NEW ZEALAND-INDUSTRIES

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 April 1908, Page 10

NEW ZEALAND-INDUSTRIES

PROPOSED EXHIBITION IN AUCKLAND ' .(DY lELEGKAPH—PRESS. ASSOCIATION.') s '.Aucftland, April 9. , ' There is a proposal afoot that in lieu of . >'■■ the Auckland, winter show,. which has been ■ abandoned this year, an' exhibition ■ of,. Netr : Zealand made goods. should be' hold. .This, t exhibition, will embrace all Varieties of irianu- . factures, representative of,. New Zealand in-y . dustries, aiid co-operative action is expected t to .bo.'taken Jjy. the Wellington and Cantert bury industrial associations. ' r A well-attended meeting of the Auckland 1 Industrial Association was held > this after--1 noon. '' .' -. ' - t . ; Mr. Arch. Clark, moved; " That arranßeI ments be proceeded with , at'once to give . effect to the proposal, to hold in Auckland. !_ an -exhibition of the natural products and t manufactures of New Zealand.", .The motion - f was carried. .. V . '. i ' ! Mr. Buttle. Said he thought, it necessary r to impress on the people of New Zealand the- ? importance of the local industries. It would. , be rieccssary to engage a separate building for the display'of goods , which could not be r put into shop windows. He moved: '.'That' . the project take,the form of an exhibition in , shop windows in the main thoroughfares." i . Mr:; C. H'.\' Poole, M.P.,' said he thought • there,was.nothing so good as. an exhibition 3 similar to that' proposed.'. It was estimated ' that' SO,OOO people would" come into Auckland on the occasion of the visit of the | American," fleets : Further' 'than that they - , would have 12,000 men from the other sida: i of the ocean. " : •-