GLIMPSE OF "HOME

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1939, Page 9

GLIMPSE OF "HOME

• MODEL OF LONDON

, :New Zealanders, .particularly; thosit of English desc'enti liave a special interest in'the Pbrt-of L6ndon Authority's pavilion^ at the: Exhibition, where the visitor sees a model of the great city, shoeing places 'ifiacfe 'fatniliar by trade between' Great Britain'" and her" young

Dominion; l( . ']\:- \''.'l'*[ '.'"' '-..', ■ Laid 'odt' tb r 'sfc^le, jis.'a model ;bf the busiest part pii tlie Port of London and the neighbouring parts of the.city,, and the cHarmihg "attendant1 -will explain its features to all-interested. One sees the Hay's "docks1, rvCrhe'jfe "New Zfealand produce is unloaded, and clbs^by is (the famous Tooley Street; which'Tneaht so much aftd now- means 1 so' little to |the New Zealand" producer.- Across the river is The City, so frequently quoted in: messages on financial subjects, the centre of England's great web of finance. Here one is able to select noted buildings, streets, and other- landmarks- which • have-become familiar to the ( people of ..this country through literature, broadcast, and personal ; visits—Lombard Street, St. TSwithin's.Church,'the Ttiwetof London. ' ■ . '■■■.\ 1-- •'■:' A ■':■';"/

It is difficult, to realise .that the Port of London is 5Q miles" from the\mouth of the River Thames, and' ori£ seqs.how this colossal river port has grown. from practically nothing to *be the centre of world commerce.

The well-known East India- Docks and other wharves are clearly to be seen, and one leaves the *model reluctantly feeling that, to the Englishman at least, here is a brief but intimate glimpse of "Home."