SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20842, 8 April 1931, Page 5

SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW.

REMARKABLE EXHIBITION. "IT IS AS GOOD AS EVER." [FROM Ol'R OWN correspondent. 1 SYDNEY. April 2. Depression, repudiation, Mr. Lang ana other drawbacks fo national prosperity have meant practically nothing to the Sydney Royal Show from the point of view of a spectacle. Of course, it is almost certain that the aggregate attendance this year will be smaller, than usual, but the show is such an institution that thousands and thousands are bound to give their patronage on the great people's days that are still to come. The show seems to have a peculiar fascination for the people of the State, and although every one agrees that one show is very like another, the crowds increase year after year. No show is quite like the Sydney "Royal," which is so bewildering in its size and universal in its scope and activities. .It has been described as the shopwindow of the Commonwealth, and the description is certainly apt. The primary and secondary industries combine to demonstrate the vast resources of Australia, and let it be remembered that the part played bv the secondary industries these days is even more important than that of the primary industries. Manufacturers have for long recognised the great advertising possibilities of the show, and even this year there was-- healthy competition for the limited space that is available in the great halls of industry where the achievements of Australian workers are displayed. But primarily the Sydney Show is an agricultural show, bringing home definitely and concisely to city folk the important part played by the man on the land. The presence in Sydney of so many cattle seems at first a little incongruous, but it is remarkable the interest they attract among people who know so little of their breeding. The grand parade is still perpetuated at the Sydney Show, and it is always one of the most attractive features. Tens of thousands crowd round the ring while the aristocrats are paraded,'evincing the greatest interest in the much-decorated champions. AH this would seem to give the lie direct to the oft-repeated assertion that the city has little interest in the country. Actually, Sydney people have nothing hut sympathy for the man who is struggling on the land. For instance, there lias not been a word of protest against the increase this week in the price of bread —an increase not warranted bv the price of wheat and flour, but imposed solely for the purpose of assisting the ncet'v farmer. . Naturally the city wants to see tiie countrv return to the boom days, for boom days out back meant p>;o«pen y elsewhere. If there are any c itj folk ant to foraet the vast possibilities Of Ihe country, then the Royal Show provides thorn with all the reminders they need. People who attend the show always get their money's worth, for *»***«£% of its kind in the world. This yeai it it as good as ever. ' 1