THE EXHIBITION.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13431, 23 March 1907, Page 5

THE EXHIBITION.

By Telegraph.— Special Service. CHRISTCHURCH, March 22. Ahe 'fire brigade competitions were concluded on the Exhibition sports giound yesterday, under most - auspicious circumstances. In the evening a banquet was held in the niain corridor, over which Deputy-Mayor Payling presided, and at which the Acting-Pre-mier, Mr Hall-Jones, was one of the speakers. ; In the concert hall to-night Mr Purcell Webb, the Nelson organist, gave, the last. of his series of organ recitals before a, large attendance. The school cadets'- encampment is fully occupied at present, the battalions in camp, comprising the Taranaki and Wanganui companies to the number of 572, with 30 officers, and 113 Nelson lads with; aevefi officers^ £, Children from' no ress 'than ,four schools arrive*! to-day, and notice has been received of the intention ojf several other schools to make .a ..visit Two fine exhibits of perennial ~i«yegrass, grown in Southland, have keen placed 4m thfr Southland court byj an Invercargill firm': The weight of one sample is 331 bto the Imperial buihel, and of, the other 341 b. Weights* such as these are very rarely met with. ' At the production of "Elijah"*' i> the concert hall -pn Tuesday and Wednesday next, Miss Amy Murphy will take soprano, Mrs Le Cren contralto, J. £!arl Pushel tenor, and John Prouse 'baritone. The oratorio will be given by 'the Exhibition orchestra, *and . a\<ifhoi& of 140 voices. " , ' There was a large attendance at "Wonderland" this evening to take part in the search for the bur-Fed treasure, and the physical development competitions. The displays of ladies' arms and ankles did not take place, the manager of "Wonderland" explaining when the curtain rose that the ActingPremier had prohibited this feature. Clever- representations of classical statuary were given instead by a lady specially engaged, and a number of leading physical culturists exhibited the development of their muscles in different poses," pri7.es being awarded to. -the best developed.