NEW PLYMOUTH.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1717, 25 January 1905, Page 26

NEW PLYMOUTH.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

After running three weeks and two days, the Exhibition was formally closed on Tuesday night last, when addresses were delivered in the Italian garden by Messrs Cock (Mayor), H. Goodacre (chairman of the Exhibition Committee), and J. Paul, who spoke on behalf of the guarantors. The Mayor, in the course of his remarks, stated that the register showed that 28,743 shillings had been paid for admission, but this did not represent the full attendance, as there were the season ticket-holders, free passes, and children to be taken into account. The takings at the door amounted to <£1436 11s Id. and in the dining room a sum of about <£6oo was taken. Messrs Lennon (secretary), and Clarke (assistant secretary) were presented with a silver tea and coffee service and a silver watch respectively by the exhibitors, and they were also the recipients of testimonials signed and presented by the exhibitors. Those who promoted and carried the Exhibition through will probably be entertained at a banquet at an early date. The Italian garden will probably be preserved as a memento of the Exhibition. On Wednesday the work of removing the exhibits was started, and by evening the work was nearly completed. The Stratford people are going in for a carnival week in March, the programme including two days’ horse racing, a day’s sport, and other attractions.