MISSIONARY EXHIBITION.
VERY LARGE ATTENDANCES. Large crowds attended the East and West Missionary Exhibition in the Town Hall yesterday. In the evening the attendance was so large that this doors had to lie closed shortly after eight o'clock. Great interest is being manifested in the addresses given at the different courts by men and women from the mission fields. The stage settings have' been particularly well constructed and are modelled after the Gothic style. The daily omcia! opening was made yesterday by Mr. F. B. Redgrove, secretary of, the Board of Missions. Special features of the programme included tableaux of Northern India by St. AidAn-'s players and a pageant play, " The Sowing of the Wilderness," by players from St. George's, Epsom. The pageant procession of "00 performers, representing various countries, again attracted great attention. In the evening the exhibition choir rendered excerpts from oratorios. An attractive entertainment of native dance- and pot's was provided by the Maori concert party. < The exhibition will continue throughout the week.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19416, 26 August 1926, Page 10
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