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excellent buildiug materials ; specimens of these building-stones were exhibid by Pitcaithly and Co. and W. Radcliffe. Blocks of Waipara stone and Castle Hill limestone were also shown, the former b~ the North Canterburp Committee, the latter br R. Cloudesley. In -1 there were samples from Homebush, exhibited by Johr Deans ; from Spring6e1d an& Broken River, on the line of the trallsalpiue railway, by W. Cloudesley ; and from Snowdon, sent by G. G. Gerrard. From Oxford came specimens of chalk and flint, exhiiited by R. Ingram. L. Adam, of Spdenham, showed a san~ple of Canterbv marble. Clays suitable for brickmaking and fireclay were shown bp John Deans (Homeb~sh)~ W. Cloudesley (from Spriugfield), and the Glenmore Brick Company. In fosqil riches there were specimens of bones of the nloa, founcl in large quantities in former years at Glenmark and in other parts of the province. The luiuernl aud geological specin~ens were lent fro111 'the collections of Jiejsrs. W. Izard, .Job1 Deans. .I. Ancel. \V. Cloudesley, T. Philip, F. S. Meadows. G. Gerrard. D. W. I Bc-rrm EXHIBIT, SOETII CISTERBCBT COFT. McLean, Ad Dr. B. dor rho use. The pictures that brightened the court, chiefly good photo,pphic enlargements. were illustrative of Lyttelton Harbour and the environs of Christchureh <strong>City</strong>; the natoral beauties of such pleasaut Canterhury corners as Baab Penhula nut1 Ahroa Harbour ; Kaikoura-by-the-sea ; Cheviot, with it* homesteads and fanu-life ; Sumer, one of the city's seaside resorts : champion stock on Xorth Canterbury farms ; nml industries such as ,paeJeecXing 011 Banks Peninsula ; harvesting and sheep-station scenes ; and pictures along the course of the Midland Railway nor slowly maLig its way from the Canterbuq Plai~w into the Southern .Ups. Amongst the models that formed nn ulteresti~q: feature of the court was one of L-rttelton Harbour. with the railway-line to Christchureh. shoa;bu .possible extensions in Port L-ytteltou. and also the suggested ship-canal from Sumner to <strong>Christchurch</strong> at?, with tidal docks at Linwood and in Heathcote Estuary, in illustration of the Harbour Board Engineer's report of the 25th Sovemher, 1905. The scale was about one mile to the foot. The model was prepared hr Mr. C. E. Warden, under the direction of the Board's Engineerf Xr. Cprns Wibnw. The court contained the moat interesting collection in the Exhibition relating to the early days of European settlement in this country. This section was largely pictorial and docurnew. Prejpant with nuany memories of other days were the old posters and pictures of the early immiggnt ships, the " sea-w~got19 " of the times when to
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