INDUSTRIES FAIR
BUYERS STUDY FASHIONS
[BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.]
RUGBY, February 15.
It is estimated that the number of buyers to the British industries fair will be some 40 pei’ cent more than last year.
At the London sections, buyers were particularly interested in studying the trend of fashion as exhibited at the White City and Olympia, and buying orders are to a large extent influenced by the preferences shown in their purchases by members of the Royal Family.
NEW ZEALAND SECTIONS
LONDON, February 15
The Empire section attracted keen interest at the opening of the gigantic British Industries Fair. The New Zealand section features working models of a butter factory, and a wharf scene of loading produ'ce to a ship, which drew crowds. Conspicuous in the tourist section are the stuffed heads of a make shark and swordfish.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 February 1937, Page 7
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