VISITED EXHIBITIONS

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 80, 28 December 1940, Page 8

VISITED EXHIBITIONS

Mr. Edmund Anscombc Back From U.S.A. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, December 27. That the design and lay-out of the recent. Centennial Exhibition in lington comparell favourably nitn those of the New York Worlds lair and Treasure Island, San 1 ranciseo, was the opinion expressed by Mr. Edmund Anscombe, architect, Wellington, who returned by the Nauposa after visiting the American exhibitions. r .... In discussing the New York Exhibition, he said the amount of money put into the various pavilions seemed colossal judged by’ the New Zealand standard. He thought the British and French pavilions were the best, and he was greatly impressed by General Motors "Futuraua,” depicting the city of the future and embodying miniature industrial plants with roads and moving vehicles. Treasure Island was not so elaborate as New York, but the night lighting effects were beyond description.