THE EXHIBITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15500, 6 January 1914, Page 9

THE EXHIBITION.

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL DAY. MORE FIREWORKS DISPLAYS. COMING ATHLETIC FIXTURES. R*rp. musical fare wa., the distinctive attraction at 'he Exhibition Yesterday I" Md.iivi '•> the hand concerts in the afternoon : ,:.ri evening, there was a con- " ' '"• !i '" ''liristehiiieh I.iedertafol """"' '' ■' '" I'radshaw. Mus. Doc. A v ' ' "' ; ' ' • * ; ""'' gathered in the' con- " ' '•' '' •' "''' "on. and greatly en- !''• i !li" M" .-Minnie Another concert v ■ !> " - v ' ii '1 m evening. I '• 1.0v,,| Ar.illery Band's afternoon '" ■''""""' i'"1»«1.n) many attractive n.im- '" V ";•"'-' "'l' (" Because") by Ser- '' ' ' ' ,v v " ;v " ' l very popular item. 1' ci. ~ "-' prolamine was greatly a I l ■••■ . ile.i Rockets and Shells. '!"•■> |..pn!.ir ; ly oi the fireworks displav 0 ( "' "■: Ni.-ht has led the nine to R: '"' -" '■■-■• "'"■" displays for this month "' i' l " '"' •'•>■'' month. The first will be "" viiui.l.iy evening, 17th inst. (the ''' '" ' |l 'i; ''•''> "I the professional h ports), <• iniu- i c, at ; 30 <> i lock, and the second ''•■•' -.'"-I' m-1-ii-.t. The displays, which •T. hem; anted by Messrs. Bickerton 111 ■ ■ "' ' 'ht-..i.hiirch, will be of a rather <; ; ■'•'''■' '■<]■'■ loin that, given on Boxing • x -'" [l "' *'" i-,, ' ,>h will be eliminated'! •'•I i'"!- I ''- and shell, will used to pro- ■' ■ v " • .harming sport; cnlar effects in ' " ' Ai. aerial display of this kind is 'i..'-: sei-i, than set pieces, and every per- *" ' " the vi--i:,,ty will be sure of a good '" '< of she fireworks ■•• Maori (».ys who walked from Te K.i !■ Me the Exhibition are having the l '"' of iheir lives and are eagerly duscuss■r-; ''' ' ~v an seeing and hearing. Their !■ severance has met Its full rewind. They " o 'i'M 'cteitaiiimenib in the concert hall ■i' lhiir»ia\. Friday, and Saturday even- "-" .mil lh. programme will be of a *•■;■»■ interesting character. Many visitors

'" the K\|,ilnn.»n who have not ha<l a 1 '■■> '< '• .-.( studying Maori life will welcome i' - f»pjxTtiini:\ of hearing Maori songs and wrung Maori dance*. Among the items '"' I"" M'ti,;.,, glee*, reci'-ationg, poi, ''"'"" I" 1 '""1 English unci Maori step <]u,.«.«. The American Athlotes. "•-me important athletic fixtures in con- ,!" - '" ""Hi tin' Exhibition are to be belt; ► li"itlv. An amateur athletic meeting wili 1... h.-ld next Saturday afternoon in the ■n-ket gfniiwl, and special interest will •"a " to it owing to the presence of the .\tiMM.an ttvim, I'arkcr, Power, Templeton, ami I'auglwv. \ R the. leading athletes of N' >' Zealand n .1] also be present, the meetn« will have, .in aspect of international importance. Hot on the heels of thu, niwiing wnl r,imi> the professional athletic M"'-' and pipe band < test arranged for Monday evening, Wednesday evening, and Saturday afternoon of next week. Very huge entries have been received and the i-potU should bo largely attended. Negotiations are in hajri to have special trains ranged (or the concluding day. The programmes will ri.'lude running, walking, and i ye ling event*, for which some of the most brilliant rycltst* n.f the country have enter- .J, and held events. The Attendances. IV attendance yesterday was about ««ven thousand five hundred. This in- < !-id*>d 19.V) seawin ticket-holders, and 4891 ad..''i and 631 . hildren, who paid at tho Kales. Amor.gH yesterdays visitors was a party of 70 delegates to the New Zealand Educational Institute Conference, who were the guests of the local branch of the institute at. the Exhibition. The aquarium "a.- visited by 463 persons and the art g»""rv by about 200.

A series of demonstrations in various matters of central interest is to be begun ■it the Agricultural Department's court. Miss v Davis, the Department's expert in soft, awl fan. v cheeses, will give demonstrations m milk-testing b v the Babcock ■hi'! Berber methods, and instructions and advice -is to the making of fancy cheeses, at ,1 .i.m <>n Thursday. In the making of fancy cheeses there lies the possibility of a "home industry" for tie dairy, farmer's, family, and one far from unremunerative, since, those who are now enRaged in a cannot produce enough to satisfy even the present market. On Tues'vs and Fridays, commencing to-day, Messrs. Craijrie and Lloyd Williams will give, advice i.ci orchard practice being in attendance on those days from 2 p.m. till 5 pm. ("in Mondays Instruction and advice on the care and handling of bees and on bo-keep-n~ matters generally will be given hv Mr West brook.