COMING CENTENARY
RIGHT TO EXHIBITION
JUSTLY WITH WELLINGTON
(By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post."). AUCKLAND, 2nd July. The opinion that no steps should be taken by Auckland to dispute Wellington's claim to hold an International Exhibition in 19iO to mark the centenary of New Zealand was expressed by the Mayor, Mr. G. W. Hutchison, in a report submitted to the meeting of the City Council. The Mayor suggested that the' centenary should be celebrated at Auckland by a week of pageantry, in the course of which principal historical events connected ■ with the founding and growth of the city should be depicted in every detail. The Deputy Mayor, Mr. A. J. Entrican, said he felt that all would agree that Wellington was entitled to the exhibition in 1940, as it was the only one of the four centres which had not so far. held one.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 3, 3 July 1931, Page 8
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145COMING CENTENARY Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 3, 3 July 1931, Page 8
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