THE EXHIBITION.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7417, 7 December 1889, Page 5

THE EXHIBITION.

•DESCRIPTION OF THE

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Close by Mr Cunningham's case, described in the former article, is a sample sheaf of wheat seat by Mr J. Johns and a bale of dressed flax sent bj Mr Bexuu This is a bale noc dreaaed specially for the Exhibition but ready for shipment. Mr E. Buckley, of the Lincoln College, sends a music Canterbury, containing ten sample a ot New Zealand woods. Round the poets of the bay a are.hunx the pictures of the old Canterbury founders from the collection made by Mr OUivier, and subsequently presented by him to the Museum. The-v pictures of the residences of Mr J. Ferguson and Mr J. Hay don will give visitors an idea of how oar farmers live in Canterbury. Mr Jen- ;■ niogs Moffatt sends a very good sample of ' wheat, and Mr Gunderson's electric alarum clock, which bus already done good service in the Exhibition, also forms a prominent feature in the bay. Fronting the avenu 6 la an interesting memento" of old Canter* bury in the shape of a posting bill announcing the sailing, on Bth May, 1851, of the good ship Dominion for Canterbury angOtago. This concludes the details of the exhibits in what may be called the Christchurch section of the Canterbury court. 1 may mention that at last Mr. Kinsey has succeeded in obtaining what has been the one desire of his heart, • namely, a wool trophy. Like the boy in the Pears' soap advertisement he could not be happy till he got it, after seeing the wonderfully good wool crophy erected by Mr Brydone for Qcagoatthe commencement of the Mew Zealand Court. The trophy will be 6ft high, standing on a ; woodeu platform in the avenue, and will be iformed by four, tiers of bales, surmounted by loose fleeces arranged over the framework. All tire ends of the bales will be opened,* and the lower tiers will be wired so as to prevent the wool being pulled out.. ; - Opposite the court which I have been describing, and occupying a separate series of bays,' though forming pare and parcel ' THB &SHBTJRTON COURT. ; In this there is a very nice little display of exhibits made. Messrs Friedlander Bros, have a grain and seed case containing camples. of wheat, oats, barley, peas, beans* : grass seed, &c, and there are samples of heoaafcite ore from Mount Spmera. The posts of the bays are entwined wittx green ilax, which ma-tee a very attractive decoration. The Canterbury roller flour mills have a good show in a-case of wheat in varipus processes of preparation, from the time the wheat goes into the mills till it is sent out in bags as flour. Here is exhibited the large amount) of refuse, consisting of binding twine, chaff, dust, &c which ia removed in the process of cleaning. ; Bound the bay are several pictures of various parts of the country and also a map of it. Mr. E. F. Wright sends a sample of Mount Somers coal and building stone. Not to be behindhand with Ciiriatchurch, iishburton sends pictures of Mr Thomas' and Mr Friedlander's wool stores. A grain case illustrative o< the cereals grown in the county is sent by. My Jones/and Mr Hart of Winchmore ha* aomeverygoQd samples of extracted honey from the wiuehmore Apiary. The total yield of-honey for. 1889 is given as flye, tons. Messrs Jephson and Moore have a Very excellent bale of dreaaed flax, and Mr Carmichael sends a number, of churns; of excellent workmanship. ■ " . ' MISCELLANEOUS CANTERBURY i . .-■•■•-•o: ■,< EXHIBITS. ■! - Under this heading may be grouped together those exhibits whicn are not placed in the Canterbury Court;, but which,' nevertheless, come, from Bhristchurch. The flrstof'theee is th«s exhibit of \' U3RSSBS HENRY BERRY AND CO. ! .This firm, which is represented In Christchufehby Mr J. Delbridge, exhibit' a collection of butcher's machinery, cutlery,' &6r The back of the bay, which Is 1 situate in the British and Foreign Court, is filled with a case displaying, on aground of-black velvet, appropriately - bordered with skewers; a tjrophy of butchers , knives of ail kinds and sizes. There is also a trophy composed of butchers' steels of every pattern and size. At the foot of this trophy are photographs of the exhibits of the firm at Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. The eternal clack of the sausage machine, like that other nuisance the drjmh grinder, has disturbed the peace and harmony of many a family residing Witbin the radius df its baneful influence, but; Messrs Berry and Co. have come for* ward in the character of benefactors to the human race and. have patented a silent sausage machine. To this they have given the somewhat ; poetical title of *' The Excelsior;" It is fitted- for power, and I ditfers from other silent machines luas* much as by a simple process the whole machinery can be lifted above the pan so as to enable the mixing process to be car* ried on by the man in attendance. This jis not attainable by any other process. The machine, it may be stated, is manufactured in Christchuroh* and will bear favourable comparison with any Imported machinery. The firm have also what they term a Premier sausage I machine, differing very slightly from the Excelsior, exceept that it cannot be raised, and smaller editions of both the Premier and Excelsior. The Buffalo scales sent by the firm enable a carcass of some 6001b weight to be weighed, and the great thing about these scales is that they occupy but small space', having a fold-back beam, so that no large amount of room is taken un by: them. ■ A table at the side of the bay is occupied by counter scales and mincers. There are also quite a number of tilling machines, two of which have had to be made specially for the, firm-by their own machinists, the English machines not being strong enough; The process of injecting brine „ into the carcasses., and thus- preserving them quickly and effectively, is demonstrated by the exhibition of several brine pumps. There is also a collection of somewhat deadly looking choppers, and a large pair of scales, capable of weighing up to seven cw't. The speciality of this Tatter is that; sferong hooks, with an upright beam, are . provided for hanging the carcase on to the scales, thus preventing the meat from bruising. Speaking generally, the exhibit comprised every requisite in the trade, ; and it is only to be regretted that the handsome trophy exhibited at Melbourne ' of Black Horse salt, for which the firm j are agents here, has not been brought- to j Bunedin.