THE EXHIBITION.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18547, 24 November 1925, Page 11

THE EXHIBITION.

♦— FINE WEATHER AGAIN. (rKESS ASSOCIATION TELF.G'RAM.) DUNEDIN, November 23. There "were largo crowds at the Exhibition to-day, the weather having cleared. A large number listened with pleasure to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders' Band, which continues to be a big attraction. As a result of the week-end rains, the lawns and gardens are beginning to look brighteV. The work in the pavilions is well forward, and they should be complete very soon. The Australian pavilion, which was much behind on opening day, is how. practically completed, and gives a comprehensive display of the Commonwealth's resources and manufactnres. , Visits by school children to the educational court commenced to-day, and will be continued throughout the week. The amusement park is very popular, and receipts are large. Much interest is being shown in the Samoan exhibit in the New Zealand Government pavilion. , Regarding complaints about the iugn cost of accommodation, enquiries show that three, leading hotels are charging 25s a day, while others and also private boarding-houses are charging from ten shillings and upwards. Bed and breakfast can be had from 6s 6d upwards. ■

TRIPS FOR CHILDREN. RAILWAY DEPARTMENT'S OFFER With a view to enabling as many school children as possible to visit the Exhibition the Eailway Department has sent a circular letter to the various school committees of Canterbury, offering to take parties of not less than, twenty persons, including children, teachers, and adults assisting in the supervision of the scholars, to Dunedin and back at a stop-over fare of 6s 6d for the first 100 miles and 4d for every additional five miles or fraction of that distance. As the distance from Christchurch to Dunedin is 230 miles, the fare between the centres ■will thus be £1 Is g<L The offer will hold good until April 30th, and the tickets will be available for a week. VALUABLE PICTURES. FOR DUNEDIN ART GALLERY. (SPBCIAL TO "THE TRBSS.") DTJN'BDIN, November 23. One of the Dunedin institutions which will benefit directly by the Exhibition is the Art Gallery, for which four pictures have been purchased by the Art Society from the splendid collection at the Exhibition. Three of the pictures arc in oil and one in water-colour, an<l all are by artiste of high standing. The purchase was made out ot the generous bequest of £IO,OOO left by the late :TiV Peter Smeaton, of Dunedin, the interest on that amount being allocated for the society to buy pictures of British artists. The pictures purchased are "Outskirts of the Wood" (oil), by O. Pitman, R. 0.1.; "The Sussex Common" (oil>. Ijy H. J-J. |.. a t-Jt.-A. [This is the largest jjicture published and is probably one or the most important pictures in the Exhibition collection]: "The Golden Porch" (oil), by Terriek Williams Ara; "General Wades Bridge" (watercolour), by A. P. Thomson.