The Melbourne Exhibition.

Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3197, 20 October 1880, Page 2

The Melbourne Exhibition.

(FROM "ODJ. SPECIAL EEP OETEB.)

MELBOURNE, October 2. IM e*j»y respect, so far the Melbourne Exhibition has been a great success. It J. alonjt vray Irom being in good workine o^der, no less | than five honored cases having been received into the buildin c : thkjwcek, while there are man, nrot«.o-come to hand, and close on fiftep„ hundred to open. So you will see there?, much yet to be done to make the disnlav complete aud representative one. Ameri^ JaAutpooiiy represented "WHii__*fi«ttKlbft»the Eric the Red, iu,which ihe maiorf._ of tho.exhibits of that country were « taincd. France is.. all hffh.nri - #?" -Fijl'^OuS only shows tne Dutchmen wr.by.jw means Y^l Ceylon is still fixing un, and all UmSL' chinery annexes are blocked upwith^_r The colonial courts and the court eaikriZ, are the only complete things aboat 8/ Entering by the main door, ot theTlmiM ing a grand ana imposing sight j» fWl ertM to the eye, as it traces ts wayde^S long "Avenue of nations," <___ZiSJ with the flags of all mUoISTas a promenade alone the bo_u<l____, coming into great favour, especially wi£ the ladies, who find it much mo re jJ«SS than *<the block" on a short anOffi day for the display of their %_m«^___ fashions. Indeed the majority of the att™ dance is composed of ladies who never seem to weary of journeying through -Victoria New South Wales,. Tasmania, NeirZeal* aud, thence crossing the line contemptously pasring Great Britam as; only representing "a Nation «f shon. keepers." They wander Into Fn___c_ to gush over the valuable tMertrieai thence into Austria to , ' casts their eyes ' upou Bohemian glassware or Germany t, envy the brflliants andieari, or . ijiff iv imagination the gleneiirwf fumes. Alway on the trot like the S trious bee from hive to Jiive they flit drink ing in the wonders of creation and* descanting upon the works of man. -while they keep a corner of their-left eye for the discovery of defects in other females adornments. ■ ? •■ v;-DEFECTIVE ARBAiGBMBiiBS. Many faults can be found; _with: the arrangements' of the .Courts aoji y,^ various, contents, but 'then it is so easy to find fault. -When We give our next show of, the kind, if the piesent generation vt Commissioners have not departed' for shores unkown, ; the experience they have gained in this their prentice job "mil enable .better arrangements to be effected and a more perfect display of exhibits to he j made. The only real ground of complaint i 3 the inordinate greed of the Victorian Commissioners,I !!*'not daly appropriating to themselves the best Bites, but in " jgm ing" so large an area that other colonial courts havejjractically crowdedout. Forinstance, one Victorian f urDituremaaufaJcturer has been allotted half an acre of space for his exhibits, two-thirds of which be hu actually devoted to displaying a be^-mca ' suite, and this is ,the first thing the visitor 'drops across in entering the arena of nationj, fa To display this bed-chamber rig-out, Bock land Co. have been allowed neariy.the same 'area as the whole of >ew Zealand. As Dr. Hector says, it is cheek vcreus honesty. iWhen the Doctor''rra&'aiSKed to name iv space he was modest, hence the difficulty - he lias experienced in making ends meet in If the area placed at his *cbi-iiflaiiff.^ "Foreign. and colonial exhibitors are justly indignant that so large a portion of tbe •' building have 'AxSen' granted for 1' thk* display of ordinary shop goods which ,'.' may be seen -tiavithe •- Windows of Bourke-street daily, while valuable""re-" presentative colonial' riaWe ___& Industrial products sent by other colonies at ; great cost are hid away in over-crowded, fcourts.- But you can't bring^a blush'tb/fii cheek"*of a Vifctorran'.*' To Him Melbourne is Victoria and Victoria the world, and this Victorian prostitutor of free trade principles fondly imagines that if there we're only tbe. VTctofian Court in the building it would make-slight dii Furcnce in the a ttendsdee of' visitors or their ealoginms upon the show. Hock takes a quarter of an acre to show, a bedroom' 'in, while' a far superior and elegant suite sent from Queensland has had., ■ to be-piled on due another fo a corner *IW Queensland Court. j ■ ■"■ -'&udl&ancL JExhibitf'"* ; The following is the list of the exbflntota/, for your part of the world :— Robert Graham, Waiwera, Auckland-: Takp," found at' Kotorua ~ Hot Lakes j formerly' hscd'fof' painting Maori canoes, f houses, &c, mixed with water only. When. used with oil it makes a good paint. . William Plant, Thames—Crude Gypsum -. from White Island, Tauranga ; plaster of Paris, manufactured from same. * f jli C.J. Williiune, Thames—Specimens of ■ SiKev Lead Oi*es, froni Tararu Creek. . | Wright aud Vincent, Hamilton; A\____^ l land—Thirteen Specimens of New Zealand Hull aud- Co.