THE COMING EXHIBITION.
■ ■ '■'■ ■—r -rr fi *^ • ' . > < '■ DOMINION MINING COURT.
FINE ~? TOURIST DISPLAY.
A meeting of the Auckland Exhibition £'|||I||| Mining Committee was held . yesterday || morning ■ in the secretary's office. •, There • ;* were present:— P. N. Kingswell (chairman), C. Hudson, G. Eraser, J* . Milnes, G. Aickin, E. A. Brown, and G- j Elliot (president of • the Exhibition}. , A communication was received from tha -- ; ? Mines Department, offering to take . ove? ■ ', the space secured by the- committee and, . form a Dominion exhibit. The suggestion! ; t ] I was unanimously agreed''to- by the com* ; ,- mittoe, a,, it was considered inadvisable ta f<'|||l||| have two mining courts. The Auckland committee ' will give every, assistance ta '.i;,jy',; the Government iu gathering specimens of minerals and models of machinery to make* an; effective display. - - i '-' • The Tourist Department has ' engaged) Mr. Charles Eickerton to carry out tha decoration of the tourist court., ~ Mr* \ Bickerlon has spent some years in Paris, under ' the . great. French, decorative artist, , I Bouguereau, : and also participated in tha 1900 Paris Exhibition". The exhibit will be striking and, novel, three large panoramas of the principal scenic resorts of! New Zealand Mount Cook, the Wanganui : | River, and. Rotorua — , the subjects chosen 1 by the Department. It is-:, tha artist's intention to execute these pictures ' ill profile, thus giving a, stereoscopic effect) Ui that will give the' spectator. the impression that he is looking at the actual scenes, rather than the pictured represent tations.- • _ :;' DIFFICULTY, IN THE NOETH. : M. - , i GRANTS BY LOCAL BODIES. |t ■'"':. '.. -'■■'":■■■':' ' ' '"■'''' ''. ..'-.',■ '■',-.. ■''.'■■ ...V".-' ; '■■.-.' ■■'.■■ ' '■■.■'-:,%. -\Wi [BY TEUSGIIAPH.—OWN .OTKBESMSMNr.] Whangarei, . Tuesday. A rather. curious' position has 'cropped .;,;< lip regarding tie ' contributions "-of the Whangarei Borough Council to the - ..•; finances of the North AscKtoid Court ab g the approaching Exhibition. -The point in question:!is likely: also to be of interest to the contributory northern local bodies to the- movement. . . " ". :.:';"..:.- .. Recently the local body agreed to contribute £146 to the combined' fund- and made an initial payment of * £12 to I',. North -Auckland court executive, but thia latter amount was tagged by the AuditorGeneral when the council s annual balance-.-., .:;;., sheet' was. reviewed .This.. action led '. the-local bodies to >> point " out to the . .-. Auditor-General tliat .it was r understood -, , 'that such payments were legalised bv tha v Exhibition! Act of I?1P, but.the Auditor- - General has now replied 'that' the-Act only; applies to cases where'the \wxk is,per- -m■■ formed by "a local authority; itself,, and. ■ y the Act does not authorise. the over of. moneys for expenditure. by othec-^, pe At e a Peering of the Borough Council y last night,. it was poiniied out that, according to the Auditor-General's interpretation} of the Act referred to, ; the,memberp.of the . council would be 'personally liable,for• .to balance of the £146 rate,, if it was handed over to .the North Auckland .court, .' executive, and, 'further, that members of all tha other northern-local'boidee would be .m-*» xSBSL similar predicament. It, was. , decided, however, not to take any action, pending, further, developments. _ . The point that has been raised is causing ?mM the North -Auckland court.execntoyfe, somtt^^ little concern, and it was., decidedA|o^ to 'represent the matter, to the Minister ~: : for Internal Affairs. . . . .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15390, 27 August 1913, Page 11
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518THE COMING EXHIBITION. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15390, 27 August 1913, Page 11
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