EXHIBITION VETERAN.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 285, 2 December 1925, Page 12

EXHIBITION VETERAN.

A DOZEN INTERNATIONALS. OUR "WONDERFUL SHOW." (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") DUNEDIN, this day. A veteran of a dozen international exhibitions since Paris in 1900, and off to Philadelphia for another that takes place there next year, Mr. C. R. Bruce, who left to-day for Mount Cook, prior to returning home via Australia, votes Logan Park "a wonderful show," excelling much bigger undertakings in certain directions. As representative of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Mr. Bruc* has been installing a striking C.P.R. display in.No. 3 Pavilion at the exhibition. Since Ghent in 1910 Mr. Bruce has been at every international exhibition in the world. He was at the New York land show in 1911-12, Chicago Exhibition in 1913, Lyons Exhibition in 1919, British Indian Fair in 1921, Paris 1923, Panama Exposition at San Francisco in 1915, Tokyo Exhibition in 1922, Wembley in 1924, and Logan Park in 1925.

Comparing Logan Park with the rest, Mr. Bruce warmed to the subject. "I'm not given to cheap boost," he said, "and I mean it when I say that the Dunedin Exhibition is a wonderful show. I don?t know any other exhibition that has such a beautiful setting. The sight of the hills at the back was what most forcibly 6truck mc when I visited the exhibition for the first time. Another unique feature is that you can see every court without once leaving the shelter of the pavilion. That is a splendid idea, and one that could be emulated elsewhere. I think the average exhibit here, too, is quite up to Wembley standard,"

- At the invitation of the Hon. J. G. Coates he examined a sleeping car (now on view at the exhibition. As a- prominent official of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Prime Minister no doubt valued his opinion. "That car is equal to the hest I have seen in any part of the world," said Mr. Bruce. "Nothing can beat it for beauty and comfort. Your Prime Minister told mc that several cars of this type are to be put on the lines. Well, he is to be congratulated." New Zealand is to have first-class publicity in Canada as the result of Mr. Bruce's efforts in collecting material. A commission he is to carry out before going to Philadelphia is to instal one of the largest permanent exhibits ever undertaken by his company. This is to have its location in the facade Of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, and will represent the tourist resorts of the world. It is to collect Australian material that Mr. Bruce is to spend five days in the Commonwealth, and his visits to Mount Cook and the North Island are to complete arrangements for New Zealand's representation.