ANEW ZEALAND DISPLAY

Western Star, 9 November 1909, Page 2

ANEW ZEALAND DISPLAY

So pleased were the judges with the .Mow)‘Zealand pav/ilion at the imperial In tarnation Exhibition that they an non need their intention to recommend the granting of a “very specialaward’ 10 the Dominion. The judges paid their visit to the pavilion at the l ‘iWhite City” early last month. Usual-

ly no indication of their verdict is given until after the awards are m a de known, hut on tliiss occasion the judges expressed their approval in uumistakeuble terms while nia a in their rounds of the court. The dccis.ou to recommend a special award was unanimous. “This magnificent pavil.on, the (inest in the. whole exhibition, ’’ was the description applied to the New Zloaland court by the chairman of-the judging’ committee. The com->tfitoe comprised some of the leading mei drants in London, and they were loud in their praises of “that wonderful little •colony,” ns the chairman called it. Their inspection- was nu>tf , , .>; mil perpmet ay. They, examined o ery exhibit, and so careful was their serai; iny indeed, that tlyjy pulled out threads from the woollen e.xhib’ts nnd examinod them under the lal-vo.-copo. The awards will be oTieinljy aiinotmc<d later. The attendance of visitors n-t the New Zealand pavilion, we t.re told h-.s kept up wonderfully* despite the fact that the '“White City” attracted this rear nothing like the crowds ( which thronged to the Franco-Dntish Exhibition last year. Even at the end of the simwwr tine visitors to NewjZba •

land pavilion were as numerous os they had been in 'June. Thousands of Australians went to see the New Zealand exhibits, and there were xnjany complaints on their part concerning Australia’s absence from the list of exhibitors. Australian opinion seems to have been that the Common wealth made a mistake in standing out and leaving tlie field to Now Zealand. Thia Anglo-Jupaiiese Exhibition at the .‘White City’ next year will be on a very flag scale, and the King -will Open it in person, so that New Zealand "ill hove another excellent opportunity of advertising her products and manufactures.