BUSY SCENES AT WEMBLEY.
NEW ZEALAND DOING GOOD BUSINESS, [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust a.nd N.Z, Cable Association.] (Received Tuesday, 9 p.m.) LONDON, June 9. There were unprecedented scenes at Wembley where a quarter of a million visitors were registered early In the afternoon. Queues hundreds of yards long waited good huraourediy for admittance. The restaurants were besieged and all the avenues thronged. The ambulance station dealt with over one hundred minor cases. The Exhibition grounds were brilliantly illuminated at night time, when at the firing of a maroon s : gnal, everyone joined in a great "link of Empire” handshake, which completely encircled the lake, and included citizen from every corner of the Empire. The carnival procession was a remarkable sight. It is officially stated that 321,232 people visited the Empire Exhibition on Whit, Monday.
The business done in the Australian and New Zealand restaurants is highly successful and they are always pack • ed. There is strong demand for apples honey and butter at the New Zealand pavilion. There Is satisfactory evidence that the Exhibition has begun to fulfil its objective. There are many enquiries from prospective emigrants to Australia and New Zealand, with capital ranging from £SOO to £15,000.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2393, 11 June 1924, Page 7
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200BUSY SCENES AT WEMBLEY. Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2393, 11 June 1924, Page 7
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