The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09 00:00:00

OPENING OF THE MELBOURNE
EXHIBITION.

The Melbourne International Exhibition in Carlton
Gardens was formally opened on the :Ist of October.
His Excellency, the Marquis of Normanby and suite,
together svih his guests, the Governors of South
Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, and
the acting Governor of Tasmania, the Governor of
New Zealand being prevented from accepting the in-
vitation owing to his recent departure for England,
left Government-house in State, and reached the prin-
ciple entrance to the Exhibition at eleven o'clock.
The Mayo; Town Council, and other leading citizens,
escorted by detachments of the colonial, naval, and
military forces, the fire brigades and friendly societies,
also took part in the procession.
On arrival at .the building the Viceregal party
were received by the Exhibition Commissioners, and
were conducted to a handsome dais under the central
dome, facing the grand organ. The Governor took up
his position on the dais, 'surrounded by hisiguests the
Duke of Manchester, and other distinguished visitors.
The foreign Consuls-General, Consuls, and Vice.
Consuls, the Ministers and members of the Council
and Assembly, the Bishop of Melbourne, the Judges,
and other public functionaries had positions assigned
to them on the right and left of the dais. On the
approach of the Governor the National Anthem was
sung by the exhibition choir, and a cantata, specially
composed for the occasion, was performed by a choir
of 600 voices, with full orchestral accompaniment.
The Presiaent of the Exhibition Commission, the
Hon. W. J. Clarke, afterwards read an address, to
which the Govetnor, in reply, said that the manlier in
which the undertaking had been carried out was cre-
ditable to the Commissioners, the Executive, and the
Parliament of Victoria. Any country might be proud
of such a display, and of the foresight, energy, and
ability manifested by all concerned in the work. The
Imperial Government and the principal States of the
world had prorngtly responded to the invitation to
take part in the zhibton, thus assuring to it a rank
corresponding with that of previous InternationalEx-
hibitiorii, and rending it a satisfactory exponent of
human industry. His Excellency, in, concluslop, de-
clared the Exhibition open, whereon the Royal
Standard was hoisted over the building, and salutes
were fired by the men-of-war in harbour and the shore
batteries.
On the termination of the ceremony the machinery
was set in motion, and the Governor and party pro-
ceeded round the building, visiting the various courts,
where the Departmental Commissioners and the re-
presentatives of the various countries were presented
to his Excellency. The whole proceedings passed off
with the greatest Mat, and the day was observed in
Melbourne as a public holiday.
The exhibits are in a very forward state, and little
remains to be done to render the display complete.

A Reuter's telegram from Melbourne announcing
the opening of the International Exhibition in that
city on Friday, October 1, was received ip London
through the Eastern and Eastern Extension Com-
pany's cables within twenty-three minutes after the
ceremony had taken place.

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