New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition
The New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition inaugurated on the-then Canterbury Anniversary Day 16 December 1872 ran until 8 January 1873 and was held in the Drill Hall, Christchurch, Canterbury. A principal purpose was to select the New Zealand exhibits for the World's Fair 1873 in Vienna, Austria (Wiener Weltausstellung) from 1 May 1873 to 2 November 1873.[1]
Award medals and Certificates issued in Christchurch
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Recommendations from the prize juries were published prematurely and led many exhibitors to think they had won silver medals.[2] However, the exhibition finances did not permit this largesse.[3]
Finally, a total number of 132 medals and certificates were awarded by the Christchurch Executive Committee to a total of 256 exhibitors from different NZ provinces:
- 36 x 2nd Class Certificates
- 45 x 1st Class Certificates
- 48 x Bronze Medals
- 3 x Silver Medals[4]
Twenty-eight crates of selected exhibits were forwarded to Vienna on 15 January.[5]
References
- ^ "G Coates & Company (Christchurch): Interprovincial Exhibition New Zealand, Christchurch 1872 / G. Coates & Co., Ch.Ch". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ National Library of New Zealand (6 January 1873). "THE INTERPROVINCIAL EXHIBITION". The Lyttelton Times. Lyttelton. p. 3. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ National Library of New Zealand (20 February 1873). "VIENNA EXHIBITION COMMITTEE". The Press. Christchurch. p. 3. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ National Library of New Zealand (22 February 1873). "INTERPROVINCIAL AND VIENNA EXHIBITION, 1872–73". The Press. Christchurch. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ National Library of New Zealand (16 January 1873). "NEWS OF THE DAY". The Press. Christchurch. p. 2. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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- New Zealand Exhibition (Dunedin, 1865)
- New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition (Christchurch, 1872)
- New Zealand International Exhibition (Christchurch, 1882)
- New Zealand Industrial Exhibition (Wellington, 1885)
- New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (Dunedin, 1889)
- Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (Dunedin, 1898)
- Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition (1898)
- International Exhibition (Christchurch (1906)
- Auckland Exhibition (1913)
- British and Intercolonial Exhibition (1923–1924)
- New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition (Dunedin, 1925)
- New Zealand Centennial Exhibition (Wellington, 1939–40)