EMPIRE EXHIBITION.
ENCOURAGING PROSPECTS. THIRTY MILLION VISITORS EXPECTED. (Received 19, 9.40 a.m.) London, Nov. 17. The Duke of Devonshire, presiding at the first meeting of the executive of the council of the Empire Exhibition since the board has been re-establish-ed, said he was of opinion that there was every reason to regard the future confidently. Sir James Stevenson, dealing with the general progress of the Exhibition, pointed out that the board was now assured that practically every part of the Empire would be represented at Wembly. where palaces of industries and engineering were already completed and handed over by the contractors. Sir Charles McLeod considered the financial position quite satisfactory. It was anticipated the attendance at the Exhibition would be at least 30,000,000. The attainment of this number would ensure the financial success of the Exhibition.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 286, 19 November 1923, Page 5
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138EMPIRE EXHIBITION. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 286, 19 November 1923, Page 5
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