LOOKING BACKWARDS

Evening Star, Issue 22988, 20 June 1938, Page 13

LOOKING BACKWARDS

OLD-TIME IMPLEMENTS FOR CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION ■ Peh United Press Association, i WELLINGTON, June 19. The probability of negotiations being made by the Historical Committee ot the New Zealand ueutenniel Exhibition to secure for the celebrations m 1940 some of the examples of old-tuue conveyances’ and implements used by pioneer farmers of Manawatu, which the Young Farmers’ Club ' produced with telling effect in the ‘ Cavalcade ot Agriculture ’ at the Palmerston North Show, was mentioned bv the Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon. W. E. Pa'rry) in reply to a deputation yesterday “ Watching those aged vehicles, a vivid picture of the olden days and the straggles in the transport and the tilling of the land came quickly into mind,” Mr Parry said. ‘‘ it was a remarkable display in all vvajys; it seemed to me to be just the kind of realistic show we need in our centennial parades—something that will kindle the imagination and cause the people to live, if only momentarily, with their forefathers in the making days oF their fine country. I am suggesting to the Centennial Historical Committee that it makes an effort to secure those nartieulnr exhibits.”