EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18685, 15 April 1924, Page 9

EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

THE COMPLETION PROCESS. EXCELLENT PROGRESS MADE Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 8.55 p.m.) LONDON'. April 14. Ninety-five per cent, of the exhibits tor the Empire Exhibition at Wembley are now on the spot. Many are on their stands. At least 4000 men are working overtime and h?ve made excellent progress since Sunday. Fifty per cent, of the roads are finished and are being transformed from quagmires into hard, dry avenues.

"NEW ZEALAND DAY."

PROGRAMME FOR JULY 21. [fbou our OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, Mar. 6. The first lorry-load of exhibits for the New Zealand pavilion arrived at Wembley yesterday, and transport is to go on continuously until the work is complete. The steamers Middlesex and Mahia, which brought the first consignments, have been discharging during the past week, and the first material to reach its destination will be that for the Samoan hut and the timber exhibits. The Port Kembla has also arrived with further material, and the Ruapehu with the balance i 3 due to arrive about the middle of this month. If no unforeseen circumstance arises to delay the unloading and transportation, all the exhibits should be on the floor of the pavilion before the end of March. ' Mata-Atua, the Maori house, is now in course of erection under the superintendence of Major R. Dansey. The women's section of the exhibition is compiling a very fall programme, containing many features that should provide added interest for innumerable visitors to Wembley. The idea of the special Dominions' week, for instance. has taken a keen hold, and every detail is having careful attention to ensure its success. This particular week will start on July 21, and it will begin with "New Zealand Day." It is felt.that all sections of the Empire can supply material for ft variety of interesting . subjects for papers, and "that New Zealand in particular could interest people at Home in such matters as child welfare and public health. As Mrs. Ogilvie-Gordon remarked at a meeting, New Zealand mußt have much to tell the women of Great Britain for . a great deal remains to be done here in those two directions, and it would be rousing and stimulating for these subjects, at any rate, to be touched upon at Wembley. The exhibition authorities have left it for New Zealand itself to choose the subjects and speakers.