EXHIBITION COURT.
ARCHITECT APPOINTED. / ~ ' (By Telegraph.—l'rcss Association.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. The Minister of Industries and Commerce and honorary president of the Centennial Exhibition Company, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, said the architectural work involved in the Government Court will he entrusted to Mr. Edmund Anscombe. The appointment had been approved because of the pressure of work on the Government architect, and because of Mr. Anscombe's expert knowledge of exhibitions over a long period of years. Mr. Sullivan stated that all Departments were enthusiastically preparing exhibits for the Government court, which would be a presentation of the progress made during the past 100 years. The court would include innovations of interest to all visitors. The court, the Minister added, would have floor space of 100,000 square feet and would house 26 Government Departments.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 137, 13 June 1938, Page 17
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