BRITISH PAVILION AT EXHIBITION

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 262, 3 August 1939, Page 8

BRITISH PAVILION AT EXHIBITION

Commissioner-General Arrives PAGEANT OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION Commissioner-General for the United Kingdom Pavilion at the Centennial Exhibition, Mr. G. H. Meadmore, M.8.E., arrived at Wellington yesterday 'by the Wanganella. Mr. Meadmore said that the United Kingdom exhibit would take the form of a pageant of transport and communication. It would depict the development of the aeroplane, steamships, motor vehicles, railways, and other branches of transport, showing the extent to which Great Britain has taken the lead iu their development.

Shipping would be illustrated by every type of vessel that has sailed under the British flag, and many before there was such a flag—the coracle of the ancient Briton, the galleys of the Northmen, the great windships of the age of sail, and the modern Queen Mary, last word in the evolution of seafaring.

Similarly, railway development would start with the famous Rocket and end with the Coronation Scot, latest streamlined train, which has been on exhibition in North America.

Motoring and flying would be similarly shown, from the most primitive early inventions to the latest models. A feature of the pavilion would be a great wall-map 40ft. long, on which would be delineated all British routes of steamer and. air transport services. The massive steel framework of the British Government Pavilion is fast taking shape at Rongotai; the structural portion is already complete, and the progress of the pavilion from this stage will be rapid.

Mr. Meadmore has had considerable previous experience of exhibition work for British Government departments—Post Office, Air Ministry, and Ministry of Agriculture. He has also acted as secretary to the great British Industries Fair.