N.Z. CENTENARY

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1938, Page 7

N.Z. CENTENARY

EXHIBITION PROGRESS.' MANY ACTIVITIES. The Board of -Directors and Commit-, tees of the New. Zealand Centennial Exhibition Company are in full swing ■with many activities for'.the big enterprise. At this week’s meeting of direc*. tors it was reported that the bookings and reservations of space amounted to about 60,000 square feet—nearly, a quarter of the total space available for? private exhibits add displays'An ’Provincial. Courts. Apart from the Government Court (130,000 square feet), the; total floor space in the Exhibitipn blocks was 420,212 square feet’ (comprising 1 170,961 square ;feet of; passages ..and 249,251 square feet available for sale) The booking progress was regarded as satisfactory at this stage, . , PROVINCIAL COURTS. It is expected that the prospect of a large influx of • visitors from' overseas during the Exhibition will, induce the f>Vrrr}\] of : Provincial Courts to have impressively spectacular displays. The report of Mr Charles Todd to the direr--tors on the visit of Mr ,J. I*. Martin and himself to the South Island men- 1 tione'd that satisfactory arrangements had been made in Southland, Otago, South Canterbury and North Canterbury., Committees had been set un to go into the question of the establishment of Provincial Courts. ft is expected that similar action will hr> taken soon in Hawke’s -Bav which will be visited by Sir Alexander Roberts. PLANNING FOR ACCOMMODATION. ■' Faced with the ‘prospect of a. very large number of visitors to Wellington during tile. Exhibition, the directors arc taking every possible precaution to ensure satisfactory accommodation'. They havo the* active. co-oPeratlon of the City Council’s 7 Housing Committee oi public and private hotels, and boarding bouses are being asked to state the extent of their present accommodation and whether they can supplement it 'with suitable annexes. (Private citizens are also being asked whether they will be able to take paying guests in their homes. The directors will also fully exploit the possibility.:of,exchanges of aoooinrnoda tsi on between Wellington residents and people beyond the city.