WINTER EXHIBITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21233, 13 July 1932, Page 10

WINTER EXHIBITION.

THE OPENING TO-DAY.

FINE DISPLAYS ARRANGED.

TOWN AND COUNTRY SHOW.

Claimed to bo New Zealand's ■ largest display of primary and secondaiy products, the Auckland Winter Exhibition, sponsored jointly by tho Agricultural and Pastoral Association and tho Manufacturers' Association, will bo opened today. The public will have access from this morning, but the official opening, to be performed by tho Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, will not take place until 7.30 p.m. Hammers and saws were being plied industriously at the Central Wharf sheds yesterday. Most of the competitive exhibits are already displayed, and yesterday's activities centred mainly on the application of final touches. Tho fact that the entries total about 5000, or 700 in excess of last year, is sufficient proof that the exhibition has not been affected by tho depression. Indeed, the holding of the show comes at a most opportune time, for light is at last breaking through the economic clouds, and tho spirit of awaken ing optimism cannot bo more appropriately quickened than by an exhibition, displaying so comprehensively tho varied resources of the province, both in rural production and urban manufactures. Expansion in Recent Years. Sinco tho two associations joined forces in 1923 tho winter exhibition has gradually expanded and further new and instructive features have been added this year. Tho focal centre of tho show will bo tho provincial court, facing tho main entrance. Two Maori women, weaving mats, will form tho central feature, and the exhibits will illustrate the growth of tho province. The textile products of New Zealand, in raw and manufactured states, will be displayed in .a bay to tho right of tho main entrance, and food products, in raw and manufactured conditions, will be exhibited in a bay on the left. The two displays will provide an instructive crosssection of the manufacturing activities of Auckland.

Displays from Fiji and the Cook Islands will 3ervo to show tho wide interest taken in the exhibition. A special exhibit of butter samples from 14 different States will give an unusual international flavour to tlio show as. far as tho man oil tho land is concerned. The Trade Displays. At the exhibition, in fact, will bo found displays lo interest everyone. Apart from the usual farming, homecraft, photographic and school competitions, there will be such additional attractions as the aeroplane section, arranged by the Auckland Aero Club, and the Model Aeroplane Club, an outstanding feature, a pottery exhibition, a show for all dogs except Alsatian, terrier and toy, classes, a comprehensive display of unusual fish, and numerous sideshows. Once again business firms have taken full advantago of the exhibition to secure space for displaying their wares, and every inch of space available for tho purpose will be occupied by stalls. The exhibition will be open for ten d<>ys, tho closing date being Saturday, July 23.