-, Auckland—Sixty pounds kauri gum, ordinary market sampies." '' Hull li; others, {Auokland—Kauri gum in its various forms and conditions. _.., .; '■ Leon Tjabpiijle, "A ucklaud—Kauri gjj mm natural state', kauri gum ornaments and jewellery, kanrgum varnish, .kauri gum .as,, i& bnsfe of Electrical apparatui .'""The 6Minents are carved by hand, from entirely original designs; the jewellery, as mami-" •factored by the exhibitor, is jindistingtiith> '■ able from the -Snest-TurkUh-imibej^S!_>%; Dr ' Logan' Campbell, AuridanarpSrS./ - slabs ol kauri pine-" '•'!'.:'■), -m^t_"J_mHM E. Mitchelson, Dargaville, AucklandTwelve Btunples, or grades, of kauri.gum, taud two special samples. > ■ A- M *■ * Harconrt lunes Paton, Bay Uf Islandlht ' f Kauri gum ornaments, .consisting of "iqk»'_ stand, spiral shell aud_broaches^&.' ' A. Reischek, Naturalist, Auckland, Npf r Zeaj|>ud Biids :—Group of _ North: Island I. Kiwis (Aptecyx Miuitellii); Group of'-. "Kakapos (Strigopo Habroptilns). J * - '- '. Thames Produce Company (Limited), - Thames—Tlirse cases.kauri gum..,, j,^. Ffeaerict Bennett; T_amw.:— asw4tjS pered bottles containing samples' of, raw and calcined hematite; also 'Bpceimen boaj^j, .showing diflerent .effects prodSg^aby tme.^tvyo, or three coats ol each tint - exh^jtijiL' .-.-• ,* ii ;yj U __-_ •■ FrederiQk. Bepnett, Thames.rrS^eiiu^Wr ofi Rii\v and Manufactured Hematite, cap- t able of being manufactured into a firstclass auti-corrosive paints for shipa, bridges, ironwork, &c , &i.,y'_ :■■ s,\s,' .)".'-' ■ Henry A. H. Hitchens, Wake field-street, « Auckland,—Vegetable Compound fiw Parifying the Blood ; and a miraculous cure for rheumatics and rheumatic gout. \ John Wnlßdf, CX", Thaihes—deiignßfor.j farm buildings,' i-."'<l Biguall Brothers .ud Cs.yTfiamcs—Bar- -. framed bee-hive ; excellent hiveforobUuß-',, ing the maxiiiium of honey "without !05!.6£.;,,. bees, ; ,. ;,'.' ''.','■.]* i-si-Y-'t} ' George Boyd, Auckland—Samples of E"*tiles. .'Hi s.s. -i •;--' .a Mrs James Stodart, Auckland—Copies qf : . flowers grown in exhibitor's garden, modelled -in 'fide-jiape'r. '•''■ Ti .•.-s'TiL ' H. JVD./' driver, Thtinies-OU paintiog.." (framed), " Off Flambro' BLead, EoglUs___" .. -. Hemus and Hanna, Aucklaßd-5T»s6 ol^ ' photographic portraits, viuious sdses, from cabinet to 12 iv by 10 in ; 6 large-framed photographs, sizes 15 x 12 in, to life site. Charles Blomiield, Auckland—Original oil painting of -New Zealaud bush scenery. B. H. Bartlott, photographer, Auckland - —Views ot New Zealand and portraits, in showcases. V, ; ~-, | AUred Sharp, Auckland-.Water colour ■ picture representing New Zealand bqshand , a place where kauri log^are driven; enbrance of Cadman .3 CreeJc;' Cordmandel. . Ellen Stuart, Morningsidej Auckland^- m Frame of Photographs, painted in Water Colours. ;S_j George Sturtevant, Junior, Auckland.— Water Colottr TJrawibgs : The Manukatf?^ Harbour, from the Howick ltauges ; Th- -- y Waitemata Harbour, from the Waitakme ■■'* Ranges.; v ....... Robert Graham, Waiwera, AucklauJ.— Potogt-apliic Views of Waiwera Hot SpriDgs; Pen and Ink Sketches of Tcstimopials. Robert Graham, Waiwera, Auckland,— Photographic Views of Rotomriuwa; Ohineuiulu and Hot Lakes. ' ' ~- "■; Miss M. W. Home, Parnell, Auckland.— Five Water Colour Paintiogß, Landscape* I of Auckland and Taranaki: Nos. 1 to 4, New Zealand Bush Scenes; No. 5, Mount Egraont, Taranaki. •..-- , William- Norrie, Auckland.—Bookcoso , ;t and Escritoire of mottled kauri, fitted up in ' Escritoire with diflerent New Zsalana wttods. Alfred Oldham, Onehnnga, AucklandNew Zealand flax matting : Neat, durable, and supeiior lo coir. *'' Wright nnd Vincent, Hamilton, Auckland—Three' vases (in four parts , each), church font (in toiir parts), three water bottles and stands, 1 teapot, 1 bread plate, 1 Water jug and stand, 2 cornice bricks, * plate specimens. William Plant/ Thames-Earthenware, viz; : 1 vegetable dish, 1 gillow teapot, 1 small do., 2 largo do., 2 figured mugs, 1 platu do., 3 fancy do., 2 large jugs,2 fluted, ,] do.i 3 Prince of Wales jugs, 4 egg cops, 1 sugar box. . . Auckland Harbour Board, Auckland— Specimens of Australian and New Zealand I Timber, showing action of "Teredo Navalis"; Specimens of Jarrah and

