QUEENSLAND'S APPRECIAATION

Evening Star, Issue 19142, 8 January 1926, Page 4

QUEENSLAND'S APPRECIAATION

MR MOISEY'S RADIO TALK

Mr H. W. Mohshy, Queensland’s re- \ presontativc at the Exhibition, broad- j casted a talk from the Exhibition sta- , tion last night. “Radio. listeners m [ Now Zealand and Australia,” he said, “ let me talk to you for a tew minutes about Logan Park, Dunedin, and the wonderful achievement that is the New Zealand and South Seas Exhbition. I want to tell you something of what the various parts of the Empire have done in helping to make tho Exhibition tho great success that it is, and in particular I might mention Austraha as a whole, and Queensland, tho State I have the honor to represent. “ I have been asked to tell you something of my impressions of the Exhibition, and 'to compare it with other oveVscas exhibitions at which I ha.vo officially represented Queensland— -the Franco-British Exhibition in London, 1906; the Panama-Pacific Exhibition at San Francisco, 1925; and the British Empire Exhibition in London, laid. That is certainty a wide field from which to draw a comparison, and I think 1 might ho safe in saying that after such a varied experience one would bo unlikely to bo carried away by the enthusiasm of tho moment, and so gam an exaggerated impression of the results that have been achieved. . Allow Hie to assure von that this Exhibition is all that has ‘been written and said of it. For a city the site of JDimedm, in a country the'size of New Zealand, the ■ results and success of Logan 1 ark have been astounding. “ The directors who brought an ambitious scheme to successful reality said to Queensland 1 Come on in, -ten, act" inn through the Australian Government, Queensland was only too delighted. She sent an exhibit of everything interesting and educative that a country Ims te offer, and when 1 arrived with tho goods, seventeen days before the opening of the Exhibition, tho lav-out, the size and scope of the undertaking, the beautiful natural setting in a pocket of bush-covered hills and tho thriving mushroom town that (I am told) was once a lake, ah cams ns a scries of very pleasant surprises to me. I expected to find an exhibition in keeping with a country containing in all only a little over a mduon people, and found that tho finished article was on a scale that would do credit to any country in the world. , “Radio people,” .continued Mr Mohshy, “ I tell you m al sincerity that the entire Exhibition, although of smaller dimensions, compares most favorably, to my mind and experience, v.dth the best I have seen in buildings, lav-out of grounds, artistic horticultural displays, and wonderful up-to-date lighting effects, lnily. it must he seen to ho appreciated, \\hen von arrive at tho mam gates (nun I hope the time is not far distant when I will have the pleasure of meeting many of von at Logan Park) you will see that Dunedin has done the job with Scottish grit and thoroughness. Jn lacE nothing has been loft undone, and it onlv remains for Australians to arc faith in the achievement of then Dunedin brothers and come and see tor thomsolves.” " *■> Mr Mobsby then wont- on to describe tho various courts and buildings. “Let me conclude,” lie said “by tehino- you of a department in. wluc.i I am familiar and which contains features that will appeal to you a,ll and has attracted all who have passed through the Australian Court. I refer, to our Queensland section which is the “ biggest paddock on the Australian Estate ” H bur. been devised and constructed firstly, to show what the State of Queensland has to offer in the capabilities of her vast areas ot land (over 429 million acres), wealth oi minerals, and the extent of her industries. Secondly, it- has been constructed with a view of . educating young and old, and giving visitors from everywhere an indication of "Inn, tim wealth of Queensland means, ami of the articles New Zealand needs chat Oueenstand can supply. A very comprehensive disul.av of primary products including temperate and tropical agriculture, showing wheat in twenty-two varieties, maize in ten varieties, fodder crops, farm and garden seeds, sugar cane, and refined sugar in its grades of manufacture, and. by the way, L rnmht mention that Queensland nas an area of sugar cane already under cultivation of about 200.n0n acres. Minse of of vou who arc 1 armors arc sure to no interested in Urn vide variety of products that Queensland oilers. Micro is an exhibit of cotton, and it tells at a. i-rl-uiee how cotton is treated from tho fields to the looms, including the . byproducts. Tobacco for pipe and cigar is also shown, ami the wool exhibit gliows Queensland’s advantage <is a. wool product,ing country. Canned fruits and meats we are displaying m large Quantities, also dairy products, and one of the finest samples of tho mineral wealth of Queensland is a feature of our display, while the fnrestrv eoction shows a very wide range of useful hard and soft timbers. . . “Now 1 fed that 1 have occupied , vnur time long enough. In bidding Von pond night, J sincerely trust that mv remarks may give you some slight indication of what tho Exhibition at Dunedin offers. Once more I repent that the achievement has been one of which the whole, of New Zealand may he pmnd. I wish you all a prosperous uc.v year on behalf of Queensland.”