WEMBLEY.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18348, 3 April 1925, Page 9

WEMBLEY.

SALE OP FOREIGN GOODS

FELLOWSHIP'S REPORT

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LONDON, April 1

Mr Reginald Wilson, general secretary of the British Empire Union, statc3 that the Board of the Union is so dissatisfied with the attitude of the "Wembley Exhibition authorities regarding the sale of foreign goods that it has decided to make direct representations to the Government.

The report of the Fellowship of the British Empire Exhibition, submitted to the Prince of Wales prior to his departure for South Africa, states that the membership on November Ist was 22,800, consisting of groups Empirewide.

The Fellowshop assisted the Exhibition to the extent of £32,087, and also founded a scholarship fund to which £5964 was paid on November Ist. This fund has been allotted to various parts of the Empire proportionately to the number of fellows enrolled therefrom.

The amount due to Great Britain will be devoted to sending young Homelanders to be trained in the' agricultural colleges of the Dominions.

NEW ZEALAND PAVILION. (78031 OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, February 25. Considerable delay has occurred in formulating the agreement between the Home authorities of tho British Empire Exhibition and the Dominions, Practically everything has now been thrashed out, however, and in u few days the document should be signed. Matters were eventually brought to a head at a series of round-table conferences of tho Exhibition Commissioners and Sir Travers Clark, the chief executive officer. Two small items arc still outstanding, and these, it is anticipated, will bo settled at a meeting of High Commissioners to-morrow. It has yet to be arranged what rent shall be paid for the kitchen equipment which was installed in the Dominion restaurants by the Exhibition Board, and a decision has to be made whether the Dominions shall pay over a percentage of their restaurant takings to the Board. In view of the fact that New Zealand has had a definite and substantial amount out of the general Exhibition funds put to hor credit, Sir James Allen considers that the amount to be found by the Dominion for the 1925 Exhibition will not be more than £IO,OOO. Mr A. F. Roberts has made a definite contract with Messrs J. A. Carpenter and Co. to carry out the catering for tho New Zealand Pavilion. The firm, which is ono of old-standing in some of the most populous of the scfuth-west suburbs, is quite willing to fall in with tho Commissioner's suggestions as to the use of Now Zealand produce, and as far as possible all tho food provided will be from'the Dominion. Luncheon will be a la carte, and dinner table d'hote. The latter will consist of fish, joint, sweets, vegetables, and, cheese. A quantity of whitebait has been ordered, and no doubt other tinned New Zealand fifth will be available. English fish, however, will have to be used to some extent. Toheroa- soup will also be Berved on occasions. Tho joint, of coutsc, will invariably be of Now Zealand origin, but the sweets will more often than not have to be local. Nat : urally, the cheese and butter will bo from the Dominion. This dinner will cost from 4s to 4s 6d per head.

During this week the interior painting and coiling decorations, of. tho Pavilion are being done. Good progress is being made with tho panoramas.