The Melbourne Exhibition.

Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3198, 21 October 1880, Page 2

The Melbourne Exhibition.

(FKOM OtE SPECIAL REPORTER.)

MELBOURNE, October.^, It make 3me nick and disgusted Trlttii contrast the generous feelingsof Newz!,) aud business man—his arxiety to offi*. and to encourage trade—with the " eroS thieving practices of the eoßMfoii Victorian shopman. A alelbonrne Xml man would soouer cheat a customer oat nf a, penny than ho would trade honestly Jf* so make a pound. The same wirit bb? meats tho whole fabric of society in tv Premier Colony. ~ NEW ZEALAND CUDKT. The New Zealand Court has roflereii sadly by this overcrowding spirit of the*£ tertainersof Nations, and it has only IJ«L with difficulty that Dr. Hector has secuS a small extra space from the Hew SotS Wales Mineral Court in order to findioS, forarticles which otherwisewonldhavetoiS stowed away. And this extra space—l ban just measured it—is about ten square ftet lets in area than a Victorian leather maun, facturer has at his disposal on which to 1« out a tew skins. In " less" area than fhit katherruen has, in the British Court eieht of the leading West of England firmware crowded with their magnificent display «f clothes, woollens, broad clothv&c, niad* out o£ our own wools. ' Nevertheless the New Zealand Court is a source of great attraction to very mam vho find their way into : tbe build, ing. It possesses ,a .charm" "for tm&i hundreds who ' femeinber - Haon-ha} iv the good old days, and -who ltft ft again oa lhe""presuaie«l decline.of the gold diggings before the West Coast Selds wa e discovered; The wonderful advance ud wealth of your colony, its beauty and fertility, as shown iv the goldennint)n mw t its samples of grain, its beautiful woodj of never ending variety.and its grand collection of articles manufactured therefrom bj tit New Zealand timber and woodenwh factories company, are themes for no. measured praise and general commendilion. 5" You owe to Dr. Hector im^'MfflU the truty and »t the same time prpptntit display, which lias teen madeHby Kejr Zealandriches; and the descriptiye catalogue courteously supplied to all who ask for it, is an admirable production, upon the lino of which it would be well had those of other courts been grounded. Advantage tf every inch of space has bee|iMlytakes, aud prominence has been mvea to the ' natural products of the colony. THE NEW ZEALAND TROPHY. Prominent in point of view is of cobim the ihombic octahedron "trophy-repiewti ing the total export of gold bom New Zea. land-9,396,4270z5., valued at £36,763#fc¥ The' total length, including the cUM, is 26" feet. I have suggested that Ik stand might have been formed rfg.; Oamaru stone, an idea which ","jUi doctor would have had carried Roet^ had it struck him. On the pandi of the stand are given the proportions of I gold contributed by each gold-bearing farC;, of the colony, to which'tbe additional in.' formation of the date of discovery of *i&s\ lield might have been added so as to shov which had been the most productive in a given time. But the curious are tiPi; mediately supplied -with any such inform.' lion by a reference to the statistics urbich lay about the table. The saunterer dowv the main avenue is attracted to the Conrt lirsf by the appearance of two I eautifnUpmmens of the Nikau tree, around which choi« specimens of ferns are grouped iv' tastefol array. NEW ZEALAND TIMBER EXBEBIH TION. TJbon the timber trophy farther on immediately catches the eye ana arrests the interest. It is not onff meagre of its kind, but until yieiiea-: Australia followed . the example' it" was the only timber trophy in the building. I need scarcely tell New Zealandersof what' it is composed. I only speak of its arrangement, which is most admirable and ef& tive. To its composition Auckland snd tl» ; Thames Bend tbe chief and most valuable contributions, bnt Nelson, Otago, Welling*;; ton, Taranaki, Westland, Marlbarougb, ! Southland, and Napier are represented. Alongside of this stands a grand display oi smaller samples, set out upon a aplendfr slab of kauri pine—l2ft by aft Sin—the coatributiOri ;of the' Auckland Sawmill Cenov; pany. • Messrs Guthrie and Larnach's feetory show * what-can be done with yoittl woods, not only in the manufacture of tbe useful, but in the composition of the beau ■ tiful—from the common- household pail to the drawing-room side-stand, composed of , 850$ separate pieces of various woodi Among the attractions of this kiopla'|Hfc'! bookcase and escritoire of j»<jjm»ilia|pg filled up in, different New. Zeal«S£Jßi^feJ sent by Mr Wm. Kor'ricj pjlyonrcity, whid^::| strangely enough, is the only exhibit of the' kind for Auckland. : Nothing ipr the exhibi- . tiou of the mland woods class can compare with ; a table, shown by.Jjr.'BsrnoscoM,;'«£ '(. Wellington. It is a perfect gcm,and*itraet§ many covetous eyes - among onr gentry. Wellington, in tact, sends a" number \m^ : handsome inlaid tables, which1 aro no srasU feature in the Court, and serve admirably to advertise New Zealand woods—«vea more than the trophy.

