EXHIBITIONS OF THE PAST
To The Editor Sir, —In The Southland Times this morning in an article under the heading “New Zealand’s Exhibitions,” may I point out two errors about the locality of two exhibitions held within New Zealand. The article mentioned that the exhibition of 1889-90, which was held at Wellington, was credited with making a profit of £519. That exhibition was the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition and was held at Dunedin.
On November 1, 1906, what was described in a contemporary report as “the greatest exhibition ever held south of the Line,” was opened at Wellington, you state, and achieved brilliant success. Illis should have read Christchurch where the exhibition was not only highly praised by many overseas visitors, but attracted such enthusiastic support that admissions for the five months and a-half for which it was open reached 1,970,000. Since we are all exhibition-minded at the present time, I feel credit should be given to the correct cities, whose peoples will long cherish memories of successful exhibitions.—Yours, etc., PROGRESS. May 1, 1940.
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Southland Times, Issue 24116, 3 May 1940, Page 9
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