GENERAL NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3764, 4 May 1926, Page 33

GENERAL NOTES.

HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE The Commissioner of the Southland Court. Mr J. E. Winaloe, has reason to congratulate himself on the success of tho cheese sales. The monster cheese was cut up and sold at tho rate of 550 pieces an hour, and when the evening came to an end there was hut the bottom layer left. This was distributed am on erst eager buyers within an hour on the 26th. “In spite of its large size, the quality and texture of the Southland cheese was really wonderful," said a visiting dairy fuctory manager to the Commissioner of

the Southland Court, Mr J. E. Winaloe, There were other little features that appealed to visitors. One lady complained of the smallneeg of her purchase, but when offered a larger piece “if she liked,” she saw the twinkle in the commissioner's eye, and decided she did not “like.” She had been gone only a few moment* when her little daughter came running into the court. “Mummy's got a sovereign in her cheese and wants three more pieces,” cried the child. Needless to say the information drew flocks of passersby, and for a while the demand for cheese was far greater than the available supplies. . Mr Marsh, director of Fine Arts, paid a high tribute to the conduct of visitors to the Art Gallery. The small boy, however, had exercised his quaint sense of humour on one or two occasions, by removing a few of the “sold” tickets and placing them carefully on pictures that have not been gold. “We cm t blame them,” says Mr Marsh, who may. perhaps, have been thinking of his own boyhood, “but we have to keep a watchful eye on them.” Tne Canadian Court officials mad® a name for themselves in the early stages of the Exhibition for the remarkable speed and c/ficiency with which they made all tneir arrangements prior to the opening, and it seems now that they will be first away after the closing day. One of the commissioners remarked on Tuesday that Jicy expected to have everything out w’ithin about 10 days after the closing day, for they nao already received numerous offers for fitsi..gs, such as doors, stalls, glass, etc. Their motto, apparently, is “Get busy.” During the function at the \ ernhill Club on Tuesday evening, when the president, Mr J. Sutherland Ros% entertained the Exhibition commissioners, the New Zealand and overseas representatives were presented with handsome medallions as souvenirs of their association with Logan Park. The medallions are of gold with a centre piece of greenstone, on which is a tiny replica of the Festival Hall and dome engraved in gold. The assistant-commis-sioners were presented with similar medallions in silver. fie was a rugged old fellow', decidedly under the influence of the amber liquid. He boarded a bus in front of the Exhibition and muttered to himself all the way to the railway station, where the bus stopped, and he sprang to life. “Where are you going?” he asked. “Stock Exchange.” Still at a loss, the unsteady one decided to alight. He climbed slowly down and looked in a bewildered fashion round him. Then a look of utter annoyance flitted across his face. “Gosh!” he exclaimed, adding a few words not lound in the “Oxford Concise,” and thereby horrifying one or two women passengers. “Gosh! Not at the blinkin' Exhibition yet!” One could not help thinking of that which scientists have been striving for for centuries—perpetual motion. This old aspirant would have gladdened their hearts. Some indication of the pretentious nature «f the “Exhibition Pictorial History,” now being compiled for early issue, may be gleaned from the fact that £250 worth of photographs of all the courts, sections, amusements zones, and commercial displays, have been taken. The cover, in five colours, will depict the Exhibition as seen from the hills by night—a sight that has enraptured residents and visitors for the last six months. This book should be a splendid comprehensive record of the Exhibition. Shrieks of laughter quickly gathered a crowd around the charmed circle where graceful, shapely legs had for months, proved so popular a medium of publicity for ladies’ hose. The seductive mannequins had finally withdrawn their charms an hour earlier, but suddenly legs had again materialised —two pairs of them, obviously masculine, whose inadequate sox brought into the picture suspenders and a generous section of underwear. Flat of foot, pigeon-toed, and knock-kneed, the parade was progressing, to the delight of the swelling crowd, when the appearance •f a very large policeman added piquancy to the incident. Alive to the grave danger •f such incipent rioting, he scaled the Carrier of the empty stand, grabbed at the first ankle to arrive, and endeavoured to look under and upward. Because of his Imlk he succeded only in unshipping his 9hako, and therefore resumed the perpendicular, and in official tones issued the Command to come forth. Clothing himself in such shreds of dignity as remained, there emerged, not the expected exuberant youth, but a reputable business man who Cn Sundays is to be seen conducting a church choir. Meanwhile the second pair •f legs had discreet!" rolled out at the •ppositc side and melted into the crowd, Where their owner, normally of like fobriety, enjoyed the temporary discomfiture of his friend. One of the minor mishaps occurred when ft boy came heavily against the pennyStamp machine by the entrance to the Canadian Court and toppled it over with crash As e sought to raise it again fi door fell open, and in a moment the foor was strewn with coppers. The only •nxiety displayed by the good bystanders Was lest any of the pennies should go •stray, and they were carefully gathered fip and kept till someone with the marks ®f authority came to collect them in a sugar bag.