THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

New Zealand Tablet, 15 November 1906, Page 14

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

■^. #s.,was to be expected the ' attendance, at-, the Exhibition, was very good during the bast^week': 11 The beautiful weather which prevailed and ..the .alfcactipjns of the Agricultural S,how, etc., brought great crowd? of visi1 Xihristchurch, so tha.t up^to?Wed J nesday>.evenin'g * % *tlie' -tdjtal- -lad3hissions; -■ since; tjie^bjfeniife-^six' da«ys— -amounted to 107,000. Up to the present "the "^ visitors from Australia are comparatively few, but it is v expected that very many; people will be over here after ' Christmas. ..The.; great attractiveness of the Exhibition _ is., yet to be made moire" ""widely known in the Comk .,.monwealth, and it is well-known that the great majqr- '" }$f Q* people iri" New^ZealandTare- not yet fully* ac.^quairilted, with, its. vast ,-exte.nt^and*. importance. $„.',= On. tThu?s;day Upwards of iO;000- f vi£Jited : the A. and \ 'P: -^ss6eia'tion's-Shb'w^"whilst the admissions during the . " day to , the Exhibition totalled 15,000; being 122,0,00 to date."/- '-- J /n:, .'iv,-' „,;,;'; v -„.;-, .-|'T t . Marie Nareile and , her company to ' -have * given a concert" "in- the \ main .'concert hall on Thursday, but the company declined to appear owing to the Exhibition orchestra being engaged to provide free music in the main "corridor. The contention of Miss Nar-

elle's manager was that a free entertainment would uajmrally interfere, with.. the attendance at. one which had^to-bcL paiil, for._, o TJie Roundness of this ; vcoriteiiiijSn . \if beyond" q~uestic>n: - ~- "■--■ - ;.'".-r~v"rr i ."r":r^.r^-'»"««'--^ • r The Government.-- have abolished the office of .chair- T - main of? -.the,; 'Executive ."Commissipnisrs; .a^d'-have placed ( the-'-Exhibitioii'^under the. -cTuept .'control' : of\ a Minister *■ of the Crown. "> J ,'.^_ ■ ', ,\ .„ ,;'''^ ! v " -' l^- x •■ ;; t .i» At,,, a -nieeting^qf, tho,, Executiye Couiic'ii ihc^resi'gnV I' •.•tiQaof Mi> /M-uiuQ'.as. Executive was v ac- i and .each member pi "llie" Government- wa's^:t<ap- f .r-pqin^ed^an, Executive .(Jommissione'r. an \ ,-,turn-~ remain-in .Christchurch while- the Exh-ibition-.-cis ?~? ~ - open,, /and as' the f Minist'ier^ rcsid'ent/there' ; re<fuires ; under ' < ■the- ■ -gxhibltiofiT" Act .to;': be , ■an "Execu fci'Ve 7 Commissioner : the Government 'came' to the conclusion' I ' that,"- wi'ths the i . responsibility, ; ,,dev;dlying < upon 't hem" 'i'n connection with: . a great r undertaking^'such'-'as,'- the-' Exhlbitibn,£q\vhich?' , was- now in," "practical^ "working' order-"'^t -^hould^ • •.administered , under ; the , direct 5 authority 'of tlie^Govern..ment. , „', u ig ■ •'/ ' *->\^ • .\, X ,- ■-.&]•' ;o:-, i. ,' '" In> recognition^o'f, 1 the practical "success "whicli has-at- : tended his work h the- Go.yphinieht "decided to offer Mr. i . Munro the .position of 1 general;' manager' "of tlre-Ex'hibi-; "tion,. and he; has accepted the;appointineiit. If """"is '--in- '? -also -to- appoint,' Mr. ; Tom' P6llai?a : 'as' director' of entertainments. x -" ' ■ ■' ' • ■'•• 'i.-i:. , .Qii Friday— thcPeople^s-, Jbay— over 30,000 • hersons" wereN present :at'. the. A. -and P-. Show, wb!ic)i x .was 'de.scribed by. &■ visitor of large experience in such 'mat-i - ters as- .follows':— v ; lt is the. best" all-round 'collection 5 of live stock 1 Nhavie, ever seenj), I ': At" trie, large English' • shows' more breeds' are represented, almost every - dis- ; trict- having a local .variely of.|slieep, and' "there,- being' several breeds of cattle- which; h v aVe influential" patrons - but which are little, known -in New- Zealand. But /noshow in England, Scotland, or -presents Such' ' a large and meritorious display/as is seen in the- principal breeds:', The attendance at the - Exhibition was 45,348. ■ '„'•■'-'"

There was an attendance at the Exhibition on Saturday of 17,571 persons, the third largest during the curk*&3s£y>\of '$&'; big fair. ■ Up to aiuT including Saturday :; oI ii .T8.5,ii24.,pc j pple^.had .passed through the turnstiles;* or an "average i of-ovcf"~2o'3o6 J "per v day— a. record -of which the authorities may,, well feel" proud. Out of 45,000 who passed through' -' the Esxhi-bition entrance turnstiles on Friday no* less^than 15,211 paid for, adr -mission to Woh'deiiarid: "-During. ;thex,jvhole of Friday 10,00 D -people carried on the water chute, r and 9000 '...oiifi'tbcfijtoboggaii.j,. 'i : Tb&'< Union S'jfcamV]sliip 'Company-' have decided to run ' '■■ -SftefiiaL ( -.iWQpk^ena,', excursions , from -' -Dirnedin r %>" Lyttelton - .and jfrpm. W^llingfozLrto^L^teHon^oTi Ff Way?" 16th* inst.,~ - >w.h£le;..6Tf t?alu;rday. : in Ghris'tchur-ch,- vthe v steamers.. leaving „oji\ the .'jfetlirjr lite* I dii lf Sat^rday~night. > Thp j; saloon .-return; farerbn Both" excursions' fwill to 20s, r : buV, this. .^,l^ riot ..include' meal's, ,wßicli ;f hVay Whad on . board at ,2s v , each .,' , J -" 1 - 11 . ' rn -' % - '* A« -•>:>*-,.■ '■* h? =< .... .",* ".". '- '• '»''■'<(* ■> -i i» "■-- "■■■- _s