NEW WHITE CITY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13806, 18 January 1909, Page 3

NEW WHITE CITY.

The White >City' will reopen next year as an International 'inhibition. .Mr Imre lviralfy, who will again be the director-in-cmcf, gave some further detans of tlie plan and organisation to a representative-of " The Uajiy Chronicle'."

"The new exhibition," he said, " will open early 111 Aluy. it will be interna tipnal 111 the largest and best .sense of the word. All tile great nations ol tiie world anu all our own Colonies and dependencies will join lianas 111 maKiiig a -magurnet 110 genius and natural reso mves.' foreign oovernuients have already shown a keen interest and Colonial pi.mic men have given assurances of uiuir '• practical support. ••Committees are being formed in every country, ancl from these there will ultimately be appointed a distinguished and influential ' international committee, who will'be responsible largely for the 'conditions with regard to exhibits aud exlnbitors. On tins side there will be a powerful, executive committee anfl a list of responsible guarantors. in tins way, altnough, of course, tlie exhibition will be of the' greatest commercial interest, it will .not be commercial in its idea and scope, it will indeed be of high educational importance, and the art of the modern world will be more fully represented in this country than at any other exhibition in any other place. " My idea is to avoid the chaotic anil incoherent mass of exhibits such as made the 'World's Fair at bt. Louis so confused and purposeless. In this case there will not be ail attempt to show all, or nearly all, that a nation produces, hut only those things which are special and peculiar to that nation. Take for instance Italy. She' is at present doing good things in many branches of industry, hut in such a trade as silk weaving she is able to make a unique exhibit of the whole process of silk manufacture; from the worm to the most beautiful fabric or tapestry. " Such an 'exhibition as that is of real educational interest to everyone. Saxony is renowned for its porcelain, and nothing could be' more delightful than to see the various processes of the manufacture and exhibits representing the various historical styles of artistic china made in Saxony during the past centuries. So every country is able to display something special 01 its own, aiid this is the plan to be adopted. The effort will be that instead of wandering through an enormous exhibition in which various countries show products of a similar kind, the "visitors will have before them a panorama, as it were, of all that is best and unique -in each great nation of the world. '•All the countries and Colonies taking part in this Imperial International Exhibition have been invited to lorni an historical section illustrating their history and the gradual progress within their boundaries of science, art, agriculture, and manufacture. " Another interesting feature will dp the special display to be made by the health resorts and spas of the Continent and this country, illustrating their attractions, curative properties, and the charms of the scenery 111 tlie'ir neighbourhood, sb that their ■ hygienic advantages may be seen at a glance, thus enabling pvery visitor to realise the various beautv spots of the world and the facilities for reaching them. ' Mr Kirally is immersed in a vast correspondence with the Government officials and leading commercial men in all the headquarters of world s trade and he expresses confidence in being able to beat all records, even his own record of last year, 111 organising the greatest exhibition ever seen.