GROUPING OF EXHIBITS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 254, 31 October 1906, Page 3

GROUPING OF EXHIBITS.

. ' HOME INDUSTRIES WELL EEPEE- • j SENTED. 1 I 1 j When it is realised that the whole of - I a large section of the southern building, " with an exhibiting space of 60,000 square : feet apart from the aisles is taken up 1 to display New Zealand products and. i manufactures; it will be realised that

i the object of th' 3 Eihibitioa. that c: ; ; (!?riio2stTatmg the vronderfv.l natyriil | ! resource* of the vigorous coinnv \ I i« rtucfr->-iiu!!y attainc<l. A ianre Christ.- ■ i church furni-hina L'omjiany . ±<\ : ,y \en*i \ i in making tlie niccre-L ccii;ii;t. ottunyinc i 7..100 iiiuj.r.-' fe t. Ttm province* re- i ? ponded "well to Mr D. '. . Mclntyre"- ! I efforts travelling corrmL-.=ioner. ,ir ! ' I .'■■r of c-orr.pari*on [ prive thv> occupied by caeir exhibit.-;: Nortn • Canterbury 66 fret by 100. Southian.l i 5.'5 by 63.'VTpsptla=<l two spaces of 11. ■» ! by 2n. Timarn 12tj by -Jo. Auckland *i:"! | by 41. Waikato (adjoin L**! Auckland] court i 4s I'T l '.!4. Nanie-r iOfl by i~>. Wsn- { s:a.nui 4:> by .":". Manav.s,tu 40 by 2". Marlborcugh o2 i<7 M. Ash hurt on l.y I I'l-i. Xriv Plymouth 31 by lrt. Nebon :>1 by 10. Bay of Plenty sl"by 24. A very hiTX" number o£ i".rr.":.=. wh , " ll n.itnos are* j k-.ii-.rn all over the vrorld. have their I *tall-5 in t!'» Kxhibitiou. and t':e fnlloTr- ! ii.z colonies are represented by I displays: Canada, Xcv Wale?. j South Ai'straiia. Fiji and Victoria. Th? ! British 'iovernment's an. coilectiun oc- ; T'.ipip- :l Urge annexe. ?.nii ;-i lin" ■ I tV. play of photographs, meteorolosica! i rhari- and instruments takf« up ;? iarse an~.ouat of the exhibiting -p...•■.* iv thij nan: building. Th" mac'iinTy department. :i very comcletp pxh,ibit. end t , * nf the in tile building, take? no a j larse <pace at th«? northern end. liere j 1- t.i h- , feunil a cimker of !*a:nrtles of ■ ! rolling built by the NV.r Zealand Cicvc. : - im e n.t raj', \v;i y r mnl :y■" e^. a, < o-r. - plet" , signal bcx. rniiv.ay aj - '" 5 . j -ir>:in.l=:. agrieultur.'.l rr. , ;"!:in"ry\ several 1 ot frozen moat in th" i chamber", and a variety of '.ip-to-.-Ut.-Tii.ichinery in motion. The -iiii v> in ;he building amount.' in L.- ,- -----twn 500.000 and tjOO.OOO -q-uir- f#>*«t. practically all of which 1- lrt. Th." , ' rfceipt? from space allotted rxived tSO.OOO. and on Monday morning; I interviewed the director of exhibits, Mr Melntyre. he iva? able tn statp with ; p.irdr.nabip pride that a ?parc 10 fee ' ! .-[iiare is the only unallotted p;r;:-c ••:' : : floor in :hp building , . This was beinjj ap- , J plied for and would probably be let. , j THE EXHIBITION ORGAX. J i In the concert room is an or r ja:i whjeh ; 1 with ore ei-.-eption is the 7:ir?est of its ■ f1a.5,.< in the world. It is second oniv to ' 1 the g. ; "jj.ntic ileLbourne Town Hail onran. ' j and, Jiice that fine iniiruioent. depends j : upon electricity for oi tho .' ! innul-e from keyboard p : .po. The ; I <-ontrol'insr centre or console, n<.:. much larger then a roll-top desk, is placed in th>- rfntre of the orchestra, and iht> i,rg:in i~ divided, portion.- heinrr situated on either side of the hall. As at pre- . #em erected, the " console " i-; about lOOit- away from the organ. It contain? four rows of keys and sixty-three >top keys, and is provided ■with every up-to-date feature of eleetro-pncurrNitte making delicate and rapid manipulation by the player possiHe 10 a. degree r,n\rith any other r-vstein of construction. Mr. H. Brvtt. ths repre-?tnti?-tive of Messrs. Inarsm and To.. makers of the instrument, states that siity-?!A: repetitions p°r ?prond is its '. capacity of reanipnlatioTi: no iiuman I beisg. of course, ran achieve such rapidity of action, but that is the capaeitr rf the orsran. The electric current i« taken by cables frorrr ihe "console" to the OTgtaa., and distance i- , immacerial. In most orjrauc. he say?, it i= hard to keep the keys derw a ■when the orjnraiJt is playing full organ, but in this ea.-e there is no difficulty in thai respect, and ! the orpaaisE can play dance musio ju?t as easy as cirarch music The biowing is dene electrically. The late Mr. ceddcTi detormined that the instnrmert shonld be presented at the dose of the ' Exhibition to the people of Chrisrchureli. CATERING It will be readily conceded that a whole day -will be very inadequate time in which, to view the sights. Tne mere • physical feat of •vraJkrng around all tk<;' aisles would be suiEcientlT exhausting for one day, and the provision mode for ■ refreshments is bound to be appreciated. ' There are two tea-rooms, oue in the ' South Gallery aud the other near the? ' fernery, ■while a large restaurant has ' been ritted up in the machinery hall. 1 AXCHORES'G THE TOTVUES. 1 It Ts-ill be renafinbTed that a heavy =iorm blew down a. portion of the "building during its erection. In order ro prevent such a, catastrophe as the overthrotriag of the lofty main towers, elabo- • rs.te arrarurements were made to aneJior them. Unaer the supervision of an oficer of the Public Works Department.. : thirty tons of railway ntafcaJs, about5000ft. of irenbark thnber, 2i tons of. ', wire-ropa, and 300 tons of shingle and , soil for filling up. -were used in the " an- [ ch-ors.' , A bed 16ft, square and 6ft. deep j tvas sunk at each, corner of the bases of

; the two town--, and hi the bottom of I each bed a number of railway metals j were Jaiti. The metals were bolted to i 16in. by 12iu. irenbark beam--", and wire ' rope.- attached to the towers were made fa-t, i ) tee bolt-. A layer of shingie was l placed altovo the beams, and a layer of j soil on top ci that.