INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17607, 9 November 1922, Page 13

INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

j •- : EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEET. i . i Ihe oxecntive committee of the In- ! ilu.-tnal Exhibition, to bo opened on 1 Novombor ISth, met last night, Mr W. I J. Jenkin presiding. ' The president said the matter of send- ! in S exhibits to the Melbourne Exhibi- ; ;ic.n to hold noxt January was referred to a sui>-coinmittec, which conj sidi-red ll'-at the matter w.is one for the I individual exhibitors to de-?ido. i The question of the loaition of the ' next exhibition was referred to t)ie exI ecutivo of the Industrial Corporation ! m niako a recommend:'.tion for trubj niisaion to the local ,ns:-ocintions. 1 Tlie pre.sideni said t-Itttt tlio conmiitthreatened with on ! the part of Cashel street landowners I who objected t.» the closing of the j street. Accordinfry he had arranged ihat :i cliiusc should lx> lusolcd in the ; I Washing-up Bill givins t-ho City Cmmcil nower to close the street and to ' allow the buildings to be erected. | Regarding the Cash-el street bridge, 1 now dismantled and closed, the piesident said the business people of Caslw struot had offered to contribute iIUU towards the tost of a temporary budge, to be erected by the Council and to remain during the Exhibition season. It was arranged that the Cojtnctl wou find labour to the value of £0), thc ,' c « u ; mated cost of the bridge bemg £2 1 . He collected and p-iid in but ««•» told, !>r authority of the deputy-chair-man of the Works Committee, th. t the work would not be started until th full £IOO was in. He objected to that, because 3io considered that Ins guawntee would be sufficient. However, no collected the remainder of the paid it in, and the bridge would be started the following morning. Mr T. Woodroffe said it would bo ruinous to the Exhibition to have 110 Bridge of Remembranco started while the: Exhibition was on, for the material to be used bv the contractor would be dumped on the river bank just where the temporary footbridge should be. As it was, the footbridge would have to be placed some distance away from Cashel street, and on a slope on account of the difference of levels of the banks. The president said he hoped that the present hoardings could he replaced by wire. Mr Woodtroffe said the hoardings would ho nothing when compared with the contractor's material and < equipment, which would he dumped in that ; locality. He moved that the City Council bo requested to cause the Bridge of Remembrance operations to be suspended until after the Exhibition had closed. The motion was seconded by Mr Schmitt. _ The president said there was considerable sentiment connected with the Bridge of Remembrance, and it would be most unwise to do anything to hurt that sentiment. .Mr Woodroffe said the contractor himself was quite agreeable to a delay in starting work. Mr H. Holland suggested that a deputation from the committee should approach the Council and the contractor and endeavour to bring about on agreement which would not prejudice the contract already existing. Mr Holland's suggestion was agreed tt by committee, and Mr Woodroue withdrew his motion. Mr T. Woodroffe reported that the buildings j would be ready in plenty of time. The stands would be erected by Tuesday next, in the interval after the Motor bhow closed. The real difficulty stands out the M ° tor Sh °* p" , Hall r for the Entertainbroadcasting station would be established at the western end of the Cashel street annexe and concerts would he given nightly from transmitting sta--1 tl ° n r 3 "L other parts of New Zealand. Mr "Woodroffe stated that all the space had been applied for with the exception of one small area. \ It was decided that the Exhibition should be opened daily from ;10*30 a.m. to 10 p.m., with the exception of the first day, when the official opening would be at 8 p.m. Transport Committee reported that the Railway Department had agreed to grant excursion concessions from November 14th, and were also considering the running of special trains from the country. Mr Schmitt said that he had interviewed the. railway people and was informed by tjio General Manager that the general issue of holiday excursion fi&ets would seriously disturb the revenue. He was, however, willing to issue excursion tickets available for one week in the Canterbury province. Excursion trains for children at picnic day-rates would also be run, and excursion tickets would be issued to exhibitors. The president said that he had approached the Uniou Steam Ship Co. relative to excursion fares, and was informed that the Company would be pleased to extend a 20 per cent, reduction in saloon return tickets issued at Wellington between November 20th and December 2nd, to parties of not less than 20. The passengers would require to travel together both ways on the same speoial ticket, which would have a currency of seven days. The president: . I propose that we take no action. I think this letter is an insult. A member: The offer is not wortli {he paper it's written on. The committee took no action. Fbr the Children's Committee, Mr H. Willis submitted a scheme for the free admission of Btudents from secondary schools and fifth and sixth standard pupils from primary schools, also pupils, of a corresponding grade from private and denominational schools. It was proposed that three sessions for children sliould be held in the mornings and afternoons of Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and that special lectures should be given to the children and should be issued in pamphlet form.