WINTER SHOW EXHIBITION
FINE TIMARU DISPLAY [p»» United Press Association.] TIMARU, July 5. Tho first South Canterbury Industrial Exhibition and. Winter Show was opened on Saturday by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, in the presence of a very largo assemblage of town and country people. The display, which covers nearly 40,000 square feet of space, is most comprehensive, affording the public an excellent opportunity of seeing what primary and secondary industries the district and the Dominion are capable of producing. The trade section is arranged very attractively, and the district “ bays,” primary and secondary schools, and arts and crafts sections cover such a wide range of exhibits that it is impossible to appreciate them in one .visit. The Minister said he had visited a great number of similar shows in the course of his public career, but he had seldom seen a display equal to that at Timaru. Ho congratulated the promoters on the success of their efforts, and said the show would do much to living about a greater appreciation of both the primary and secondary industries of the Dominion.
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Evening Star, Issue 22383, 6 July 1936, Page 14
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187WINTER SHOW EXHIBITION Evening Star, Issue 22383, 6 July 1936, Page 14
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