THE CHRISTCHURCH INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

Evening Star, Issue 6481, 24 December 1883, Page 4

THE CHRISTCHURCH INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

[Fbom Our Special Reporteb,] NoTTh. In textile manufactures there is a very good show, as mentioned by me commenting on the Otago exhibits in that department. Another consignment from Dunedin has just cimo to hand in the shape of samples of rope, twines, and lines manufactured by Messrs M Donaghy and Co. This firm gained gold medals and the highest possible awards at the Sydney, Melbourne, and other colonial Exhibitions that havn been held since they started business, ar.d it is therefore unnecessary to svp much anent the quality of their goods. The material mostly employed by them appears to be Manilla, and their twine in that fibre for reapers and binders appears to be a specialty. Another fine exhibit of this class is that of the Auckland Fibre Manufacturing Company, who have sent down a vary large and comprehensive assortment of Manilla ropes and binder-twines, New Zealand fhx ropes and twinesadapted to different purposes, and New Zealand fibre matting. Their manufactures have an excellent appearance, and the Company deservo credit equally for the quality of their exhibits and the thorough manner in which they have shown what they can turn out. Mr R. Gould, of Opawa (near Ohrlstchurch), has a small but effective display of cordage and twines; and Messrs B. Hale and Co., of Ohristchurch, a larger and more varied assortment of ropes, twines, lines, tarpaulins, and models of tents as fitted up by them. The Kalapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company fill a large buy with exhibits worthy of their fame and of the largest faotory of the kind in the Colony. The quality of their tweeds i 3 too well known to require comment upon, but the Bannockburns they are turning out just now are particularly good. Another very excellent article is their broadcloth, which shows beautiful finish; while their flannels, blankets, hosiery, and yarns are quite up to their usual standard. Messrs G. L. Beath and Co. make a capital display of clothing made from New Zealand tweeds, and have also a handsome case full of Imported goods in the hosiery line, this latter being presumably, sent simply as an ornament to the bay and not as an exhibit of local manufacture. Ladies' corset 3, straps, surgical belts, and articles of a kindred nature are shown by Miss Nerrall and Mrs Sharland, both of Ohristchurch; dyed feathers, furs, and gloves by Mrs Farquhar, also of Ohristchurch. Hats in graat variety of ehape and material are exhibited by Mr J. Ballantyne, of Ohristchurch, and Mr 0. Hulbert, who has just been elected Mayor of that town, is also down for an exhibit in that class. . The department for leather goods is lairly filled, but not quite so strongly as might have been expected, the Ohristchurch firms having it all, with one exception, to themselves; and several of themeveanotputtinginan appearance. About the largest exhibit in this line is that of the New ZeaUud Leather Manufacturing Company, of Wellington, who have sent down a very fine case of boote aad shoes of all kinds, from those of the strongest and heaviest desorlp- „.. tton of men'f up to the most elaborate and ""delicate of ladies'. The work Eeemi very well dofie, and the display is a splendid one. The three rides of the recess in which the case staaosftse filled with a collection of the Com- ■> i^MP» tbers > inchiding stained, bright, and seems very carefully prepared, firm of Lightbaud. Allan, and ' Co. 3end the handsome case which figured to so much advantage In Messrs Joubert and Twopeny's exhibition, and it is again filled with a grand assortment of boots and shoc3 j the whole being surrounded, like the New Zealand Company's case, with fine samples of loathers in great variety. Mr J. Dufen, of Ohristchurch, has a small case of boot 3 of good quality, and Messrs Bowron Bros., of Woolston, a capital assortment of light leathers. Saddlery is shown in plain and elaborately - stitched varieties by Mr J. Macgregor and by Messrs Mason, Struthers, and Co., both oi Christchuroh. In this class Is set down Boap and candle manufactures, but there is not a single specimen on view, the Wellington Company's and Messrs BTLeod Bros'. (Dunedin) exhibits in this line being for once conspicuously absent. Mr H. Bowker shows a comb-foundation for use In beehives, as made by Mrs N. Sellars, of Swannanoa, which attracted & good deal of attention from persons of apiarian tastes Mr Jubal Fleming, of Ohristchurch, contributes his "Kiwi tbttage," a model houso built entiroly of cigarettes of his own manufacture, which will be remembered as having been on view in the large Exhibition. In vegetable and other substances, In addition to the Dunedin firms I have already mentioned, Messrs Moorhouse and Co., of the Belfast Chemical Works, Canterbury, show a quantity of artificial manures manufactured from the offal obtained at their meat-freezing works; while "'■ bone-dust manure i 3 exhibited by Messrs Loch Bros., of Nelson. Messrs Lightband, Allan, and Co., of Ohristchurch, send a quantity of glue from the Woolston Works, which is apparently of excellent quality. Wool is wonderfully scarce; but camples aro shown by Messrs Miles and Co., of Ohristchurch, the wool haying been grown by Mr E. Tripp at Orari Station } by Messrs Dudley and Northoy, of Tinwald; and by Potter's Patent Wool-Scouring Machine Company, of Auckland The wool in the last Instance 1; beautifully clean, and its appearance spsaks volume* for the efficacy of the special machinery used. The New Zealand Manure and Chemical Company, of Tauranga, are represented by manures, samples of sulphur, sulphates of lime, and hematite paint; while Mr G. Federli, of Ohristchurch, again sends a highly Interesting series of exhibits illustrative of serlcicultmo. Here one sees silkworms in many stages, from the grain or egg state up to the fuU-grown < wotm, Cocoons of silk aro also shown, with the apparatus by which it Is wound into the skein; of technically termed raw silir. This exhibit has been on public view on previous occasions, and invariably attracts considerable attention. The walls of Mr Federli's bay are hung by the New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with diagrams demonstrating the difference between careless atd thonghtful treatment of brute beasts, also with texts incalcating the observance of kindness towards dumb creatures. (To be continued. J