CALL TO THE EXHIBITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19209, 24 December 1925, Page 12

CALL TO THE EXHIBITION.

A WEALTH OF EDUCATION.

MR. J, W. COLLINS' APPEAL

[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] DUNEDIN. Wednesday.

The morning paper devoted a leading article today to the wonderful attendance of the first five weeks of the exhibition. The official count gives the exact figures as 508,132. Referring to the amazing success of the* exhibition, Mr. ,T. W. Collins, Government commissioner, says in a wireless talk:—"To New Zealand citizens I extond on behalf of the Government a hearty invitation to visit the exhibition. 1 earnestly ask parents, even if they have to sacrifice something, to allow their children to come, especially those over 14 years of age. The exhibition must make a lasting impression on them, and would he of the greatest possible educative value, containing as it does all the latest achievements in art, science, agriculture, commerce and industry, the marvels of wireless and telegraphy, astronomy,, transport by air, sea and land, and all these matters are so explained that even children may understand. Combined with these outstanding educational features there is an almost bewildering range of amusements for old and young alike, and nothing could be more inspiring than tc see fathers and mothers renewing their youth with their children at what, according to visitors competent to judge, is the best exhibition ever held in the Southern Hemisphere."