N.Z. INDUSTRIES FAIR

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27906, 1 March 1956, Page 11

N.Z. INDUSTRIES FAIR

PREPARATIONS WELL ADVANCED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED EXHIBITORS More than 100 exhibitors will take part in the 1956 New Zealand Industries Fair in Christchurch. The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association will organise the fair, which will be held at the corner of Ferry road and Fitzgerald avenue from April 27 to May 19.

Exhibitors’ displays will include footwear. engineering. furniture, household appliances, furnishings, toys, farm implements and clothing. Lions will be on display in a special zoo on the fair grounds.

The main fair building (Manning’s old brewery) is already being cleaned, and all industrial space has been sold. Cement, glassware, agricultural implements and paper that has been stored in the building is slowly being moved out. Electricians are installing power supply points and also a standby power plant.

Workers yesterday were clearing three acres of additional ground space at the Moorhouse avenue end of the Transport Board’s workshops, and also a P ar * Xavier College grounds. This additional area will be used for children’s amusements, and it is hoped to §et suitable rails to have a horsetram for children’s rides. The first planetarium in New Zea<n*u a one. will be displayed at f air ’ to £ et ber with a working model of the solar system and an observatory. The planetarium will have a <J ome y’ith a projector in the "Sn I® tba t will project various constellations of stars in their actual positions. They will move according to the movements of the celestial bodies, but the tune factor will be greatly acP e ?Pl e will be able to look at the stars m the observatory and possibly sun spots. unw gia ?. t { narc l ,Jee . measuring 140 ft by and b<? . ® rec : ted for side shows, and adjacent to it will be the small

Xavier College will open most of MrX 1 h^ gr ° Unds for car P ark ing at the .Moorhouse avenue end. Men digging Sav h ri!s S at S roun ds yesterdiscovered buried pieces of harJ ? ' e wer , e rehe s from the days when the grounds were stables. lhe ground was so hard that as hSoio BS thr , ee attempts were mad» before a single posthole could be dug. Manufacffirer«> T A ° f - ll ? e Car >t ert >u>’y A it?™? s Association (Mr R. T. mon 2 ld > yesterday that more than 1000 schedules for the arts and crafts The 11 ?! °r <he fai , r I,ad been distributed L SCC J orl ’deluded art needlework and handcraft, model vessels, printing ™ ri CCan °’ , nlo^,e, aeroplanes, a?d cacti and succulent garden bowls.