BIG GOVERNMENT DISPLAY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16870, 27 October 1925, Page 12

BIG GOVERNMENT DISPLAY.

DUNEDIN. EXHIBITION' ATTBAQ. TIONS. , Among hundreds of unique featuroft at the New Zealand,, .and South Sena International E?:hibiti<jii,;iwhich will be opened in Dunedin Jiy the' nor-Gcneral in three weeks’ time';jji the big pavilion ocCupied by the New, Zealand Government with a remark, able display, the result of' by 15 Government departments. the visitor .'will find a. complete working Post Office. Signs direct strajiger to the cinema theatre where films of New Zealand scenery - and life in town and country will ijg ; screened daily, including some, of th| best of those which woro screened- at Wembley. The unique scenic attract tions of the Dominion will be furthers displayed by thc 'Touris't Departincfifby means of splendid photographs qncj; illustrations and the country’s spoil* ing resources will bo fepyesonted bjf-full-sized specimens of stuffed deer* thar, chamois, and other, game, and by one of the finest collections of deefi heads evei 1 displayed. Ono of -the most striking features of the Court is also devoted to depicting the charm of New Zealand country. It is a, big model of Milford Sound', showing Mitre Beak, specially made for the' Government by a London artist. . J [ Probably ene of the first thingswhich the visitor will notice is oq. aeroplane suspended among the raf-. tors to show it in fighting order, With the bombs tucked under the wings, A' : second aeroplane, field guns, mine'sy and other weapons of war are shown by the Defence Department, and itisf significant of- the aisso of ths pqyiliq?s*'\ that these ; big :-l>iliibits. fit into their surroundings, .quite comfortably. The Railway Department has a length or standard track’ to demonstrate, the working, of auomatic safety sigaalling, points and crossings, and tho Public Works Department shows interesting models of bridges and hydro-electric stations and other big public works. In another pavilion locomotives and the latest in sleeping cars are on view. : Among,the other departments represented in this splendid pavilion are tho Post and Telegraph, which, features a most interesting exhibit of telegraph, telephone and wireless apparatus. The Mines Pepqttment, which shows .'.a ! working model of ft< - mine shaft, the Forestry gfid' Agricui* tural Departments :; (the fetter . har , experimental plots jusff outside the building), and the Department of Industries and Commerce, ryhish : displays a romarkable colored poster showing ■on one large canvas the history of thS Dominion-since the days of its occupation by the Maoris. ; ,