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It's Cinderella Time....NZ
NZ International Exhibition 1906 Line pair with selvege featuring the Premier Mr Seddon (born 1845 in Lancashire) who died soon after. Printed by Lyttleton press: The first issue of the Lyttelton Times presented here, appeared on January 11 1851 just 26 days after the printing presses arrived on board the Charlotte Jane on December 16 1850. http://cjoint.com/data/iBbLfoHXmZ.htm The New Zealand International Exhibition was held in Christchurch from 1 November 1906 to 15 April 1907. It was the brainchild of Richard Seddon, Premier of New Zealand from 1893 until his death on 10 June 1906, just a few months before the Exhibition opened. Laying the stone: http://cjoint.com/data/iBbPwVyIiZ.htm Despite the substantial financial loss incurred by the Exhibition, it was deemed to be a success. With nearly 2 million visitors, attendance exceeded expectations - New Zealand's total population at the time was less than 1 million. A round cyclorama building from the USA showed a painted story of the battle of Gettysburg in 1863 with a sound show and very noisy guns. Children visiting the exhibit noticed that the cyclorama was painted as if the battle had happened yesterday and showed machinery that had not been invented in 1883, much to the horror of the exhibitors. Competitions were held for every sphere of craft, with gold, silver and bronze medals awarded to winners. Among them needlework, Ava Whimp from Rangiora has a pinafore her mother had made for the competition that was awarded a medal. Laurence Ealge said, "stamps and post cards were popular at the exhibition and are still very collectable today.” During the 100-year celebrations of the exhibition the Convention Centre at Addington will display stamps from the exhibition. Ealge said, “The Christchurch International exhibition was considered such a great success that people visiting realized New Zealand was not only up with the rest of the world but in many respects way ahead of it. This was not lost on the politicians they said, New Zealand as a colony needed to be self-governing and to control its own destiny.” On the 26th September 1907 New Zealand became a Dominion and was no longer tied to Britain. (write for you.nz) |
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