THE EXHIBITION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7447, 23 May 1911, Page 1

THE EXHIBITION

TO OPEN TO-MORROW HUNDREDS OF MEN COMPLETING * ARRANGEMENTS: Up to a late Hour last night dozens of men were busy in the Exhibition Buildings, unpacking 1 cases and fixing up stalls ready for the opening to-morrow* The buildings have been a hive of industry' for dayd past, - and hundreds' of men have been employed getting everything ready. Yesterday there was hardly a stall complete. Boxes and cases weio being unpacked, and everybody was working at frail speed. , The chairman of the exhibition commissioners '(Mr T. Ballinger) is -very satisfied at the progress made. and. ho is confident that everything will be in order by 3 p.m. to-morrow, 1 when the official opening -ceremony- takes place in- the concert chamber, • Tn© Tramways. Band, will play at t the opening. Clarke's Orchestra has been engaged to 'play in the concert hall to entertain the people until' the ceremony takes plac, and the orchestra will play again the evening*at the stadium. Aivornoon tea .will be served in. the upstairs luncheon rooms after the ceremony. The. Garrison Band will play In the Exhibition buildings in the evenng. All lades and gentlemen who have received invitations are requested to bring the invitation cards with them to admix, them to the concert hall. ‘ . The stadium, where. the athletic sports arc to be held, is being provided with seating accommodation for oyer one thousand persons, a start being made with the .work,, yesterday. One of the bowling greens has been put down and some-trial frames have been played for experimental purposes, .{ho "green" playing exceedingly well. The , tennis enthusiasts were at work yesterday marking off their courts. There wilt only be room enough for the playing of singles. Those responsible - for the oondnet of the exhibition have not forgotten to make plenty of provision for ’ fire-escapes. A start has been made ,wiUr.tho . tdon of a ladder, leading from a large window in the stadium to the wharf below. : RELICS TO BE-SEEN. :Some interesting relics will be shown ih : the aits and crafts section. A private collector is: lending', a :gold.‘ring worn by the Empress Maria Teresa, over two hundred years bid ;:, a gold and silver worked fob. once belonging to George IV., and given by him when' Prince of Wales to" the Austrian Ambassador Schwarz.enberg; and ’ a gold necklet, formerly in the possession, of .the .Empress ' Mario Louise, second''wife of Napoleon. ; - MEETING OP SPORTS COMMITTEE. ■ A’ meeting, of the exhibition sports committee was - held last, evening, Mr A, Marryatt presiding. i . . Mr A. C. Kitto was appointed second timekeeper to act in Mr J. H.. Pollock's absence. It was reported that the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association would bo able to run the tennis tournamen t at practically no cost to the exhibition committee, Mr Parsonage reported that the Wellington Boxing, Association required to take the whole of the takings of the championship tourney till after expenses are cleared. After that the association jvcrald offer the exhibition committee 35 per cent, of the takings. If the association got a hones of 800 in the stadium, £4O would go to the exhibition authorities. The, secretary was instructed to write the Wellington Boxing Association accenting the offer. , Dates tor'the various sports gatherings were fixed as under:—Athletics .May SMtlv, 31st, June 7th. 14th, 21st, July 7th. I,9th, and 26th : .howling—May 27th, 29th. 31st. June 14th. 17th. July 7th, 22nd; howling tournament—June ,26th to July '6th; gymnastics—T.M.C.A.. Juno 7th and July 17th, .Harrison’s. June 17th and Judy 11th: motor cycling—June 19th; July Sth‘; tenuis—June 3rd. 14th. 17th. July 12th,, 22nd, 26th. Dates are to be arranged for the schools, hoy. scouts, and naval '.displays. 1: SCHOOL GARDEN EXHIBITION. ; One of the displays at the exhibition will be provided by the Wellington Education Boardito illustrate the success of the school experimental gardens conducted in that Education district. This svdem of imparting agricultural knowledge and providing a healthy ! variant noon indoor studies has grown ,so rapidly that there are over, fifty schools path experimental gardens 'in the Wellington education district- ,The children grow a. 1,1 kinds of grasses, andf study their suitability for various soils, they find out by. experience the relative valnc of various manurial compositions, and they study chemistry and physics hearing upon agriculture. Noxious-.weeds are allowed in the gardens, hut'.under strict control.'and it is intended to include in the exhibit. quite a hundred -.Varieties of these worries of the fanner. \’v