THE DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 65, 18 March 1925, Page 9

THE DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

AUCKLAND'S REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE ADEQUATE. That the Auckland Province should ! 1.0 adequately represented at the New ' Zi-aland and South Seas Exhibition, to '. Le held in Duiicdin at the end of the I year, was a po.nt round which centred ■ iniu-h discussion at a meeting of the ' local exhibition committee and country I district represantativei. Mr. A. A. Martin, eluurniaii of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, presided. Mr. C. Tcdd, a director, of Duiredln, stressed the fact that the exhibit on was to be a Dominion one, a:d not merely a Dur.ediii a/lair. If all the provinces cooperated tiie event should prove a unique advertisement £or New Zealand. It was proposed that Auckland's rpace should comprise 5000 sq. ft, at a cost of f JUOO. Auckland, the speaker emphasised, should spaie no trouble to do herself justice. Mr. T. Somerville, another director, also of Dunedin, supported the remarks of the previous speaker. He thought that Auckland could provide tli3 best court at the exhibition. Ten thousand extra tourists were expected to visit the Dominion, and their value financially to the country could be appreciated when it was realised that they would spe-nd x 150,000 on railway fares alone. Mr. K. E. Hornblow, Mayor of Dargaville, said that the North Auckland district wished to co-operate with the rest of the district. He thought that his own district could supply some of the best exhibits. Mr. A. T. Brainsby, of "Whangarei, said that too little was ■ known of the wonderful features of North Auckland. The district wanted to be adequately represented. Mr. J. A. (.'. Allum moved that the Auckland province be represented by a provincial court. This was carried, and it was resolved to communicate immediately with the various interested bodies, asking them to appoint delegates to a conference to be held to deal with the matter of Auckland's representation.