JAPAN-BRITISH EXHIBITION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 9, 11 July 1910, Page 11

JAPAN-BRITISH EXHIBITION.

MANY NEW ZEALAND VISITORS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, 27th May.

Prince Fushimi, accompanied by Count Matsu, the suite of the Japanese Lega- J tion, Lord Desborough, and Sir John Cockburn, visited the New Zealand pavilion on Wednesday, and spent several minqtes closely examining the exhibits, Prince Fushimi asked many questions through his interpreter, and he appeared to be keenly interested in what New Zealand had to bliow. He closely studied the portraits of the late Mr. Richard Seddon and of Sir Joseph Ward, which occupy central positions, and he admired the frozen meat and woollen exhibits. Mr. Edward Wakefield, a former Colonial Secretary of New Zealand, was in the pavilion at the time, and he was presented to the Prince, who asked several questions relating to the Dominion. There have been several hundred callers this week, and not a few have added complimentary references concerning the New Zealand pavilion. Mr. W. J. Dobson, of Calgary, wrote: "Very interesting" , Mr." J. E. Nathan, of Wellington, "Most creditable display" ; Sir 1 L. Ormsby, "Exhibits most creditable" ; | Mr, Mathias Whitehead (Auckland), "Proud of my adopted country after half a century's residence there" ; Mr. H. Butters (Napier), "Very glad to see such wonderful progress in all industries" ; Mr. J, Edwards (Auckland), "Glad to see such a really fine exhibit." Other remarks include "Splendid exhibition," "Very representative of New Zealand," and "Highly commendable to the Dominion." Among the callers this week were: — From Auckland: Mr. S. W. Hardy, Mr. E. Bridgens, Miss J. Gibbons, Mr. G- H. Johnston, Mr. and . Mrs. G. Wright. Mr. J. H. Rendell, Peara Nene, Mr, C. S, Wilks, Mr. Knox, Mr. Whitehead, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Hoare, Mr. N. Alfred Nathan, Mr. Moss Davis, Miss A, A, Hughep, Miss Cocker, Mrs. and the Misses .Dawson, Mr. C. A. Kessell, Mr. and Mrs. J. Bailey. From Wellington : Mr. J. E. Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. Jo'rgensen, Mr. H. A. Cooper, M.8., 8.5., Mr. H. Manoy, the Misses Stuckey, Mr. C. Owen, Mr. W. Birks, Mr. R, Hand, Mr. and Mrs. W. Callender and Miss Callender, Miss J. Milne, Miss M. Burnes, Mrs. Burnes, Mr. Burnes, Miss K. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. Brown and family, Mr. V J. Burns, Miss M. Ward. From Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill: The Misses Watts, the Rev. J. Mackenzie and Mrs. Mackenzie, Mr. M. Ramsay, Mrs. R. Burns, Mrs. and Miss Manning, Mr. C. Hale, Miss Deverell, Mr. W- A. de B. Maclaren, Mr. F. Hill, Mr. R. Morton, Mr. E. S. Lancaster, Mr.C B. Willis, Mr. H. M. Patterson, Mr. W- Brown, Mr. and Mrs. C. Cumins, and Mr. and Miss Cuming, Mr. G. H. Whitson, Mr. Comber and Miss Comber, Mr. A. C. Sterndale, Mr. and- Mrs. J. Tullock, the Rev. J. Ings, Mr. E. Browell, Mr. A. V. Lane, Misses "Dalzell, Mr. J. W. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Zander and #?iss Zander, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Brooke, Mr. R. S. Lonsdale, Miss Chapman. Also there have been many from other centres of the Dominion.