THE EXHIBITION
YESTERDAY A RECOUP 'UnitM Press Association., Dt'NEDTN, This Pay. Yesterday was the .biggest day in Um story of the Exhibition. All day long crowds kept passing in through the busy turnstiles in thousands. From linearly forenoon the gardens, pavilions. courts and the amusement park were thronged by happy holiday makers, and at night the memorable scenes which Saturday produced were repeated. When the attendance returns were added up it was discovered that the Exhibition had beaten its own New Year's Eve record for a single day's attendance. The total yesterday was 51,323. compared with 50,971 on New Year's Eve, and £0,914 on Saturday. The last two days have added 102,237 to the grand at tendance, which at the end of the 20Hi week last night stood at 2.501.275. Everyone now is asking, will it reach the three millions by May Ist ? The cash receipts on the city (rams yesterday were £1214, a record for the department. For the four days of Easter the takings were £4436, as compared with £1307 last year, showing the enormous Exhibition traffic.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 April 1926, Page 5
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