THE EXHIBITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 266, 10 November 1939, Page 9

THE EXHIBITION.

BRITJSH PAVILION. " EQUAL TO THE BEST." . keply to royal message. [ liy —-T'resw Ass<wi:i.i ion.) WEU.ING lON, Thursday. To-day's main event at l lu* I-. xltilii tit hi was the opening <»t the magnificent Ct))0 I'nited k illll <► 111 |>a \i 1 i<>ll by Sir Harry Batterliee, 11i11 C"turnni ~~i<»n«-r tor the I nit<Ml Kingdom. In «~|» il<* of rain t Im> ceremony was well attended. Though l lie attendance was naturally smaller titan oil I lie »if-t day. the main courts were well tillfd. tin' day being t-pent rM t In* r in <■< >t 11 <• 1111 ■lat i< ■ n of tin' deeply interest iit «r exhibit s than in outdoor cut eft a ill incut s. At tin' ttjM'iiiiijr of t lie I'nitt'd Kingdom pavilion tin' t oui ni"u»»ioiier < lencra 1 •• I I lie |>avilioti. Mr. H. .Mcitilinori'. pre sidt'<i mrr a d'lst Higni-hed gall if l in. which included tin- Minister ut Indit--tries and Commerce and I'. \ hibit ion president. the Hon. 1). Sullivan; the Mayor of Wellington and chairman of directors of the Exhibition Company. Mr. T. C. A. Hit-1 op; the Anglican Arch bishop of New Zealand. tlte Most Rev. A. W. Averill; His Majesty's Trade Commissioner in New Zealand, Mr. li. Boulter: members of the Cabinet and the .legislature, representatives of the Consular Corps, members of the board of the Kxhihition Company, and prominent citizens. Kvery improvement in communications redounded to the advantage of trade and commerce and, even more important. drew yet closer the ties which bound this Dominion ;»id the Mother Country and promoted t lie unity and strength of the British Commonwealth, which was so vitally essential for tinfuture |>eace and civilisation of the world, said Sir Harry Battefbee in declaring tlte |iovilion open. "During the comparatively short time 1 have been in New Zealand as the first Cnited Kingdom ( om m issioner 1 have had the privilege of taking part in many of your functions. None, however, has given me greater pleasure than the function this afternoon, when I have conic here to open." on liehalf of His Ma jesty's Government in tin' I'nited Kingdom, the jmvilion whicli marks the official participation of the. I'nited Kingdom in this exhibit ion, "Side by Side With Britain." "I would like to say how much the I Government of New Zealand, as well as the exhibition authorities, appreciate the gesture made by the British Government in 'being represented so effectively and beautifully at the Centennial and the exhibition," said Mr. Sullivan. It was Britons and the children of Britain who had built New Zealand. Though there had been some difficulties in recent times in regard to trade, they were of the transient kind. This country stood side by side with the I'nited Kingdom in the mighty effort that was lteing made to uphold the freedom of the Empire, of the world and of democracy. Mr. Hislop said the United Kingdom Government's exhibit was equal to anything in the exhibition grounds. The Governor-funeral, Lord Gal way, has sent the. following message to the King, in reply to His Majesty's message : — "Forty thousand New Zealanders. assembled at the opening of the Centennial Exhibition, received with acclamation Your Majesty's message of good wishes. New Zealand once again reaffirms her unswerving loyalty to Your Majesty and expresses her determination in these dark days to apply her entire strength in pursuit of ideals fur which the Empire has unsheathed the sword. — <ialwuy, Governor-General."'