EXPOSITION HONOURS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 225, 21 September 1915, Page 11

EXPOSITION HONOURS.

ACCKLA.VO INVEVTMN GAIX* _

URAND PRIX. Special t 1 "-t.i r "', SAX FRANCISCO. August 31 Exposition Honours at >m Francisco appear to he crowdm.; on New Zealand, lor. in ad tition to tie pro. _»:onal awards already announced :n the "Auckland '»iar.'' the Dominion has an Hexed the L, rand P-ix Mr wool, and -i , further awa-d of , ( similar decree has been conferred on Sew Zealand m re i fpe<-t of refruerateU v.itt-r. Ahove all tiese honours :n »ar;ja»ing all tile other it at. ~i r,-> om, .-t.n _; at i the E.vp.»-:ti,.!i. A 1-klaml puas l'_&ifilSri,'i,is ~r. 1 s.eial .i.st.nc I ton. Mr. Doua.'i Elder, of Auckland. the inventor and patentee of Eldera automatic aerial irr gatio.l system, nas : " _o_ has pold medal of honour rnvirl I supplemented to the I'.ranJ Pn.x for his • jnirenioii* »y»tem. whu-ii ha* attracted i the attention of -..-me million* of in- j terested v-.s.t ,rs to tie World's Fair i from ail part of the jiobe. By the ennple action of releasing a thumbscrew .vat.-r J courses li,wn -underground p.pes. and the I pressure causes rose out'eta to rise and j reTolve. makiQ-t t uniform spray for a ! speri-ied time. A .".live rails.- the pre* I sore to be transferred comteeutively to other .ets of .sprayers, an.l the whole! operation :» repeated . ! libitum. Th" remarkable tv.tem of this I Aucklainier ii.speui.e- iv,t.i la.ciur. There, is no tirefttjne hosepipe to handle, tae , upkeep i« aothin.'. and all attention is ; eliminate,!. Fxperta from all p.irt«t of the Cmted states have devoted ,-on aiderabie time to laapect.n.: the E.der , syvtem, s n demonstrated in three pro- | mwent eertioca of th* Exposition , grounds, tad t.ie ronst-nsos of opinion is j that the New Zealand lei :,-e » the latest | •dentine m.en: on for natenni Lawns, , gardens, or :iar is. rni.-lso ar..i i<t'ii link-. etc. At the E\pos.t.on tile system a. in j Killed on til* iar;-' lava aetween :::«• I Tower ~:' le-vela and tne Palace of i Horticulture, a.s 'veil as in the same I ■palace proper, and on an adioininz pi,it of land where visitors ar.- my»li_ieii by | oosemn.; the i-ete of sprayers euddenlv j commence -vorkmrt. .is iimcklv , and con-ecutive ,et. r'V-.iX the opera j tion. Profesaon 'if horticulture at sec j ral of the jre.it American universities. | kave waxed enthusiastic over the merits ; of the Auckland invention, and nave it I mired the e.-iormo,« patch of lawn with its uniform appearance, and. iespite "wind, du*t .1:1.1 -,i.i.-:.-. j sun, the lawn j Shows an even ::r,'eri ;:iro.!_-':,nit. .mil. an entire absence of the patchy appear j ancfl- .so customary in public iv:..- an: gardens. NEW ZEALAND Bl TTER TAKES , I.RAND Pr.LV Th. Brit,-h participation .it the: Panama Exposition it "-.in Franci.-po is extremelr ;:::.'.el t.i.it New Zealand's' refhsera:,-! ,utter haa j l-"- heetl award,-! tie on.y i.r:i:'..l Vr.~. for that ' elans oi product at tne World* Fair! in California. . v nmnusaioner Edmund ~ Chiton, the N'..-.v Zealand (tov-ernment -' representative-in en.-f at the Exposition. : in making the announcement said: "New Zealand butter now re. ,-:-..-s tiie '.rand Pnx for tne reason mat when tne butter of the v.-ir:.. 3 Marions exhibiting at the Fair ..as u.ije 1 all r-tr.jemt,'l dairy productis were placed in oinpeti- ■ tion mth thi»e not having undergone' the proee«d of refrigeration. It was: . realised :-.- tne Exposition .r.itunrit.e" that t...s v.ii an c. i lent injueti .->•. .ml in eonseqiien.-i' the Panama officials reviewed tn.. pri.vision.il awards, with t ~• result that freah.an.l refrigerated -l.iet-.-s J tvere separated. The ::,I.''-. aft»r ] matiir.- r.-..e.iisfieriiti.in. iiriunirnoiis y, I awa; !■• . \.-.% Zeiiland the ~ll,' v t.7.1ml j | Pr:x,r ■