EXHIBITION'S LURE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 232, 1 October 1925, Page 9

EXHIBITION'S LURE.

HEA'\~Y BOOKINGS EEPOBTED. i , Although there are still sis weeks till }. the opening day, November 17. of the I New Zealand and South Seas Inter- | national Exhibition at Dunedin. the book- I ings through the Exhibition Aecommoda- . tion Bureau show that there are going Ito be great crowds in Dunedin. particui iariy during December. January and j F ebraary. Every day ior many weeks I past the Bureau has received back scores i"I the accommodation coupons, which i accompany al"; Exhibition advertisements, from as far aneld as Russell and Invercargill. Napier and New Plymouth;everal parties of American tourists, ff -o usually do not get further south than Eotorua. have arranged through tne bureau to visit Dunedin to the Exhibition, and one of the directors, who I jis at present in irvdnev. reports that all I Australians seem to know about the Dig' , .t-xiiibition and a great many have | already decided to come over to New I Zealand to see it- And the Exhibition ; will be worth travelling a long wav to | sec. It will be a living encyclopedia of ! man's innumerable activities and inter- ! j Distant countries are sending their i most precious treasures, from far-a-av ! Czeebo-Slovakia is coining a magnificent j display of classical figures in Imperial j Amphora, famous ceramic ware! the ! secrets of wbieh have been handed down I for generations from father to son. His- | terieal treasures dating from the days of 1 tbe early Britons and" rare books from the ancient Oxford Press will be found I among tne British exhibits, and in trie ! Jig art fi Ilery tbeTe will be a magnifi- ■ cent collection of paintings, drawings and * sculpture from tbe famous salons of i London and Paris and the collections of i wealthy Americans. Every ni-c-ht in the 1 great festival Hall there will be snter- ! tairrments—mus.cai comedy. danemg. drama, promenade concerts. Every day ■ • delighted shrieks will sound from the - amusement zone as the trains shoot over , ! the great ""dips" on the scenic railway. . ! the boats plunge down the water chute I into the lake, or "The Whip" whirls its passengers dizziiv round the floer. Ana • in tii? of the picture tne historic uniforms of the famous Argyll aid . ■ Sutherland Highlanders' Military Band. ■ superb players waose presence and music , will become familiar features around ; : tbe grand court- I