Reporter’s diary

Press, 8 March 1988, Page 2

Reporter’s diary

Exposition on. . i

HOW often are International Expositions held? asks a reader, who also wants to know about past venues. Since the first Expo in 11851, held j in London at the Crystal Palace, there have bfeen 21 world expos. The frequency, location and protocol is controlled by , the International Bureau of Expositions (8.1. E. under a convention signed in Paris in 1928. The longest gap between expos was between the 1915 San Francisco exhibition about the Panama Canal and the 1937 Paris expo featuring modern architecture. The next expo after the Brisbane expo 88 will not be until 1992 in Seville, when the theme will be the Age of Discovery. j

... Expositions EXPO 88 in Brisbane is the first major exposition to be held in Australia in

100 years, trie' last being held in Melbourne. Three expos were held in Australia in succession, beginning with Sydney in 1879, then Melbourne the next year, and in the same city eight years later. France has had ! five! expos, all of them in!Paris! The greatest attendance at any expo was at Osaka in 1970 when 64,218,770 people visited the Progress and Harmony for Mankind expo; the smallest attendance was at the Sdyney expo in! 1879 when only 1,117,536 people attended. While eight million people are expected at the Brisbane expo this year, 30 million !are predicted for Seville in 1992. Fair deal

TODAY is International Working Women’s Day and International Women’s Day (there is apparently a difference). What day, can any reader tell us; is International Men’s Day?

Rose to the occasion ADVERTISING does pay. A woman who listed her interests; in the personal column in yesterday,’s edition of “The Press” mentioned that she was “fond of champagne and red roses." I Non-smoking males! of similar age and interests were asked to 'write to “The Press.” An enterprising suitor not only wrote — he added two j gift-wrapped red roses. No champagne, but perhaps that is being kept for later ... University enrolments WHEN 1 Canterbury College began in 1873 there were; about 80 students who enrolled, 10 of whom had matriculated. One hundred and fifteen years later the college has become the University of Canterbury, and is beginI ! !

ning the year with 9000 enrolments. It was 51 years before enrolments rose to 1000, then another 22 years before they reached 2000 in 1946. Trie figure rose steadily Jto 3000 in 1959, 4000 in 1964, 5000 in 1966, 6000 in 1969, and 7000 in -1972. Numbers levelled out in the 1970 s and it was not until 1985 that the university reached 8000 students. ! ' ! Carry on, chaps ! STIFF upper lips continue to be encouraged in British public schools. “Fixtures,” the Eton College diary, is clear about its priorities when giving procedures for pupils in the event of a bomb warning. “Action to be taken by boys on the alarm signal: In the built-up area, take cover inside the nearest building. Inside • rooms, open windows and close curtains. On the playing fields, continue games.”