WINTER EXHIBITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 138, 12 June 1926, Page 11

WINTER EXHIBITION.

YESTERDAY'S BIG TAKINGS. CROWDS OF PEOPLE ATTEND. RESULTS OF DAIRY COMPETITIONS. Yesterday's takings at the Auckland Winter Exhibition exceeded those of the third day last year by over £20 the figures being £."">]'(! 13/9." us against £495 IS/0. The gate receipts for the first three days of the exhibition total £1194 1/, compared with £I3oS 11/ for the three days of 1925. To-day's Large Attendances. \ As soon as the show was opened at 10 o'clock this morning crowds of people commenced to enter the buildings, and by 1 p.m. there were just as many in the various avenues as there lias been during tbe three evenings the exhibition has been open. Hundreds of city school children visited the show during the day. and their numbers were augmented by large numbers from the country. The various sideshows are doing exceptionally good business, the gaily decorated and brilliantly lighted merry-go-round being most popular. i Big Game Fishing Exhibit. An exhibit which is attracting considerable attention is that depicting big game fishing in northern waters. This comprehensive display was brought up from the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition. It includes fine specimens of swordfish and thresher sharks. There is also » particularly fine set of photographs illustrating the different phases of the sport in Auckland waters. Weight Guessing Competition. The guessing competition of the live weight of a lamb held in connection with the Te Kuiti District Court's display was won by Mr. H. Lowe, who guessacl the correct weight, 1601b. The exhibition will remain open clay and night till Saturday next. The management wish to draw the attention of patrons to the inconvenience? and discomfort caused by large numbers of persons moving in opposite directions up and down the passageways. This creates a great congestion which could be largely obviated if everyone would endeavour to make the passages "one way" roads and all move in the same direction. N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP DECIDED. HIGH PRAISE FOR COMPETITORS. One of the most interesting events in connection with the Auckland Winter Exhibition was the grading competitions in butter and cheese. These included the butter and cheese grading 1 championships of the Dominion, which I were open to all butter and cheese managers. In addition, competitions were j held for employees other than managers. | The judges were the officers of the Govl eminent Dairy Division. Speaking of the competitions, the judges said the enthusiasm manifested by the competitors was most gratifying. There were fully 50 competitors, and the capacity and ability displayed by the majority were of a high order. These competitions did much to maintain the I high standard which had been attained 'by New Zealand dairy products in the 1 world markets. Following are the results: — I Butter Grading Championship of New Zealand.—J. A. Blake. Waiuku. !>7 Ijioints; J. Murray. Hamilton, 95}; M. jH. Masden. Te Poi. 95J: J. Morcan. j Bruntwood, 9.VL Others who scored well in the class were: C. E. Burrows. | Coromandel. K. E. Adams, AuckI land, and M. Syron, Opouriao, with 95 ' points each. ! Butter Grading Competition for Assistants.—E. Agate, Tauranga, N. Campbell, Maungaturoto. T. Debney, Hautapu, each 96* points; H. Cubis, Hautapu, N. Taylor, Waiuku. and E. Large. Ngaruawahia, each 96. Other competitors to score well were W. Hollis, Whangarei, F. C. Thomason, Hautapu, W. J. Neill, Frankton, and J. B. Dempster, Cambridge, who each scored 95 points, i Cheese Grading Championship of New j Zealand.—A. Baird. East Tamaki. 99 I points; B. Barnes. Matamata. 98J; -T. A. ] Blake. Waiuku. P. C. Petersen. Cam- • bridge. J. Murray. Hamilton. K. McKenj zie, Turua. and cG. Arnold. Te Awamutu, : each 9S. Other good scores in the class | were made by W. Masden, Te Poi. and J. Barron, Tokoroa. 97A. and H. Christensen, East Tamaki and L. Cubis. Cambridge, 97. Cheese Grading Competition for Assistants—T. Rawson, East Tamaki, 99 points: J. B. Dempster. Cambridge. 98i; |H. T. Turner, East Tamaki, and T. C. I Thomason. Cambridge, each 9S. Other j good scorers were R. Taylor, Waiuku. H. Cubis. Cambridge, and W. 0. Morton. Frankton, 97*. and F. K. Debney, Hau'tapu, 90. A PERFECT FLOOR. ACHIEVED 'WITHOUT HABD LABOUR. A VALUABLE MACHINE. One of the exhibits at the Winter I Show is that of the Auckland Floor Surfacing Company, which is associated with Messrs. McColl and Sons, timber I merchants, Onehunga. This exhibit demonstrates how easily a perfect sur'<l face may be given to any. floor by the adoption of the latest improved methods. ■ The machine which the company is displaying is something very like a lawn mower with the exception that instead !of cutting blades it has a drum covered with sandpaper, which, electrically driven, revolves at high speed and imparts a smooth, glossy surface which assists materially in obtaining perfection in staining and polishing. Smaller j drums on the outside of the machine make it possible to clean right up to I the skirting boards. Both are driven at high speed by an electric motor fitted to the machine, and under the control of a skilled operator the machine can be guided across the floor of. a building so that all uneven timber is removed. The floor is then left perfectly smooth and suitable for staining and polishing. A v:.cuum attachment to the machine lifts all dust and dirt as the work proceeds quickly and at a reasonable cost. When a floor has been treated by this process , it is absolutely even and therefore gives . a much longer life and better appeari ance to carpets and linoleums. Another > point of advantage attached to this floorI surfacing machine is the perfection with I which it can prepare a dance floor. The I machine is, of course, a boon to dance i halls and skating rirrks. With gramol phones and pianolas, private dances have | become' very popular, but there has ! always been the problem of the good floor.. The invention of the Auckland Floor Surfacing Company meets this difficulty in, every way, and wherever electric power is available the machine can be used with economy and advantage. l