HANDLING THE EXHIBITS.

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

HANDLING THE EXHIBITS.

• TRICMPH OF ORGANISATION. ! The value of exhibit* i- ronghlv es- !'. l.nat-:! by ,i leading otfeial at ".£1.000.----h'oo sterling. Cpward-, of SO.OOO tons j m-easrrrernent of exhibits has heen dealt i with by the official staff, which tak°a ! charge of packages npon arrival in I ( hrisxehurch and delivers them upon ■the allotted sp.-u-e -within vie building. [A railway siding has been laid into the j iiuiiriinc. and two -team cranes expediti- ! onsly lift the awkward and bulky I rases from the laden trucks. Then they i. re marked fay a Custcma officer, for I the whole Full din"; is a bonded store j and imported articles do not par duty : ur.!e.-s they are removed from the j grounds. Kxhib'itors whose packages are ptainly sr.,l properly marked found | them .-trick.>d u-ton their allotted space, '.in I scarcely than a dozen cases stand iv ihe space set apart for unclaimed good*. ' The remarkable success with which ice distribution of exhibit- lias been I larrte-l ont upon <o extensive a scale | : - a triumph of executive abildtv. and toe ci.?dit is due to Mr. D. C. Mclntyre. '.lie vi rector of exhibits, one ol the iinor-i popular :n"n in the exhibition j building. < wing to the businesslike and j erTect-Tve manner in which Lis duties Iha re been carried out. Towards the end iof last week there wa< a tremendous I rush of sbjipmeaits. nirh the consequence I hat for three days and night-' tbe stall under Mr. Mr-Intyre's direction I v.-f>rV;ed continuously day ami nigafc. ]-1 ■ a ring 1100 tons of oases from the railway to the stalls in a single d-av. Empty case? had to be cleared from the building by the same staff, and this I s done ir. a systematic manner, tbe I v j-t>s being stacked alphabetically in i separate accordintr to the marks I upon them. Empty eases cover four I jr-res of grotrr.d. is the quantity 'I of material brought into the exhibition |to provide an attractive display for the , i pub'jie.