EMPIRE EXHIBITION AT GLASGOW
TENDER LET FOR NEW ZEALAND PAVILIOxN (Received January 23, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 21. The New Zealand High Commissioner (Mr W. J. Jordan) has accepted the tender of Spiers and Company, of Glasgow, for the New Zealand pavilion at the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow. The price is well within the estimate.
The building is to be ready for occupation on March 31. It will be a large structure of modern design by Mr R. N. Vanes, formerly of Dunedin, of the firm of Williams and Company, architects, of London, of which Mr Harold Williams, formerly of Hawke's Bay, is the principal. There will be showing space of 7000 square feet, most of which will be reserved for the Government and the produce boards, which are closely collaborating with Mr Jordan.
A feature of the pavilion will be a series of 14 paintings, seven on one side of the building, depicting the history of New Zealand from the landing of the Maoris, and seven on the other side portraying New Zealand's link with Scotland from the founding of Otago.
Mr Jordan 'will be in direct control of the pavilion, Mr H. T. B. Drew, the Dominion's Publicity Officer, has been appointed supervisor, and Mr J. H. Hall, formerly editor of the "Dominion," will be in charge of the pavilion after its opening.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22308, 24 January 1938, Page 12
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