WINTER EXHIBITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18458, 23 July 1923, Page 10

WINTER EXHIBITION.

\ LARGE CROWDS ON SATURDAY RECORD FOR THE FIXTURE. FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS ' The Winter Exhibition reached, .the height of its popularity on Saturday, re"cord attendances being 'the ■ order of the day. So fgreat was the crush, during ; .afternoon and "evening that it was • difficult for patrons to make their way from one court to another, the outer promenade and aisles being packed with a dense throng of men, 1 women and children.' The many excellent exhibit?! were the subject of most interested inspection, .', particularly .:• those which included one ,or other of the noveland ingenious little mechanical contrivances which never fail to attract the attention of young and old. The country courts were again the centre of attraction, for thousands of' visitors, many ;of ! whom probably saw for the first time the magnificent range of products which the country districts are capable of producing. The attractive »and; artistic arrangement of these courts is deserving of a special word of commendation, each'of the exhibits being shown to the best possible advantage. /...' ; :'. .■'■■;.■/, ■ . '.. .■'"' The inclusion of a toy cat and dog show was an excellent idea, as ~ proved by the crowds which pressed round the little boxed enclosures throughout tJhej day. The splendid Persian cats shown' were an unfailing source; of interest to I the children, while the small dogs came in for a greater share of attention than they have known for many a long day. The ; weather on Saturday y afternoon, | though marred by drizzling rain at times,. proved sufficiently good for a number of seaplane ascents to be made. Messrs. Walsh. Bros.' machine lay alongside a small steamer moored to the wharf, which provides easy access for a large number of aerial passengers. There will be» a new series of attractions for 'the remaining days of the show, including Scottish and Irish fancy dancing contests this afternoon and on Wednesday. A special display will be given to-morrow evening by all the first prizewinners in the school children's singing, physical culture, and elocutionary contests. A special" attraction arranged for to-morrow and Wednesday is a baby show. Tt will start to-morrow morning at half past 10, when the judge, Nurse Drylands, will "inspect babies from one to six months and from one to two years old. On Wednesday ' the *, contest will be for - babies from si* to 12 months, and' for twins trader two years. Entrance will be free, and refreshments will be provided for the mothers. ; Tito exhibition will be concluded on .Wednesday night. The gate receipts for Saturday reached the record figure of £890 5s 6d, compared with £833 for tho corresponding day last year. The total for the five days is £3580 4s 9d, as against £3295 for the first five days of last year. • The : Exhibition ■:[ Committee announces •that owing to the genorous support and patronage accorded, the price for admission for adults will reduced from Is 6d to Is for the remaining days of the exhibition. ■ •. \ Mr. K. H. Landman, manager of the Waitemata Co-operative Dairy. Company, Waimauku, tied for second place in the butter 1 grading competition for factory managers. v The name .was given previously as J. Anderson. '.

, AUSTRALASIAN SCALE CO., ,LTD. ALL-BRITISH' WEIGHING ■; ' MACHINERY. y Every visitor to the Winter Show should make a point of inspecting the Australasian' Scale Company's display of the most perfect ; and ' up-to-date weighing equipment which has yet been placed before the public. This; display consists of "All-British weighing machinery," and is from the world-famed firm of W. and T. Avery, Birmingham. v ,' ' It is how nearly 200 years stace'. this company started in operation, ar*s no more eloquent testimony to the intrinsic value of its goods could possibly be found than in the fact that ever since the year 1730, Avery's weighing apparatus hki, -held its popularity, with the, British ipublic In this year of 1923, tho company still carries on the tradition of the originator, by refusing to sacrifice the quality of its weighing apparatus in order to effect a lowering of price. It is a truism thavt unreliable scales are - worse than useless they constitute a danger' to tradesman and 'the buying public alike. When i : .t is mentioned-"': that ■'..they. Avery..; Service ■> employs 3000.specially trained wbrkerii. in Great ! Britain's chief trading centres,, and that; it is linked up with the largest weighing I machines factory in the i world, it will be realiwd what a high place th/j name of Avery has won throughout the commercial world. r - - .' V '.'.',< ' The record in : New 'Zealand has merely strengthened that ',- which . has been i won during the. passing of the years in England. There are now many hundreds of the Avery machines < operating in every • branch of industrial and commercial life in New Zealand, and the-Winter Show affords good opportunity for bringing before the public-even more strongly the inherent excellence of these -goods.\ The Avery machines are based on the essential principle that the perfect scale \ must not contain' Springs' of any » description. Furthermore, there u must\ be no doubt about correct weight. {The possibility of error is, eliminated when! the machine used is an Avery Visible Weigher. It is .an automatic weight and price-indicating scale that . is absolutely reliable in its action. 'It gives precisely 16oz. to the pound—not more and not less. The possibility of short weight or overweight does not enter into the calculations of the tradesman who possesses one of these . machines any more than the risk , of giving 13 eggs to the dozen- worries the grocer. The Avery Visible Weigher is a thoroughly reliable and guaranteed scale, approved by the British Board of ; Trade, and will save users.its cost many time?, over, as well as giving thorough satisfaction to shopman and customers. ' Other equipment shown by the Austrvaoiah Scale Company includes an automatic shell-weigher, used for the rap weighing of shells during the war, and now adapted to the weighing of butter. Confectioners' scales, Protector" scales, showing to less than a dram over or under weight, warehouse machines, various types of, laboratory scales, and ordinary scales saoh are indispensable to every household. Averys manufacture everything in the weighing line from a, 150-ton weighbiidge down to the finest assay' scales. Thfre .is literally! no class of weighins whioh cannot be carried < out on an Avery machine. The weighbridges automatically indicate upon a dial the weight of each "individual truck comprising a train whilst in notion, and the Avery fine balances are immediately : sensitive to 'the touch of the weight of half an inch of a single human hair. Between these extremes arc types of Weighing, testing, and counting machines especially designed for rapid, reliable, and efficient service in any business, 'trade, or profession. : It will therefore be to the direct interest of ,; every visitor to the Winter Show a to make an inspection of the Australasian Scale Company's unique display, v^i The local warehouse is at 26, Durhara-street.