The Hastings Standard. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1906 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

Hastings Standard, Volume IX, Issue 5147, 14 March 1906, Page 2

The Hastings Standard. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1906 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

Tilii work of constructing the International Exhibition buildings is boiny greatly retarded by the destructive work of a southerly gale, but in the recent instance the damage is not much. It will, however, take same time to repair, but the opening will not be delayed thereby. It is naturally thought that accidents like this will not happen when the building is completed, but there will be several people who will think that if the | skeleton work should give away, the I towers when completed will be more j lialde to give way as the framework

I covered with weather boarding will 1 present a .solid surface to the wind. This curiosity should be settled bj' the authorities before the Exhibition opens. It is very satisfactory to learn that the British Government intends to spend £IO,OOO in making a large display of exhibits. This seems to show that the Motherland, an is only right, is going to be weij represented- Heyeral contributions from Great Britain have been pro? mised for the art gallery, the success of which is well assured; The replies from the different centres of productions are in some cases satisfactory, but there are towns which, not realising the good to be derived from exhibiting, and appar»

ejitiy suffering from a tired feeling, have not considered it worth while to exhibit. We are pleased to see that a move is being made locally to -"use an exhibit of Hawke's org„.. * --'-J Calmed fruit, from Bay producm. —«\idly ypowing Frimley, which is iv.,. - --ill into favor throughout thecolon^,.. be made u feature of the exhibit,which when placed in a prominant part of the Exhibition, will clearly show visitors the quality of our lands and its productions, not only in fruit, but in other products. The exhibit will be known as a Hawke's Bay oue, not under th<- name of one town, which is usually the case when there is anything of interest from these parts to be brought before the eyes of the people throughout the colony. There is a difficulty at present as to whether the Railway Department will carry exhibits free of charge. This matter should at once be settled, as the character of New Zealand's display might be affected considerably by ignorance of this fact. It behoves every centre to make as good an exhibition as it is possible to obtain, so that visitors will !><• impressed with the richness and variety of our resources, which, will no doubt prove of permanent beiielit to the Colony.