VISITORS AT THE EXHIBITION.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 11976, 20 September 1906, Page 4

VISITORS AT THE EXHIBITION.

Messrs Mates and Lanodown, who are in charge of the official residential bureau in connection with the Exhibition, state that the reports circulated by the Wellington newspapers some time ago in regard to the charges for board and lodging 1 in Christchurch are likely to have a serious effect on the attendance unless steps are taken at once to let the public know, throughout the colony that the charges will not be excessive. In order to set at rest any misgivings on this score, Mr Langdown started a few days ago on a tour of the colony. He will call upon the editors of all the principal newspapers, and will place before them the exact position, showing actual figures and agreements to demonstrate the fact that the charges will not be unreasonable. It is estimated that the average charge will be about 25 per cent, above the normal, and it is thought that when the inevitable rise in meat, vegetables, butter, eggs, aud other articles is considered, the increase is only what might be expected. As a guide to intending visitors, it is announced that full board and residence may be obtained at from 25s a week, bed and breakfast at from 15s a week, and bed only at from 12s a week; but only a limited number of places are available at these prices. One hundred thousand circulars, setting out the regulations of the bureau, have been sent throughout the colony. Most of the applications up to the present time have been for the opening week aid Christmas time. "You would be surprised," Mr Langdown said to a Lyttelton Times reporter, "at the numbers of oeople who have registered their premises v 'th us. There are very many who are t.'lu-g 'paying guests' for the Exhibition. 1 ncir names, of course, do not appear n ai y way, and are known only to ourselves until visitors seek for accommodation. We have a complete system of registration. Each place will be numbered, and it «. : 11 be only the number that will be seen by the public in the bureau."