NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13285, 18 September 1906, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION

ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITORS.

[BT TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Ciikistchuhch, Monday. Messrs. Mayes and Laxgdowx, who are Ic ' in charge of the official residential bureau in connection with the Exhibition, state that the reports circulated by the Welling- ■ ton newspapers some time ago in regard to j the charges for board and lodging in Christ- : church are likely to have a serious effect on the attendance unless steps are taken at once to let the public throughout the colony know that the charges will not be excessive. In order to set at rest any misgivings on this score, Mr. Langdown started to-day on a tour of the colony. He will call upon the editors of all the principal newspapers, and will place before them the exact position, showing actual figures and agreements to demonstrate the fact that the charges will not be unreasonable. It is estimated that the average charge will be about 25 per j cent, above the normal, and it is thought ' that when the inevitable rise in meat, vegeI tables, butter, eggs, and other articles is : considered, the increase is only what might jbe expected. As a guide to intending visij tors, it is announced that full board and ! residence may be obtained at from 25s a | week, bed and breakfast at from 15s a week, ! and.bed only at from 12s a week; but only a limited number of places are available at those prices. One hundred thousand circulars, setting out the regulations of the bureau, have been sent throughout the colony. Most of the applications up to the present time have been for the opening week and Christmas time. "You would be surprised," Mr. Langdown said to a Times reporter. " at the numbers of people who have registered their premises with us. I There are very many who are taking ' pay- | ing guests' for the Exhibition. Their : names, oi course,-do not appear in any way, | and are known only to ourselves until visiJ tors seek for accommodation. We have a i complete system of registration. Each i place will be numbered, and it will be only | the number that will be seen by the public j in the bureau. ; THE ORCHESTRA. ! [by TELEGRAPH.—-PRESS ASSOCIATION.] I Christchuroh, Monday Mr. Alfred Hill, conductor of the Exhii bition orchestra, who has just returned from i Australia, stated, in an interview to-day, ! that the orchestra was to consist of 56 mem- | bers. Thirty players had been engaged, ' including New Zealand players, and ar- ; rangements were made for 26 more. The ! leader of the • orchestra was to be Mr. j George Weston, who led the orchestra at I the Melbourne' Exhibition. Mr. Cyril I Monk, who had just come fresh from his 1 successful career in London, was to be ! deputy-leader. The others included such I well-known players as Kniir (horn), Birese i (Ijass), and Olive (clarionet).