ACCOMMODATION AT THE EXHIBITION
——. BUREAU SHOWS PROFIT (FB3ESS iS*OCUtIOIf WttEOIUM.) WELLINGTON, August 1. During the period of the Centennial Exhibition, from November, 1930, to May, 1940, 11,333 children and adults were catered for at the accommodation bureau established in the old Newtown School buildings. Of this number, 2181 Were Included In day excursion parties. The scheme proved a success financially, and Mr W. I. Deavoll, secretary of the Exhibition Education Committee, which controlled the arrangements, announced yesterday that it had been decided that all Schools which had participated would benefit, Inasmuch as the proceeds would be returned on a pro rata basis. No cash payments would be made, but value would be given in the form of approved books for a school library, or approved teaching aids.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23088, 2 August 1940, Page 8
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