WINTER SHOW.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20906, 13 July 1933, Page 14

WINTER SHOW.

+ RECORD DEMAND FOR SPACE. ARRANGEMENTS WELL IN HAND. This year's keen demand for space—the keenest that has ever been experienced—promises exceptionally well for the Christchurch Winter Show, which will be held in the King Edward Barracks from August 5 to August 19. All the space allowed for in the plans was applied for before the closing date, and application has been made to the City Council for an additional 60 feet of annexe in Cashel street. Some 3000 feet more ' space has been sold for this year's show than for 1932, and the ingenuity of the space committee has been tested in the effort to provide accommodation for the many exhibitors. Most of the exhibitors are local manufacturers, although two or three Dunedin firms will have large displays at the show. Arrangements are now well in hand, and a meeting of the executive of the Canterbury Manufacturers' Association will be held this evening to receive the reports of the committees in charge of the various sections. Novel Features. Several new features have been incorporated in the plan for this year's show. For the first time the majn stage will be at the west end of the building. This will be 70 feet long by 14 feet wide, and an exceedingly striking and effective scheme of decoration has been planned. From the centre of this stage a central avenue, 18 feet wide, will run the length of the building. This year the main entrance will be from the east end of the annexe, near the Bridge of Remembrance, and will be appropriately decorated and flood-lit. The Winter Show executive has made application to the council for permission to construct an annexe in Cashel street, 220 yards long—more than half the length of the Cashel street frontage of the King Edward Barracks. Wide Range of Attractions. A remarkably wide and varied range of attractions will this year be offered to the public. The manu-1 facturers' displays will be much more comprehensive than in previous years, and the working demonstrations of manufacturing processes will no doubt be a popular feature. Arrangements have been made this year for the room housing the exhibition of arts and crafts to be considerably enlarged, with the object of enabling a more effective display of this popular section of the show. Six city bands will contribute to the musical programmes, and there will be mannequin parades, tug-of-war matches, and dancing, while the ever-popular "Chocolate Alley" will provide amusement for the crowds, and at the same time serve a useful purpose in assisting the funds for the relief of distress. The mannequin parades are a new departure for the Winter Show, and elaboraate arrangements have been made to ensure that they will appeal to the female patrons. The mannequins will step out on to the stage from a huge book, )■'} feet high and 20 feet broad.