THE NELSON EXHIBITION.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1662, 2 December 1873, Page 2

THE NELSON EXHIBITION.

The Nelson Exhibition was" opened/ on November 26. •"• 0h ; the doors being ; opened there wasairush': in' tKedirectipn of the; Hall,. whichjn a Lfluarte^pfian^hgur was crowded, the gallery, aud. GrauAJury Room being also filled. been cleared up the middle of the hall,aV procession, consisting of Lowther Broad, Esq., the Vice President, Sir Di-Mbnroj his Honor -Mr Justice /Richmond, menV bers of the Legislative Council, members of the House of- Representatives, the Clergy ofiall denominations, an.d;:the- Exhibition Committee entered at the western door and.walked up tp the dais erected at the .end of the building^ "Ha^itig 'arrived there; the* National 1 Anthem was'played hy the Artillery Band, after -which Sir David Monro, in the absence of his Honor the Superintendent^- delivered an inanpural address. " The f olio wing T< description of the exhibits is given by the Mail: — : ..; _.' ;. ' '":' •: --/'-'■■"•n r-~ Every available foot, of spatce afljqrdedr to the -Fine, Arts has beep ,iur|(ed ; ,tpj account for hanging the nurnerpua^and^ many of them, valuable pictures which i have been sent,, in. One.- corner at the upper end of the room* is crowded with [gems, some by the old masters, others by ! well-known artists of a more modern date.- --! New Zealand scenery m,all its beauty and |all it.s wi!dngs.s^and.- 'gra^deqr is r-eprer I sen ted in the4worl?s^joi|Measrs Qully, IBarraud, J. & Chevalier, (Harris, A. L'e (t; : Campbell, Nairnj 3ao!oV ». host of others, while plates and engravin'gsf j etch ings, ■pen » and ink ike'tches'j ".^Hbtdgraphs, and every conceivable variety of pictiire are to be found. 1 ; C6hnpiss r eurs speak in the, highest terinsof this^depar't^ m'ent. •"-•■■■ ti - 1 "-- : ' ; -;;/ ;;• ; ; .:.;■ ; . ; V - R fc_ fl ni The, Ladies', Industrial IJQjjar^meiit'iJi' crowded almost Itoj excess wilih exhibits,and will form qne^offhe most' attractive features of the Exhibition. We ought not to forget: to, meutionthatthespinsters have come out in strong force to compete for Mr Shallcrass's special ppizejvrT ?!; T . r Tl ; In the : Xnc(.ustrial Department, ithere ia a large collection oflocal' manufactures-bl-' every conceivable descriptioriy-'ißjottled 1 ' fruits,' pickles of ; every yarie'ty^ mtfshroo'nr sauce, tomato sauce; sauce's of everjfeti^p all manufactured from Nelson 'produce, capsicums, curry powder,^ Cayenne peppep |-^tj^|iXr Akersten \ye owe ""*■ [that all these things,. c.an he produced in INelson of a quality that "is hot to be suripassed by the older and more experiencedEnglish houses to whiqh- ; we -now lo&H^ |for our supply of such artibles. These 1 are flanked ; by; tempting looking ysmo:ke(t hams and German 'aaiiaages, sent in from !the Lowef'Moutere, and exhibited "by Mr fHarling. One table is groan iug under the weight of bottles of "Nelson : made iwines, in the manufacture; of -which ; all jsorts of fruits from the grape to-the-goose= iberryi from the currant; to .the -fclißi^" have been called ; into requisition, while» 'bottled ale and- 1 porter present* m'oreisblidi attraction, if such a term/ may be applierl to .liquids, and the more delicate i tastes may be gratified by liqueurs and. cordials, of which the makers have no reason-t^bj 5 . ashamed. Cheeses, one of them a : m6til^-| containing the morning's .milk.pf 100 Gowi&N may also be seen here. The wall at one part is hung.with wooUen,.hearth / xugs of the most tasteful patterns^ tnade'by ]VJr Gook'from ""wooT "spifn by Messra'Webley^ Brothers, and);dyed rby' B^y.llobertson. Flax door mats of all shades and. pattern,BJ ~ turned out. by the s.ame l^and^, arc -also j%oe se^ri' in great quantity and yariety^ On another itableifftrerthej products' *cl Messrs Sedgwick and" Gbwland'V tannery. In anpther t rpom are specimens of cabip.eiimakiug ?i , pi, ■ vvhichi^ ,^elspn mayr well jb^u prpiicl^ " t They " coirhpirise ' a "magnificen|. 1 chest" of drawefs, manufactured 11 at c lffif J Fleming's;" warehouse, the ''principal upjntrfs tion of .the- worki having. {been dd.onftJJyCa Nslspn-bred yontj^-, who in t ;the apecimenji before ws"'S6es\'ere'dib l! 'both?j»'^ai|tfi|.ana . his master ; q, sideboara^shdwi^g ;'j|^ beauties .of "the mottled'tqtara to perfeg:-^ tiou 1 ; and a small round table, r containi^_ i^o less than 15,00 ,pieceSjqf wood some couch and" two large cblairs ;""and a very seductive-looking 1 invalid's chair, all from the same establish mentji <Hefe ? s also, we have exhibits. irqm a" establish; ment Qf which, is justly, proud, namely, Messw Wfebley Brpttie'rs^ doth factory. - Here; ; too, ; we find-averyiandr some. set of silver-plated; gig harness,, ex.' hibited' by Mr f ship in whiph is •remar^abjy fJ tdQd,l>naJ' reflects the "highes turedit "Qg6n"thoge by; s whom'-' it isiexecutedj and itUs satisfactoj^ I to know that the whole of it waa.tuniedj^ oujborhana' by young men whd hSdlearn^ "-

their trade in Nelson. A saddle shown by Mr Jackson is also an excellent specimen of Nelson workmanship. Drain pipesTperforated bricks intended aa substitutes for iron gratings, and fire bricks manufactured from the clay which is found in immense quantities at Brunnerton, all exhibited by Mr Patching, are to be seen in another corner, arid are well worthy of attention. Under the same roof is the Natural History department, where are to be seen stuffed birds and animals, fossils, petrifactions, shells, specimens of timber with the foliage of the trees from which they were : cut, and an interesting col lection of young forest trees in pots. The most interesting feature of the Exhibition is the Minerals. Coal may he seen in huge blocks or smaller pieces taken from seams at Collingwbod, the Grey, the Owen, Motupipi, Pakawau, Richmond,. JTgakawhau, Wangapeka, Wangainoa, Inangahua, and indeed, all parts of the Province. Sandstone, limestone, hematite ore from Collingwood, together with bars of iron smelted from the latter, and a horseshoe and nails made from it; Bags of the pigment obtained from the hematite were also exhibited by Mr Louission. Mr Hough has sent a. collection of polished marbles from Collingwood, the Bank of New Zealand a case containing specimens of alluvial gold frpin all the known diggings in the Province, some ,of it nuggetty, some scaly, some as fine as flour ; also some lumps of quartz from the Decimal mine thickly studded with the precious metal. Mr Tatton has furnished a most interesting collection of minerals, carefully arranged and classified. There are gold; silver, copper, chrome, lead, zinci antimony, graphites, clays in twenty-two varieties, silicates, silicates of potash, and potashes in various stages. , ( We can but congratulate the Committee and the Nelson public generally upon the encouraging proof that the Exhibition affords'of the rish and numerous mineral resources of the Province, and upon the very creditable show that is made by our local manufacturers. :