THE EXHIBITION NUGGETS

NZ Truth, Issue 442, 10 December 1913, Page 8

THE EXHIBITION NUGGETS

Chance to Win £400 for Two Shillings

, ; The Genius of Bris Doyle Though there is now no reason to 'doubt the. ultimate success of the Auckland Exhibition, which was opened with the proverbial, flouriHli of trumpets on Monday, December 1, there, was a : time when even wise, shrewd business men shook their heads ominously, and even predicted ruin for the Exhibition. Even now it is not admitted that the Exhibition will eventually pan but a success, but circumstances point to the fact that when m six months 1 time the buildings m tho Domain are dismantled, , the Exhibition, from an industrial, but what, is even more Important, from a financial point of view, may prove a huge sucocsh. :...;.;: It, however, Is not going to be admitted for one moment by this paper that nil the credit which is being bestowed en those said to be responsible for the Huccess of the Exhibition is being bestowed m tho right qunrter. As a matter of fact, thero have been. Un-.re arc still, individuals connected, directly and indirectly, with tho IDxhibi lion who havo not been under tho limelight, who have worked nurd nnd long, nnd who are going tv reap the benefits' of their toil within the nexi few months.* These sort of men are candid individuals. They, do not want the glory, they' want the money. Glory has not kopt them on their feet flurlnu their lives— lt has been the money they earned or. made. t , One of these individuals, who. notwithstanding the fact that for month's he hu» been incapacitated by illness. has worked like a veritable Trojan, i.s Mr. Brls Doyle, whoso 1 businesH is that of a showman, but; who right throughout has proved himself, «o far as the Auckland Exhibition is concern^, to bo a genius as an organiser. Indeed, "iFrutb" is. not- going out of its way, or endangering its reputation as a veracious chronicler, to say that tho Auckland Exhibition would not have been An Exhibition at all if Mr. Urls Doyle had not been on the acorn*, or behind tno scenes. When the idea of an texhibUlon was first mooted, it promised to bo of the "Country Fair" order. Certainly tho opportunity of a lifetime presented itself to Mr. Doyle, who quickly alslng up the situation formed his Auckland AmuMcmcntH Co., and »•>• no forming that company IntemUcd u\ |ho ' Exhibition bunlnc-a men and capitalists, who were prepared by tho use of their money and tholr Influence to gtvc tho Exhibition movement ii good »ond along. How Mr. Doyle HUcceKSfuUy flouted tho Kxhibltlon AmuucmontH Co.. how by bin promptitude ho nccureil f.-»r *\w company ftH tho KUicnlncry. all the unrucIlon*. nil the wonderful and Inirtn:.. • ♦•shows" now forming "WtmdoiJnnd' at «ho Exhibition Ground* m aln-ady known. Thoiuji' H "sw« b«-cn Ka.kl '.hut tho Exhibition >vas golntr to develop Into a mere "aldii-Bhow" rvffalr. th.» Jatcr devolopmentH have not home «»m

that assertion. The Exiiihjfion /wouM have proved utterly uwattractive without its "Wonderland," and "Wonderland" has .been one of tho greatest, it not the greatest, magnets to tho Exhibition which could possibly be imagined. Tho idea of n "Wdnflerlana" for the Auckland Exhibition might cot,' posslnly, be considered an original creation m tho mind of Mr. Doyle, or anybody else, but the fact remains that his astuteness enabled him to seize an opportunity, which he turned to proGtnble.use, not only for himself (ho ber ing one of the .largest shareholders I b tho company). , hue far other shareholders, smcl, what Is moro, for Auckland ILself, became the value of (In KxhiblUon to Auckland can- never be estimated. If "Wonderland" was a trump card, what can be said of his latost. and for Now Zealand, novel, methodiofiarifcin- ' talning intorest m and advertising th« Auckland Exhibition. "Truth" l'cfor* to the ; disposal of two gold nuggets, valued at £300 and £100, at Auckland, on January 29 next. In opier words, it is a lottery or art union.. Though alt the arrangements and details for the drawing or' the "dt«po» .sal" of tho two gold nuggats, or mineral specimens, have not been or were not completed when this was written, it is understood that the drawing itself win ho m the nature of a somewhat unique ceremony, either at tho Exhibition it>elf or ut the Auckland Town Hail on January 29. It Is likely that, there swill he a committee fortned of' proosinsnt and representative Auckland, In fact* New Zealand, business men, who, ift the presence of representatives of the Press, will conduct tho drawing. It i.s also understood that a distinguished port-on will do tho drawing of the two lucky numbers. Of course, the public will bo admitted. It 'is Interesting to. note* f\p\ ia*an indication of the Government's "belief m t)«c genius of Mr. Doyfv. that the Minister of Internal AJTain* bus rrivcn "Mr. Doylo i>crnilßsion'to conduct thl« i.utory, und thus It is that Mr. Doylo m üblo to announce the details of his schemo by udvertisemcot published la 'Christmas Truth." Of course, such a venture Is attend* ed by some risk for Mr. Doyle, but h* m naturally of a venturesome tiAtur«. Tho mineral specimen* to bo Alapatrd of will during ihls month and .up Ull ihrt i\nU of the drauinji be on view either nt »ho Kxhibitlon or m the window of some leading business placo In Auckland. The two speclmjfina art valued «t £300 ahd £100. i* T