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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9254, 7 January 1889, Page 4

A meeting has been called for to-day at the. Chamber of Commsrce, of members of that body and of others interested, in order to hear Mrv Twopeny, Executive Commissioner of the Dunedin Exhibition, and to consult about taking action to have the products and manufactures of Auckland properly represented. Auckland has hitherto been lukewarm about this exhibition. We have been somewhat harassed about exhibitions, and prior to Mr. Twopeny'a coming to Auckland it seemed as if the exhibition which it has been determined to hold in Dunedin in 1889 would have to pass off without any assistance from Auckland. Since, however, Mr. Twopeny has been here he has seen a considerable number of gentlemen who would be interested in the matter, and has endeavoured to show them that Auckland ought to take an active part, and to be fully represented at the Exhibition. In this task, we believe Mr. Twopeny has been very successful, and it is certain now that Auckland will not stand aloof. The meeting today is called to afford Mr. Twopeny a public opportunity of explaining the objects of the Exhibition, the plan upon which it will be conducted, and the novelties which will be introduced in its management. Mr. Twopeny has had a considerable experience in tne conducting of exhibitions, and we have not the smallest doubt that the Dunedin Exhibition will be well managed, and will be productive of benefit to the whole colony. What is worth doing is worth doing well, so that we must aim at having ■ a complete representation of the products and manufactures of Auckland. We produce many things here which are peculiar to this part of the colony owing to our warmer climate, and these should be shown, so as to make known our specialties. It also falls to us to be the means of exhibiting the products of the South Sea Islands, such as cotton, coffee, copra, &c, which are becoming of importance, and which are mostly brought to Auckland.for consiunptionor for transmission toEngland. The people of Dunedin have spiritedly made up the necessary guarantee, so that they ask no assistance from us in that way. They simply ask that those interested shall form a committee to have Auckland adequately represented. "