Abandonment Of Provincial Court Suggested

Northern Advocate, 21 July 1938, Page 4

Abandonment Of Provincial Court Suggested

WELLINGTON. This Gay. The directors of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition discussed a proposal which suggests the abandonment of the provincial courts idea, their place to be taken by an all-Dominion court, occupying 6000 square feet of space. The directors are fully in favour of this, but the proposal cannot be accepted without the consent of all provincial committees. To convince these of the superiority of the combined scheme, Mr James Fletcher and Mr J. R. Simpson are to make a tour of the Dominion. It is suggested that each province should be represented by an appropriate portion of a large-scale model of New Zealand, showing in full details and realistic form the industries, tourist attractions and other interesting features of the country. The model would be on a sufficient scale to make each section really detailed and representative. ' The manager of the Exhibition Company, Mr C. P. Hainsworth, who has just left London, has cabled stating that the British Government wished to reserve 28,000 square feet of space for a special pavilion. This is a wholly unexpected amount of space, and greatly in excess of what the company had. anticipated would be the British share in the exhibition. It is highly probable that if Canada, Australia or South Africa participate, they will take as large an area. Their pavilions will probably have to be arranged to balance the British pavilion in preserving the symmetry of the layout.