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of carcases of mutton and lamb pearly. Timarn also has a woollen-factory, and there
are three large roller flour-mills in the town, besides mills at Waimate, Temuka, and
Wmchester. Timaru, with a population of about eight thousand, has an excellent arti-
ficial harbour, formed by large concrete brzakwaters enclosing a basin of 150 acres, which
is entered by the largest steamers trading to the colony. Besides being a shipping
port and industrial centre, it is of intereat to the traveller because of the fact that it is
the eastern gateway to the central portion of the great Alpine regions of New Zedand.
Rail and motor-car bring the glaciers and iceclad peaks of the Mount Cook region within
a day and a half of Timam.
The Court was well arranged and decorated. and very completely epitomized the
rrried products of this pleasant and fertile part of the colony. Very appropriately,
the corn which South Canterbury plrrins grow so well had a large part in the scheme
of adornment. The pillars and raih of the court were covered with wheat and oats in
the ear; clover-seeds of two colonus decorated the lower parts of the pillars in oma-
mental panels, and some of the dividing partitions between the posts were adorned
with similar panels covered with seeds of various kinds. Grass-seed heads bunched
together were also nsed. Above each partition of the court stood a big Highland bull's
head. The crowning feature was a little octagonal summer-house ; its walls were
panelled with grains and seeds and its Gothic-shaped windows had fringing of ears of
corn. The upper panels of the walls were fled alternately with straw and with
mangel-wunel seeds ; the lower panels were maize and peas. The great agricultarsl
wealth of South Canterbury was well emphasized by the whole tone of the golden-corn
decorations.
In the produce seetion everp kind of cereal +elded in the province was illustrated
by samples of the best. Seeds were well displayed in bags with circular glass tops.
Flour and other milling products represented one of the peat industries of the province ;
root-crops of every kind were shown. and there wede fine samples of butter from the
dairy-factories, hams and bscons, and home-made wines and preserves. Specimens of
flax and twine reminded one that the native Phormium tenaz ,pws well on the lom-
lying lands of Canterbury.
Other sections of the court interested the visitor because of their pictorial and
educational character. There were a number of oil paintings and photographs. and some
excellent work from the Timaru Technical School students, mostly needlework and
drawing.
On the mineral side there were specimens of cut building-stone and the li,&te used
for local requirements at Albury ; pottery made of u fine white clay found at Kakahu,
and an arch of bricks and tiles made from South Canterbq clap.
Amongst the principal exhibitors of produce and manufactured articles were the
Atlas and Bedford Flour-mills, Timaru ; Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, Timaru,
tinned meats, wool, &c. ; Christchurch Meat Company, tinned meats, kc. ; Canterburr
F.C.A. (Limited), Timaru, grains, seeds, and an eshibit of farm-produce ; South Canter-
bury Dairy-factory, butter, cheese, and cream ; Timaru IVoollen-mills, blankets and
tweeds made in the factory; 6. Broan (Temuka), A. Shaw (Winchester), J. Wright
(Ternuka), and others, eshibits of oats, wheat, mangolds, and other farm-~roduce;
McAllum Bms. (Temulca), bacon, &c. ; Mrs. Durand (Timaru), %. Parr, jun., and
Mrs. B. Hibbsrd, home-made wines : %. J. Wright (Temuka), jams and preserved
fruits ; S. XcBride, an exhibit of building-stone; H. B. Gli (Timaru), drainpipes,
bricks, and other articles manufactured from clay.
An interesting exhibit of another class was a large niodel in relief of Tinlaru
Harbour, made by Ir. Crowe, showing as complete all the authorised works in con-
nection with that fine artificial harbour, and a good plan on the same scale outlining
the extensive scheme which it is proposed to carry out at the harbour.