NATIONAL ROLL OF COMMEMORATION

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4452, 30 January 1940, Page 3

NATIONAL ROLL OF COMMEMORATION

The National Roll, or the Official Visitors’ Book at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, is becoming already a unique document and will eventually be not only a national autograph book of historical value, but the envy of all autograph hunters in the world. All the distinguished visitors to the Exhibiton —and there have been many since opening day—have signed their names in the book. The opening pages (Of the Centennial Roll contain the signatures of, first, His Excellency the Gove;rnor-Genaral, Lord Galway, and Lady Galway, Major-General B. C. Frey berg, V.C., C.8., C.M.G., D.SXH, signed the book on the morning of his departure with the first echlon from Wellington. Another signature is that of. the commander of H.M.P “Ramiiliesv 1 ’ Captain H. T. Baillie-Grohman-

The Roll, instituted to commemorate New Zealand’s first 100 years l of progress, already contains many thousands of signatures. On signing, each person is issued with a numbered C'entenrial certificate specially designed to show New Zealand’s century of progress from 1840 to 1910. The certificate certifies to attendance to the Centennial celebrations at the Exhibition, and after the Exhibition the Centennial Roll will be placed among New Zealand’s historical treasures in the Dominion Museum, Wellington. The following Queenstown names'appear on the Roll and others will be ’mb'!Qted as they come to* hand: Mr W, J. Lindsay. Mrs W- J. Lindsay, Mr and Mrs H. WaJrdell, Miss Mary and Carol Wardell,