DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2648, 17 May 1923, Page 5

DUNEDIN EXHIBITION.

SCHEME TAKES SHAPE. TO BE INTERNATIONA!; IN CHARACTER. SITE NOT YET FIXED. [Per Press Association.] DUNEDIN, Last Night. At a large meeting of the Exhibition Provisional Committee to-night, it was decided by a large majority that the exhibition be International in character, instead of Imperial, and that it be called the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition. It was also decided to make a canvass with the object of raising £20,000 at onde, so as to enable the registration of a company to be made, the capital to be later increased to £IOO,OOO.

A good deal of discussion took place with regard to the site or sites, and the committee unanimously recommended that the Lake Logan area of G 5 acres be selected.

The Harbour Board engineer raised a point that there would be difficulty in the way of getting the reclamation work ready in time, the recent floods having altered the position. If this site were selected, it would be necessary to put more work into the preparation of the area than was first anticipated. It was Anally decided to adjourn the meeting for a fortnight to enable the engineer to submit a further report.