Bagnall Brothers and Co., Thames— Sample Board of Kahikatea. Mrs Joanna O'Connell, Mount-street, Auckland—Limerick Lace, Baby's Rdbe worked by hand by the Exhibitor. Richard Edward Graham, AucklandSilk (the produce of 1000 silkworms reared by K. Graham, Esq., Auckland) in its crude state. The worms were chieily fed on mulberry-leaves, for the growth of which tho Auckland climate is admirably adapted, .ud occasionally on lettuce and fig-leaves.■ . Henry Bush, Captain, Thames—Pair of model double purchase blocks of 3isheaves ; a purchase adapted for lifting very "heavy weights, such as sunken Bhips. A pair of blocke of this construction, fitted with a three-inch rope, calculated to lift a weight of 300 tons. 34Hugh Fishor, Thames—Colonial oven and grate. Georgo Boyd, Newton, Auckland— Bricks. . • • ; SJJ. Bycroft and Co., Auckland—Seventy tins of biscuits. ■_ _ R. T. Douglas, Shortland, Thames— Biscuits in varioty. O. D. Grant, Thamos-Biscuits of various kinds. Mennie and Day, Thames—Biscuits.

Richard Hudson, Thames—Preserved fruit, viz. : Caao containing 2 dozen tins preserved peaches. The fruit is preserved in the English fashion without sugar, James B. Stead mau, Tararu, Thames — Canned Peaches.

