THE EXHIBITION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1976, 30 November 1889, Page 2

THE EXHIBITION.

Dunedin, Nov. 27. The exhibition was largely attended during the afternoon, notwitstanding the counter attractions at the races, and there was a good attendance in the evening. Altogether 10,926 were admitted during the day, of which 4576 paid at the gates. The choir repeated successfully the music at the y opening ceremony, and Dr. Maitland / GHedden, and Miss Kathrine Hardy, of Wellington, were the soloists, and scored a success. The orchestra on their first appearance, made a very favorable impression. A number of cases of pocket-picking are reported to-day. Nov. 28. The exhibition was well attended to-day, 1900 having paid admission up to 4 o’clock. This is independent of season ticket holders, most of whom generally manage to look in. There was a still larger attendance in the evening, the art gallery being crowded. Fears entertained regarding the ventilation of this building have proved groundless, the presence of the electric light rendering it almost pleasanter than in the heat of day. Rapid progress is being made in completing those courts which were not quite finished on the opening day. The working dairy attracts much attention, especially with country people. A large number assembled 1 in the Ceylon tea kiosk this afternoon, and were entertained at afternoon tea. BANQUET. Dunedin, Nov. 28. The first ceremonial banquet given by the President and the Commissioners of the Exhibition was held in the dining hall of the building tonight. There were about 150 gentlemen present. The chair was occupied by the President, Mr John Roberts, who had on his right hand his Excellency the Governor, the Hon. Mr Langridge (Commissioner for Victoria), his Honor Mr Justice Denniston, Hon. T. Fergus and Mr Meakin, and on the left Capt. Bosnaquet, Mr Meyer (Commissioner for New South Wales), Hon. E. Mitchelson, Mr H. J. Scott (Commissioner for South Australia), and his Honor Mr Justice Williams. The exhibition orchestra, under Mr Towsey, played several selections very nicely during the evening. The company include the most of the Commissioners of the Exhibition, and a number of the members of both Houses.

| Telegrams were read from the Earl ' of Kintor© congratulating the Commissioners on the success of the , exhibition, and from the Premier regretting his inability to be present. 1 Numerous toasts were proposed and replied to. In replying to the toast of his health, His Excellency the Governor, who. on rising, was received with loud cheers, said it had been bis proud privilege to take part in the deliberations of the Empire, but still this was not such as to entitle him to say that he understood far more than those whom the votes of the people had placed in the Government of the colony. It was the office of the Governor which was respected, not the person, and this was just because he represented a blameless sovereign. He also thought that to a large extent the respect paid to the Orders in Council* signed, “ Onslow, Governor,” was due to the fact that the people recognised the embodiment of the will of the people. It was some ten years since he had first served Her Majesty, and he was struck by the great knowledge possessed by Her Majesty of the most intricate political questions of Europe, and her great knowledge of the growth of her colonial empire. He felt that it w«s hard for anyone to represent such a sovereign, and he asked the indulgence of the people of New Zealand for any fault he might commit. There was another thing which the Governor should remind them of, and that was the wonderful impalpability of the bonds which bonnd them to the Mother Country, so impalpable as hardly to he seen, yet strong in their sentiment, with a dash of self-interest. They were met there this week to celebrate the carnival of labor, and he rejoiced to see the dignity which labor was investing itself with. He had regarded with great interest the’struggle so nobly waged by the representatives of labor in the Old Country, and. he trusted that the great and substantial help tendered by the Australian working men would remove from the minds of the working men of England that ignorance of the real status of the working men in Australia which now existed. The time was rapidly coming when they would have to decide whether they should sail under one flag, under one Admiral, irresistible on the seas, mistress of them, and invulnerable on their own shores, or whether they were to be divided. He, for himself, trusted that the homogeneity of the Empire would be preserved with an independent autonomy of the whole, At the conclusion of His Excellency's speech he was loudly cheered. DUNEDIN A. ANDP. ASSOCIATION’S EXHIBITION SHOW. Dunedin, Nov. 28. The Exhibition Show of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association is generally admitted to be the beat held as far as the first day is concerned, when tha cattle, sheep, pigs, and

implements were shown. The attendance was scarcely up to the usual standard, but this, it is expected, will be remedied to-morrow, the people’s day. The special feature of the show was the very fine display of Ayrshire and fat cattle. Pigs were a long way ahead of* what is usually seen at these shows. In sheep the strongest classes were Border Lecester, and Lincolns, Although the other classes were good, competition was not so keen, The society this year gave no prizes (save special ones given by the public). In cattle, champion certificates were awarded as follows : —Shorthorn bull, any age, Mr Melrose’s Oxford, Eoan Duke; shorthorn cow, Mr John Deans; Polled Angus bull, N .Z. and A.L. Co; best Polled Angus cow, A, R. Wallis, Southland; Aryshire bull, K. B. Fergusson; cow or heifer, A. and J. McFarlane. The judging in the Ayrshire class caused Mr Oemnel, an Oamaru breeder, to withdraw all his stock from the ground. In sheep, Messrs Watson and Sherman took the championship for both merino ram and ewe. In fine combing, not housed and housed, and in strong combing, Mr M eCrostie took the championship for Leicester rams, and Messrs Little Bros, for ewes. In unhoused Messrs Little Bros, took both. In housed or clothed Lincolns the Hon. M, Holmes took the ram championship, and the Land Company in ewes. The Hon. M. Holmes was successful with rams in Romney Marsh, Mr John Reid taking ewes, Mr S. Q-arforth secured both championships in Southdown, and Mr F. M. Rickman did the same in Shropshire. Mr Max Friedlander had the Hampshire class to himself. In Pigs Mr James Rowe (Christchurch) beat Mr Jonathan Brown (Rangiora) by one point.