EXHIBITION NOTES.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7421, 21 September 1889, Page 5

EXHIBITION NOTES.

[B*s Tbmi&baph..,,"-.. THROM OTJB COBBBSPOKDSNT.I . ' DUNEDIN, September 20, ' i Vis-tors to Dnnedin are very greatly; surprised at the enormous . area, which' the New Zealand and the Southern '"Seas Exhibition buildings cover. Theapplications for space have been so unexpectedly, nnmerous that the gardens 1 nave had to be very considerably dwarfed"; and now the verandahs round the gardens .< have had to be closed,in. At the approaches ta the Exhibition' immense hoardings' have been erected, and these are being ex- ; tehsively utilised for advertising purposes, much to the disgust of newspaper proprietors. The Exhibition buildings and land cover 12i acres, so that with, the exception :of the Victorian Centennial Exhibition, i this will be the largest Exhibition yet held in AuatraLasia- The catering has been intrusted to Mr J. Wells* who tendered at J31205. The.Ceremonial Committee have arranged for Saturday popular concerts right through the Exhibition period* and a number of entertainments will be got np locally. .The following professionals have been engaged:—Frank Lincoln, the | American,: humorist, from December! 2nd to December 17th; Maccabe from I January 13th to January 17th.; j Professor Kennedy, the mesmerist; from ; January 20th to .January 29tbl •-'The Exhibition opens on November 26th, and closes on' April 12rh. It is expected that the Ministry will be represented at the opening ceremony by the Premier, the Minister for Justice, and the Native Minister, while fully fifty members of Parliament have already'signified their intention of putting in- an appearance. _?he "buildings are' now completely roofed In, the weather haying proved most, propitious ; indeed the fall of rain since this work was begun has been phenomenally slight. At the Ocean Beach, the vice-regal residence i 3 being pushed pn vigorously, and the Grand, Pacific Hotel is already assuming quite a gay appearance. {-•BBSS' ASSOCIATION TKL_S-RA_l.] ~. DUNEDIN, September 20. : The whole of the bays in. the Exhibition have been allotted, and the Manager io engaged in arranging f6r the Exhibitors who take only fractional parts. It is expected . that exhibitors will ,be put in possession of the spaces allotted them on Monday* - ,; ■~: ' • :'■ ; ' ■ ■ *-■ ■ ''