N.Z CENTENARY

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1938, Page 6

N.Z CENTENARY

SUPPORT PROMISED. (Australian Press Association,; SYDNEY, August 25. Mr Hainsworth die Manager of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, i arrived “ill Sydney by the Otranto. tie | leaves for New Zealand by the Aorangi on September 1. *

Outlining, briefly his mission in eonneccion uan the Exhibition, Mr HainsWorth said that she has been most suecessful m. securing the co-operation ot all parts of the Empire. The; British Government had definitely decided to own. u ( pavilion fifty .thousand square feet in-extent. It would be-purely a> prestige display and no eoininercial linns will exhibit therein. : -:.v\

Cangda, he said, will also' participate, • and - ho is expecting to hear .that dominion’s decision when he returns ’to New Zealand. South Africa, too, had been approached, but the scope of the display was not vet known. Similarly, ho added, Australia will definitely' be represented .on a ; large scale, but the Commonwealth Government is not yet ready ;to divulge xne extent of its co-operation.’ .

Mr. Hainsworth said that be had almost completed negotiations with the Band of the Welsh Guards to .be in. Wellington for the full period of the exhibition.

He stated the Amusement Park would contain many devices, that had not previously been seen in the southern, hemisphere. They -will be novel and up-to-date. * • ; • Mr Hainsworth that he had met and addressed representative bodies,; such as ; manufacturers-’ .-confederations, Chambers of;Commerce, and port ain’iorities. and had sought their support. He had seen the Golden Gate Exposition,, and* the: World Fair a,t/.New York. He also saw the Glasgow Exhib-> ition. The devices ho had seen were outstanding. There was the possibility of purchasing certain attractions .from these displays. r. * ■ . .

The women’s section, he sojd, would take a prominent place, and-.with Mrs Hainsworth,'-he had gained much support for it. The aim; of, • this section would he exclusiveness, rather, than quantity, and the Queen had- granted her patronage, the Queen had promised to send- some of her. own personal property, and also that of Princess Elizabeth. Queen Mary was also sending something for display. :