THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBI

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11167, 30 January 1904, Page 6

THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBI-

Every" other person, one meets in Hawera ia an exhibitor at -the great exhibition. Firms? fifom.'"^ icefitre^-ff^tli^ colony are pottHfef-'their exhibits m" position, and all as bustle f, and ap^vity in getting ready for! the- great- influx? <tf theipuolic. The art Section- Aloptejis -worth; .travelling miles to' ■ see. Such a collection' na's" never before been assembled •towetber. The people of Titfanakf ; hkv6 ai|reat outing before" them in visiting • the first" industrial' exhibition'

\o be held in Taranaki. The arrangements t'-sd*'-their reception,- are perfect, every novelty, everything- new. will be presented to "tltcih. -Th& 'exMbition promises to be a hucre success for Taranaki. Every man, 'woman and" child must see it. Such an opportunity may not occur again for years. .pSoliools^hroughonJ; ..Taranaki aiuLWanjgra-,, nui districts Are making cX I fery-"effort ;; tO'T l et' their pupils attend. The educationaliiactor fbr dairymen and every other class should not be missed. The exhibition will bs opened on Wednesday, ' February 3, by the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, L.C., L.L.D., and Sir J. G. Ward, in the presence of a . gre>t concourse of the people, i- ;

On Thursday evening last the patients at the General Hospital were entertained at a social, kindly provided for them by i* Some" Wanganui friends. The tables were I spread in the convalescent,. ward and presented with their flowers^ ftuits and' dain- [ t;es, a 1 vefry.-pteaging'sighftk^-, .Gre'af *j6gret ' was , 'expressed ,at. the , una-yoidable' absence ,of c th'e matron, Miss.Alla'ij,-throngly"sick-ness. 'Nurse "William's, the present acting 1 matoon A s with the staff of ' nurses, left norhing 4 ilndone , *o make the entertainment ' one ' of- real pleasures ,. and ,in i ' this they -fully succeded. ThTe following pro"giamme was carried thrpugh to the de- . Ho lit of^a^llL preßen,t: — ;PiE\no solo,. Miss Clayton ; •'song.' <r dr«ig r 'a-X.oa," Miss Byers;' recitation, Mr Powaali ; '• song, '"Comin' : Through" • the • Eye," Miss ' Eoberts ; song, %i Fiddle and I," Miss Jacobs ; recitation, Mr Pqwnall;, s«ng, "Dear; ,Lit,tlo rock,"- Mrs Strong; so>o', "Abide With ]\Ioy"-jM,i88; Byer,s; song, "Caller Herring," Miss EbTierts; song,. "Serenade,'.' Mrs Sttong; 'song, Mr Powr^ajl. A" very; brief address and a closing grayer by Mr R. Tucker, brought a, most enjoyable social to a' close. . . % . : ' . ;• * '-