THE COMING EXHIBITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 1514, 9 November 1912, Page 8

THE COMING EXHIBITION.

SECRETARY'S VISIT SOUTHjfS f- vSS . EXCELLENT SUPPORT IN VlEW*'® Thebb is a vast amount of interest.. beijtf 4 taken by people in the South, in the At?&! land Exhibition of next year. Mr. ",V/. ?, Holmes, secretary of the -executive, turned to Auckland by the daylight exJ!\ pres»* yesterday afternoon from a Fit "to " Wellington and Christchurch, and he, fold i Herald representative last- evening 'tHafc' » as far as these cities v.-ere concr-rnnd, f)£ag- ' poets for the Exhibition seemed very bright. : \ ,y' ii The main object of Mr. Hohnes's visit ; ' was to appoint representatives in the two centres capable of looking after the Exhi- £ bition's interests there, and lie vraS success. fill in obtaining the services of two widely < experienced men. Mr. F. IS". Meadowy \ •who was the superintendent o- '1 .14 ' Auckland Exhibition, was ' appointed* *»••; ? Christehnrch. Mr. Meadows has been con- . ' nected with exhibitions for the last'- 2Ji' \ years, and he knows the ins and outeoftha i; whole business. In Wellington, . T»j r . • Holmes made arrangements for Mr. H. J • ■ Allen, who is at present attending an in.),?? dustrial conference at. Melbourne, io. w-fe' present the executive in the Wellington ' province. Mr. Allen has also had wide ek, , ¥ perience of exhibition work in New Zea* land. Mr. Holmes states that the Exhibiti{®.u I'' well known in the South, and thi»-ke*«* : 'i§s| interest is being taken in it. Sappoft Is t, promised from many large business "firm*, ' and the public generally are locking for. ward to the went for an opportunity -t®'".-,-visit Auckland on holiday. ] While in Wellington, Mr. Holmes stain 'h saw the Under-Secretaries of the variotw Government Departments. yicluding 1 " th# 1 '< Tourist, Marine, and , branches. He was again promised'||f|i support by the Government. The | of making displays has been left in. th» I hands of the various Ministers, and ther® v 3 is no doubt that ttw Government will be f "I very extensively represented' at the Elhic J bit-ion. - :• - ,|||