DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19158, 26 October 1925, Page 10

DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

BRITiSH GOVERNMENT COURT [BY TELEGRAPH.--PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, Sunday. Rapid progress is being made with the preparation of the British Government court at the. exhibition. Approximately 100,000 panels ox asbestos sheeting have been worked into the walls, and fully 17.000 square feet of stencilled aeroplane cloth laced into position as decorative ceiling. Over 200 cases of exhibits of all sizes and kinds have been unloaded and unpacked. The map of the world is in position, and the complicated machinery necessary for its lighting and the movement of, the ships across the ocean is being set up by an electrical expert. It occupies a space of about 21ft. by 20ft. Among 100 cases of exhibits landed from- the Tongariro are several interesting models of the earliest type of locomotives' and a large model of the earliest type of carriage on the old Liverpool and' Manchester line.

A brief tour through the court gives the impression of an almost bewildering variety of exhibits, railway engines, ships replicas of magnificent buildings, beautiful specimens of pottery and glassware statuettes, busts and statues by famous English artists. Copies of 'historical documents are also being displayed. Apart fi'om the interest of the individual exhibits, the court will present many rich colour .effects.