THE EXHIBITION

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13218, 23 February 1907, Page 5

THE EXHIBITION

THE DAILY ATTRACTIONS. (Special—By Telegraph.) CHRISTCHURCrI, 'February 22. School children have formed an unusually large proportion of the Exhibition attendance to-day,. three large Canterbury schools being : represented in•' strong force. The Grey and North Otago cadet battalions took their departure, and their place was taken by a Wairarapa contingent of 283 of all ranks. There' has not been a. case of serious sickness at the Exhibition camps since they were inaugurated. The boys appear to. enjoygreatly their week of, "military; life, in which there are many interludes for ,recreation. Church parades at the cathedral, have been a. weekly feature, for the Anglicans .among their "number, and the religious needs of the rest are carefully considered. The 'Wairarapa. boys will be followed by' a detachment from H'awke's Bay. It "is understood that the decision of the headmasters of the Wellington City and suburban schools, that owing to serious difficulties in tlie way, it is inadvisable to reopen the question of sending school cadets to the Exhibition, will not prevent Major C'owles arriving about the Bth prox. with a contingent of 200 boys chosen from the various Wellington schools. The judging of exhibits is proceeding busily and dates for judging various classes have" been arranged up to the 27th inst. It is expected that the first results will be available in about a week's time. After the baby show the most popular exhibit in the Exhibition yesterday, was undoubtedly the sweated industries collection, which was especially interesting to the large number of women present. Over tine thousand people are stated to have inspected the exhibit during the day. Motor launches, which had previously been confined to the river, have lately been placed on Victoria Lake as well, where thev are- doing large business. The inability of the New Zealand Rugbv Union to assist- in holding a football tournament at the Exhibition at Easter, will not mean the abandonment of the project. It is probable that the Exhibition will offer a trophy of a specially attractive nature to be 'the prize for the most successful team taking part in the competitions, and every Club in New Zealand will be invited to send a team. The tournament will probably last from one Saturday till the next, and matches will l>e played both, morning and afternoon. The Exhibition should .'have a unique record for the good conduct of its crowds. Ihe police have not received a single report of pocket-picking since it opened, and onlv one man his been arrested for drunkenness. He slipped through the gates drunk, and was arrested almost immediately afterwards. Some boys were arrested for pilfering during the early weeks, but £5 would probably cover the value of their thefts. Onlv two men have been ejected from the buildings during the progress of the Exhibition, and their misbehaviour -was not serious. . , A party of 110 Maoris from Hawkes Bav is now on the way to the Exhibition. It will be the largest that has ever occupied the pa at once. As the "Duke's own" tribe have already shown themselves to be possibly the finest h.tka dancers that the pa. has held, -the entertainments of this large contingent should be a great attraction. Extensive preparations are being made for the display of daylipht fireworks, which takes place on Saturdav afternoon, March 2nd, at 5 o'clock. The display will be the first of its kind ever liela in the southern hemisphere. The seventh display .of fireworks bv Pain and Sons will take Waee.next; Wednesday night. The Besses o'"th' Barn Band commence their return season on the 28th inst.