THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12545, 14 July 1906, Page 10

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

THE EXECUTIVE MEETING. At the meeting of the Execittwe of the New Zealand Initernativnal Exhibition on Thursday nqgh: the Chairman or tho Finausc rfpoi'«xi that ho had intervened tho iUtKst-er on, i-ho subject of aoi hvjreose ci nhe seciv:arys salary. Tho iiuiLßtor had replied that tho Government wcti'.d prefer to iGcouin«.'nt>c the seeivtaiy by bonus after tho Exhibition. At the same timo it was prepared to reconsider tho matter it" .my rurther recommendation was ■svrnt up. Mr Kayo tiau-d that tho .VLr.istsr's attinide w-uU not at all iavourabU , , and the master was allowed to nt,t tor tit!. , j.iit-.nt-. It was lvp-rud uiat tho Ceremoiual ar.;i Eiu-.-rumitnviit Committee had had ,?:i inter vi-jw v.vi.i -Mr McCrowan. Mr iMYwHck stated: "We had certain grievances wiiu.iu we wanted to &co ad-jusi-oa. and I think tluy have been EivtuiiiuiioriJy There Iwe sv>mo nusuiueis:.and f .ng, but tJio s&uiior wo forget the past a.id look to the future liic bower it will be ior tiho L.Yii;b.iK.n. v i'iio matter then closed. Tho Horticultural and Landscape Gardening Conuinrtev had accepted Uie plan prepared by .Mr Pvaix*i rdr tho tornery. it ivm stated, and the work ci planting l*rr..i ionv aided by -Mr Jiiar.h.-.vs was i .'ported to lx- pi"cctodin.s s-a , ;■α-tautrmiy. The commit u>; had _nia«o to tJu> Commissioners wuii lv-spcc to a suJiciiMit .-:ipply of water for tho fer.-Kiy. lio.itlng apparutui would aioo i>o pr~vi.U-d, and arra::gjiueuts would bo lr.ado so as to t-eciiiv a full ivnio-entation of ferns. The Uocorativo Cu-nuiuitteo npouted iliat tenders had lx-* rixxtived for tlii- plae.nji oi n iou.i:i.}i.ii in vie grand Jiail, at .1 iuaxiuiuni of £L'uU, and tiho ci>iiui:iitt-t«i> had forwarded tuio to tho fLMiiui.a-K.'ii.'i>., Wiiii a liikui-uiioiis of ono. 'i'iiv* xSaturud itietory dcininil-teo staUd fliat Dr. lioariiafa's exhibit would mclude a large cculttt.vn of i\ew Z*.\ila.ud biix'js and iishes; biif-lotons of .-eaii and Oiii\r aniliiu.s, a>: , .d o:-iior likeiy to bo of" niudi intei.tst, ana wculd nquuc a flea.- spaces ol about .SQtt to 40it. 'L'h-e ooiaiui.tteo were enip.Wvrod to tip.-'U.d £J(JO, tho ainouDit to inciudo expi.iiibu> ci tiiis exhibit. Tne C'na.r;iiaa of tlie Entertainments Coimiiritteo rt'pi>i"e<i, in connection with, the seating o : f t'he U>-in-cert Hall, tiiat tlie iAOintcct piao£<l it at IGUO, aiid anothea- aiKilitrity at 11 OS. So seem- as til to exact n-uni'i>o.-r w«i* asco/ruxlnod it would bo (submitted to tho> Execinive, but there was no d»ubt that tho ■accommodation would not bo so large as had btvn anticipated. Tlie Band contest promised to bo a great euceuss. Several bauds were coming from Australia, and there was a. record entiy from .New Zealand. Mr Munro stated that ho had forjyardod to the Court a reeouimendatioji that railway passes shouild be issued to bands coining fpani t!ho othea* oodo- i but dW not exnodt tihat any' concession would be made, as tho Railway Department had no sympathy with the Exhibition. "When he went anywhere on Exhibition business he had to pay his faro the same as an ordinary p is»n. The;© weie ocnctvisions under the .regulations for a number of personvs travelling together, and these might bo taken advantage of. ' Dr. Jenninjgs, chairman of fchq Sanitary and HygiemiJc Commit-1 tee, eaid tha;t tlho folk-wing resolution had been passed by it, "That t3va Esrcutivo Committee be asked to express th-eir opcuicn wiiether the Sanitary and Hygienic Sectional ooinmi[tte« .diiall ocinii'jmu© in existence, ac it ]ias no work to ; do," When tho committee was app&uited, hts explained, a schedule had beon prepared and circulated throughout New Zealand, England, America, and "tlhe Gcaiftikne-nt acking for ©xlhibilts. No iiupii'ee were received frotm beyond Ntnv Zealand, and tHitose from New Zealand maxlt' no applioation for epaco. Lafit year tiho Soctdional Comlnittco proposed to erecrt. sanitary and insanitary houses co as to give tins public an object let-son ■in aanitaa-y (■Kjience. Tho Minister -in ohoi-ge haa cmly reoantly notified, however, that the Exhibition would not agree to pay the cest. as it was tfli'oug*lnfc tlluat it | should bo a ohargo 1301 tßie Depai'timcnt of Health. AgsAa when the bu>iWing was begun flic Sanitary and' Hjj-gieniije committee naturally thought it would be consulted as to the sanitary arrangero-errte, but this was not <lbne.' It thereforo seamed that tiho oammitteo had nothing whaterer to do, nor any hope of having anything to occupy it in future. After a lengthy discussion on tho pas-ition, resoiluticms were passed sympathising with tlie oammittee in tiie unfort.una.to circumstances that had rendered its labours futile, and asking it to continue in existence. - °