THE LATE EXHIBITION.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12852, 10 July 1907, Page 4

THE LATE EXHIBITION.

Tbe decline and fall of the Exhibition proceeds apace. The demolition of the no-thern block of annexes, ailing the space between the central corridor an 1 the Machinery Hall has now boen be- , ,!.....-.'... ..i. -p»;~w. roofing iron, etc., will be held at one .... .. nu u>i.i*? wi.li.ii »as pill Up i» a protection to the lawns in front ot the Exhibition buildings, hae been par tinlly removed to.allow of the paseina of vehicle* from the Machinery Hal. to the Armagh street gates, when removing building materials bought at the bi-weekly auction sales. So far. however, no* damage appears to navo resulted. ... Tho "Wonderland" toboggan slide hae almost disappeared. Only a few posts remain standing. The local lmiUler who has bought the big blocks of Mount Somere atone, whici) are the only remains of the Ashburton Court, has obtained permission to leave them in their present position until the removal of the eurroundinr. floor enables him to brinn a traction engine to tho spot. Meanwhile, when he want* any stone for a job he oonie* »nd saws off a elab. MJr T. E. Pearson, Rotorua, the Tourist Department's Head gardener, was a visitor to the ruins of the Exhibition yesterday. Ho it was who designed the fernery, which gave co much pleasure to patrons of tho Big Show, but he never s;nv it in its glory. He left Christ church before it was completed and did not return until yes'.er day, only in time to eco its wreckage before that also disappears. A "Press" paragraph, on Monday, handed on a suggestion of eoinc m«ucstly anonymous i>orson to the effeit that a strong humanitarian appeai should bo made on behalf oi Bacchante and the infant Jiao chua, Eve, Deborah, and tne other women and children in whit< marble and scanty clothing, who were known in better days as the Exhibi tion marble statuary. It now transpires that they aro likely to be removod very coon from their painfull, , , exposed position. The matter has boei, taken up by tho Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Aii Munro has seconded Lheir representa tions t<> the Government, and as sooi. as Ministerial sanction has boen received, Inspector Zoueh will be authorised to take the statues away and lodge thorn temporarily in his ofiiotIt soems that negotiations have boen afoot for some little time, and that k is tho intention of the Society to deter mine the tiual destinations of theii protegees by means of a gigantic an union. It is expected that tho Go vernment will thus obtain a satisfactory return on tho money spent in obtaining th© etatues, and the Socie.\ and kindred bodies throughout the colony will receive a welcome addition to their funds.