Exhibition Highlights

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 147, 16 March 1940, Page 13

Exhibition Highlights

Register your signature in the Centennial Roll of Commemoration and receive your centennial certificate of attendance. The Roll is located next to the Moa in the General Exhibits Court. » * * The rage of New York and Paris, Bezalcl, 100 per cent, pure Silver .Jewellery. Just arrived at the Exhibition. High art in Eastern jewellery modernized with tremendous success, on display “New Pal” Palestine Exhibit, next Cafeteria. * * # Plunket Ball. Special car parking arrangements. Stadium car park, dose to Cabaret entrance. Two entrances, Coutts St. and Yule St. * $ $ Large crowds—crowding to see the daring act presented by the St. Moritz Ice Skaters. With rhythmic grace, these clever skaters perform thrilling evolutions on a 13 x 13 rink. v Hitler’s Horrors for mechanized murder. Showing for the first time in New Zealand. Captured giant Nazi naval mine and giant torpedo, in Playland. « * « '.Men! See the latest Styles and Fabrics in Argosy Suits and Roslyn Overcoats, made by the leading N.Z. manufacturers of woollen fabrics for 76 years. See them today at our Exhibit (Stall 38), Industries Court. * » * The working electric’elevator is one of thousands of fascinating miniatures in the Little Theatre. See it today in the Blue Pavilion. » » « Amazing values and wide selection of souvenirs make Aitken’s the most popular stall for souvenirs. Opp. (inside) entrance to the Cafeteria. * * » Delicious sandwiches without effort —the latest style. Dainty and appetizing with “French Maid” Peanut Spread for picnics, bridge, teas, any time. 4oz. 7d. » * * Classic stamp issue of New Zealand Full Face Queens. Complete your collection in this series now. S. Curtis and Co., General Exhibits Court. “French 'Maid,” the coffee the Americans and Canadians always praise, served with real cream and biscuits, (id. Opp. Maori Court. Revitalizing, stimulating. Stick to Beer! Sparkling Draught Ale (chilled), Exhibition Bar, Motor Court, at Dominion Court entrance. » * » Appetizing, energizing, slenderizing “The Drink of the Century.” The tasle lingers. On sale at N.Z. Fruitgrowers’ Federation Exhibit, Industries Court.

onion-skins, orange from madder and fustic chips, blue from indigo and other shades from the clippings from a hedge near her home, kumera tops and the bark of a native tree. At her home in Papatoetoe, Mrs. Older has a hand-loom and a scarf and a bag made from homespun were among the articles included in the display. School Parties. The demand for accommodation by school parties wishing to visit the Exhibition has become so great that it has been necessary for the Exhibition education committee to make extra provision for accommodation. A section of the Winter Show building has been obtained and negotiations have been completed for the use of lot) beds owned by the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Limited. These have now been set up and the Christchurch Boys’ High School party of 68 was the first to use the auxiliary accommodation. The party of 118 from Waitaki Boys’ High School, which arrived yetserday morning is being billeted in the grandstand at Athletic Park. These boys will remain over the weekend, returning south on Monday night. . The secretary of the Wellington Education Board, Mr. W. I. Deavoll, who is in charge of the accommodation arrangements, said that next week would be particularly busy. On Monday morning a day excursion party of more than 400 children and teachers would arrive by special train from Masterton. They would be given the usual baglunch to take to the Exhibition and a hot dinner at the Newtown hostel before their departure.. At 8.25 p.m. a special train would bring a combined school party of about 350 from Opunake. The party would return home at 10.35 p.m. on Wednesday. The total of the party from the combined Palmerston North schools, arriving at 9 a.m. on Tuesday by special train had now risen to GOO. They would leave on their return at 7.40 p.m. The party would be taken to the Newtown hostel where each member would be supplied with a hot drink and light refreshment, before being issued with a bag-lunch and conveyed to the Exhibition. Because the Palmerston North party had to be supplied with a hot dinner at night before they left on their return home, the Opunake pary of 350 would be given a hot midday lunch and would take a bag tea to "the Exhibition. On Wednesday, a further 200 children would arrive from Palmerston North. They would be secondary school pupils, and there would also be 117 from Foxton, who were joining the train at Shannon. “Captured Sunshine.” The cinema programmes in the Government Court theatrette today will feature largely |he fruit-growing industry of the Dominion. Two programmes will be screened dally, one in the afternoon and the other at night. The afternoon programme will be “Sunshine Province,” giving views of Nelson and “Sydney East Bound,” an R.A.F. film. The evening programme will start with the fruit-growing film, "Captured Sunshine,” showing the fruit-growing industry in Nelson and Hawke's Bay, “Holiday Haunts.” and in response to numerous requests', “Health Activities.” the film dealing with sports, drill, swimming, and other physical activities in New Zealand schools. To every visitor to the cinema at each ession, an apple will be presented. Marcus King's painting of the fruit industry of New Zealand will be exhibited. The picture, which is in three sections, was originally intended for the window of the High Commissioner’s office in London. It shows apples being picked, graded, and loaded on board ship.

AUSTRALIAN OPALS Interesting Collection At Exhibition A collection of opal collected from Australia’s two richest fields at White Cliffs, New South Wales, and Coberpedy, South Australia, is now on display in the Australian Pavilion at the Exhibition from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The exhibit, which is worth about £2OO, has been sent specially from Australia, and shows the precious stone in various forms, from rough stone in the seam as it is gouged from the ground to the polished, flashing gem. Some particularly fine black opal is included in the collection. An interesting fact is associated with the winning of opal from the South Australian field—Coberpedy is a complete township, but it is built entirely underground. From half a mile away across the flat, sandy northern section of the Nullabor Plain a traveller would not know that he was near a town. A post office, Commonwealth Savings Bank, stores and homes are all cut out of the soft limestone formation. This unusual procedure has been adopted, as beneath the soft stone is the only cool retreat from the hot, sand-laden winds which penetrate the arid interior.