DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 143, 21 May 1925, Page 5

DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

MANAWATU’S PARTICIPATION.

MR H. L. YOUNG EXPLAINS POSITION. Mr H. L. Young, president of tho Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce, has just returned from a visit to Wellington which was largely in connection with the participation of this district in the New Zealand and South Seas ex libition to be held at Dunedin.

Interviewed by a “Standard” reporter this morning Mr Young scid that tho Government was making ariangements for a comprehensive display of primary products, including those from Alanawatu, Wairarapa, Wanganui, 'Main Trunk and Rangitikei in a Wellington provincial display, while none of these t< rritories would lose its identity.

“An organiser,” he said, “has been appointed by the Wellington provincial committee, and is now in Dunedin, gathering information to convey to the representatives of the different town! in tho Wellington province. Tho spa:e allotted to the Wellington province 13 a minimum of 5000 feet at a cost of aboi t £6000: The organisor will be in Pain erston North probably the first week in June, and full explanations of matters in connection with our display will be given then. The province will be directly represented, and its section will bo controlled by men appointed by the executive. They will have statutory authority to ask lor one-fortieth of a penny in the £1 on unimproved values, which will produce £6687 from Wellington, Masterton, Palmerston North, Levin, Mar ton and Wanganui. A: the province will be organised from Palmerston North, it is expected that £1464 will bo contributed, made up as follows: —Palmerston North city, £238; Feilding, £4O; Foxton, £10; Manawatu, £265: Kuiranga, £347; Pohangina, £114; Bulls Town District Board, £2; Kiwitea, £229; Oroua, £219. “These figures showing tie unimproved values were taken from tie Government blue book. No allowance has been made for space that is being sold for private enterprise. “Them are representative of primary and secondary industries, rommerciul, industrial and professional man on the executive, and they are asking for original ideas, so that the Wellington provincial bay will be very atractive to visitors. In fact, so much so, that it will be looked upon as a rendezvous. The post of construction alone will be £3OOO, and the other £3OOO is required fer maintenance and salary. One of the features will be a largo attractive lounge room for visitors. They have every confidence in showing one of the finest displays in New Zealand, and wool is going to bo a special feature, as the Wellington province, as a wiool district, leads in actual numbers of sheep in Now Zealand. Secondary industries are not to be overlooked, and Manawatu and districts can supply quite a number of exhibits in this direction. I have been assured that by the first wee* in June matters will bo well in hand,,; and we hope that when tho organiser comes to Palmerston North we will have i large attendance of interested represent atives of firms, and see to it that our dxliibit is particularly attractive, and of a comprehensive nature.”