WROUGHT IN WOOD.

Otago Witness, Issue 3755, 2 March 1926, Page 29

WROUGHT IN WOOD.

BUILDERS OF THE FUTURE. One of the special features of the Education Court is the display of advanced woodwork, carpentry, and eabirfetmaking v> hi cl i occupies one of the large bays in the northern section ot the court, and has been forwarded by various technical colleges throughout the Dominion. Every exhibit is an excellent example ot work of its class, aud it is obvious that the standard of training is of the twghe&t. for although the exhibits have been pre pared especially for the Exhibition, they wore all manufactured by tho boys at the vniiou* colleges in the ordinary course of then work. Since tho Exhibition opened th* visitors to the bay have been many, aud all have taken the Jeepest interest in the d splays, particularly the model construolional and carpentering work, which has been oxecuted with a neatness and atten tion of detail that cannot bo excelled ir. models of the same variety in my par* o the Exhibition. Perhaps the most striking exhibit in tha bay has been contributed by tho Auckland Tochnical College, and is a beautiful example of cabinetmaking in period style. It is a large Jacobean sideboard cabinet, fully sft in length, and containing two large cupboards and three drawers. It is carefully finished in dark-stained oah, and is complete with detached mirror. Every del ail of the work is all hat would be expected from the jst furniture makers in the country, and the piece has considerable value apart from the fact that it is the work of voung students. In the centre of the bay. md taking the greatest proportion of the space, is a large and interesting model, bungalow frame. The complete building has been manti factured to exact scale from timber, and lo allow the constructional work and the interior details of the foundations, walls, and roofs to be examined with ease, only portion of the roofing has been completed and the weatherboarding is not present It is tho work of students in the South land Technical College. >vho are to be congratulated on the success of their efforts for already the exhibit has been the objective of many visiting expert carpenters and buillders, who are loud in their praises of the work that has hecn put into the model.