BID FOR PROGRESS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 4 July 1925, Page 3

BID FOR PROGRESS.

TAR ANA KI D J STRICT. HAWERA AYINTER SHUAY ATTRACTIONS. ••There is no doubt that the Taranaki district i. s making u big bid for progress,” remarked the Hon. R. F. Bollard (Minister of Internal Affairs), who returned from Hawera on Wednesday. “Taranaki is out to push itself into greater prominence than before. There seems to he ‘push’ in the air up there and business is thriving. When a visitor from the north or south goes lo New Plymouth, Stratford or Hawera lie is got hold of by some enterprising man of affairs. He i:y shown the district’s features and is told all that it produces and the good quality of its soil. The province is certainly not going to be left in the ruck.” Some ' compßnientary words were spoken by Air. Bollard of Hawera’s Winter Show (says the Dominion). He said .that the attractive arrangement of the exhibits at the show was a feature to he admired. The butter exhibit he did not think was comprehensive enough, when taking into consideration tho output of the district, but the cheese section was exceedingly good. The exhibits from the schools were excellent, showing that the Taranaki educational authorities evidently believed iu teaching their charges horticulture and afforestation. “There wore on display hoxe s of al] kinds ol young plants propagated by children,' said Air. Bollard, “and pinned t-o each box was a description of the plant or treev how it was reared and how it should be planted. The knowledge is certainly worth giving to the future men and women of our lands. The system is worthy of the emulation of other schools which have not adopted it.”

Another feature of the show that came in for the Alinister’s commendation was an exhibit from the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society. “That exhibit,” remarked Air. Bollard, “was one of the finest I have seen. The society showed many boxes in running water of trout in its various stages and then the trout of a few months, a. year and two years old. There is nothing like live exhibits to attract attention and study. There were some live birds on exhibition and very many native specimens, all arranged to great advantage. If there were more exhibitions of that kind 1 am sure the desire of the publicto help preserve native birds would be greater.” A further interesting exhibit.at the show was provided by the Government Publicity Department. The extensive display *of enlarged photographs of the scenic beauties of New Zealand, its industries, fanning scenes and of the general scope of the country drew thousands of admirers. It wa s said that the present exhibit of the Department was the first of the kind shown at a New Zealand show. A novel feature was the depicting by a series of enlarged photographs of a whole trip down the Wanganui River.