THROUGH THE SHOW.
MANY INTERESTING FEATURES. A FEW IMPRESSIONS. After the official opening of the show yesterday afternoon, people proceeded on their various ways through the great halls to view the exhibits, and again in the evening there were many people in the buildings. As a pressman wandered along the passage-yays, which, the previous evening, had been scenes of activity and feverish preparation, he could not fail to note the excellence, of the numerous displays and the general lay-out of the various stands with their treasures. On entering the West Coast Refrigerating Co.’s building-—' the main entrance—one is struck by the fine exhibition of motor ears, brightly polished bodies arid quietly purring engines, bringing to mind. 1 the wonderful advance which the internal combustion, engine has meant to the world. The motor is seen every minute of the day in the streets, but it has a new* interest when several of the best, representatives of the many makers are placed on exhibition, and people spent a portion of their time at the show in the motor section. It is a. very attractive display. Passing through the. corridor across Rowe Street, the wanderer comes face to face with the very interesting display staged by the New Zealand forestry Department, where examples are given of the beauties , ofthe grams of our forest woods. To the pressman inspiration is given, by this exhibit. Has not his paper urged the value of forestry and pointed* withregret to the wicked waste in years past of timbers similar to those samples which he has before him? Yes he will be an even better friend of’ the trees in the future. Upstairs, and one is in the midst of the products of the great industry to which the people owe so much The <ffiee.se and butter exhibits, tastefully arranged, represent the best, work of the factories exhibiting in the same department are the root crops grown by the members of the boys’ and girls’ clubs, with written work on nature study and drawings and graphs neaUy displayed. This section would be hard to beat. But the even“s* Posing, and one must see more ot the exhibits occupying the thousands "• f OQ s , q . uar ® °, f space. The Acclimatisation Society s display is next visited Last year’s exhibits were the W J +£ fc ° f muc 1 favourabl ® comment, but the pressman, who found this year’s display much bigger, advises everyone who visits the show to make sure of going through the rooms where the society has its exhibits arranged—not a hurried rush through, but a thought fnl observance, which will well repay the spectator, and the children, who +w a f^\ t ° wri H essa y s «pon what they see. have ample material for good PoS i t i!° n - ii out into tb e corridor, trhere the walls are covered -with chil- * dr w! n !f of old bo <>ts, teapots. writing Photography, and writing—all claiming attention for a TrS and reaches the fancy and art work and the cooking exhibits the pride of the keen housewife passing on one comes to the very interesting exhibits set out bv the Bepartment of Industries and Commerce. Here one must halt for a few minutes for there are samples of work which verify f 4° m .“ tlesnt ! far -°ff Samoa-a V * r / display indeed. On through the corridor to the left and one is m the portion of the show where business firm* have their goods set out, and which have been written up under, the various headings. To the left are the tea rooms, which are doing good business, and whence come the strains ™n£ U * 1C ? roVI l ed by Mr - Fenwick’s - professional In the, next ~ hall are further trade exhibits, and the Plunket Society’s stall, and seats- for those who desire to rest after being on their feet for perhaps an hour or more since they entered the show Next ' the -n hl , nery . d °Partment, where farmers will find various types'of milk'g machines and other implements which merit their .. attention. The pressman does not- know much about farming and the advantages of one machine over another, so he passes slow’- r ly on his way out to where the SideShow’ people try to prevail upon him to . have a shot,” This part is interesting in another way, and several, minutes are spent- in going through until one is back in one. of the trade -sections, and the time has come to return home. The minutps" have flown by, and the interested, wanderer has not seen nearly all the exhibits in the hour and a. half w’hich has passed; since- he entered the show’. He will go :agaih, several times perhaps, for it is very interesting and educational; moreover, he will meet friends and neighbours, . and he will, by'conversing with them, learn more about the exhibits which he finds so interesting and attractive. For the first day the attendance* was very satisfactory, and with the good reports which those who have been to the show will spread abroad, and the prospect of beautiful w’eather, there should be very lurge crowds of visitors day and night until Saturday, when it is hoped to be able to record the greatest success vet achieved by the South Taranaki Winter Show.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 July 1924, Page 6
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882THROUGH THE SHOW. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 July 1924, Page 6
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