Wanganui Camera Club.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11713, 18 August 1902, Page 5

Wanganui Camera Club.

I The monthly meeting of the Wanganui Camera Club wWi held on Friday evening, when Mi" Griffiths.presided over a large meeting of members and friends'.

' Letters were read from the Wellington Camera Club, Wellington College Camera Club, Dunedin Photographic Society, Southland Camera Oiub, Messrs Mann, 0. Owen, and J. W. Hunt, mostly promising- a large number of photographs for the coming exhibition. Letters were also received from A. H. Bairi. Edinburgh. St. Louis, and Canadian photographer, and Merch, of Darmstadt, the latter forwarding a pamiphlet on photographic chemicals and wimples of pyrogallic acid for members to test. It was resolved that Messrs Griffiths, Berwick, Hutton, Downes, DentbnJ and Babbage be a committee to carry out the Photographic Exhibition. Resolved that the Exhibition' open 17th to 20th Septemer inclusive, 'hours 2 to 5 p.m. and 7to 10; admission to be Is the first day, 6d each day- after, season tickets to be 2s 6d; no free tickets. Resolved tliat Thursday and Saturday evenings be for Jantern show, Wednesday ; and ■ Friday for musical evenings ; and "that Messrs l'ownn.ll and Ashwell be a committee -to arrange.

Mi'Babbage read a paper on "The Early History of Photography," illustrated by talbotypo and collodion pictures. There was a good competition for the subject of "Sheep," the ballot being unanimous in placing Mr Downea first for a very fine study. Mr Ya'tes kindly exhibited a very fine collection of views taken by him in America, some on the Yukon having been taken with tho thermometer at 60 -dog. below zei-o, whi'e. another lot were taken in Ct-Jifornia with tho temperature vt 126 d"£r. in the shade, necessitating the use of 5m io provent the gelatine on the nlates moltiug. He also exhibited some views taken on metallic paper, anew material justin+Mxhioed in America. This concluded a very interesting meeting; "