DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5579, 26 September 1889, Page 2

DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

Dtnkdix, to-dny. The Exhibition Commissioners met yes terduy. Permission was granted to a Elevator Company to erect in the centr t «f the ground, on a small scale, all exactf the simile of the Eiffel tower. The top o the tower will reach a height of 25ft above the top of the flagstaff on the main dome. An elevator of the Company'!? patent will convey passengers to the top platform. Invitations were ordered to be sent to 25(1 native chiefs to be present at the opening ceremony. The work of allotting space at the Exhibition having been completed, exhibitors to-day took possession of their respective quarters, and the show cases, etc., will be in position before the week closes. The Commissioners have had loaned to them a complete plant in connection with the Decanville portable railway train, thus facilitating the easy removal of the most unwieldly packets into the respective courts. Excellent prices have been obtained from applicants for .space, and there is every indication of the Exhibition movement proving a financial success ; indeed, Mr Roberts, the president, is so sanguine that such will be the case that lie regrets he did not undertake to provide the whole capital and run the concern as a financial venture. Fully fifty members of Parliamr-nt have already signified their intention of being present at the ceremonial opening. It is expected that at least three Colonial Governors will attend Some idea of the magnitude of the undertaking may be gauged from the fact that it is estimated fully forty police constables will require to be on patrol daily. Intimation was received from New South Wales that in all probability two long distance running men, two cyclists, and a walker belonging to the Sydney Harriers will take part in the amateur championship meeting, to beheld in Dunedin on December 4th. The entries for the Home industries section of the Exhibition for Otago aggregate 1000 square feet lloor space and 2000 feet wall space.