EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18152, 15 August 1924, Page 9

EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

• DOMINION AGAINST 1925 SESSION. (** cable—rasas associatios— cojibiget) LONDON, August 13. It is understood that the Dominions, practically unanimously, rejected the proposal to carry on the Empire Exhibition in its present form in 1925.

Writing to » friend in Wellington a New Zealand lady who is vmting the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley states that one of the most imposing exhibits she saw there was the Canadian Pacific Railway's Pamlion. All the activities of the company are shown, as well as Canadian natural resources and industry. Native wild animal life is placed all over the buildOn the ground floor there are 7700 square feet, around which runs a 400 foot frieze illustrating tho Canadian Pacific route from Great Britain, across the Atlantic, through Canada, thence across the Pacific to Japan and China. In this diorama are moving models of liners, mechanically driven and illuminated. The train service across Canada is depicted by two transCanada trains, each consisting of a locomotive and eight coaches.' An electrically lighted 5000 bulb map of Canada, 40 feet by 12 feet, shows where the natural resources and production of Canada are located. A Japanese life scene including models of houses, bridges, streets and other sights is also shown, as well as a fruit orchard 6cene in British Columbia. Moving pictures are projected daily in & spacious lecture hall.