AUSTRALIAN-MADE

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 22, 27 January 1922, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN-MADE

WHAT THE COMMONWEALTH CAN DO. A LONDON EXHIBITION. HINT FOR NEW ZEALAND. (By Cable.— Tress Association.—OtiHrrtgJlt.) (•Received 9JSO a.m.) LONDON, Januajy 26. One of the events connected with the celebration of Australia Day in London by Anglo-Australians was the opening of an exhibition of the products and manufactures of Australia at "Australia House." There was a large attendance. Sir Joseph Cook (Australian High Commissioner), in opening the exhibition, said it gave a glimpse of Australia's manifold activities which bade fair to be as extensive and as expansive in the years to come, as those of older countries of the world. Tlie exhibition was intended to show British manufacturers the possibilities of Australia, in the hope that they would go there with capital. Australia wanted British money and the settlement. of steady, hard-working British people in view of the enormous possibilities of trade, with 100,000,000 inhabitants looking across the Pacific towards Australia, and 40,000,000 more in the Dutch Hast Indies. The visitors were much impressed with the splendid and comprehensive display, which included practically all tho exports of Australia except meat and fresh fruit. An attractive novelty was some Australian cotton grown in Queensland, and also imitation leather and paper made from cotton waste. Tlie manufactured articles included boots, shoes, woollen* furniture, saddlery, harness, canned and preserved fruits. The exhibition will be open to the public for some weeks. There is also a cinema show in tlie basement, the films depicting Australia's industries (A. and N.Z. Cable.)