THE SUDNEY EXHIBITION.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4262, 27 March 1879, Page 3

THE SUDNEY EXHIBITION.

The! usual weekly Meeting of the -local committee' in connection with the Sydney Exhibition and the Canterbury exhibits was Chamber of Commerce, at three o'clock jester. t day afternoon. Pj^tr^Mesara ; : h. IBllJathan, "Wood, Beaumont, Cunningham, ana Bud (non. BeC-) ' :•". r-"-, Mr L. E.Nathin-trw voted to the chair. Mr Beaiuaont-Beid that einee the last B*eeting he people/ana asked them to take port id the movement, and they hatF'loJd them that they did oot intend to send, unless Canterbury was represented by some one to look after the exhibits. Theyhad told: him thaVtbe way thinga.«Bre msinagad anii knocked about at the Philadelphia Exhibition was somethug disgraceful. ...-■. - . The' Secretary said he had only to report-that that he had seen several persons and'convers'ed with them, and he found that the same feeling was vex?, prevalent, as that expressed to Mr Beaumont, as to the way the exhibits were treated at Philadelphia- Mr Howland had promised that he would exhibit a handsome landau that h> was mw waking-■ Mr Wigley wonld Bend a sample of wheat, and Mesers King and Co. some grain seed. He had spoken to Mr Ihinbar about sending some saddlery, bnt he had declined to do co. Mr Gibbs, the artkt, had promised to send some pictures, and Mr Foster a life-caving vest of his own invention. Peterson and Co., Coates and Co., and Mr Bronett and Mr Sandstein, the jewellers, had promised to do something. On the other hand, he had seen a good many other people who had objected to do anything. «; -.'.'l' ..' Mr Beaumont said that the man whom Dr. Hector had pfefc M charge o£tl»e\New Zealand exhibits at the Philadelphia Exhibition was of very little tjse, and did little else than beg of the New Zealanders when they went through. ' 9Phe chairman thought it would -be- unreasonable of them to expect the Government topromise to appoint a representative to look after Canterbury exhibits alone. If so little interest was taken in the matter by the Canterbury i people themselves, they could hardly expect to take much interest in their Canterbury exhibits. Mr Bo luraont thought there would be little difficulty in getlangjexblbite if the Government would give a promise to have them looked after. The chairman thought they might make a recommendation to the Government to send somebody to look after New Zealand exhibits generally. , Mr Wood moved—" That the recretary be requested to write to the Government and state that many who weald be exhibitors had expressed their objections to sending exhibits unless there was a diatinct promise made that somebody-mil be sent from the colony to take charge of the exhibits." The chairman was happy to say that he had met with more 1 encrese than seemed to have attended the efforts of some of the other members of the committee. Mr Duncan, who at first wai not very warm in the matter, had promised, before be left him, to contribute a case of ferns, and probably another one if other plants. Sodding , Bros., after some little jersuasiou, had promised to exhibit some boots, shoes, &c, and had asked for a space of sft. 2in. x 3ft. x 2ft Mr Banks bad also promised to exhibit, and hid said he would write to the committee on Uo subject, but hitherto he had not done so. Austin and Bα-k had made him a half-promi«e, and would no doubt exhibit a sample of their pottery goods. Mr Green had promised a sample of hams and bacon, and Mr Hale, the tarpaulin and tent maker, had told Mm he thought he would contribute. Mr Beaumont astt Mr Bird here said they too had spoken to M* Hale, who had told them distinctly that he would not exhibit. The Chairman thought he had Been him after they had. Mr Proctor had also promised to send some greenstone jewellery t Mr Hancock some soap. Mr Carden had promised to try and get a picture on which, ha was now at work ready in time, bat in any case-he would send some crayon drawings. He would sugeest the advisability of jigging the memories cf all who had given partial as wel as distinct promises, so that they ehoold have no excuse. Mr Aul.ebrook h*d promised some biscuits. - Sβ had seen Mj Them ton, the late Provincial Engineer, and if he had sufficient time, and if ihe expense was not too much, that gentleman had promised to get up a rery intewslang model of "the Harbor work". He considered if this could be c"one it would fosm a most attraetiTe feature among the New Zealand exhibits, and show some of the capabilities of the harbor in question. If it oould not be done on the score cf expense, he {the speaker) would suggest that it would perhaps be advisable to supplement any email amoant th*t might be required. . Mr Beaumont would tfink the Harbor Board would give s-methicg.- - : "" • " After some discussion as to the right, of the Board to vote money for such a purpose, i It was resolved to write to Mrfhorntei tm ascertain whether he would exhibit a model of the Lyttelton Harbor worksrtfeefutttre.aQtion of the committee to b» Maed-on his reply. The Chairman said be had *bo wen Mr Montgomery, who had entered very warmly into the subject, and requested him to see the manager of the company. Nothing definite, however, had yet been done. „ The meating a wtek. " -|'

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