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eer caslcs from Palmerston h'orth ; cream-separators ; sauces and pickles ; furniture
inlaid in New Zealand woods ; and specimens of the output of the Palmerston North
timber-factories.
Some of the articles shown were the inventions of the exhibitors ; among& them
was a wool-press which it was claimed would enable one man to do the work of ten. The
court was illuminated with gas produced from volatile oil, by a plant which was the
invention of a Palmz&on North resident.
The Manawatu Conrt occupied 1,000 square feet, and was under the charge of
Mr. D. iUacpherson.
XARLBOROUGH.
The court devoted to the exhibits from the Marlborough Provincial District was
situated at the corner of the western avenue, just opposite the Concert Hall. Though
small in space and without an? pretentious decorations, the province's exhibit was neat
and displayed with some taste. A heav balustrade surrounded the court ; above them
were decorations of grain on draping3 of blue and white. An excellent display of
wool illustrated one of Marlborough's staple industries. Then came a comprehensi~e
exhibit of pins and seeds of all kinds shown in bushel samples interspersed with
sheave of wind-resisting barley; butter and cheese, root-mops, timber, hemp. and wine.
In woo1 a particularly h e display was made, for Marltorough flocks are noted for
their remarkablr fine qualities of fleece. The annual export of wool from the province
totals about 13,000 bales. Amongst the fleeces exhibited was one which obtained a
first prize at the St. Louis World's Fair. Hr. C. Goulter, of Hawkesbury, Bleaheim,