THE HON J. G. WARD'S OBSERVATIONS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6942, 3 November 1900, Page 6

THE HON J. G. WARD'S OBSERVATIONS.

. The Minister of Ruiimavs has majn&ge<^^H to spare some time from his' Departunenta^^H duties to examine the exhibits that hav^^H been gathered together tn'iUhe Oanterlbur^^B HaiH. He was muoh pleased to find sud^^l on encal'ientfc ddapky otf l(he industries o^^| ilJhe province, and itihougait that a gremt dea^^l oif credit tvus due <to i!he genltlemen. who ha^^l promoted tlhe ExM-toiion arad brought id t<^^| sudh a successful pogataon. Oonsidea-iiig t'h^^| immense ami'OU'nJt olf woafe (tibalb had lo lio go^^| through Uhe Eidhabitioßi' -was in a veiy foi^^l ward abate at tihe time wf the opening, an<^^| tih© Bnanagemen/b, bo fair as ' ft casual visito^H oouilld juitige, a«fifc very li'tltle u> be desirec^H It was an nldimlrable idea to provide th^H

ptibiie Avitfli a series of excellent entu'.a'.nmmits, to relieve the more serious pa it o.' the undertaking, and when, the peoplo of Uhmtchureh understood the good things that were waiting for them, the building would become a very popular place of resort. The Railway Department would do all it could to encourage the attendance, nofc merely with a view to swelling its own revenue, but also in discharge of v duty it owed to the producers and manufacturers of tho colony. The Exhibition was ;i credit to the gentlemen who tad organise. I it, and to the province that had supported it, and- would compare most favourably with similar displays lie had seen in other parts of the world.