NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 196, 17 August 1906, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION.

A DIFFICULTY OVERCOME.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.}

CHRISTCHOtCH, this day

The mediation of Sir Joseph Ward eeems to have been successful in smoothing over ail the difficulties in connection jrith the Exhibition. There is a general feeling in the city that the new arrangement will prove satisfactory, and that the work of tho various committees will now proceed with a minimum of friction. The appointment of Mr. Recce and Mr. Booth as commissioners is regarded as a further guarantee of smooth progress. Mr. W. Recce has been Mayor of Christchuieh. has taken a prominent part in the control of previous exhibitions in Christchurch, and is at present chairman of the Christchurch Tramway Board. He is well known as a strong and tactful business man, and will command the thorough confidence of the Exhibition committees and the citizens generally. Mr. Booth is a well-known foundry man, and a learning spirit in the Employers' Association.

Both morning papers applaud Mr. Keecc'.s appointment as an Exhibition Commissioner. The "Press"' doubts if the difficulty is ended, aud says it remains to be seen whether the experiment .will be attended with success. The weak point of the position is that, although tie Commissioners may deliberate and ■resolve, and although the Government so doubt will give a certain amount of wight to their recommendations, the last word will rest, as before with Mr. Munro, as confidential adviser to the Government. The "Times," which is more sanguine, says: "Sir Joseph Ward has given many proofs of great tact to Christchurch business men, but he will command confidence and admiration more surely than ever after this happy settlement of the difficulty that had caused such deep local feeling and anxiety. An important consideration, ol course, is the success of the Exhibition, and the Premier snd the executive may fairly congratulate themselves on having reached an understanding that proto prove entirely satisfactory.