LOCAL EXHIBITS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1923, Page 2

LOCAL EXHIBITS

FOR WESTLAND EXHIBITION. There will probably be many interesting sights at the Hokitika Exhibition, among the most noticeable of which will be a bas-relief model of the main portions of the town of Greymouth and the port. The model was viewed to-day by a “Star” reporter, and is a faithful representation of the port and town in 1923, being built on a true three chain scale. The model is enclosed in a large frame 6ft by 4ft, made of the best New Zealand wood, and shows clearly and in a most attractive manner the chief points of interest in the town with due regard for size. The Post Office, churches, cenotaph, Town Hall, Opera House, schools, Cobden Bridge, Victoria Park and the new grandstand, and the Children’s Park as well as all the other outstanding places, are easily picked out. The streets, railway lines, lagoons, and bridges are particularly finely constructed. The roofs of the various private residences are painted red, providing a pretty offset t 6 the green parks and the hills—the hills being represented by mounted wood. The most striking view, obtainable of the model is from a distance where a green expanse of the Tasman in close proximity to the harbour and the river and wharves with the ships berthed alongside are seen,. Questioned regarding the extent ol local exhibits, Mr E. I. Lord, 1 who has the task of organising them, in his spare time, for the Grey County Council, the Borough Council and Harbour Board, said that when the Exhibition opened- it would be seen that the Grey district is well represented. Many of the exhibits have already been sent, but there were many more to be prepared. He, himself is engaged in making a model of Greyniouth as it was in 1866, and this should be a great contrast to the 1923 model affording a splendid illustration of the progress the town has made in the intervening years. The information for compiling the plan is obtained from old street directories and various photographs of that period.

A model of the s.s. Ngakuta is being sent over from Christchurch to be included in the Harbour board exhibits and is stated to be a very fine ofie. Huge coal exhibits, from the different mines are to be displayed. The minerals collection is splendid as also’ are the samples of Kotuku oil and silk a effects. Twenty-five photos 3ft by 2ft of sea and landscapes are being prepared for display, so that on the whole the Grey district, despite past laxity is doing its share to make the exhibition a memorable success. / , —,