SYDNEY INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION.

Otago Witness, Issue 1449, 30 August 1879, Page 13

SYDNEY INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION.

In Messrs Sargood, Son, and Evren's wholesale warehouse, Dowling street, there has been on view within the past few days su show-case containing boots intended to be Bent to the Sydney Exhibition. There are about 40 pairs of boots in all, comprising every variety from a watertight to a lady's shoe, and being speci mens of the articles in every-dav sale by the firm. They are made entirely in the firm's factory, the uppers being designed by Mr Jordan, and the whole of the work being turned out by machine. They are a remarkably creditable collection, qnite equal t» anything of imported make. The case, which is of New Zealand woods, made by Guthrie and L»rnach's Company from a design by Mr H. !\ Hardy, architect, is well adapted to show its content* to the best advantage. Another of our local industries is' to be represented at the Sydney International.Exhibition, Mr V. Almao having manufactured a case of hats to be shown there. The hats, as may be supposed, are of the very best quality as regards material and workmanship. They consist of adies and gentlemen's silk hats, helmets, round crown and low crown, and in fact all tho leading shapes and fashions. The material for some of the hats has been imported by the N manufacturer direct from Chicago, and the I silk-plush from Austria. The whole of the hats have been manufactured by Mr Alraao. They are finished in a first-cJass manner, remarkably well shaped, and have been handsomely trimmed by Mrs Almao. - The goods are exhibited in a large octagonal cedar case, vrith glass sides, which stands upon a white pine table, and the show is certainly a creditable one. Messrs Clifford and Morris have prepared two cases of specimen photographs for the Sydney Exhibition. The photographs con*dUt of 12 cabinet photographs and 24 cartes de visite, and are plainly but neatly mounted. The subjects are very well chosen, and although the number of specimens has been limited to 36, there ia no lack of variety, almost every style being represented. Great taste has been shown in the tinting and in the suitability of the backgrounds to the subjects. The snow pictures are a specialty introduced by Messrs Clifford and Morris into New Zealand, and all the photographs have been so artistically produced that it is by no means improbable their merit will be recognised by the judges of the department in which they will be shown. Amongst other exhibits intended to be sent to the Sydney Exhibition ares a number of railway buffers, truck- wheels, and a ram for a Na?myth's steam-hammer, all of which have been manufactured at the Government workshops at Port Chalmers, and are splendid specimens of the work that is turned out at that establishment under the superintendence of Mr Andrew Blair, the master engineer, and Mr William Duusmuir, the foreman smith. The buffers are shown in five different stages of manufacture, commencing from the rough forging, than as shaped, then with the boss, and finally as finished off the tool. The wheels are 2 feet 4 inches diameter, and ars in a highly-finished state, while the corresponding axles are also splendid specimens of workmanship. The tarn weighed 42 cwt in the rough, its length being 10 feet, its diameter 11£ inches, The diameter of the hammer-head is 21 inches, and the largest diameter 26 inches. ,_The whole of th«se exhibits are made from scrap iron, and the work will bear favourable comparison with any of a similar nature that has been turned out in Europe, bearing as it does the impress of the most careful workmanship ; and the whole f the articles will go to show to our friends in j the sister Colonies what this part of New Zealand is capable of- turning out. Accompanying the exhibits are two boards describing their nature. They also were painted at the Government workshops at Hillside, and are masterpiece 1 * of the workman's art, Mr Niven, the foreman painter, having taken considerable pains with them. The background represents a landscape, and ia front of this is a neatly-painted ribbon, which serves to support two coats of arms — the Royal,, and those of New Zealand. The exhibits will, we understand, be on view for a few days at the workshops. Messrs Kempthorne, Frosser, and Co. are sending to the Sydney Exhibition a show-case containing samples ef a number of their manu> factures. In order to supply a stand for the case, the firm will send a large number of boxes of the -washing-powder they turn out, and the goods principally represented in the case are various cordials, quinine, champagne, curry powder, mirror blacking (liquid and paste), fluid magnesia, fuller's earth, flavouring essences, knife-powder, black and white pepper, &c. All these goods ara very neatly got up, the bottling, tinning, and labelling being quite as complete and showy as is the case with the imported goods. All the articles to be sent ara manufactured at the firm's factory in Stafford street. The case is a handsome one, and the lettering upon it, which was done by Mr Leves, is very elegant. Among the articles being sent to the Sydney International Exhibition is a case of coffee, chicory, pepper, spices, &c, from the establishment of Messrs Durie, Whyte, and Co. The i ahow-case ia made of tight different woods, and - is very neatly finished. The Southland Times says : " The bodies of the two men who were supposed to have been drowned last Tuesday, on the occasion of the stranding of the fishing-boat belonging to Mr Wild, of the London Hotel, have not yet been recovered, and as it is probable that they have drifted out to sea, it is hardly likely they ever - will be. On Sunday last, Mr Wild, in company with three others, traversed the beach for nine miles, starting from the Eiverton turn-off, and i?oing as far as Sandy Point, but no traces of the unfortunate men could be found. On grounding on the spit, the men appeared to have bad no fear of danger, but having made all snug, turned in, presumably, however, first taking the precaution to drop one of the anchors with which the oraft was provided, as one of them was missing when the boat was discovered abandoned. As the tide made, it brought with it, as it often does, a strong breeze and a turbulent sea, and no doubt the vessel was capsized while the men were fast asleep in their bunks. Another search party will be organised next Sunday, which being the ninth day from the occurrence of the disaster, some faint hopes are entertained that the bodies may be recovered." * m A German (favanfc, in order to obtain facilities for certain studies which are granted only t« 1 the h)gher order of the Buddhist priesthood, lately embraced Buddhism, and received from the Emperor of Siam permisuon to serve hi« novitiate m the splendid templa adjoining his palace. The ceremonies of initiation were v«ry imposing. The novice is to pass four years completely isolated from the world.