I *°] , THE CISRAI&" The New Zealand cereals, farinacUJP products, and' products derived from■> |hem are a source •of great interest to *toj "trade,"and to the miner the display1* quartz "and goldl > producing-'- ttkttik «•» strata «re the attraction, the arrangement of these by the " Dr" beiog the n«t*p<*4 feet in the ( building. 7~ Ponly intend in wm 3 short letter fost to indicate brienjrtlte eJßfa dition of the court and the interest attaching to. In mYf aes* il"'"Will' go throogh; im* catalogue and give you a succinct record w all its contents. In the meanwhile ,1 append, as being of interest, the names and nature of all Auckland exhiWtowijid,rag contributions. NEW^ZEALANp VISITORS. 1^ The number of " distinguished" «ii4wffcSßj New' Zealand visitorsis weekly incteawnfii It is a pleasant pastime for the New Zes* landers to wander into tho Maori conrtam pick up old friends and acquaintances, wIM to keep up their national custom,, nen seem to forget those bad h*bits of ~M:Bhss ing," which, though- not peculiar to'yoo colony, have by no means gijgSjtfflftl position, notwithstanding - the liS3aw»; efforts of Sir Wi Fox or'Mr Speight Then we meet and talk the-old times overagainheigh—ho. !It Beemsbat f yesterday W Caledonians were £212, and that ffm Russell, •" old " Whitaker, poor old WBw —good old soul, J. -C. - Stone, M>l» " ring,'? were themovingspiritsof theZaMW and Coromandel stocks.. At wsloo together into the case of quarti «W!** and precions earths, or gaze at the golaei monument, wo live over again in tho 6eai»| of the oarly days, and in fancy wild we a»| among the motley crowd who are on toe:: road to Gabriel's, or Journey in the bwi£| pede to the Dunstan; we are on the Wife* labie to the West Coast, or have "*t9|Sp away" for Auckland. The canvass towna of Havelock, Hokitfka, Brighton, Charles-, ton, Tnapeka, and Queenstown ore M* traceable along the golden; sides-of- too., Ehonibic octahedron," and then we adjourtt to drink Piggersgill's indifferent wJu»»y».| and relate our experiences of men,,niannen» ■■* and money. ' - . i MR GEOKGE McLBAN. As we leave wo stumble across Ow*. McLean, who is gazing intently at tDP beautiful models of the Union Company*, boats, and wo fancy we: see nun-anuo serenely aud suggestively," as doW'Coloney Sellarain Mark Twain's Golden Age, jrtW^ he has "collared" another flat tota*B*»': share !ii'one of his numerous ventures npMj,. the assurance that "there's millions I?*^ But more anon both of reflections and io»r" ; mation. I now rush to catch the mail lor • Sydney, iv order to catch the AucklMWi* bound boat. THE WAIWER.A SPBINGS. | : Just one "thought more. The views .01 Waiwera sent by Robert Graham hite attracted much attention, and the ™owl? cures effected by the virtues of hiß:Bpnng«i the fame of which have reached Melbourne* 1 excite &reat interest among the oa**»_?* lame, the blind, and the impotent Wny does not Robert send as curiosities tne thousands of walking-sticks and toe hundreds of crutches which now lumber dm store-room as trophies ? Robert hasmiwea a grand 'medium of advertising. . On-coffl?' miMionlwillexecute the order -P.O.M;U.»^ payable^to.jny address,} |