H. L. Koeford, Thames—2 Dozen Tomato Sauce. John Walker, C.E., Thames—l Dozon Tomato Sauce.

Eric Croig, Princes-street, Auckland—3 Books of New Zealand Ferns, 2 Cases of New Zealand Feres. John Regan, Thames—Collection Colonial Ferns, 12 in number. Mrs Edward Tizard, Thames—Four fnmes, containing collections of Now Zealand Ferns. lis.. 7/ Mrs E. Tizard, Thames—Twonty-four Wator Colours of New Zealand Flowers.

Wm. Climo, Thames—Specimens illuatrc. ting a Chlorine Process for obtaining Gold from Tailings. ,'f Hokianga Saw-mill Company, Hokianga, New Zealand—l piece kauri timber, 12ft,, . 76in. x 6in; 1 piece kauri timber, 12ft. x 76in. x ljiu.; 2 pieces kauri timber, 12ft. . 76in. xlin. '„■•-., Holdahip, G., Auckland—Specimens of large kauri timber, grown in New Zoaland. ißaacs, Edward, Eden Crescent, Auckland—Rough piece of kauri timber, showing tho natural formation of kauri gum. Harbutt, Thomas J., Wholesale Brush Manufacturer, Victoria-street, Auckland— Brushware, mado of bristles, hair, fibre, Whisk, &c.; made by porsons tangbt tho trado within the last four years. William Norrie, cabinetmaker, Auckland —Ornamental timbers from New Zealandforests. 7 varieties mottled kauri, 2 varieties, putin, 2 varieties rowa-rewa, 1 variety ake-ake, 1 variety mottled totara, 1 variety rihikitu, 1 variety Ritno, 1 variety curly kauri. ,'i

Walter Greenshields, hracemaker, Aucklacd- Orn. silk braces, belts, and kucclcls. gjohn Read, Thames—Kauri timber. Robert Stono, Thames—Veneers of colonial woods. V ir", "J f James Porter, Waiotahi Creek, Thatnea —Puzzle in decanter.

Henry Raf ton, Upper Queen-street, Auckland—Cave and baaket work ahd llower stand. _ ,

Mrs Stott, Auckland—Models of llowora in wool-work. jiwa ,■/■ - j Captain Henry Bush, Thames—3oo spoci . mens of kauri gum. William Carpenter, Thames—Specimens of kauri gum. Robert Comer^Thamcs—Thrce-cwt. block of gold-bearing quartz. Bank of New Zealand-Specimens from the New Zealand Goldlielda : 3 specimens auriferous quartz from the Thames goldJtoWjL.BB specimens aßuyW g^ from Otago goldfields ; models of ingots of gol. and diver, aa exported; also addiliorial specimens, Tho following- is the average. composition of alluvial gold' from the Southern Goldfields, as per assay.-Gold,) •9627 j silver, 0363; copper, -0010 : total.i 1-0000. And tho average composition of j Bold from quartz, from tha Thames district,, per assay, is as undor * —Gold, '6565 ; silver,:- ---■ 3390; copper, -0045 : total, I*oooo. Gold: from the same district, refined by a process) patented by the Bank of New Zealand,: yields the following results, per assay :— Gold, -9942; silver, *0058: total, 1-0000. Bay of Islands Coal Company Limited, | Bay of Islands, Auckland—Block of Bay of Islands ooal (glance coal, showing every stage trom brown coal to anthracite), highly suitable and largely used for steam, household, brick-burning, and many other purposes. . , Peter Birley, engineers smith, Auckland —Wrought iron work —Fuchsia on a stick, flowers and leaves, from nature. . „ Edward Robert Edwards, Thames-Pig-ments and minerals—l case, containing 1 cwt. of ordinary trade parcel,, red pxide of iron paint, cases, containing minerals; glass show cases, paints and minerals for testing, «we, containing, minerals. ~...,,, T. 1. Edwards, Thames—Specimens of gold-bearing quartz from the Thames. .