IN TWELVE WEEKS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 203, 29 August 1939, Page 19

IN TWELVE WEEKS.

OPENING OF EXHIBITION.

REMINDER TO MANUFACTURERS

('By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

WELL/INGTOX, Monday.

A reminder that the Centennial Exhibition was to be opened in 12 weeks was given by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, in a. statement this evening. That, he said, Mas not very far away, and should be an indication to intending exhibitors who had not begun the preparation of their stalls and exhibits that immediate action was necessary.

Mr. Sullivan said he noticed when he visited the exhibition the other day that while the work was very well advanced evidences were not wanting that there was every likelihood of there being a last-minute rush unless exhibitors completed their arrangements now. He had learned 65 per cent of the space in the manufacturers' court had been reserved.

"I am sure we shall fill the balance of the available space, because our manufacturers realise that properly to demonstrate our national progress it is essential there should be a full representation of the goods we manufacture," said the Minister.

Referring to the Dominion court Mr. Sullivan said that in- this court the provinces had demonstrated what could be done when co-operation was the keynote governing activity.