd weie to be M'en Mini-tcisof the Crown, membeisof L'aibauicnt and Consuls, all vainly en j tliavoiuing to obtain admission, 'lhc un^h was feaiful. At length at about twenty-five minutes , a^ttwo the Minister of Public \Yoik% accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel I'carce and Lad} Vocjel, managed to in luce Mr Calbs to open the gates, and then a gcncial tush ensued. This &titi> of things lasted for j upu aids of ten minute*, aftei which the doors were again closed. At twentj five minutes past two the salute fired by the ai tiller} announced 1 that the Governor had left Government House, and as the clock chimed the halfhour, His Excellency fcm William Jen 01s and suite drove up to the building, the Govemoi's escort being 1 troop of Heictaunga Light Hoise, His Excellency the Governor was accompanied by Lady ■Jen 013 and Miss Jervois, and attended by Major Eccles, Aide de Camp, and Mr Pennefather, Private Secietary. His Excellency, Lady Jerv oi^, and suite, on alighting, weie met by His Woiship the Mayor and the Chaiiman of the Ceremonial Committee, and weie conducted, or lathei had to elbow theii way, thiough the throng in the main avenue to the Ceiemonial Hall, wheie a daus had been prepared for them immediately in front of the oichesti.i. The aiiangements for the leccption of the Gubetnatotial paity weie anything but sitisfactoiy His Excellency w is ot course expected at half past two pin, and punctually to that time lie ai lived It might have been expected that the avenue would lnve been kept cleai for Mr William Jerv 01a and those accompany ing, but long befoic his arrival the conidor leading to the Ceiemonial Hall was densely packed, while the hall itself must have contained fully 2000 people. The musical arrangements, which in the whole were very efficient were under the dnection of Mr Parker, organist of ft. Paul's and Mr Hautric West, of S. j Peter's, assist* d by some of the best amateurs in Wellington. Sir Julius Vogel delivered a short address intioducing the Goveiuoi, but theie was nothing stti'wnir in it and His Excellency's speech in declaiing the exhibition open was even more pointless. It is stated that 11 pw aids of 7000 people visited the building during the day.

fin TEI,KI.KAI*H. —PHI"->S ASSOCI \TIOV.] Wi llinctov, Monday. The attendance at the Exhibition today was not large, and the afternoon band concert was veiy pooily attended. A large number of exhibits came to hand to day, and arc now being opened up. Rain has again set in.

A prch'krty in County Sligo, Ti eland, hsis just been sold on twenty eight years' purcliase The lamls aie held under lease for 990 yeais, with .1 profit of £S9 fa 4<l. and sell for£2.">oo. The Hraidwood Despatch hears that between Milton and Mornya there are no less than "200 men now c nployud gathering crass-tree gum, which is in great demand in the English maiket, where it is at prestnt fetching £S0 per ton. The men thus employed aie leportcd to be earning as much as £1 per day. They take out a timber licence, and can go anywhere on Ciown land. The pursuit is so profit ible that the free selectors have qi trouble in keeping off trespassers from their l.inds. It is \\ onderful the value of some of the indigenous pioducts of the land in this colony. The splendid timber in the same locality is causing the place to be studded wilh sawmils, which are suppoitins; a Luge and growing population. Then theie has been the wattle baik tiade, in which so many havo gained a comfoi tible livelihood, and now there is the gtim business. — Melbourne Papci. Bi'w ARi of pirkiposof in]unous stuff purporting to make genuine Hop Jiittcrs , ilso pnp ir.i tions and fluid* s.ud to contain .ill the properties, of American Hop Hitters Ihcy spring up, on account of tlic great populant) ol the genuine, which is onl> put up nilnr^esqunrp pam I imberrolourcd bottU-<s, with thu n imc " Dr Soule " and 'Hod Hitters" blown n the glass, andis tho host family medicine <\cr made Read