SCENE OF BEAUTY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 266, 10 November 1939, Page 11

SCENE OF BEAUTY.

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. AUCKLAND VISITOR CHARMED. "The sight that greets the cv< on entering the main g-ajewav is civhaiMht'smt iful.'' writes an Auckland lady alter visiting the < .•nteniiia 1 r.\ In In t ion in Wellington. The »ti'ecr "f Hie eight long spears. i„ t lie ou'-idc '•""i l. pointing at each other is impressive. They are of yellow, trimmed with gold, and are fascinating. "The symmetry of the l>ni!lin;s. the Ilea ut V of the lakes, tile shimmer of the waterfall at the end of the court, the fragrance and colour of the [lowers, blending wilh the loveliness of ■n<. hillin the 'liackgroimd. the vivid bin.- of the sky. flecked wilh beautiful "rev and while clouds, made a picture we are not likely to forget. T! 1; . paths of finely ground red [H-lddes added another lo'icli of brightness to r|n s coloii'i'til scene. A number of sea gulU a.bled lile lo the scene. Flying her". ;•:i Ii m I here. ill,-ii rising wit h j,,y,,us c, v whirling. wheeling, w ilh the lirignlnc — ol the t-uii shining on their ;duniag\ calling to ejich other soniet inies s.iflv. Sometimes noisily, t.liey seem ro lie striving to do their !>e-t to make the exhibition il big success. "All (lie buildilt its are of pale yellow except the Uril.i-h indu-lries .-iruclui", which is white. One feat lire that appealed to us was the amount of i-p.ice given over to lecture, theatre anil : 11 - ipiet halls, which arc all remarkably well eifiiipped. I'erhaps the buildings that were of tin- greatest interest were those devoted to children. Tliev are fitted wilh pretty wall pajiers of laintv designs, pink and blue china, and low els in one colour for hoys and another for girls, all sele.-ted with the utmost ia re and good taste. All children ill New Zealand would be enriched by alien-ling the Centennial Kxhibition in We'i'n.g ton.